Before revision: "Australian Heritage Commission (1998) "Conservation Guidelines for the Management of Wild River Values"> Accessed 28 October 2009 Within some nation states including in the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand, and the Commonwealth of Australia, governments have opted to focus on rivers and river systems as a kind of "unmodified or slightly modified" landscape feature to protect, manage and preserve in near 'natural' condition – variously labeling or formally declaring such areas to be "wild rivers" (or "heritage rivers").
After revision: "Australian Heritage Commission (1998) "Conservation Guidelines for the Management of Wild River Values"> Accessed 28 October 2009 Within some nations including in the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand, and the Commonwealth of Australia, governments have opted to focus on rivers and river systems as a kind of "unmodified or slightly modified" landscape feature to protect, manage and preserve in near 'natural' condition – variously labeling or formally declaring such areas to be "wild rivers" (or "heritage rivers").