An Act to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (82 Stat. 906), as amended, to designate segments of certain rivers for possible inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system; to amend the Lower Saint Croix River Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 1174), and for other purposes.
PL 93-621 (S.3022), enacted 01/03/1975

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Public Law 93-621 
January 3, 1975 
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To ainend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (82 Stat. 906), as amended, to 
designate segments of certain rivers for possible inclusion in the national wild 
and scenic rivers system; to amend the Lower Saint Croix River Act of 1972 
(86 Stat. 1174), and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Ri^irt Tel ^''^"''^ United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Wild and 
amendment's. 
Sceiiic Eivers Act (82 Stat. 906), as amended, is further amended as 
follows: 
1
6 use 1276. 
(a) In subsection (a) of section 6 after paragraph (27) insert the 
following new paragraphs: 
"(28) American, California: The North Fork from the Cedars to 
the Auburn Reservoir. 
"(29) Au Sable, Michigan: The segment downstream from Foot 
Dam to Oscoda and upstream from Loud Reservoir to its source, 
including its principal tributaries and excluding Mio and Bamfield 
Reservoirs. 
"(30) Big Thompson, Colorado: The segment from its source to the 
boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. 
"(31) Cache la^ Poudre, Colorado: Both forks from their sources 
to their confluence, thence the Cache la Poudre to the eastern boundary 
of Roosevelt National Forest. 
"(32) Cahaba, Alabama: The segment from its junction with 
United States Highway 31 south of Birmingham downstream to its 
junction with United States Highway 80 west of Selma. 
"(33) Clarks Fork, Wyoming: The segment from the Clark's Fork 
Canyon to the Crandall Creek Bridge. 
"(34) Colorado, Colorado and Utah: The segment from its con-
fluence with the Dolores River, Utah, upstream to a point 19.5 miles 
from the Utah-Colorado border in Colorado. 
"(35) Conejos, Colorado: The three forks from their sources to 
their confluence, thence the Conejos to its first junction with State 
Highway 17, excluding Platoro Reservoir. 
" (36) Elk, Colorado: The segment from its source to Clark. 
"(37) Encampment, Colorado: The Main Fork and West Fork to 
their confluence, thence the Encampment to the Colorado-Wyoming 
border, including the tributaries and headwaters. 
"(38) Green, Colorado: The entire segment within the State of 
Colorado. 
" (39) Gunnison, Colorado: The segment from the upstream (south-
ern) boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monu-
ment to its confluence with the North Fork. 
"(40) Illinois, Oklahoma: The segment from Tenkiller Ferry Res-
ervoir upstream to the Arkansas-Oklahoma border, including the 
Fl^nt and Barren Fork Creeks. 
"(41) John Day, Oregon: The main stem from Service Creek 
Bridge (at river mile 157) downstream to Tumwater Falls (at river 
mile 10). 
"(42) Kettle, Minnesota: The entire segment within the State of 
Minnesota. 
"(43) Los Pinos, Colorado: The segment from its source, including 
the tributaries and headwaters within the San Juan Primitive Area, 
to the northern boundary of the Granite Peak Ranch. 
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"(44) Manistee, Michigan: The entire river from its source to 
Manistee Lake, inchiding its principal tributaries and excluding Tippy 
and Hodenpyl Reservoirs. 
" (45) Nolichuckey, Tennessee and North Carolina: The entire mam 
stem. 
"(46) Owyhee, South Fork, Oregon: The main stem from the 
Oregon-Idaho border downstream to the Owyhee Reservoir. 
"(47) Piedra, Colorado: The Middle Fork and East Fork from 
their sources to their confluence, thence the Piedra to its junction with 
Colorado Highway 160, including the tributaries and headwaters on 
national forest lands. 
"(48) Shepaug, Connecticut: The entire river. 
"(49) Sipsey Fork, West Fork, Alabama: The segment, including 
its tributaries, from the impoundment formed by the Lewis M. Smith 
Dam upstream to its source in the William B. Bankhead National 
Forest. 
"(50) Snake, Wyoming: The segment from the southern bounda-
ries of Teton National Park to the entrance to Palisades Reservoir. 
" (51) Sweetwater, Wyoming: The segment from Wilson Bar down-
stream to Spring Creek. 
"(52) Tuolumne, California: The main river from its source on 
Mount Dana and Mount Lyell in Yosemite National Park to Don 
Pedro Reservoir. 
"(53) Upper Mississippi, Minnesota: The segment from its source 
at the outlet of Itasca Lake to its junction with the northwestern 
boundary of the city of Anoka. 
"(54) Wisconsin, Wisconsin: The segment from Prairie du Sac 
to its confluence with the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien. 
"(55) Yampa, Colorado: The segment within the boundaries of 
the Dinosaur National Monument. 
"(56) Dolores, Colorado: The segment of the main stem from Rico 
upstream to its source, including its headwaters; the West Dolores 
from its sour-ce, including its headwaters, downstream to its confluence 
with the main stem; and the segment from the west boundary, section 
2, township 38 north, range 16 west, NMPM, below the proposed 
McPhee Dam, downstream to the Colorado-Utah border, excluding 
the segment from one mile above Highway 90 to the confluence of 
the San Miguel River." 
(b) In section 5 reletter subsections (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), 
leusc 1276. 
respectively, and insert a new subsection (b), as follows: 
"(b)(1) The studies of rivers named in subparagraphs (28) 
studies and re-
through (55) of subsection (a) of this section shall be completed ^°'^^' 
and reports thereon submitted by not later than October 2, 1979: 
Provided, That with respect to the rivers named in subparagraphs 
(33), (50), and (51), the Secretaries shall not commence any 
studies until (i) the State legislature has acted with respect to 
such rivers or (ii) one year from the date of enactment of this 
Act, whichever is earlier. 
"(2) The study of the river named in subparagraph (56) of 
subsection (a) of this section shall be completed and the report 
thereon submitted by not later than January 3,1976. 
"(3) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose 
Appropriations. 
of conducting the studies of the rivers named in subparagraphs 
(28) through (56) such sums as may be necessary, but not more 
than $2,175,000." 
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STAT. 
16 u s e 1278. 
16 u s e 1275. 
16 u s e 1274 
note. 
(c) In clause (i) of subsection (b) of section 7 strike the final 
comma and the following word "and" and insert in lieu thereof a colon 
and the following proviso: '•'•Provided^ That if any Act designating any 
river or rivers for potential addition to the national wild and scenic 
rivers system provides a period for the study or studies Avhich exceeds 
such three complete fiscal year period the period provided for in such 
Act shall be substituted for the three complete fiscal year period in 
the provisions of this clause (i); and'*. 
(d) In the fourth sentence of subsection (a) of section 4: 
(1) between "rivers" and "with" insert "(i)", and 
(2) strike "system." and insert in lieu thereof "system, and (ii) 
which possess the greatest proportion of private lands withiu 
their areas.". 
SEC. 2. Subsection (a) of section 6 of the Lower Saint Croix Kiver 
Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 1174) is amended by deleting "$7,275,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$19,000,000". 
Approved January 3, 1975. 
January 3, 1975 
[S. 3433] 
Public Law 93-622 
AN ACT 
To further the purposes of the Wilderness Act by designating certain acquired 
lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, to provide 
for study of certain additional lands for such inclusion, and for other purposes. 
National Wilder-
ness Preservation 
System. 
Designation of 
certain acquired 
lands. 
16 u s e 1132 
note. 
16 u s e 1131 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ 
STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND POLICY 
SEC. 2. (a) The Congress finds that— 
(1) in the more populous eastern half of the United States 
there is an urgent need to identify, study, designate, and preserve 
areas for addition to the National Wilderness Preservation 
System; 
(2) in recognition of this urgent need, certain areas in the 
national forest system in the eastern half of the United States 
were designated by the Congress as wilderness in the Wilderness 
Act (78 Stat. 890) ; certain areas in the national wildlife refuge 
system in the eastern half of the United States have been desig-
nated by the Congress as wilderness or recommended by the 
President for such designation, and certain areas in the national 
park system in the eastern half of the United States have been 
recommended by the President for designation as wilderness; and 
(3) additional areas of wilderness in the more populous eastern 
half of the United States are increasingly threatened by the 
pressures of a growing and more mobile population, large-scale 
industrial and economic growth, and development and uses 
inconsistent with the protection, maintenance, and enhancement 
of tl.e areas' wilderness character. 
(b) Therefore, the Congress finds and declares that it is in the 
national interest that these and similar areas in the eastern half of 
the United States be promptly designated as wilderness within the 
National Wilderness Preservation System, in order to preserve such 
areas as an enduring resource of wilderness which shall be managed 
to promote and perpetuate the wilderness character of the land and its 
specific values of solitude, physical and mental challenge, scientific 
study, inspiration, and primitive recreation for the benefit of all of 
the American people of present and future generations.