Kogin Tarihin Amurka

Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka ta sanya Kogin Tarihin Amurka a cikin shekarun 1990s don karɓar kulawa ta musamman (haɗin gwiwar hukumomin gwamnati da yawa) don ƙarin manufofi uku: albarkatun halitta da kariya ta muhalli, farfado da tattalin arziki, da adana tarihi da al'adu. 

 Kafawa 
Shirin Kare Kogin Tarihin Amurka an kirkireshi ne ta hanyar Dokar Zartarwa, Lamba 13061, wanda Shugaba Bill Clinton ya sanya hannu a ranar 11 ga Satumba, 1997. An haɓaka ƙa'idodin zaɓin a ƙarƙashin Shugaban Majalisar kan Ingancin Muhalli (CEQ), tare da haɗin gwiwar gwamnati da ƙwararru, kuma suna nuna ra'ayoyi iri-iri, gami da waɗanda ke wakiltar albarkatun ƙasa, al'adu, da tarihi; abubuwan da ke faruwa, muhalli, da nishaɗi; yawon shakatawa, sufuri, da abubuwan ci gaban tattalin arziki; da masana'antu kamar noma, masana'antu, hakar ma'adinai, da kula da gandun daji. Kogunan da aka ba da shawarar sun wakilci nau'ikan rafi iri-iri, wurare daban-daban, da kuma saituna masu yawa daga birane zuwa yankunan karkara kuma tabbatar da cewa an yi la'akari da kokarin sake farfadowa, da kuma koguna masu lalacewa da ke buƙatar gyarawa.

 Ka'idoji don sanyawa 
An zaɓi koguna don sanyawa bisa ga ka'idoji masu zuwa:

 Halayen albarkatun halitta, tattalin arziki, noma, shimfidar wuri, tarihi, al'adu, ko nishaɗi na kogi wanda ke sa ya bambanta ko na musamman;
 Tasirin da al'umma ta bayyana shirin aikinta da kuma yadda shirin ke magance, ko dai ta hanyar ayyukan da aka tsara ko abubuwan da suka gabata, duk manufofi uku na Kogin Tarihin Amurka.
 Ƙarfi da bambancin goyon bayan al'umma don gabatarwa kamar yadda wasiƙu daga zaɓaɓɓun jami'ai suka tabbatar; masu mallakar ƙasa; 'yan ƙasa masu zaman kansu; kasuwanci; kuma musamman gwamnatocin Jiha, na gida, da na kabilanci. Tallafin al'umma mai zurfi yana da mahimmanci don karɓar sunan Kogin Tarihin Amurka; da
 Rashin hankali da iyawar al'umma don ƙirƙirar haɗin gwiwa da yarjejeniyoyi don aiwatar da shirin su don cimma burinsu da manufofinsu.U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Washington, DC (1998). "American Heritage River News." Vol. 1, No. 1. 1998-10-05.

 Koguna da aka tsara 
Shugaba Clinton ya sanya koguna 14 (ko tsarin kogi) a ranar 30 ga Yuli, 1998. 

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