RIVERS, CLASSIFICATIONS

Classifications of waterways included in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System are as follows: (1) Recreational Rivers: Rivers or sections of rivers that are readily accessible by road or railroad, that may have some development along their shoreline, and that may have undergone some impoundment or diversion in the past. (2) Scenic Rivers: Rivers or sections of rivers that are free of impoundments, with shorelines or watersheds still largely primitive, and shorelines largely undeveloped but accessible in places by roads. (3) Wild Rivers: Rivers or sections of rivers that are free of impoundments and generally inaccessible except by trail, with watersheds or shorelines essentially primitive and waters unpolluted.