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List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers

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List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers

This is a list of the designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers in the United States. Some rivers may be listed more than once if they have designated sections in different states.

Contents

Initials of the managing agency follow the name of the river. Abbreviations used are:

  • ACOE = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • BLM = Bureau of Land Management
  • NPS = National Park Service
  • USFS = U.S. Forest Service
  • USFWS = U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • Alabama

  • Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River, USFS
  • Alaska

  • Alagnak River, NPS
  • Alatna River, NPS
  • Andreafsky River, USFWS
  • Aniakchak River, NPS
  • Beaver Creek, BLM/USFWS
  • Birch Creek, BLM
  • Charley River, NPS
  • Chilikadrotna River, NPS
  • Delta River, BLM
  • Fortymile River, BLM
  • Gulkana River, BLM
  • Ivishak River, USFWS
  • John River, NPS
  • Kobuk River, NPS
  • Koyukuk River (North Fork), NPS
  • Mulchatna River, NPS
  • Noatak River, NPS
  • Nowitna River, USFWS
  • Salmon River, NPS
  • Selawik River, USFWS
  • Sheenjek River, USFWS
  • Tinayguk River, NPS
  • Tlikakila River, NPS
  • Unalakleet River, BLM
  • Wind River, USFWS
  • Arizona

  • Fossil Creek, USFS
  • Verde River, USFS
  • Arkansas

  • Big Piney Creek, USFS
  • Buffalo River, NPS
  • Cossatot River, ACOE/USFS/Arkansas
  • Hurricane Creek, USFS
  • Little Missouri River, USFS
  • Mulberry River, USFS
  • North Sylamore Creek, USFS
  • Richland Creek, USFS
  • California

  • Amargosa River, added in 2009
  • American River, California/BLM/USFS
  • Bautista Creek, USFS
  • Big Sur River, USFS
  • Black Butte River, USFS (Added in 2005)
  • Cottonwood Creek, USFS
  • Eel River, BLM/USFS/California
  • Feather River, USFS
  • Fuller Mill Creek, USFS
  • Kern River, NPS/USFS
  • Kings River, NPS/USFS
  • Klamath River, BLM/NPS/USFS/California
  • Merced River, BLM/NPS/USFS
  • Owens River Headwaters, USFS
  • Palm Canyon Creek, USFS
  • Piru Creek, USFS
  • San Jacinto River (North Fork), USFS
  • Sespe Creek, USFS
  • Sisquoc River, USFS
  • Smith River, USFS/California
  • Trinity River, BLM/USFS/California
  • Tuolumne River, BLM/NPS/USFS
  • Colorado

  • Cache La Poudre River, NPS/USFS
  • Connecticut

  • Eightmile River, NPS
  • Farmington River (West Branch), NPS/Connecticut
  • Delaware

  • White Clay Creek, NPS/Local Government
  • Florida

  • Loxahatchee River, Florida
  • Wekiva River, NPS/Florida
  • Georgia

  • Chattooga River, USFS
  • Idaho

  • Battle Creek, BLM
  • Big Jacks Creek, BLM
  • Bruneau River, BLM
  • Bruneau River (West Fork), BLM
  • Clearwater River (Middle Fork), USFS
  • Cottonwood Creek, BLM
  • Deep Creek, BLM
  • Dickshooter Creek, BLM
  • Duncan Creek, BLM
  • Jarbidge River, BLM
  • Little Jacks Creek, BLM
  • Lochsa River, USFS
  • Owyhee River, BLM
  • Owyhee River (North Fork), BLM
  • Owyhee River (South Fork), BLM
  • Rapid River, USFS
  • Red Canyon, BLM
  • Saint Joe River, USFS
  • Salmon River, USFS
  • Salmon River (Middle Fork), USFS
  • Selway River, USFS
  • Sheep Creek, BLM
  • Snake River, USFS
  • Wickahoney Creek, BLM
  • Illinois

  • Middle Fork of the Vermilion River, Illinois.
  • Kentucky

  • Red River, USFS
  • Louisiana

  • Saline Bayou, USFS
  • Maine

  • Allagash River, Maine
  • Massachusetts

  • Sudbury River, Assabet River and Concord River, NPS/Massachusetts/Local Government
  • Taunton River, Massachusetts
  • Westfield River, Massachusetts
  • Michigan

  • Au Sable River, USFS
  • Bear Creek, USFS
  • Black River, USFS
  • Carp River, USFS
  • Indian River, USFS
  • Manistee River, USFS
  • Ontonagon River, USFS
  • Paint River, USFS
  • Pere Marquette River, USFS
  • Pine River, USFS
  • Presque Isle River, USFS
  • Sturgeon River (Hiawatha National Forest), USFS
  • Sturgeon River (Ottawa National Forest), USFS
  • Tahquamenon River (East Branch), USFS
  • Whitefish River, USFS
  • Yellow Dog River, USFS
  • Minnesota

  • St. Croix River, NPS/Minnesota and Wisconsin
  • Mississippi

  • Black Creek, USFS
  • Missouri

  • Eleven Point River, USFS
  • Montana

  • Flathead River, NPS/USFS
  • Missouri River, BLM
  • Nebraska

  • Missouri River, NPS
  • Niobrara River, NPS/USFWS
  • New Hampshire

  • Lamprey River, NPS/Local Government
  • Wildcat Brook, USFS
  • New Jersey

  • Delaware River (Lower), NPS/Local Government
  • Delaware River (Middle), NPS
  • Great Egg Harbor River, NPS/Local Government
  • Maurice River, NPS/Local Government
  • Musconetcong River
  • New Mexico

  • Jemez River (East Fork), USFS
  • Pecos River, USFS
  • Rio Chama, BLM/USFS
  • Rio Grande, BLM/USFS
  • New York

  • Delaware River (Upper), NPS
  • North Carolina

  • Chattooga River, USFS
  • Horsepasture River, USFS
  • Lumber River, North Carolina
  • New River (Kanawha River), North Carolina
  • Wilson Creek, USFS
  • Ohio

  • Big Darby Creek and Little Darby Creek, Ohio
  • Little Beaver Creek, Ohio
  • Little Miami River, Ohio
  • Oregon

  • Big Marsh Creek, USFS
  • Chetco River, USFS
  • Clackamas River, USFS
  • Collawash River, USFS
  • Crescent Creek, USFS
  • Crooked River, Oregon/BLM/USFS
  • Deschutes River, BLM/USFS
  • Donner und Blitzen River, BLM/USFS
  • Eagle Creek, USFS
  • Elk River, USFS
  • Elkhorn Creek, BLM/USFS
  • Fifteenmile Creek, USFS
  • Fish Creek, USFS
  • Grande Ronde River, BLM/USFS
  • Hood River (Middle Fork), USFS
  • Illinois River, USFS
  • Imnaha River, USFS
  • John Day River, BLM/USFS
  • Joseph Creek, USFS
  • Kiger Creek, BLM
  • Klamath River, BLM/Oregon
  • Little Deschutes River, USFS
  • Little Wildhorse Creek, BLM
  • Lostine River, USFS
  • Malheur River, USFS
  • McKenzie River, USFS
  • Metolius River, USFS
  • Minam River, USFS
  • North Fork Crooked River
  • North Fork John Day River, USFS
  • North Fork Malheur River, USFS
  • North Fork Middle Fork Willamette River, USFS
  • North Fork Owyhee River, BLM
  • North Fork Smith River, USFS
  • North Fork Sprague River, USFS
  • North Powder River, USFS
  • North Umpqua River, BLM/USFS
  • Owyhee River, BLM
  • Powder River, BLM
  • Quartzville Creek, BLM
  • Roaring River, USFS
  • Rogue River, BLM/USFS
  • Upper Rogue, USFS
  • Salmon River, BLM/USFS
  • Sandy River, BLM/USFS
  • Snake River, USFS
  • South Fork John Day River, BLM
  • South Fork Roaring River, USFS
  • Styx River (subterranean portion of Cave Creek), NPS
  • Sycan River, USFS
  • Wallowa River, BLM/Oregon
  • Wenaha River, USFS
  • West Little Owyhee River, BLM
  • White River, BLM/USFS
  • Whychus Creek (formerly Squaw Creek), USFS
  • Wildhorse Creek, BLM
  • Pennsylvania

  • Allegheny River, USFS
  • Clarion River, USFS
  • Delaware River (Lower), NPS/Local Government
  • Delaware River (Middle), NPS
  • Delaware River (Upper), NPS
  • White Clay Creek, NPS/Local Government
  • Puerto Rico

  • Rio Mameyes, USFS
  • Rio de la Mina, USFS
  • Rio Icacos, USFS
  • South Carolina

  • Chattooga River, USFS
  • South Dakota

  • Missouri River, NPS
  • Tennessee

  • Obed River, NPS
  • Texas

  • Rio Grande, NPS
  • Utah

  • Virgin River, NPS
  • Vermont

  • Missisquoi and Trout Rivers
  • Washington

  • Illabot Creek, USFS
  • Klickitat River, USFS
  • Pratt River. USFS
  • Snoqualmie River (Middle Fork), USFS
  • Skagit River, USFS
  • White Salmon River, USFS
  • West Virginia

  • Bluestone River, NPS
  • Wisconsin

  • St. Croix River (Upper), NPS/Minnesota and Wisconsin
  • St. Croix River(Lower), NPS/Minnesota and Wisconsin
  • Wolf River, Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

  • Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River, USFS
  • Snake River Headwaters, NPS
  • References

    List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers Wikipedia


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