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.
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The Wolf River in Wisconsin
Initials of the managing agency follow the name of the river. Abbreviations used are:
- USACE = 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
Alaska
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Andreafsky River in Alaska
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Tlikakila River
- 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
- Mulchatna River, NPS
- Noatak River, NPS
- North Fork Koyukuk 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
Arkansas
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The Buffalo National River in Arkansas
- Big Piney Creek, USFS
- Buffalo River, NPS
- Cossatot River, USACE/USFS/Arkansas
- Hurricane Creek, USFS
- Little Missouri River, USFS
- Mulberry River, USFS
- North Sylamore Creek, USFS
- Richland Creek, USFS
California
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Trinity River in California
- Amargosa River, added in 2009
- American River, California/BLM/USFS
- Bautista Creek, USFS[1]
- 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, USFS
- Klamath River, BLM/NPS/USFS/California
- Merced River, BLM/NPS/USFS
- Middle Fork Kings River, NPS/USFS
- North Fork Salmon River, USFS
- Owens River Headwaters, USFS[2]
- Palm Canyon Creek, USFS[3]
- Piru Creek, USFS[3]
- Salmon River, USFS
- San Jacinto River (North Fork), USFS[3]
- Sespe Creek, USFS
- Sisquoc River, USFS
- Smith River, USFS/California
- South Fork Kings River, NPS/USFS
- South Fork Salmon River, USFS
- Trinity River, BLM/USFS/California
- Tuolumne River, BLM/NPS/USFS
- Wooley Creek, 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
Georgia
- Chattooga River, USFS
Idaho
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Salmon River, 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 Wilderness Waterway, Maine
Massachusetts
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Taunton River
- 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
- Mississippi River, NPS
- St. Croix River, NPS/Minnesota and Wisconsin
Mississippi
- Black Creek, USFS
Missouri
- Eleven Point River, USFS
Montana
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lower Flathead River
- Flathead River, NPS/USFS
- Missouri River, BLM
- East Rosebud Creek, Carbon County
Nebraska
- Missouri River, NPS
- Niobrara National Scenic River, NPS/USFWS
New Hampshire
- Lamprey River, NPS/Local Government
- Wildcat Brook, USFS
New Jersey
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Lower Delaware River
- 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
- Red River BLM
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
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Salmon River in 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 (East Fork), 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),[4] USFS
- Wildhorse Creek, BLM
- Zigzag River, USFS
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
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[5]
- Wolf River, Wisconsin
Wyoming
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Shoshone Falls on the Snake River
- Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River, USFS
- Snake River Headwaters, NPS
References
- "Bautista Creek, California". rivers.gov. National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- "Owens Rivers Headwaters, California". rivers.gov. National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- "Explore Designated Rivers". Rivers.gov. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whychus Creek
- "Lower St Croix". Archived from the original on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- Wild and Scenic Rivers by State, Interagency Wild and Scenic Rivers Coordinating Council
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