Resources from the PWSR Toolkit

Use this page to quickly find links within the Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers (PWSR) Toolkit.

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National Wild and Scenic Rivers System website: www.rivers.gov, managed by the Interagency Wild and Scenic Rivers Coordinating Council (IWSRCC)

National Rivers Inventory (NRI): https://www.nps.gov/maps/full.html?mapId=8adbe798-0d7e-40fb-bd48-225513d64977

Interactive NPS Story Map for the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System: https://nps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=ba6debd907c7431ea765071e9502d5ac#

The Wild and Scenic Study Process (December 1999), an IWSRCC technical report: https://www.rivers.gov/documents/study-process.pdf

Wild & Scenic Rivers Act: Section 7 (October 2004), an IWSRCC technical report: https://www.rivers.gov/documents/section-7.pdf

IWSRCC’s Section 7 Flowchart (October 2017): https://www.rivers.gov/documents/section7/section-7-flowchart.pdf

NPS Reference Manual 46: Wild and Scenic Rivers (April 2021), a guidance manual for NPS on implementing provisions of the WSR Act: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/policy/upload/RM-46_04-12-2021-2.pdf

RMS River Training Channel (includes a WSRs training series): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOyx6L4yM_jDTsQ3BrWm6Gg

River Network’s Resource Library - equity, diversity, inclusion and justice resources: https://www.rivernetwork.org/resource/equity-diversity-inclusion-resources/

U.S. General Services Administration Office of Government-wide Policy (accessibility): https://www.section508.gov/

NPS web page on PWSRs with links to websites for the 16 PWSRs: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1912/partnership-wild-and-scenic-rivers.htm

River management plans developed for recent PWSR studies:

Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit Rivers Stewardship Plan (2018): https://www.wildandscenicnashuarivers.org/uploads/8/9/9/1/89911665/nsn_stewardship_plan_7-23-18_final_web.pdf
Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Plan (2018): https://wpwildrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WandSStewardshipPlanFINAL.pdf
York River Watershed Stewardship Plan (2018): http://www.yorkrivermaine.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/York-River-Watershed-Stewardship-Plan-August-2018.pdf
Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild and Scenic Study Management Plan (2013): https://www.umatrwildandscenic.org/_files/ugd/7dcf17_c71946373c8e48e9999707f179affde8.pdf
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Management Plan (2011): https://lowerfarmingtonriver.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/mp-managementplan611.pdf

NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment (PEPC) website: https://parkplanning.nps.gov, and PEPC project pages for recent PWSR studies, with links to NPS WSR Study Reports:

York River Wild and Scenic River Study PEPC project page (2020 NPS Study Report), https://parkplanning.nps.gov/YorkRiverStudy
Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit Rivers Wild and Scenic River Study PEPC project page (2019 NPS Study Report), https://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=261&projectID=78211&documentID=117144
Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic River Study PEPC project page (2019 NPS Study Report), https://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?parkID=261&projectID=78318&documentID=116734
Upper Missisquoi & Trout Rivers Wild and Scenic River Study PEPC project page (2014 NPS Study Report and Environmental Assessment), https://parkplanning.nps.gov/documentsList.cfm?projectID=47905
Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Study PEPC project page (2011 NPS Study Report and Environmental Assessment), https://parkplanning.nps.gov/document.cfm?documentID=48466