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Week Ending July 29, 2005

HR 38 To designate a portion of the White Salmon River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

BRIEF

   The bill report explained, “The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act directed the Forest Service to study the Upper White Salmon River {State of Washington} for possible designation as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system. The study determined that the Upper White Salmon River and one of its tributaries, Cascade Creek, are eligible for inclusion. The Forest Service study found 38.4 miles suitable for `wild and scenic' designation. H.R. 38 designates 20 of those miles, but does not include 18.4 miles due to some controversy and private property rights concerns.

H.R. 38 would designate four different segments of the Upper White Salmon River and Cascade Creek as `wild' or `scenic.' The segments are limited to federal land, located in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, and include 6.7 miles in the Mt. Adams Wilderness.”

Sponsor: Representative Brian Baird (WA-3^rd)

Vote: Passed House by voice vote (June 27, 2005) Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent (July 27, 2005)

Cost to the taxpayers: No cost, the CBO said.

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( ) WHITE SALMON RIVER, WASHINGTON- The 20 miles of river segments of the main stem of the White Salmon River and Cascade Creek, Washington, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in the following classifications:

(A) The approximately 1.6-mile segment of the main stem of the White Salmon River from the headwaters on Mount Adams in section 17, township 8 north, range 10 east, downstream to the Mount Adams Wilderness boundary as a wild river.

(B) The approximately 5.1-mile segment of Cascade Creek from its headwaters on Mount Adams in section 10, township 8 north, range 10 east, downstream to the Mount Adams Wilderness boundary as a wild river.

(C) The approximately 1.5-mile segment of Cascade Creek from the Mount Adams Wilderness boundary downstream to its confluence with the White Salmon River as a scenic river.

(D) The approximately 11.8-mile segment of the main stem of the White Salmon River from the Mount Adams Wilderness boundary downstream to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest boundary as a scenic river.

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