American Heritage Rivers are designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to receive special attention (coordinating efforts of multiple governmental entities) to further three objectives: natural resource and environmental protection, economic revitalization, and historic and cultural preservation.
This initiative was created by Executive Order 13061, issued by President Bill Clinton on September 11, 1997. executive order in the United States is a Directive issued by the President, the head of the executive branch of the federal government William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Events 9 - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
Criteria for designation
Rivers are selected for designation according to the following criteria:
- The characteristics of the natural, economic, agricultural, scenic, historic, cultural, or recreational resources of the river that render it distinctive or unique;
- The effectiveness with which the community has defined its plan of action and the extent to which the plan addresses, either through planned actions or past accomplishments, all three American Heritage Rivers objectives;
- The strength and diversity of community support for the nomination as evidenced by letters from elected officials; landowners; private citizens; businesses; and especially State, local, and tribal governments. Broad community support is essential to receiving the American Heritage River designation; and
- Willingness and capability of the community to forge partnerships and agreements to implement their plan to meet their goals and objectives.
Designated rivers
- Blackstone and Woonasquatucket Rivers (MA, RI)
- Connecticut River (CT, VT, NH, MA)
- Cuyahoga River (OH)
- Detroit River (MI)
- Hanalei River (HI)
- Hudson River (NY)
- Lower Mississippi River (LA, TN, AR)
- Wolf River in metropolitan Memphis is bundled with the Lower Mississippi. The Blackstone River is a River in the US states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The Woonasquatucket River (pronounced woon-AHS-kwa-tuk-it Algonquian for "where the salt water ends" is a River in the U The Connecticut River is the largest River in New England, flowing south from the Connecticut Lakes in northern New Hampshire, along the border The Cuyahoga River (ˌkaɪəˈhɔgə or kuy-a-HO-ga) is located in Northeast Ohio in the United States. The Detroit River is a river in the Great Lakes system about 32 miles (51 km long and 0 The Hanalei River on the Hawaiian island of Kaua{{okina}}i flows north from eastern slopes Mount Waialeale for 17 miles (27 kilometers until entering the The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County.
- Potomac River (DC, MD, VA, WV)
- New River (NC, VA, WV)
- Rio Grande (TX)
- St. Johns River (FL)
- Upper Mississippi River (IA, IL, MN, MO)
- Upper Susquehanna and Lackawanna Rivers (PA)
- Willamette River (OR)
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The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid- Atlantic coast of the United States. The New River, a tributary of the Kanawha River, is approximately 320 mi (515 km long flowing through the states of North Carolina, Virginia, and The St Johns River (officially Saint Johns River, but commonly spelled St The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to The Susquehanna River (originally "Sasquesahanough" per the 1612 John Smith map is a River located in the northeastern United States. The Lackawanna River is a Tributary of the Susquehanna River, approximately 35 mi (56 km long in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United The Willamette River (pronounced) is a Tributary of the Columbia River.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic