What is a Wild & Scenic River designation?
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Program protects our nation’s best rivers. The Eightmile River Watershed is proposed for designation as a “Partnership Wild and Scenic River,” which means that it would be managed through a locally-based Eightmile Wild & Scenic Coordinating Committee, financial and advisory assistance from the National Park Service could be available to support the Committee’s work and the watershed would be protected from federally funded or permitted projects that could harm the river.
