does not intrude on the setting's natural qualities. 

 Nonr ec rea t ional resource uses may be present but are 

 compatible with river recreation. Other users may be 

 present, but opportunities for solitude exist. Limited 

 recreational development may be found in the river 

 corridor, but primarily for protection of resource 

 values and user safety. 



TRANSITION. The river corridor may alternate between 

 predominantly natural and rural in character. A paved 

 road may parallel the river for some distance, but 

 does not provide abundant access to the water. 

 Non r ec r ea t i ona 1 resource uses may be present, and 

 may occasionally supplant recreational uses. 

 Recreation visitors may be concentrated at informal or 



RURAL. The river corridor remains largely natural, but 



with moderate evidence of the sights and sounds of 



civilization. Evidence of other recreation users is 



abundant. Roads, powerlines, and other manmade 



features, as well as nonrecrea t ional resource uses, 



may be present along part or most of the segment. Recreational 



development, if present, is designed for larger 



numbers of users. 



URBAN. The river corridor is substantially modified, 

 with the natural landscape subordinate to other 

 resource uses. The segment may be closely parallelled for 

 nearly its entire length by highways, transmission 

 lines, or buildings and settlements. Opportunities for 

 solitude are likely very few or nonexistant. 



7. Scenic quality . This criterion will categorize river segments 

 on the basis of the memorability, harmony, and uniqueness of 

 their visual settings. The diversity of views and the presence 

 and effect of cultural modifications is also considered. Four 

 categories will be used: 



Outstanding scenic quality. For these segments, 

 landforms, vegetation patterns, and water features 

 combine to create unique, highly memorable, and 

 harmonious visual settings. Views along the river and 

 away from the river to surrounding scenery are highly 

 diverse, providing river users with scenery that is 

 spectacular and/or not common on other rivers in the 

 region. If buildings, roads, and other cultural 

 modifications are present, they either add favorably 

 to or do not intrude on visual quality for river users 



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