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. 

 Nonrecreational resource uses may be present, and 

 may occasionally supplant recreational uses. 

 Recreation visitors may be concentrated at informal or 

 developed sites along the segment. 



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 nonrecreational 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 categorized 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 was also considered. Four categories were 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 . 



High scenic quality. For these segments, landforms, 

 vegetation patterns, and water features combine to 

 create a highly memorable and visually pleasing 

 setting, although one that may be more common to the 

 region. Views along and away from the river are highly 

 diverse and cultural modifications, if present, either 

 add to or do not detract from the visual setting. 



