However, as resource conditions change from increasing use of 

 the river or other factors, the Forest Service has the responsibility 

 to take the necessary action to ensure that resources are protected. 

 More specific management actions necessary to implement the for- 

 est plan are usually included in a river management plan. If river 

 management direction is developed during the forest planning proc- 

 ess, the direction is normally approved as a part of the forest plan 

 and the accompanying environmental impact statement. If river 

 management direction is developed after the forest plan has been 

 approved, that direction is included into the forest plan as a plan 

 amendment. 



Where rivers are included in special management areas, such as 

 National recreation areas, management direction is incorporated 

 into forest plans either by reference to the NRA standards or 

 through a subsequent forest plan amendment. In all stated cases, 

 these procedures apply. 



The Forest Service has the authority under NFMA and the Mul- 

 tiple Use Sustained Yield Act to provide a range of river recreation 

 opportunities to the extent consistent with the needs and demands 

 of other resources, with or without statutory designations. Stand- 

 ards and guidelines for specific river management are stated in 

 each forest plan. 



In addition to managing rivers under the National Forest Man- 

 agement Act and the Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act, some river 

 management plans are mandated by Congress through the Wild 

 and Scenic Rivers Act. This act provides that certain selected rivers 

 with their immediate environments can possess that standing of re- 

 markable scenery and recreational values, geologic, fish and wild- 

 life, historic, cultural or other similar values to be preserved in 

 free-falling condition, and that they and their immediate environ- 

 ments be protected for the benefit and enjo3mient of present and fu- 

 ture generations. 



The Snake River was congressionally designated in 1975, as ref- 

 erenced by Congresswoman Chenoweth, and is a component of the 

 National Wild and Scenic Rivers System and the legislation that 

 created Hells Canyon an NRA. 



In 1984, the Forest Service developed a management plan for the 

 Snake River as part of the Hells Canyon NRA in accordance with 

 Section 3[d] of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. 



The segment of the Green River in Utah managed by the Forest 

 Service is not a congressionally designated river. Management di- 

 rection of the Green River is provided through the forest planning 

 process in concert with the Flaming Gorge NRA legislation. 



Under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Forest Service admin- 

 isters all portions of 97 rivers which represent more than 60 per- 

 cent of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, totaling about 

 4,385 miles of designated rivers. 



For each designated river administered by the Forest Service, 

 Congress has passed an individual bill amending the Wild and Sce- 

 nic Rivers Act. Section 3[d] of the act requires the development of 

 "a comprehensive management plan for such river segment to pro- 

 vide for the protection of the river values. The plan shall address 

 resource protection, development of lands and facilities, user capac- 

 ities, and other management practices necessary or desirable to 



