California Wild & Scenic River Bills Languish
Klamath River rafting. The Klamath, like the Smith, is one of California’s northern-most rivers. FOR Archives.
California Congressional members have three wild & scenic river bills, and Oregon members have a bill to add the Oregon portion of the North Fork of the Smith River to the national wild & scenic rivers system and expand the Smith River National Recreation Area into Oregon.
As might be expected with Republican control of the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, these bills have not moved forward. But each Congress meets for two years, so the deadline to pass these bills is still one year out.
It may take some “Hail Mary” passes to get these bills passed in this Congress, but perhaps with the American football season about to start, such things can come to pass.
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