16 U.S.C. § 1271
Congressional declaration of policy
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States that certain selected rivers of the Nation which, with their immediate environments, possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values, shall be preserved in free-flowing condition, and that they and their immediate environments shall be protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Congress declares that the established national policy of dam and other construction at appropriate sections of the rivers of the United States needs to be complemented by a policy that would preserve other selected rivers or sections thereof in their free-flowing condition to protect the water quality of such rivers and to fulfill other vital national conservation purposes.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 106
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1971–2025 · leading case: Fitzgerald v. Harris, 549 F.3d 46 (1st Cir. 2008).
Fitzgerald v. Harris, 549 F.3d 46 (1st Cir. 2008). “12, § 1882, is preempted by certain sections of a federal statute, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (“WSRA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1271 et seq. *48 Plaintiffs Charles FitzGerald and Kenneth Cline (collectively “FitzGerald”) are avid canoeists who sued Willard R.”
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Kempthorne, 520 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 2008). “16 U.S.C. § 1271 . As originally enacted, the WSRA named specific rivers or segments of rivers for inclusion in the Wild and Scenic River System (‘WSRS”).”
Am. Whitewater v. Thomas Tidwell, 770 F.3d 1108 (4th Cir. 2014). “See 16 U.S.C. §§ 1271 , 1274, 1281(a) (2006).”
Sturgeon v. Frost, 139 S. Ct. 1066 (2019). “7 *1093 The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1271 et seq ., established a system of rivers that "possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values.”
Sierra Club v. Babbitt, 69 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (E.D. Cal. 1999). “(“NEPA”), the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1271 et seq. (“WSRA”), the National Park Organic Act, 16 U.”
Potlatch Corp. v. United States, 12 P.3d 1260 (Idaho 2000). “Section 6 of the HCNRA Act provides: (a) No provision of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act [ 16 U.S.C.A. §§ 1271 et seq. ], nor of this Act, nor any guidelines, rules, or regulations issued hereunder, shall in any way limit, restrict, or conflict with present and future use of the…”
Dist. of Columbia, a Mun. Corp. v. Air Florida, Inc., 750 F.2d 1077 (D.C. Cir. 1984). “, Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1271 et seq. (1982). Whether such broad statutes addressing public trust concerns expand to fill the field, thus preempting any alleged federal common-law duties, is a complex question which deserves to be considered in a case where the…”
Lee Simmons v. Michael Reynolds, 888 F.3d 994 (8th Cir. 2018). “§ 1274 (a)(117) ), which amended the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (WSRA), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1271 - 87, to place certain portions of the Niobrara under the administration of the Secretary of the Interior.”
Trout Unlimited v. United States Dep't of Agric., 944 F. Supp. 13 (D.D.C. 1996). “(FRRRPA), the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1271 et seq., and the Wilderness Act, 16 U.”
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Robert Lueckel, Ottawa Nat'l Forest Supervisor, 417 F.3d 532 (6th Cir. 2005). “This is an appeal from the denial of declaratory and injunctive relief in a suit arising out of the failure of the United States Forest Service to comply with certain requirements of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1271 et seq., and other federal statutes.”
Wilderness Watch v. United States Forest Serv., 143 F. Supp. 2d 1186 (D. Mont. 2000). “In early 1996, Wilderness Watch filed a first amended complaint alleging violations of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1271 et seq., the National Forest Management Act (“NFMA”), 16 U.”
United States v. Benjamin Scott Lindsey & Thomas E. Lindsey, 595 F.2d 5 (9th Cir. 1979). “The campsite was on a portion of the river that is surrounded by national forests — Nez Perce National Forest to the east, and the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest to the west — and that comprises a part of the Hells Canyon National Recreational Area and has been designated a…”
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