Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Study

Current understanding

The Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2005 directed the National Park Service to study a defined reach of Connecticut’s lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook for potential inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and authorized appropriations to carry out the study. The Act is a suitability-study authorization only; any actual designation would require subsequent congressional action. Practical effects during the study phase are limited to federal review, local coordination, and interim management consultation with affected riparian communities.

Evidence log

• 2006-11-27 — Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2005: cross-connection with wild-and-scenic-rivers-study: Both are congressionally authorized NPS suitability studies (Farmington/Salmon Brook in CT; Mullica River in NJ) following the same statutory template under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. (novelty: 2)

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