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	American Heritage Rivers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		American Heritage Rivers are designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to receive special attention (coordinating efforts of multiple governmental entities) to further three objectives: natural resource and environmental protection, economic revitalization, and historic and cultural preservation.
		The strength and diversity of community support for the nomination as evidenced by letters from elected officials; landowners; private citizens; businesses; and especially State, local, and tribal governments.
		Willingness and capability of the community to forge partnerships and agreements to implement their plan to meet their goals and objectives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Heritage_Rivers (222 words)

	American Heritage Rivers Federal Register Notice
		The Administration is creating the American Heritage Rivers initiative to help these communities restore and protect their river resources in a way that integrates natural resource protection, economic development, and the preservation of historical and cultural values.
		The principal party or parties nominating the river and local or regional governmental entities show their willingness and capability to enter into new, or to continue and expand existing, partnership agreements with each other as well as with federal and state agencies, Indian tribes, and/or other parties to implement a plan for the river area.
		In addition, designated rivers will be able to benefit significantly from a broad range of refocused or retargeted federal programs or other assistance and help generate broader public support for the goals and guiding principles of American Heritage Rivers as excellent examples and models for emulation throughout the Nation.
	clinton2.nara.gov /CEQ/register.html (3431 words)

	American Heritage Rivers Initiative
		The American Heritage Rivers Initiative is clearly an effort on the part of the Administration to encourage and expedite the implementation of the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity and of Agenda 21's "Sustainable Communities" objectives.
		Rivers are a natural, and highly prized avenue for corridors of wilderness to connect the core areas.
		Finally, the American Heritage Rivers Initiative is another example of government by Presidential Proclamation, rather than government by, of, and for the people.
	www.sovereignty.net /p/land/amrivers.htm (532 words)

	American Hertiage Rivers
		The first map shows 2100 watersheds and the 19 watershed basins/regions used as the basis for stratifying the nominations for the American Heritage Rivers and the Clean Water initiatives.
		By definition, a River Community under the AHRI is "self-defined by the members of the community." It can include anyone or anything from private citizens to businesses and NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations like the Sierra Club) to local and state government agencies.
		The Rivers initiative totally subverts the Constitutional guarantee of a republican form of government where the real "river communities" are the incorporated towns, villages, and counties within each state.
	www.discerningtoday.org /store/ah_rivers.htm (953 words)

	Environment - American Heritage Rivers Cover Sheet For Nomination Packet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The River valley is North America's major flyway, attracting millions of migrating waterfowl and songbirds, and is essential to the continent's ecological health.
		Passing through the University of Minnesota campus, the River enters a deep gorge; there is scarcely a sight of the metropolis that clings to the River's edge, thanks to the foresight of early city planners who preserved the blufftops in public ownership.
		As the River turns south again, it widens and, though some of the shoreline is industrial here and barges are common, we find a large heron rookery, bald eagle nests and a State Scientific and Natural Area within a few miles of downtown.
	www.metrocouncil.org /planning/environment/nominat.htm (9068 words)

	American Heritage Rivers Announced (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		More and more, communities are beginning to understand that a clean, healthy hometown river is an engine for an economically robust hometown.
		The American Heritage Rivers Initiative is designed to support community-led efforts relating to rivers that spur economic revitalization, protect natural resources and the environment, and preserve historic and cultural heritage.
		The rivers designated by President Clinton as American Heritage Rivers are:
	www.crcwater.org /issues5/19980727americanrivers14.html (435 words)

	American Heritage Rivers Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The President first made public the idea in his State of the Union address in February and the American Heritage Rivers Initiative was entered in the Federal Register on May 19, 1997 by the CEQ.
		This literally could be from mountain to mountaintop and, considering that the Mississippi River water- shed drains nearly 40 percent of the continental United States, it could have a monumental impact on the country.
		Most Americans want to preserve their natural heritage, but the heavy-handed tactics which the government has been employing are inconsistent with true American heritage.
	www.apfn.org /THEWINDS/1997/08/heritage_rivers.html (1277 words)

	Navigating the American Heritage Rivers: Wasting Resources on Bureaucracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The stated purpose of the President's initiative is to protect the resources of America's rivers, preserve their historic and cultural heritage, and spur economic growth in their surrounding communities.
		Rivers have played a vital role in U.S. history, and they continue to be important to American culture, health, economy, environment, and recreation.
		Over the latter half of this century, many states, cities, towns, and local communities that depend on the nation's rivers have taken considerable steps to ensure that water quality is monitored and enhanced, and that their rivers, as natural resources, are safeguarded for generations to come.
	www.heritage.org /Research/EnergyandEnvironment/BG1231.cfm (9656 words)

	12 Rivers Nominated for American Heritage River Designation
		Communities were invited to nominate their rivers for designation, and the 10 selected will receive help tapping existing federal resources to carry out their plans for restoring their rivers and riverfronts.
		The designation of three river sections, the South Platte in Colorado, the Willamette in Oregon and the Missouri in Nebraska, have been opposed by one Senator from each state, but will still be considered because local members of the House support the nominations or are neutral.
		River sections are opposed by the listed Senator, but supported by a member of the House or the other Senator from the state's delegation.
	clinton4.nara.gov /CEQ/19980508.html (1528 words)

	Rough Waters Ahead for American Heritage Rivers Communities? - by Environment & Climate News staff - The Heartland ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Warning that persons most affected by the American Heritage Rivers Initiative “have little idea of its potential scope, impact, and cost--both economic and regulatory”--the National Legal Center for the Public Interest, a Washington, DC-based public interest law and education foundation, released in December a three-part policy brief examining the Clinton Administration’s controversial program.
		Participation in the initiative is 100 percent voluntary, he notes: communities nominate their rivers for designation and must show evidence of broad community support for the nomination; federal agencies are required to make information widely available during the AHRI consideration process; and members of Congress are permitted to veto nominations within their district.
		In order to “protect natural resources and preserve [river] heritage,” the AHRI is likely to prefer greenways and scenic areas, historical and cultural sites, sustainable development, and wetlands over private property rights.
	www.heartland.org /Article.cfm?artId=13323 (853 words)

	American Heritage Rivers
		Ten Heritage Rivers are supposed to be named by fall, but of the more than ninety heritage areas already designated or proposed, at least one third are major river systems.
		AHR Policy guidelines are still being developed by a coalition of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Office of Management and Budget, National Park Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Council on Environmental Quality, U.S. Forest Service, Army Corps of Engineers, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
		The term was changed in the draft criteria to “River Navigator.”) For that reason, Heritage Rivers advocates have turned their sights on the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
	members.aol.com /JWaugh7596/hot3.html (1683 words)

	American Heritage Rivers Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Tonight, I announce that this year I will designate ten American Heritage Rivers, to help communities alongside them revitalize their waterfronts and clean up pollution.
		In his 1997 State of the Union Address, President Clinton announced the American Heritage Rivers initiative to help communities revitalize their river and the banks along them -- the streets, the historic buildings, the natural habitats, the parks -- to help celebrate their history and their heritage.
		American Heritage Rivers is an umbrella initiative designed to more effectively use the federal government's many resources.
	www.rivernetwork.org /newsite/blank.cfm?doc_id=146 (316 words)

	EO 13061 Federal Support of Community Efforts Along American Heritage Rivers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		American Heritage Rivers and the Federal role will be solely to support community-based
		Heritage Rivers, to the extent practicable and consistent with their mission; and
		stretches of the river that are on Federal property or adjacent to a Federal facility.
	nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov /displayEO.cfm?id=EO_13061_ (1418 words)

	The American Heritage Rivers Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The waters of this river were so choked with pollution that when live fish were put in a basket and lowered into the river to check the water quality, it took only a minute and a half for the fish to die.
		The American Heritage River designation will serve as a catalyst to transform the current piecemeal approach of individual local programs into a program with a broader agenda, whose purpose is to assist in the historic preservation, the environmental protection, and economic revitalization along the entire James.
		The 30 localities along the length of the river, along with their respective planning district commissions, are actively involved in the planning and consideration of efforts to gain designation for the James as an American Heritage river.
	commdocs.house.gov /committees/resources/hii45912.000/hii45912_0.htm (17562 words)

	American Heritage Rivers Initiative
		The program designates 10 rivers as American Heritage Rivers, ones that are historically, economically, and culturally important, through a process of nominations and recommendations made to the President by the American Heritage Rivers Interagency Committee and Advisory Committee.
		The President also established the American Heritage Rivers Initiative Advisory Committee, which consists of "a group of Americans with diverse expertise in the cultural, historical, environmental and economic importance of America's rivers" from the public and private sectors.
		He saw the American Heritage Rivers Initiative as a means of continued conservation efforts and in some cases the beginning of conservation efforts along America's rivers.
	www.agiweb.org /hearings/hertriv.html (3302 words)

	CRS Report: 98-111 - American Heritage Rivers - NLE
		President Clinton based his American Heritage Rivers Initiative on 6 principles, according to the press release that accompanied the February 4, 1997 announcement.
		All river navigators would be federal employees and their appointment would be limited to 5 years.
		On the other side are expressions of opposition from individuals and organizations who fear that this initiative is a new effort to enable the federal government to infringe on the prerogatives of local government and on the rights of private property owners to manage the use of their land.
	www.cnie.org /nle/crsreports/natural/nrgen-20.cfm (2163 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Christopher Columbus, Failure
		Weeks of staring into the sun to navigate had left Columbus’s eyes weepy, swollen, and bloodshot, and he simply couldn’t see the clues that Paria might be part of something larger.
		The Earthly Paradise, which no one can reach except by the will of God, lies at the end of the Orient, and that is where we are.” Explorers accepted the idea that the Garden of Eden was a physical place on earth until the mid-1500s.
		But just a few miles away, King Ferdinand didn’t even receive word that Columbus was ill. The final journey of the explorer who reorganized the globe, a funeral procession through the city streets, passed unnoticed even by the residents of Valladolid.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/web/20060520-christopher-columbus-spain-ferdinand-isabella-hispaniola-india-bobadilla.shtml (2384 words)

	EO 13080 American Heritage Rivers Initiative Advisory Committee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		the rivers recommended for consideration, the President shall designate ten as American Heritage Rivers.
		Heritage Rivers to the President through the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality.
		with respect to river revitalization as the Committee requires to fulfill its functions.
	nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov /displayEO.cfm?id=EO_13080_ (632 words)

	EPA's American Heritage Rivers
		The heart of the American Heritage Rivers initiative is locally driven and designed solutions.
		The federal role is confined to fostering community empowerment, while providing focused attention and resources to help river communities restore their environment, revitalize their economy, renew their culture and preserve their history.
		For information on the American Heritage Rivers, please contact:
	www.epa.gov /rivers (65 words)

	American Heritage Rivers Initiative
		In his State of the Union Address, Clinton announced the American Heritage Rivers Initiative to "support communities in their efforts to restore and protect America’s Rivers." Under this program, he wants to designate 10 rivers as Heritage Rivers in 1997.
		Nominations of rivers can come from any source, in or out of the "river community" -- from private citizens, educational, artistic or environmental organizations, or elected officials.
		Designation of a river will be permanent and can include the entire watershed, including all the tributaries from private property.
	www.landrights.org /Art7.htm (351 words)

	American Heritage Rivers Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Oregon Senator Gordon H. Smith expressed the concerns of more than half of Oregon’s county governments Friday when he asked that Oregon’s Willamette River and Columbia County portion of the Columbia River be kept off the list of American Heritage Rivers (AHR).
		Designation as an AHR does not entitle a river to additional funds or other federal resources, Smith said.
		A number of Oregon groups oppose the AHR designation, including the cities of Cottage Grove, Independence, Oakridge and Maupin; Baker, Columbia, Coos, Crook, Douglas, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jackson, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Linn, Malheur, Polk, Sherman, Union, Wallowa and Wasco counties.
	www.senate.gov /~gsmith/press/1998/ahrblock.htm (306 words)

	The American Heritage Rivers and Clean Water Initiatives
		The American Heritage Rivers and Clean Water Initiatives
		Rather, the focus of Agenda 21 and Sustainable America is to protect nature from people.
		Supporting documentation of the biodiversity treaty call for setting aside up to one-half of America into totally protected wilderness reserves which would be interconnected by wilderness corridors up to 30 miles wide--primarily along river corridors!
	www.discerningtoday.org /members/Analyses/ahri.htm (914 words)

	Hot News-American Heritage Rivers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		On June 20, CEQ published a revised federal register notice to clarify issues concerning the American Heritage Rivers initiative.
		Comments on the Federal Register Notice must be received by 5:00 p.m., EST, August 20, 1997.
		Nomination packages will be due in early December, and the first 10 rivers will be designated by President Clinton in January, 1998.
	clinton3.nara.gov /CEQ/rivers.html (70 words)

	American Rivers: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Snake River spring/summer chinook returns down for the fourth time in five years
		Working with communities to protect their own health by promoting healthy rivers.
		Assuring access to rivers with significant natural, recreational, and cultural heritage values.
	www.americanrivers.org /site/PageServer (84 words)

	American Heritage Rivers-Homepage > EPA's American Heritage Rivers
		American Heritage Rivers-Homepage > EPA's American Heritage Rivers
		> American Heritage Rivers > American Heritage Rivers-Homepage
		How can I find tools and funding for river revitalization?
	www.epa.gov /OWOW/heritage/rivers.html (26 words)

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