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| | Sierra Club - Cincinnati Challenge to Sprawl: Little Miami Scenic River |
 | | Cincinnati's Little Miami River became Ohio's first State Scenic River in 1969 and a National Wild and Scenic River in 1980 because of its "outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural and other values". |
 | | The river, the region's only National Wild and Scenic River and only one of three such special rivers in Ohio, is an extraordinary natural treasure in the midst of a major metropolitan area, and decades of citizen efforts have gone into protecting it. |
 | | "The river is a real treasure for Ohio and the nation, and is too valuable an asset to compromise for sprawl-inducing freeway expansion." "The effects of construction, operation and development associated with the highway will degrade the water quality and wildlife habitat of the Little Miami," added U.C. Professor Michael Miller. |
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