Wild & Scenic River Management Plans

Have A Management Plan For Us?

Right now, we don't have a mechanism to upload plans to the site. However, if the plan is small enough, please email it to us at rivers@fws.gov. Alternatively, if the plan is too large to send via email, please contact Dan for assistance in getting the plan to us. Thank you.

Existing Management Plans, Listed Alphabetically by River Name

Below are some of the management plans we've already gathered. If you do not see a plan here for the river you are interested, please do not contact us asking for it; we don't have it. Instead, you could try contacting the managing agency for that river. For example, if you would like to see any plans for the Klamath River in Oregon, please contact the Medford or Klamath Falls Offices of the Bureau of Land Management.

Some of these plans may have been superceded by newer plans. We encourage you to check with the administering agency (e.g., the Bureau of Land Management in Montana for the Upper Missouri River).

Some of these plans are courtesy of American Whitewater. They maintain a download site for plans, as well. If you don't see a plan here, you might want to check there.

River Names Beginning with A - D

Alagnak River Management Plan, Alaska

Alatna River Management Plan, Alaska

Allagash River Management Plan, Maine

American (North Fork) Management Plan & FONSI, California

Aniakchak River Management Plan, Alaska

Assabet, Sudbury & Concord Rivers Conservation Plan, Massachusetts

AuSable River Management Direction, Michigan

Bear Creek Management Plan, Michigan

Beaver Creek Management Plan, Alaska

Big Marsh Creek Management Plan, Oregon

Big Piney Creek River Management Plan, Arkansas

Big Sur River Management Plan, California

Birch Creek Management Plan, Alaska

Black River Management Plan, Michigan

Black Butte River Management Plan, California

Buffalo River Management Plan, Arkansas

Cache la Poudre River Management Plan, Colorado

Charley River Management Plan, Alaska

Chilikadrotna River Management Plan, Alaska

Clackamas River Management Plan & Environmental Assessment, Oregon

Clearwater River Management Plan (Includes the Lochsa & Selway Rivers), Idaho

Concord, Sudbury & Assabet Rivers Conservation Plan, Massachusetts

Cossatot River Management Plan, Arkansas

Cossatot River Management Plan Public Comments, Arkansas

Crescent Creek Management Plan, Oregon

Crooked (Lower) River Management Plan, Oregon

Crooked (Chimney Rock Segment) River Management Plan, Oregon

Crooked (North Fork) River Management Plan, Oregon

Delaware (Lower) River Management Plan, New Jersey & Pennsylvania

Delaware (Middle) River Management Plan, New Jersey & Pennsylvania

Delaware (Upper) River Management Plan, New York & Pennsylvania

Deschutes (Lower) River Supplemental Allocation System Plan, Oregon

Delta River Management Plan – Original, Alaska

Delta River Special Recreation Management Area Plan, Alaska

Deschutes (Middle) River Management Plan, Oregon

Deschutes (Upper) River Management Plan, Oregon

Deschutes (Upper) River Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement & Record of Decision

Donner und Blitzen River Management Plan & Environmental Assessment, Oregon

River Names Beginning with E - L

Eagle Creek (Wallowa-Whitman NF) Management Plan, Oregon

Eight Mile River Management Plan, Connecticut

Eleven Point River Management Plan, Missouri

Eleven Point River Management Direction, Missouri

Elk River Management Plan, Oregon

Farmington & Salmon Brook River Management Plan, Connecticut

Farmington (West Branch) River Management Plan, Connecticut

Feather River Management Plan, California

Flathead River Management Plan, Montana

Flathead National Forest Management Plan, Montana

Fortymile River Management Plan, Alaska

Fossil Creek Resource Assessment, Arizona

Great Egg Harbor River Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, New Jersey

Great Egg Harbor River Boundary Maps (Zipped File), New Jersey

Hurricane Creek Management Plan, Arkansas

Illinois River Management Plan, Oregon

Imnaha River Management Plan, Oregon

Jemez (East Fork) River Management Plan, New Mexico

John River Management Plan, Alaska

John Day River Management Plan (John Day Basin Resource Management Plan) & ROD, Oregon

John Day (North Fork) River Management Plan, Oregon

John Day River Management Plan (John Day Basin Resource Management Plan) & ROD, Oregon

Joseph Creek Management Plan, Oregon

Kern (North Fork) River (NPS segment) Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, California

Kern (North & South Forks) River (USFS segment) Management Plan, California

Kings (Middle & South Forks) River (NPS segment) Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, California

Kings River (USFS segment) Environmental Assessment, California

Kings River (USFS segment) Management Plan, California

Kings River (USFS Segment) Record of Decision, California

Klamath River (Upper) Draft Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, Oregon

Klickitat River Management Plan, Washington

Kobuk River Management Plan, Alaska

Koyukuk (North Fork) River Management Plan, Alaska

Lamprey River Management Plan - 2007, New Hampshire

Lamprey River Management Plan - 2013 Update, New Hampshire

Little Deschutes River Management Plan, Oregon

Little Miami River Management Plan, Ohio

Lostine River Management Plan, Oregon

Loxahatchee River Management Plan, Florida

River Names Beginning with M - R

Malheur River Management Plan, Oregon

Malheur (North Fork) River Management Plan, Oregon

Maurice River Management Plan, New Jersey

Manistee River Management Plan, Michigan

Merced River (BLM Segment) Management Plan, California

Merced River (NPS Segment) Management Plan Record of Decision, California

Merced River (USFS Segment) Management Plan, California

Merced River (USFS Segment) Environmental Impact Statement, California

Merced River (USFS Segment) Record of Decision, California

Metolius River Management Plan, Oregon

Minam River Management Plan, Oregon

Missisquoi & Trout Rivers Management Plan, Vermont

Missouri River (Upper) Management Plan, Montana

Missouri River (NPS Segment) Management Plan, Nebraska & South Dakota

Mulberry River Management Plan, Arkansas

Mulchatna River Management Plan, Alaska

Musconetcong River Management Plan, New Jersey

Nashua, Nissitissit & Squannacook Rivers Management Plan

New River Management Plan, North Carolina

Niobrara River Management Plan, Nebraska

Noatak River Management Plan, Alaska

North Powder River Environmental Assessment & Resource Assessment, Oregon

North Sylamore Creek Management Plan, Arkansas

North Umpqua River Management Plan, Oregon

Obed River Management Plan, Tennessee

Ontonagon River Management Plan, Michigan

Owyhee (Main, North Fork, West Little) River Management Plan & EA, Oregon

Paint River Management Plan, Michigan

Pecos River Management Plan, New Mexico

Pere Marquette River Management Plan, Michigan

Pine River Management Plan, Michigan

Powder River Management Plan & Environmental Assessment, Oregon

Presque Isle River Management Plan, Michigan

Quartzville Creek Management Plan, Oregon

Richland Creek Management Plan, Arkansas

Rio Chama Management Plan, New Mexico

Rio de la Mina, Rio Icacos, Rio Mamayes Management Plan, Puerto Rico

Rio de la Mina, Rio Icacos, Rio Mamayes Environmental Assessment, Puerto Rico

Rio de la Mina, Rio Icacos, Rio Mamayes Decision Notice, Puerto Rico

Rio Grande River (BLM segment) Management Plan, New Mexico

Rio Grande River (NPS segment) Management Plan, Texas

Rio Grande River Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, Texas

Rogue (Lower) River Management Plan, Oregon

Rogue (Upper) River Management Plan & Environmental Assessment, Oregon

River Names Beginning with S - Z

St. Croix (Lower) River Management Plan, Minnesota & Wisconsin

St. Croix (Upper) River (Ottawa NF) Management Plan, Minnesota & Wisconsin

St. Joe River Management Plan, Idaho

Salmon River Management Plan, Idaho

Salmon River Management Plan, Alaska

Salmon River (Middle Fork) Management Plan, Idaho

Salmon River Wilderness Management Plan, Idaho

Salmon River Management Plan, Oregon

Sandy (Bureau of Land Management) River Management Plan, Oregon

Sandy (Upper - U.S. Forest Service) River Management Plan, Oregon

Sespe Creek Management Plan, California

Sisquoc River Management Plan, California

Skagit River Management Plan, Washington

Smith River National Recreation Area Management Plan, California

Snake River Recreation Management Plan, Idaho & Oregon

Snake River Headwaters Management Plan & Environmental Assessment (National Park Service / U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Wyoming

Snake River Headwaters Management Plan Reference Document (U.S. Forest Service), Wyoming

Snake River Headwaters Management Plan (U.S. Forest Service), Wyoming

Sprague (North Fork) Management Plan & Environmental Assessment, Oregon

Sturgeon River (Ottawa NF) Management Plan, Michigan

Sudbury, Assabet & Concord Rivers Conservation Plan, Massachusetts

Sycan River Management Plan & Environmental Assessment, Oregon

Taunton River Management Plan, Massachusetts

Tinayguk River Management Plan, Alaska

Tlikakila River Management Plan, Alaska

Tuolumne River (NPS Segment) Management Plan & Environmental Impact Statement, California

Tuolumne River (USFS & BLM segment) Management Plan, California

Tuolumne River (NPS Segment) Management Plan Record of Decision, California

Unalakleet River Management Plan, Alaska

Verde River Management Plan, Arizona

Verde River Management Plan Environmental Assessment, Arizona

Verde River Management Plan FONSI, Arizona

Vermilion (Middle Fork) River Management Plan, Illinois

Virgin River Management Plan & Environmental Assessment, Utah

Wekiva River Management Plan, Florida

Wenaha River Management Plan, Oregon

West Little Owyhee River Management Plan & Environmental Assessment

White River Management Plan, Oregon

White Clay Creek Management Plan, Delaware & Pennsylvania

White Salmon River Management Plan Reference Document, Washington

White Salmon (Lower) River Management Plan, Washington

White Salmon (Upper) River Management Plan, Washington

Whychus Creek Management Plan, Oregon

Wildcat River Management Plan, New Hampshire

Wilson Creek Management Plan & Environmental Assessment, North Carolina

Wolf River Classification, Wisconsin

Wolf River Management Plan, Wisconsin

Wolf River Environmental Assessment Update, Wisconsin

Wood-Pawcatuck Rivers Stewardship PlanConnecticut & Rhode Island

Yellow Dog River Management Plan, Michigan

Yellowstone River (Clarks Fork) River Management Plan, Wyoming

Yellowstone River (Clarks Fork) River Management Plan Environmental Assessment, Wyoming

Yellowstone River (Clarks Fork) River Management Plan FONSI, Wyoming

Yukon River Management Plan, Alaska

Management Plans Currently Under Development

The river planning process is an ongoing activity. As plans age, changes are sometimes needed. As new rivers are added to the National System, new plans must be written.