Wood / Pawcatuck National Wild and Scenic Rivers System

This hosted feature layer has been published in RI State Plane Feet NAD 83. Excerpt from US Senate Bill - S 47, John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act:Sec. 1302.Wood-Pawcatuck watershed wild and scenic river segments(a)DesignationSection 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as amended by section 1301(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:(226)Wood-pawcatuck watershed, Rhode Island and ConnecticutThe following river segments within the Wood-Pawcatuck watershed, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council:(A)The approximately 11-mile segment of the Beaver River from its headwaters in Exeter and West Greenwich, Rhode Island, to its confluence with the Pawcatuck River in Richmond, Rhode Island, as a scenic river.(B)The approximately 3-mile segment of the Chipuxet River from the Kingstown Road Bridge, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, to its outlet in Worden Pond, as a wild river.(C)The approximately 9-mile segment of the Green Fall River from its headwaters in Voluntown, Connecticut, to its confluence with the Ashaway River in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, as a scenic river.(D)The approximately 3-mile segment of the Ashaway River from its confluence with the Green Fall River to its confluence with the Pawcatuck River in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, as a recreational river.(E)The approximately 3-mile segment of the Pawcatuck River from the Worden Pond outlet in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, to the South County Trail Bridge, Charlestown and South Kingstown, Rhode Island, as a wild river.(F)The approximately 4-mile segment of the Pawcatuck River from South County Trail Bridge, Charlestown and South Kingstown, Rhode Island, to the Carolina Back Road Bridge in Richmond and Charlestown, Rhode Island, as a recreational river.(G)The approximately 21-mile segment of the Pawcatuck River from Carolina Back Road Bridge in Richmond and Charlestown, Rhode Island, to the confluence with Shunock River in Stonington, Connecticut, as a scenic river.(H)The approximately 8-mile segment of the Pawcatuck River from the confluence with Shunock River in Stonington, Connecticut, to the mouth of the river between Pawcatuck Point in Stonington, Connecticut, and Rhodes Point in Westerly, Rhode Island, as a recreational river.(I)The approximately 11-mile segment of the Queen River from its headwaters in Exeter and West Greenwich, Rhode Island, to the Kingstown Road Bridge in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, as a scenic river.(J)The approximately 5-mile segment of the Usquepaugh River from the Kingstown Road Bridge to its confluence with the Pawcatuck River in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, as a wild river.(K)The approximately 8-mile segment of the Shunock River from its headwaters in North Stonington, Connecticut, to its confluence with the Pawcatuck River as a recreational river.(L)The approximately 13-mile segment of the Wood River from its headwaters in Sterling and Voluntown, Connecticut, and Exeter and West Greenwich, Rhode Island, to the Arcadia Road Bridge in Hopkinton and Richmond, Rhode Island, as a wild river.(M)The approximately 11-mile segment of the Wood River from the Arcadia Road Bridge in Hopkinton and Richmond, Rhode Island, to the confluence with the Pawcatuck River in Charlestown, Hopkinton, and Richmond, Rhode Island, as a recreational river.(b)Management of river segments(1)DefinitionsIn this subsection:(A)Covered tributaryThe term covered tributary means—(i)each of Assekonk Brook, Breakheart Brook, Brushy Brook, Canochet Brook, Chickasheen Brook, Cedar Swamp Brook, Fisherville Brook, Glade Brook, Glen Rock Brook, Kelly Brook, Locke Brook, Meadow Brook, Pendleton Brook, Parris Brook, Passquisett Brook, Phillips Brook, Poquiant Brook, Queens Fort Brook, Roaring Brook, Sherman Brook, Taney Brook, Tomaquag Brook, White Brook, and Wyassup Brook within the Wood-Pawcatuck watershed; and(ii)any other perennial stream within the Wood-Pawcatuck watershed.(B)River segmentThe term river segment means a river segment designated by paragraph (226) of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) (as added by subsection (a)).本托管要素图层采用罗德岛州平面英尺（NAD 83）坐标系发布。 节选自《小约翰·D·丁格尔保护、管理与娱乐法案》（美国参议院法案S.47）： 第1302条 伍德-波卡特克特流域野生与风景河流段 (a) 划定条款 《野生与风景河流法案》（16 U.S.C. 1274(a)，经第1301(b)条修订）第3(a)款将在末尾新增以下内容： (226) 罗德岛州与康涅狄格州伍德-波卡特克特流域 由内政部长联合伍德-波卡特克特野生与风景河流管理委员会负责管理的伍德-波卡特克特流域内以下河流段： (A) 比弗河全长约11英里的河段，从其在罗德岛州埃克塞特与西格林威治的源头，至其在罗德岛州里士满与波卡特克特河的汇流处，划定为风景河流。 (B) 奇普塞特河全长约3英里的河段，从罗德岛州南金斯顿的金斯顿路桥，至其在沃登池塘的出水口，划定为野生河流。 (C) 格林福尔河全长约9英里的河段，从其在康涅狄格州沃尔敦的源头，至其在罗德岛州霍普金顿与阿沙韦河的汇流处，划定为风景河流。 (D) 阿沙韦河全长约3英里的河段，从其与格林福尔河的汇流处，至其在罗德岛州霍普金顿与波卡特克特河的汇流处，划定为休闲河流。 (E) 波卡特克特河全长约3英里的河段，从罗德岛州南金斯顿的沃登池塘出水口，至罗德岛州查尔斯敦与南金斯顿的南郡步道桥，划定为野生河流。 (F) 波卡特克特河全长约4英里的河段，从罗德岛州查尔斯敦与南金斯顿的南郡步道桥，至罗德岛州里士满与查尔斯敦的卡罗莱纳后路桥，划定为休闲河流。 (G) 波卡特克特河全长约21英里的河段，从罗德岛州里士满与查尔斯敦的卡罗莱纳后路桥，至其在康涅狄格州斯托宁顿与舒诺克河的汇流处，划定为风景河流。 (H) 波卡特克特河全长约8英里的河段，从康涅狄格州斯托宁顿与舒诺克河的汇流处，至康涅狄格州斯托宁顿的波卡特克特角与罗德岛州韦斯特利的罗兹点之间的河口，划定为休闲河流。 (I) 昆河全长约11英里的河段，从其在罗德岛州埃克塞特与西格林威治的源头，至罗德岛州南金斯顿的金斯顿路桥，划定为风景河流。 (J) 乌斯奎波河全长约5英里的河段，从金斯顿路桥至其在罗德岛州南金斯顿与波卡特克特河的汇流处，划定为野生河流。 (K) 舒诺克河全长约8英里的河段，从其在康涅狄格州北斯托宁顿的源头，至其与波卡特克特河的汇流处，划定为休闲河流。 (L) 伍德河全长约13英里的河段，从其在康涅狄格州斯特林与沃尔敦以及罗德岛州埃克塞特与西格林威治的源头，至罗德岛州霍普金顿与里士满的阿卡迪亚路桥，划定为野生河流。 (M) 伍德河全长约11英里的河段，从罗德岛州霍普金顿与里士满的阿卡迪亚路桥，至其在罗德岛州查尔斯敦、霍普金顿与里士满与波卡特克特河的汇流处，划定为休闲河流。 (b) 河流段管理 (1) 定义 本小节中： (A) 受保护支流 “受保护支流”一词指： (i) 伍德-波卡特克特流域内的阿森科克溪、布雷克哈特溪、布拉希溪、卡诺切特溪、奇卡申溪、雪松沼泽溪、费希尔维尔溪、格莱德溪、格伦罗克溪、凯利溪、洛克溪、梅多溪、彭德尔顿溪、帕里斯溪、帕斯奎塞特溪、菲利普斯溪、波基安特溪、昆斯福特溪、罗阿诺克溪、谢尔曼溪、塔尼溪、托马夸格溪、怀特溪以及瓦萨普溪；以及 (ii) 伍德-波卡特克特流域内的其他所有常年溪流。 (B) 河流段 “河流段”一词指本小节(a)款新增的《野生与风景河流法案》第3(a)款第(226)项（16 U.S.C. 1274(a)）所划定的河流段。