{"id":17688,"date":"2018-11-01T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=17688"},"modified":"2021-02-17T13:13:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:13:15","slug":"wild-scenic-rivers-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2018\/11\/01\/wild-scenic-rivers-110\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild & Scenic Rivers 110"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Descents<\/a> provides life-changing outdoor adventures for young adults (ages 18-39) that have been impacted by cancer. With programs and Local Adventure Communities all over the United States, it’s a safe bet that First Descents is running trips and utilizing our wild and scenics rivers all the time. For October, we let the team at First Descents take over Wild and Scenic Wednesdays to feature some of their favorite designated waterways.<\/p>\n

Wild & Scenic Wednesdays are just one way we\u2019re celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act. Learn more about how you can celebrate the 50th Anniversary and help NRS, American Rivers, American Whitewater, OARS, Yeti, Chacos and REI fight for 5,000 more miles of designated Wild & Scenic rivers at\u00a05000miles.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Upper Delaware River, NY\/PA (Wild & Scenic circa 1978)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1. There are traces of evidence that Native American tribes lived on the banks of the Upper Delaware River Region dating as far back as 15,000 BC.<\/p>\n

2. Along the river, you will run into the Delaware aqueduct which is the nation’s oldest wire cable suspension bridge still in service.<\/p>\n

3. Congress passed the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in 1968. In 1978 the act was used to protect the Upper Delaware River and designated it as part of the National Park System and Wild and Scenic Rivers system.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0The Upper Delaware is the largest undammed river east of the Mississippi.<\/p>\n

5. Each year the Upper Delaware Council hosts a Delaware River Sojourn \u2018Still Wild After all These Years\u2019 in celebration of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The event is filled with guided paddling excursions, activities, and camping.<\/p>\n

New York is First Descents\u2019 largest and most active Local Adventure Community. Not only do they provide week-long and multi-day adventure trips all year long, but the Local Adventure Community also keeps FD participants connected to other young adults with cancer in their home state.<\/em><\/p>\n

East Fork of the Hood River, OR (Wild & Scenic circa 2009)<\/strong><\/p>\n