![President Johnson and Saylor commemorating the passage of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act](/common/uploads/grid_builder/rivers/crop16_9/B744D0F6-1DD8-B71B-0B5E3EA053051665.png)
Creation of the NRI
NRI Roots and Basis in Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
![President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act into law.](/common/uploads/grid_builder/rivers/crop16_9/BA52CA67-1DD8-B71B-0B2980D3A22DF655.png)
River Studies
Act of identification of potential additions to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
![John and Frank Craighead, are shown in Hells Canyon in 1970.](/common/uploads/grid_builder/rivers/crop16_9/BA83E584-1DD8-B71B-0B83322D135EE318.png)
Updating and Revising
Revision of the Nationwide Rivers Inventory.
![President Carter signs a document.](/common/uploads/grid_builder/rivers/crop16_9/B7DED5FC-1DD8-B71B-0B3FCE4A18569A09.png)
Presidential Memorandum
President Carter recognizes the important values of our Nation's rivers.
![Signing of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with President Nixon](/common/uploads/grid_builder/rivers/crop16_9/B8370C61-1DD8-B71B-0B5A6CB3EDC12874.png)
Council on Environmental Quality
Coordinates Federal environmental efforts.
Last updated: August 23, 2017