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Westfield River Designated as Wild and Scenic November 2, 1993

Name	State	Study	Study Link	Date Designated	Public Law	How was the river designated
Westfield River	MA	Westfield River 2(a)(ii) Study & Environmental Assessment submitted to SOI July 1993	Study pdf	November 2, 1993*	Federal Register Volume 58, Number 219	In 1991 Governor William Weld of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts petitioned the Secretary of the Interior to designate three branches of the Westfield River under section 2(a) (ii) of the national Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

Miles Designated	Designated ORVs	Website	Outstanding Resources
43.3	Fish, Geologic, Historic, Recreation, Scenic, Wildlife, Ecologic	Westfield Wild and Scenic River Committee	Native trout fishery, geology including falls and gorges, spectacular mountain scenery, unique dry stone arch railway bridges

*The Westfield Wild and Scenic River was originally designated on November 2, 1993 with manytributaries being added on September 28, 2004.

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