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Forest Plan Revision: Wild and Scenic River Evaluation
Management Plans
- Verde Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive River Management Plan, Coconino, Prescott, and Tonto National Forests, 2004 (PDF, 1.25 MB)
- Map appendices for this document:
- Map 1: Management Areas (PDF, 2.1 MB)
- Map 2: Comprehensive River Management Plan (PDF, 500 kB)
- Map 3: Recreation Opportunity Spectrum/Wilderness Opportunity Spectrum (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- This document outlines the comprehensive management plan for a Verde River corridor on the Coconino, Prescott, and Tonto National Forests within Yavapai and Gila counties. The document outlines the roles of various state and federal agencies; summarizes remarkable attributes of the river; and outlines the goals and implementation for managing the river and corridor.
Eligibility Reports
- Preliminary Analysis of Eligibility and Classification for Wild/Scenic/Recreational River Designation, National Forests of Arizona, January 1993 (PDF, 8.2 MB)
- The report summarizes the preliminary analysis and classification for each of the rivers on the six National Forests in Arizona of the potential eligibility of inclusion into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Information provided for each river in the report includes an overview of important attributes, such as length, remarkable values, and description of the river. The rivers in the Coconino National Forest included in this analysis were: Upper Verde River, Oak Creek, West Fork of Oak Creek, Sycamore Creek, Barbershop Canyon, Leonard Canyon, East Clear Creek, West Clear Creek, Wet Beaver Creek, and Fossil Creek. This document was scanned from the original 380 page hardcopy report. It has been made searchable and contains bookmarks for each section, basin, and river in the report.
- Resource Information Report: Potential Wild/Scenic/Recreational River Designation, National Forests of Arizona, September 1993 (PDF, 35 MB)
- The report summarizes the resources for each of the rivers on the six National Forests in Arizona that were determined to be eligible for including into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Information provided for each river in the report includes location, descriptions of resources, remarkable attributes, land uses, and social and economic values. The eligible rivers in the Coconino National Forest included in this report are: Upper Verde River, Oak Creek, West Fork of Oak Creek, Sycamore Creek, Barbershop Canyon, Leonard Canyon, East Clear Creek, West Clear Creek, Wet Beaver Creek, and Fossil Creek. This document was scanned from the original 380 page hardcopy report. It has been made searchable and contains bookmarks for each section, basin, and river in the report. A later court case determined this report was an Eligibility Report under the standards of the Wild and Scenic River Act.
- Inventory and Eligibility Report for the Wild and Scenic River System, Coconino National Forest, 2013 (PDF, 6.6 MB)
- This is an update to the 1993 Resource Information Report for waterways on the Coconino National Forest. The waterways reviewed in this report include those originally listed in the 1993 Resource Information Report with the exception of the Upper Verde River, which was reviewed in a separate report prepared by the Prescott National Forest. The report summarizes resources, uses, and other attributes that are used to determine the eligibility of these waterways as Recreational, Scenic, or Wild under the 1968 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (P.L. 90-542).
- Upper Verde River Elibility Report Update for the National Wild and Scenic River System, Prescott National Forest, 2010 (PDF, 1.5 MB)
- This is an update to the original 1993 Eligibility Report and 1993 Resource Information Report for the Upper Verde River, prepared by the Prescott National Forest. The Upper Verde River is the portion of the Verde River running from just east of Paulden, Arizona, to just north of Clarkdale, Arizona. This portion of the Verde falls within the management boundaries of the Coconino and Prescott National Forests. The report summarizes resources, uses, and other attributes that are used to determine the eligibility of segments of the Upper Verde River to be designated as Recreational, Scenic, or Wild under the 1968 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (P.L. 90-542).
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