Excerpt from Study of Development Concept Alternatives Environmental Assessment: Draft, September 1990 The purposes identified for New River Gorge National River are as follows: Conserve and interpret outstanding natural, scenic, and historic values and objects in and around New River Gorge. Allow resource-based recreation that does not impair resource values. The following statements summarize the significance of resources at the national river: Size and topographic relief make the gorge an outstanding scenic resource in West Virginia. New River Gorge provides some of the best white-water rafting in the eastern United States. New River is the best warm-water stream fishery in the state. New River is believed to be the oldest river on the North American continent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.