CLINTON TO NAME AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVERS; SANTA CLARA OFF LIST.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. President Clinton will travel to North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. next week to announce designation of several streams in the nation as American Heritage American Heritage can refer to:
The Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
Earlier this year, a presidential advisory committee recommended 10 waterways from Connecticut to Oregon for designation as American Heritage Rivers. They included the New River. The designation will allow communities to tap federal resources and expertise in protecting and restoring the waterway through a liaison called a river navigator. Launched by Clinton last fall, the program drew nominations for river restoration from communities across the nation. The nominees were reviewed by the advisory committee, informed of opposition by McKeon to inclusion of the Santa Clara River, and recommendations were forwarded to Clinton. After the New River ceremony, Clinton will travel to Raleigh to participate in political events for North Carolina Democrats, including John Edwards, a Senate candidate, McCurry said. The 10 rivers nominated by the advisory committee were: the Connecticut River in Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). and Massachusetts; the Detroit River in Michigan; the Hanalei River in Hawaii; the New River; the Hudson River in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; the Rio Grande in Texas; the Potomac River in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia; the St. Johns River in Florida; the Upper Mississippi River
The Upper Mississippi River is the portion of the Mississippi River upstream of Cairo, Illinois, United States. in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin; and the Willamette River in Oregon. |
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