{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "The purpose of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Module for the KICT is to help NRCS planners identify waters that fall under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (and other protected categories of waters), identify practices that could have a potential adverse effect to these waters, find ways to avoid or minimize adverse effects to these waters, identify potential positive effects of practices (potential benefits) to these waters, and provide this information in a clear, concise method allowing documentation of the NEPA process (CPA-52) in conjunction with decision makers and conservation planning. \n The categories of waters covered in this module are state and federal Wild and Scenic Rivers, National Rivers Inventory Segments, Outstanding National Resource Waters (ONRW), Outstanding State Resource Waters (OSRW), and Kentucky Special Use Waters. The Kentucky Special Use Waters are waters identified as Reference Reach Waters, Exceptional Waters, or Cold Water Aquatic Habitat. \n More details can be found in the \"Kentucky NRCS Conservation Practice Effects on Wild, Scenic, and NRI River Segments & KY Special Use Waters - for Conservation Planning and Program Implementation\" document, which can be found in the online Field Office Technical Guide for Kentucky.", "description": "
The practice matrix (and supporting documents and information), which includes the conservation practices, potential adverse effects, potential beneficial effects, considerations, effect determination, and KICT proximity thresholds were provided by the NRCS. The NRCS data steward for the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves used this information with geospatial data sourced from various federal and state agencies to create this module for the KICT. <\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "The purpose of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Module for the KICT is to help NRCS planners identify waters that fall under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (and other protected categories of waters), identify practices that could have a potential adverse effect to these waters, find ways to avoid or minimize adverse effects to these waters, identify potential positive effects of practices (potential benefits) to these waters, and provide this information in a clear, concise method allowing documentation of the NEPA process (CPA-52) in conjunction with decision makers and conservation planning. \n The categories of waters covered in this module are state and federal Wild and Scenic Rivers, National Rivers Inventory Segments, Outstanding National Resource Waters (ONRW), Outstanding State Resource Waters (OSRW), and Kentucky Special Use Waters. The Kentucky Special Use Waters are waters identified as Reference Reach Waters, Exceptional Waters, or Cold Water Aquatic Habitat. \n More details can be found in the \"Kentucky NRCS Conservation Practice Effects on Wild, Scenic, and NRI River Segments & KY Special Use Waters - for Conservation Planning and Program Implementation\" document, which can be found in the online Field Office Technical Guide for Kentucky.", "title": "Wild and Scenic Rivers Module for the Kentucky Interagency Coordination Tool", "tags": [ "Natural Resources Conservation Service", "NRCS", "Kentucky Interagency Coordination Tool", "KICT", "Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves", "OKNP", "Wild and Scenic Rivers Module", "WASR", "Wild Rivers", "Outstanding National Resource Waters", "ONRW", "Outstanding State Resource Waters", "OSRW", "Reference Reach Waters", "Exceptional Waters", "Cold Water Aquatic Habitat", "CAH", "National Rivers Inventory", "NRI", "Kentucky Special Use Waters" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 625000, "maxScale": 5000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "The NRI segments came from the U.S. National Park Service, the Federal Scenic and Wild Rivers came from the United States Forest Service. The KY Wild Rivers, Reference Reach Waters, Exceptional Waters, Coldwater Aquatic Habitat waters, Outstanding National Resource Waters, and Outstanding State Resource Waters came from data created by the Kentucky Division of Water and the US Geological Survey.", "licenseInfo": "", "portalUrl": "" }