River | County | Reach | Length (miles) | Description | Potential Classification | ORVs | Watershed (HUC Code 8) | Year Listed/ Updated | Other State |
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Little Missouri River | McKenzie, Billings | Entire segment within Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Unit, South Unit, and Elkhorn Ranch Site) | 26 | Designated by State of North Dakota as a State Scenic River. | Scenic/Wild | Cultural, Fish, Geologic, Historic, Recreational, Scenic, Wildlife, Other | Lower Little Missouri | 1982/ 1993 | |
Little Missouri River | Slope, Golden Valley, Billings, McKenzie | Boundary of Little Missouri National Grasslands on south edge of Sec. 36, T.133 S., R.105 W. to Sec. 32, T.149 N., R.96 W. Omitting entire segment within Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Unit, South Unit, and Elkhorn Ranch Site | 231 | Runs through scenic "badlands" of Little Missouri National Grasslands. | Cultural, Historic, Scenic | Lower Little Missouri | 1982/ 1993 | ||
Little Missouri River | Dunn | From Sec. 32, T.149 N., R.96 W. to Lake Sakakawea | 40 | Badlands topography provides unique scenic values, highly important for recreation; important habitat for channel catfish reproduction; important paleontological discoveries. | Cultural, Fish, Geologic, Historic, Recreational | Lower Little Missouri | 1982 | ||
Missouri River | Williams | Entire segment within Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site | 1 | Broad, south-looking panorama and surging river confluence. | Rec/Wild/Scenic | Cultural, Historic | Charlie-Little Muddy | 1993 | |
Missouri River | Mercer | Entire segment within Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site | 5 | Habitat for several threatened and endangered species. | Recreational/Scenic | Cultural, Fish, Recreational, Scenic, Wildlife | Charlie-Little Muddy | 1982/ 1993 | |
Missouri River | McLean, Mercer, Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | Square Butte Creek to Oliver/Mercer County Line. Knife River confluence to Southern edge of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site. Then finally from Northern boundary of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site to Garrison Dam. | 56 | One of few remaining free-flowing segments of the Missouri River; rated of critical importance by State for sport fishery; important wild turkey habitat; many historic and archeological sites. | Cultural, Fish, Historic, Recreational, Scenic, Wildlife | Charlie-Little Muddy | 1982 | ||
Pembina River | Pembina, Cavalier | Canadian Border to confluence with Red River | 109 | Much of the area is in a semi-wilderness condition; Pembina Valley and escarpment are part of the northeastern drift plain, containing most of the remaining forest in North Dakota; highly diverse wildlife; moose herd is being developed in area. | Geologic, Scenic, Wildlife | Lower Pembina River | 1982 |
Last updated: November 30, 2016