{"id":175,"date":"2018-08-15T23:18:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T23:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strivemarketing.info\/wwa\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2025-04-12T08:05:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T14:05:32","slug":"hells-canyon-non-motorized-periods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westernwhitewater.org\/?page_id=175","title":{"rendered":"Hells Canyon Non-Motorized Periods"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"175\" class=\"elementor elementor-175\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82d784a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82d784a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f0120ae\" data-id=\"2f0120ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb47d64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb47d64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Beginning at Hells Canyon Dam and extending for 31.5 miles downstream, the Snake River is designated as a Wild River under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.\u00a0 This area is also located within the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (HCNRA).\u00a0 This Wild section of the Snake is subject to complicated access regulations during a control season that runs from the Friday before Memorial Day through September 10th.\u00a0 The control season regulations include periods during which powerboats are prohibited on the river.\u00a0 These periods occur every other week from Monday through Wednesday and are known as the &#8220;Non-Motorized&#8221; periods.<\/p><p>For many jetboaters who regularly visit the HCNRA, the non-motorized periods are the equivalent of a stick in the pump &#8211; they will be a constant aggravation until they are gone.\u00a0 However, the non-motorized periods are a product of the current HCNRA Comprehensive Management Plan implemented in August 2003.\u00a0 And, irritating as they are and unjust as they may be, they are not likely to disappear unless the current management plan is reviewed and amended.<\/p><p><strong>Background<\/strong><br \/>In 1998, the U.S. Forest Service &#8211; the Federal oversight agency for the HCNRA &#8211; initiated a process to change the management direction of the HCNRA.\u00a0 That process entailed a lengthy period of environmental study and public comment.\u00a0 In July 2003, a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was released.\u00a0 The current HCNRA Comprehensive Management Plan was implemented a month later following the Record of Decision (ROD) by the Forest Supervisor for Wallowa Whitman National Forest to select Alternative E-&#8220;as modified&#8221; from the FEIS as the template for the management plan.\u00a0 Additional information about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellscanyon.org\/\">Hells\u00a0Canyon\u00a0Comprehensive\u00a0Management\u00a0Plan<\/a>, as well as the complete FEIS and ROD, can be viewed on the HCNRA Web site.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning at Hells Canyon Dam and extending for 31.5 miles downstream, the Snake River is designated as a Wild River under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.\u00a0 This area is also located within the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (HCNRA).\u00a0 This Wild section of the Snake is subject to complicated access regulations during a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/westernwhitewater.org\/?page_id=175\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-175","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernwhitewater.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernwhitewater.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernwhitewater.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernwhitewater.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernwhitewater.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/westernwhitewater.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3505,"href":"https:\/\/westernwhitewater.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions\/3505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernwhitewater.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}