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Calendar No. 301
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 118-149
NULHEGAN RIVER AND PAUL STREAM WILD AND SCENIC
RIVER STUDY ACT
JANUARY 9, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 432]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 432) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
to designate the Nulhegan River and Paul Stream in the State of
Vermont for potential addition to the national wild and scenic riv-
ers system, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that
the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 432 is to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act to designate the Nulhegan River and Paul Stream in the State
of Vermont for study for potential addition to the National Wild
and Scenic Rivers system.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
The 22-mile Nulhegan River and the 18-mile Paul Stream, both
located in northeast Vermont, are tributaries to the Connecticut
River, the longest river in New England, flowing through four
states before discharging into the Atlantic Ocean. These two rivers
are home to native Brook Trout populations that thrive under
these rivers' cold, deep waters, overhanging tree branches, and
instream woody habitat. These streams experienced large Brook
Trout population losses through historic logging that occurred in
the 19th and 20th centuries. State and Federal agencies have re-
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