(2022-0496-F Segment 2) Heritage Rivers

367 folders, approximately 4,368 pages, 45 pages of Electronic Records

This collection consists of records relating to American Heritage Rivers, an initiative aimed to reward communities that protected American rivers. This collection consists of correspondence regarding applications for nomination and designation as an American Heritage River, document productions, executive orders (including drafts and supporting correspondence), action plans and background, remarks, reports, resolutions, scheduling material, press statements, talking points, and printed web pages. This collection also contains material from the various American Heritage Rivers committees including agendas, background material, correspondence, and meeting notes.

The materials in FOIA 2022-0496-F (Segment 2) are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This collection contains material related to American Heritage Rivers. President Clinton announced this initiative in his 1997 State of the Union Address. The initiative aimed to reward communities that protected American rivers. One-hundred twenty-six communities applied for this funding by submitting action plans. Government officials on the federal, state, and local levels wrote in support of these applications. In July of 1998, President Clinton and Vice President Gore designated fourteen communities as American Heritage Rivers. The President’s designations were the Blackstone and Woonasquatucket Rivers, the Connecticut River, the Cuyahoga River, the Detroit River, the Hanalei River, the Hudson River, the Upper Mississippi River, the Lower Mississippi River, the New River, the Potomac River, the Rio Grande, the St. Johns River, the Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna Watershed, and the Willamette River. This collection contains correspondence regarding applications for nomination and designation as an American Heritage River, document productions, executive orders (including drafts and supporting correspondence), action plans and background, remarks, reports, resolutions, scheduling material, press statements, talking points, and printed web pages. This collection also contains material from the various American Heritage Rivers committees including agendas, background material, correspondence, and meeting notes.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Files, Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM (OP), Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Various Offices, and Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files. The WHORM Subject file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designated by a letter/number combination. In addition, there are WHORM, WHORM Counsel, WHORM (CL), WHORM (OP), WHORM (Too Late); WHORM (Various Offices); and WHORM (Alpha Project) series. Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity. Staff and Office files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject area. FOIA 2022-0496-F (Segment 2) includes WHORM records from these subject codes: FG001-07 Appointments Granted, Presidential FG006-01 White House Office IV Invitations NR007 Rivers - Waters - Harbors PP Presidential Personal PR012-02 Petitions – Resolutions from Local Government Officials SP230-96 State of the Union, 1996 TR298 Trip to Raleigh, North Carolina, 7/30/1998.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivist, 2023. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2022-0496-F (Seg 2):
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
FG001-07 417106
FG006-01 400367
IV 243151
NR007 207558
Category Case Number
NR007 209628
NR007 209633
NR007 209654
NR007 210051
NR007 210098
NR007 210127
NR007 210356
NR007 212315
NR007 213260
NR007 213673
NR007 214539
NR007 215343
NR007 215500
NR007 216590
NR007 217002
NR007 217513
NR007 217762
NR007 218253
NR007 218404
NR007 219282
NR007 219289
NR007 219295
NR007 219490
NR007 220286
NR007 221362
NR007 222738
NR007 223000
NR007 223371
NR007 223555
NR007 224107
NR007 224165
NR007 224343
NR007 225248
NR007 225481
NR007 226357
NR007 227023
NR007 228183
NR007 228638
NR007 229297
NR007 230742
NR007 231071
NR007 231755
NR007 231806
NR007 232543
NR007 234009
NR007 234270 [1]
NR007 234270 [2]
Box 2
Category Case Number
NR007 234485
NR007 234692
NR007 234700SS
NR007 234702
NR007 235951
NR007 237599
NR007 238324
NR007 238340
NR007 238342
NR007 238620
NR007 238849
NR007 239492
NR007 239666
NR007 239670
NR007 240626
NR007 240629
NR007 240821
NR007 241668
NR007 242105
NR007 242151
NR007 242172
NR007 242173
NR007 242763
NR007 242770
NR007 242994
NR007 243315
NR007 243340
NR007 243492
NR007 243493
NR007 243494
NR007 243533
NR007 244133
NR007 244138
NR007 244564
NR007 244566
NR007 244794
NR007 245100
NR007 245147
NR007 245201
NR007 245206
NR007 245212
NR007 245213
NR007 245215
NR007 245216
Category Case Number
NR007 245217
NR007 245218
NR007 245219
NR007 245220
NR007 245221
NR007 245223
NR007 245227
NR007 245233
NR007 245235
NR007 245236
NR007 245241
NR007 245243
NR007 245245
NR007 245247
NR007 245249
NR007 245250
NR007 245251
NR007 245470
NR007 245477
NR007 245503
NR007 245582
NR007 245684
NR007 245685
NR007 245686
NR007 245690
NR007 245691
NR007 245707
NR007 245710
NR007 245713
NR007 245714
NR007 245716
NR007 245717
NR007 245726
NR007 245728
NR007 245729
NR007 245912
Box 3
NR007 246030
NR007 246037
NR007 246060
NR007 246062
NR007 246066
NR007 246067
NR007 246070
NR007 246105
NR007 246107
Category Case Number
NR007 246245
NR007 246246
NR007 246247
NR007 246249
NR007 246255
NR007 246272
NR007 246276
NR007 246366
NR007 246367
NR007 246368
NR007 246397
NR007 246398
NR007 246399
NR007 246402
NR007 246484
NR007 246492
NR007 246493
NR007 246502
NR007 246529
NR007 246785
NR007 246793
NR007 246915
NR007 246919
NR007 246925
NR007 247081
NR007 247084
NR007 247086
NR007 247088
NR007 247092
NR007 247106
NR007 247109
NR007 247111
NR007 247273
NR007 247275
NR007 247276
NR007 247329
NR007 247787
NR007 247808
NR007 248037
NR007 248114
NR007 248123
NR007 248130
NR007 248138
NR007 248357
NR007 250229
NR007 250799
NR007 250828
NR007 250832
Category Case Number
NR007 250837
NR007 251113
NR007 251552
NR007 251594
NR007 251607
NR007 251612
NR007 251630
NR007 251633
NR007 251947
NR007 251953
NR007 251954
NR007 252060
NR007 252099
NR007 252113
NR007 252118 [OA/ID 14086]
NR007 252118 [OA/ID 23554]
NR007 252245
NR007 252401
NR007 252523
NR007 252559
NR007 252663
NR007 255545
NR007 256385
NR007 258226
NR007 258227
NR007 258228
NR007 258230
NR007 258231
NR007 258234
NR007 258252
Box 4
NR007 258576
NR007 258578
NR007 258595
NR007 258614
NR007 258616
NR007 258619
NR007 259223
NR007 259993
NR007 260510
NR007 260632
NR007 260881
NR007 262589
NR007 263064
NR007 264080
NR007 264406
Category Case Number
NR007 264518
NR007 266278
NR007 266282
NR007 267166
NR007 268089
NR007 268512
NR007 269330
NR007 269961
NR007 270348
NR007 270351
NR007 270396
NR007 270407
NR007 270411
NR007 270942
NR007 271061
NR007 271074
NR007 271078
NR007 271094
NR007 271839
NR007 271850
NR007 271868
NR007 271873
NR007 271888SS
NR007 272191
NR007 272193
NR007 272194
NR007 272219
NR007 272220
NR007 272222
NR007 272236
NR007 272240
NR007 272241
NR007 272244
NR007 272246
NR007 272779
NR007 272783
NR007 272807
NR007 272811
NR007 272991
NR007 273307SS
NR007 273600SS
NR007 274213
NR007 274523
NR007 275123
NR007 275150
NR007 275172
NR007 276190
Box 5
Category Case Number
NR007 276354
NR007 276355
NR007 276356
NR007 276358
NR007 276359
NR007 276361
NR007 276377 [OA/ID 14086]
NR007 276377 [OA/ID 23554]
NR007 276694 [OA/ID 14086]
NR007 276694 [OA/ID 23554]
NR007 276852
NR007 276858
NR007 276861
NR007 276891
NR007 276911
NR007 276998
NR007 277006
NR007 277008
NR007 277242
NR007 277440
NR007 277453
NR007 277475
NR007 277637
NR007 277641
NR007 277669
NR007 277741
NR007 281342
NR007 283070
NR007 285358
NR007 285378
NR007 288147
NR007 294019SS
NR007 306435
[NR007] 404394
NR007 407738
[NR007] 421597
[NR007] 427906
NR007 431566
NR007 431592
PP 416881
PR012-02 232546
PR012-02 242998
PR012-02 245473
PR012-02 252526
SP230-96 208337
Category Case Number
TR298 283411
TR298 292739
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: (OP)
259747 [1]
259747 [2]
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Various Offices
238498 [Heritage Rivers]
Box 6
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Cabinet Affairs
Balderston, Kris
American Heritage Rivers [OA/ID 13175]
American Heritage Rivers [OA/ID 13180]
Heritage Rivers Mount Vernon [OA/ID 11544]
Heritage Rivers – Rollouts [OA/ID 13180]
Chief of Staff
Echaveste, Maria
American Heritage Rivers [OA/ID 15299]
Panetta, Leon; Bowles, Erskine
[November 6, 1997 – Note from Alice Shuffield to Jason – drafts of three pending veto
Statement of Administration Position on three environmental bills – S 1158 / S
1159 Kake Tribal Corporation Land Exchange / HR 1842 American Heritage
Rivers Bill] [loose] [OA/ID 15119]
Counsel’s Office
Falk, Deborah; Green, Erin; Doufekias, Demi
FACA [Federal Advisory Committee Act] – American Heritage Rivers [1]
[OA/ID11987]
FACA [Federal Advisory Committee Act] – American Heritage Rivers [2]
[OA/ID11987]
FACA [Federal Advisory Committee Act] – American Heritage Rivers [3]
[OA/ID11987]
Rundlet, Peter
American Heritage Rivers Interagency Committee [OA/ID 23837]
American Heritage Rivers Initiative Advisory Committee [OA/ID 23837]
Domestic Policy Council
Regas, Diana
American Heritage River Disk WP 6.0 [OA/ID 9057]
American Heritage Rivers [OA/ID 9057]
[American Heritage Rivers] [loose] [OA/ID 9057]
[American Heritage Rivers Working Group Papers] [loose] [OA/ID 9057]
Box 7
[Interagency Committee on American Heritage Rivers] [binder] [1]
[OA/ID 9057]
[Interagency Committee on American Heritage Rivers] [binder] [2]
[OA/ID 9057]
[Interagency Committee on American Heritage Rivers] [binder] [3]
[OA/ID 9057]
Intergovernmental Affairs
Bledsoe, Todd
American Heritage Rivers [OA/ID 14520]
Cutler, Lynn
American Heritage Rivers [Folder 1] [OA/ID 13538]
American Heritage Rivers [Folder 2] [OA/ID 13538]
Heritage Rivers [OA/ID 13540]
Elrod, Adrienne
American Heritage Rivers, Laredo, TX, July 30, 1998 [OA/ID 14762]
Ibarra, Mickey
[Events – January 1999]: American Heritage Rivers, January 7, 1999
[OA/ID 18202]
Redington, Racheal
9- North Carolina 1998-1999: Ashe County, North Carolina Heritage
Rivers Event POTUS and VPOTUS 7/30/1998 [OA/ID 17941]
September 11, 1997 POTUS American Heritage River Mount Vernon
[OA/ID 14616]
September 12, 1997 POTUS/VPOTUS American Heritage River Association
[OA/AD 14616]
Legislative Affairs
Subject Files
American Heritage Rivers [OA/ID 18359]
[American Heritage Rivers] [loose] [OA/ID 11142]
Heritage Rivers [OA/ID 18362]
Wyman, Lucia
Heritage Rivers [OA/ID 11837]
Box 8
Policy Development
Eddleman, Linda
American Heritage Rivers Act [OA/ID 10602]
Presidential Personnel
General Files
American Heritage Rivers Initiative Advisory Committee [OA/ID 24000]
Scheduling Office
AF
280884 [1] [OA/ID 11635]
280884 [2] [OA/ID 11635]

Electronic Records
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
NR007 285358
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Domestic Policy Council
Regas, Diane
American Heritage River Disk WP 610 [OA/ID 9037]