The bill S. 608, titled the Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2023, aims to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the entire Deerfield River, including its branches and major...
Simple Explanation
The Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act wants to check if the Deerfield River and its nearby streams in Massachusetts and Vermont are special enough to be protected by the government as wild and scenic. To do this, a big study will be done, and people will look carefully at the river to decide if it needs to be added to a list of very important and beautiful rivers.