New York Consolidated Laws, Environmental Conservation Law - ENV § 15-2707. Classes of river areas includable in system, criteria;  management objectives

a. Wild river.  Those rivers or sections of rivers that are free of diversions and impoundments, inaccessible to the general public except by water, foot or horse trail, and with river areas primitive and undeveloped in nature and with development, if any, limited to forest management and foot bridges.

b. Scenic river.  Those rivers, or sections of rivers, that are free of diversions or impoundments except for log dams, with limited road access and with river areas largely primitive and largely undeveloped or which are partially or predominantly used for agriculture, forest management and other dispersed human activities which do not substantially interfere with public use and enjoyment of the rivers and their shores.

c. Recreational river.  Those rivers, or sections of rivers, that are readily accessible by road or railroad, that may have development in their river area and that may have undergone some impoundment or diversion in the past.

d. Exceptions.  Limited existing exceptions to the criteria for all three classes of rivers will not automatically exclude rivers from designation.  Rather, the river area shall be examined as a whole with its overall worthiness for inclusion being the deciding factor.