Wild and Scenic Rivers 2019 (Sheet of 12) Commemorative First-Class Mail Forever Postage Stamps

Description

• Each stamp bears a label naming the river depicted. They are: MERCED RIVER; OWYHEE RIVER; KOYUKUK RIVER; NIOBRARA RIVER; SNAKE RIVER; FLATHEAD RIVER; MISSOURI RIVER; SKAGIT RIVER; DESCHUTES RIVER ; TLIKAKILA RIVER; ONTONAGON RIVER; CLARION RIVER.
• To commemorate the Wild and Scenic Rivers System established under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018. Each of the 12 different stamp designs features a photograph of a different river from the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
• Today, various federal and state government agencies, plus private landowners and countless volunteers, work together to preserve all the wonderful qualities of Americas rivers. Together, they ensure trash and pollutants stay far away from the water and prevent man-made structures like dams from diverting natural river flow.
• The Wild and Scenic Rivers stamps are being issued as Forever stamps. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.

Americas Wild and Scenic Rivers are those deemed outstandingly remarkable for values including fish and wildlife, geology, recreation, and cultural or historical significance. These special streams are allowed to flow freely through natural settings without man-made alterations. With this pane of stamps, the U.S. Postal Service honors these American treasures, represented in a portfolio of a dozen exquisite river photographs.

Each stamp bears a label naming the river depicted. They are: MERCED RIVER (photo by Michael Melford); OWYHEE RIVER (photo by Michael Melford); KOYUKUK RIVER (photo by Michael Melford); NIOBRARA RIVER (photo by Michael Melford); SNAKE RIVER (photo by Tim Palmer); FLATHEAD RIVER (photo by Tim Palmer); MISSOURI RIVER (photo by Bob Wick, a staff photographer for the Bureau of Land Management); SKAGIT RIVER (photo by Tim Palmer); DESCHUTES RIVER (photo by Bob Wick, BLM); TLIKAKILA RIVER (photo by Michael Melford); ONTONAGON RIVER (photo by Tim Palmer); CLARION RIVER (photo by Bob Wick, BLM). Each stamp also bears the words FOREVER and USA in the same capitalized block-letter font as the river labels.

Since its inception in 1968, the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System has grown to more than 200 river segments about 13,000 miles of approximately 3 million U.S. river-miles.

With outdoor recreation increasingly popular, Americans desire clean rivers for swimming, fishing, and boating and healthy riparian environments for camping, hunting, hiking, and climbing.

We have lined rivers with factories, roads, and cities; engineered them for shipping; dammed them for flood control and hydropower; tapped them for irrigation; and relied on them for waste removal. Each of these uses compromises river health.

Through Wild and Scenic Rivers, we strive for balance. Special streams and the lands surrounding them are reserved as sanctuaries, where clean waters support habitats for native wildlife including iconic species like bears, wolves, moose, eagles, and salmon.

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