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INTRODUCTION The National Park Service has developed a general management plan to provide a rational basis for developing the best future for Crater Lake National Park which is in keeping with the intent of the establishment act for the park and which is within its own congressional mandate. The general management plan contains the long-range strategy for resource management, development, and visitor use within the park and assures awareness and compliance with a wide variety of legislative and executive requirements, management policies, and procedures. In order to ensure that park use is compatible with long-term resource conservation, the general management plan establishes general capacities for particular uses which are based upon the ability of park resources to absorb impact, the desired quality experience for park visitors, and the physical capacity of park developments. A general management plan is dynamic, varying in complexity with the size and complexity of a given park. Its components are continually subjected to reevaluation and are revised as necessary to reflect changes in management objectives or in ecological, social, or economic conditions. As a plan is implemented, more specific proposals for actions are made. The associated plans will not always be prepared concurrently as components of the general management plan but will be consistent with one another and the statement for management. The general management plan for Crater Lake National Park consists of the following interrelated planning documents: STATEMENT FOR MANAGEMENT This document defines the purpose of the park, lists constraints and influences on park management, indicates existing land uses, and gives management objectives envisioning the desired future condition of the park. The statement for management has been approved and now provides the direction for all other planning and management efforts at the park. RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN The resources management plan for the park outlines the strategies for protecting, perpetuating, and preserving natural and cultural resources. This plan is being developed concurrently with the visitor use and general development plans to incorporate the results of recent resource investigations and to evaluate current and future resource needs and proposals. VISITOR USE PLAN This plan outlines strategies for interpreting park resources, for providing for visitor use and safety, and for supplying information and support services. The plan evolves, to a large extent, from the interpretive prospectus for the park (approved May, 1972). GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN This document outlines the development necessary to accomplish the visitor use plan and the resources management plan and to obtain the conditions stated as Management Objectives in the statement for management. SUBSIDIARY PLANS Subsidiary implementation plans are often required within a park to deal with specific sites, subjects, or actions. As these plans are completed and approved, they become a part of the general management plan for the park. Depending upon their nature, these subsidiary plans may require further environmental analysis or environmental impact statement preparation. in
INTRODUCTION The National Park Service has developed a general management plan to provide a rational basis for developing the best future for Crater Lake National Park which is in keeping with the intent of the establishment act for the park and which is within its own congressional mandate. The general management plan contains the long-range strategy for resource management, development, and visitor use within the park and assures awareness and compliance with a wide variety of legislative and executive requirements, management policies, and procedures. In order to ensure that park use is compatible with long-term resource conservation, the general management plan establishes general capacities for particular uses which are based upon the ability of park resources to absorb impact, the desired quality experience for park visitors, and the physical capacity of park developments. A general management plan is dynamic, varying in complexity with the size and complexity of a given park. Its components are continually subjected to reevaluation and are revised as necessary to reflect changes in management objectives or in ecological, social, or economic conditions. As a plan is implemented, more specific proposals for actions are made. The associated plans will not always be prepared concurrently as components of the general management plan but will be consistent with one another and the statement for management. The general management plan for Crater Lake National Park consists of the following interrelated planning documents: STATEMENT FOR MANAGEMENT This document defines the purpose of the park, lists constraints and influences on park management, indicates existing land uses, and gives management objectives envisioning the desired future condition of the park. The statement for management has been approved and now provides the direction for all other planning and management efforts at the park. RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN The resources management plan for the park outlines the strategies for protecting, perpetuating, and preserving natural and cultural resources. This plan is being developed concurrently with the visitor use and general development plans to incorporate the results of recent resource investigations and to evaluate current and future resource needs and proposals. VISITOR USE PLAN This plan outlines strategies for interpreting park resources, for providing for visitor use and safety, and for supplying information and support services. The plan evolves, to a large extent, from the interpretive prospectus for the park (approved May, 1972). GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN This document outlines the development necessary to accomplish the visitor use plan and the resources management plan and to obtain the conditions stated as Management Objectives in the statement for management. SUBSIDIARY PLANS Subsidiary implementation plans are often required within a park to deal with specific sites, subjects, or actions. As these plans are completed and approved, they become a part of the general management plan for the park. Depending upon their nature, these subsidiary plans may require further environmental analysis or environmental impact statement preparation. in