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Sept. 1 deadline nears to comment on Lake Clark park plan

August 18th 11:32 pm | Bristol Bay Times Staff Print this article   Email this article   Create a Shortlink for this article

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve management is accepting comments through Sept. 1 on amendments to the park's general management plan.

This plan will guide management decisions and provide an overarching vision for resource protection and visitor use that will best achieve the National Park Service's mandate to preserve resources unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve includes four million acres spanning the Alaska Range from Cook Inlet to the Bristol Bay region "...set aside to preserve unimpaired a region of dynamic geologic and ecological processes that create scenic mountain landscapes, unaltered watersheds supporting Bristol Bay red salmon, and habitats for wilderness dependent populations of fish and wildlife, vital to 10,000 years of human history."

(The purpose of LCNPP as stated in the 2009 Foundation Statement).

The plan is the basic foundation for decision making and detailed planning for Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, and will provide a vision for resource preservation and visitor use during the next 15 to 20 years.

Staffat Lake Clark is interested in hearing from the public, other land managers and neighboring communities on such topics as: Why Lake Clark is important to you; Appropriate levels of development necessary to support visitor use, for example, trails, cabins and/or campgrounds; Management of commercial services; Strategies to protect the things that are most important about the park such as wild rivers; Evaluating areas of the park and preserve for possible inclusion in the national wilderness preservation system; Identifying how to address threats to the park that have arisen since 1984.

Send comments to http://parkplanning.nps.gov/lacl follow the links to "General Management Plan" then "Open for Public Comment"or by email at LACL_Planning@nps.gov. For more information, go to http://parkplanning.nps.gov/projectHome.cfm?projectID=36331.

 

Bristol Bay Times Staff can be reached at bristolbaytimes@alaskanewspapers.com, or by phone at 907-348-2449

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