General Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Crater Lake National Park, Klamath, Jackson, Douglas Counties, Oregon, 2005

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Table of Contents

COVER

INTRODUCTION

PURPOSE OF AND NEED FOR THE PLAN

Purpose, Need, and Scoping

Introduction

Brief Description of the Park

Purpose and Need

The Scoping Process

Planning Direction and Guidance

Purpose, Significance, Mission, and Interpretive Themes

Servicewide Laws and Policies

Special Mandates and Administrative Commitments

Planning Issues

Impact Topics – Resources And Values at Stake in the Planning Process

Impacts Topics

Impact Topics Eliminated from Further Evaluation

ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE

The Alternatives

Actions Common to All Alternatives

Development of the Alternatives

Management Zones

Alternative 1 — No Action

Alternative 2 -  Preferred Alternative — Emphasis on Increased Opportunities

Alternative 3 — Emphasis on Enjoyment of the Natural Environment

Alternative 4 — Emphasis on Preservation and Restoration of Natural Processes

Mitigating Measures

Alternatives or Actions Considered but Eliminated from Further Study

Identification of the Preferred Alternative

Environmentally Preferred Alternative

AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT

Cultural Resources

Natural Resources

Visitors and the Park

Operations

Socioeconomic Environment

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES

Introduction

Methodology for Analyzing Impacts

Impacts to Cultural Resources and Sec. 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act

Cultural Resources

Natural Resources

Visitor Use

Park and Concession Operations

Socioeconomic Environment

Cumulative Impacts

Impairment of Park Resources or Values

Impacts of Implementing Alternative 1 – No Action

Cultural Resources

Natural Resources

Visitor Use

Operations

Socioeconomic Environment

Unavoidable Adverse Effects

Relationship of Short- Term Uses of the Environment and the Maintenance and Enhancement of Long-Term Productivity

Irreversible or Irretrievable Commitment of Resources

Impacts of Implementing Alternative 2 – Preferred Alternative

Cultural Resources

Natural Resources

Visitor Use

Operations

Socioeconomic Environment

Unavoidable Adverse Effects

Relationship of Short- Term Uses of the Environment and the Maintenance and Enhancement of Long- Term Productivity

Irreversible or Irretrievable Commitment of Resources

Impacts of Implementing Alternative 3

Cultural Resources

Natural Resources

Visitor Use

Operations

Socioeconomic Environment

Unavoidable Adverse Effects

Relationship of Short-Term Uses of the Environment and the Maintenance and Enhancement of Long-Term Productivity

Irreversible or Irretrievable Commitment of Resources

Impacts of Implementing Alternative 4

Cultural Resources

Natural Resources

Visitor Use

Operations

Socioeconomic Environment

Unavoidable Adverse Effects

Relationship of Short- Term Uses of the Environment and the Maintenance and Enhancement of Long- Term Productivity

Irreversible or Irretrievable Commitment of Resources

CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION

APPENDIXES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PREPARERS

SUMMARY