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PARK PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE
MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES
The National Park Service faces a tremendous challenge at Crater
Lake to minimize the impact on the park's natural and cultural resources while
providing for visitors' enjoyment of the park. This is especially acute in
developed areas where visitors concentrate and where the kind and level of
services available often dictate how much impact there will be on park
resources. The following management objectives were devised to guide the
development of alternatives in the Visitor Services Plan:
Protect the natural features and resources for which the park
was established.
Minimize the impact of commercial visitor services on Crater
Lake, and protect the park's significant cultural resources.
Offer a high-quality visitor experience consistent with NPS and
park management policies. Provide necessary and appropriate information,
interpretation, and educational programs that orient the public to the park and
foster understanding and appreciation of the park's natural and cultural
resources.
Make available necessary and appropriate commercial visitor
services to meet the needs of visitors and to enhance their enjoyment of the
park.
