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Links to Information on
Park Planning

Alaska Region - Planning and Compliance Documents - includes park websites, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, and Environmental Assessment (EA) summaries.

PlanZone - the National Park Service main planning page

Why Do We Plan? - slideshow describing why and how the NPS does planning.

Director's Order 2: Park Planning - This director's order documents the decision-making processes that result in the goals and actions specific to each unit of the national park system and those units of the national trails system administered by the National Park Service. Park planning is a vital intermediary step that links servicewide planning and decision making to park operations.

Director's Order #12: Conservation Planning, Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-making - set forth the policy and procedures by which the National Park Service carries out its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

National Park Service Strategic Plan - download an Adobe pdf file containing the NPS Strategic plan.

Denali Current Planning Information- includes information on a variety of Denali National Park and Preserve planning issues

Glacier Bay - preserving and protecting the park, management plans, management and planning issues, of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Wrangell - St. Elias - Park Planning Documents and Initiatives

Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve - Planning and management documents