General Management Plan
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BACKGROUND
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MONUMENT
LEGISLATED AUTHORITY
PLANNING ISSUES AND CONCERNS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES ON MONUMENT RESOURCES
Air Quality
Activities on Adjacent Lands
Potential Future Activities
ACCESS AND TRAFFIC CIRCULATION
INFORMATION AND INTERPRETATION
FACILITIES
Visual Intrusions
Visitors
Monument Operations
ISSUES AND CONCERNS NOT CONSIDERED FURTHER
INTERRELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER STUDIES, PLANS, AND PROPOSALS
PARK EXPANSION
ADJACENT WILDERNESS PROPOSALS
PROJECTS WITH IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
POTENTIAL SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS
MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE
THE PLAN
MANAGEMENT ZONING
Natural Zone
Wilderness Subzone
Natural Environment Subzone
Outstanding Natural Features Subzone
Watershed Protection Subzone
Development Zone
Park Development Subzone
Interpretive Development Subzone
Special Use Zone
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Boundary Modification
Other Resource Management Actions
Carrying Capacity
Backcountry
SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR VISITORS
Access and Circulation
Interpretation
Location and Development of Facilities
ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS
Management Facilities
Employee Housing
Staff
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN
Sequence
Project Packages
APPENDIXES
A: FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
B: DESCRIPTION OF MONUMENT
C: VOLCANIC FEATURES
D: OBJECTIVES
E: LEGISLATION
F: REMODELING AND NEW CONSTRUCTION
G: COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT
H: VEGETATION, INCLUDING SENSITIVE PLANTS
I: ANIMALS, INCLUDING SENSITIVE SPECIES
ILLUSTRATIONS
Location
Physical Resources
Management Zoning
Boundary Modifications
Development Concept
Lava Features
Vegetation
Existing Conditions, Headquarters Area
Existing Conditions, Entrance Station
TABLES
1: Management Zoning
B-1: Pollutants and Their Effects
B-2: Visitor Statistics 1979 - 1990
B-3: Monthly Visitation, 1984 - 1990
H-1: Area Occupied By Each Vegetation Type
