GENERAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
for
Nez Perce National Historical Park
and
Big Hole National Battlefield

LOOKING GLASS CAMP

The Looking Glass Camp is interpreted at a sign on the north side of the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River off U.S. Highway 12, 3 miles east of Kooskia, Idaho. A small U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fish hatchery occupies the village site, across the river, where the U.S. Army attacked the Looking Glass Band during the 1877 Nez Perce War. The University of Idaho excavated parts of the site in 1993; the collection is currently stored at the university. The site has been altered by the construction of roads, the fish hatchery, and other modern modifications. Most of the surrounding land is heavily forested, interspersed with occasional residences. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service operates the Kooskia Fish Hatchery and an interpretive trail which leads through part of the original settlement.
Map of site

 MANAGEMENT ISSUES

  • The narrow pullout is on a noisy, heavily used highway.

  • The sign interpretation available does not include the story of the Nez Perce continuum.

  • There is nothing to draw visitors to the actual site of the camp.

 ACTION PLAN

  • The Park Service will work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through an agreement on trail development and interpretation, helping to expand interpretation to include the Nez Perce continuum.

  • Efforts will be made to preserve the viewshed and remnants of the occupational site.

  • The Park Service will continue working with local citizens on a visitor information center at the junction of U.S. 12 and Idaho 13.


http://www.nps.gov/nepe/gmp8-28.htm
Last Updated: 12-Nov-1999 ÿ