The National Park Service prepares a variety of planning and environmental documents to help guide it in managing park resources. These documents can range from site-specific impact analyses on facility locations to broader park-wide plans for future use and management of a park.

For information on the park's current planning efforts, check the Cape Hatteras National Seashore project page on the National Park Service Planning, Environment, and Public Comment website. 

Current park long-term planning efforts include:

• Off-road Vehicle Negotiated Rulemaking and Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement

Completed plans (in digital format) include:

1. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Foundations Statement

2. Cape Hatteras National Seashore Long-Range Interpretive Plan

3. Interim Protected Species Management Strategy (IPSMS)IPSMS Environmental Assessment (PDF 8.69MB)

• IPSMS Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)

• FONSI Attachment 1
• FONSI Attachment 1a
• FONSI Attachment 2
• FONSI Attachment 3
• FONSI Attachment 4
• FONSI Attachment 5