• View of the Great Rift

    Craters Of The Moon

    National Monument & Preserve Idaho

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Park Planning

Current Project Proposals:

Planning, Environment & Public Comment (PEPC)
Displays current project proposals and provides opportunities for feedback

Lava Flow Campground Environment Assessment

North Crater Flow Trail Environmental Assessment

 
Current Plans:
 
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Monument Management Plan and
Record of Decision (PDF)



 
Vehicle on BLM Monument road

Travel Management Plan

 
Spotted knapweed
Invasive Plant Management Plan
 
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Long Range Interpretive Plan (PDF)
 
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Museum Management Plan (PDF)

Scope of Collections Statement (PDF)

 
little brown bat with white nose syndrome

Little brown bat with white nose syndrome

Al Hicks

White Nose Syndrome Response Plan 2012

 

Did You Know?

kipuka

Searing lava flows that initially destroyed everything in their path today protect the last refuges of intact sagebrush steppe communities on the Snake River Plain. These islands of vegetation, known as kipukas, provide important examples of what is "natural".