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    Denali

    National Park & Preserve Alaska

Active Plans and Projects

Below is a list of major management and implementation plans that have been completed and approved.  Each year the park releases an update on environmental documents and implementation progress for park planning efforts.
 
Major Management Plans




Status
 
        







General Management Plan




Completed 1986


Entrance Area and Road Corridor Development
Concept Plan and EIS
*




Record of Decision signed February 1997


Backcountry Management Plan and EIS*




Record of Decision signed February 2006


South Denali Implementation Plan and EIS*




Record of Decision signed June 2006


Consolidated General Management Plan**




Printed 2008



Denali Education Plan
      Published 2009


Resource Stewardship Strategy





Completed 2009

Denali National Park and Preserve
5-Year Strategic Plan 2011 - 2015



Completed 2011




















*
Environmental Impact Statement

** Includes the GMP amendments: Backcountry Management Plan, South Denali Implementation Plan, & Entrance Area and Road Corridor Development Plan

 

Did You Know?

Climate warming has affected Denali's snowfall, snowmelt, and greenup

Recent climate warming has affected Denali in ways that are readily apparent, such as reduced spring snowfall, earlier snowmelt, earlier green-up and thawing of permanent snowfields. Subarctic ecosystems, like Denali, are extremely sensitive to climate variability and change.