Merced River Plan ~ document archive

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Fall 2011 / Winter 2012
In 2011, workshops were held to identify options to protect river values. The Merced Wild and Scenic River Planning Workbook (fillable form version) was intended to help you prepare for the workshops. The workbook is formatted for 11 x 17 paper but will print at 8.5 x 11. To print at letter size, select Fit to Paper in the print dialog box.
Date	Format	Size	Title
Jan. 30, 2012	PDF	2.4 MB	Public Comments From Fall 2011 Planning Workbook
Jan. 27, 2012	PDF	6.3 MB	El Portal Public Meeting Summary Report
Jan. 27, 2012	PDF	6.3 MB	Wawona Public Meeting Summary Report
Jan. 27, 2012	PDF	5.3 MB	Yosemite Valley Public Meeting #1 Summary Report
Jan. 27, 2012	PDF	8.3 MB	Yosemite Valley Public Meeting #2 Summary Report
Jan. 27, 2012	PDF	7 MB	San Francisco Public Meeting Summary Report
Oct. 2011	PDF	3.3 MB	Flyer with list of all meetings
Sept. 2011	PDF	2.4 MB	Alternatives Fact Sheet

 

Spring 2011 Workshops - Associated Documents & Information

Yosemite National Park's Merced River Plan (MRP) team hosted a series of workshops and a science forum in the spring of 2011. These workshops were a chance to find out more about the conditions of the river's Outstandingly Remarkable Values (ORVs) and management considerations that need to be addressed in a successful Merced River Plan. The workshops focused on transportation, user capacity, and the Merced River's ORVs.

 

General documents and updates
Date	Format	Size	Title
Oct. 2011	PDF	4.9 MB	Public Involvement Roadmap
Oct. 2011	PDF	3.3 MB	MRP Fall Workshop Flyer
Oct. 2011	PDF	2.4 MB	Fact Sheet - Alternatives Development
May 11, 2011	PDF	46 kb	DRAFT Goals of the MRP
Mar 11, 2011	PDF	1,496 kb	Public Involvement Roadmap

 

Outstandingly Remarkable Values (ORVs)
Date	Format	Size	Title
May 6, 2011	PDF	46 kb	Draft Baseline Conditions Report Public Comments
April 8, 2011	PDF	14.5 MB	Merced Wild and Scenic River Values Draft Baseline Conditions Report
April 8, 2011	PDF	23.4 MB	Draft Baseline Conditions Report Chapter 2.1 Map
April 8, 2011	PDF	16.6 MB	Draft Baseline Conditions Report Chapter 2.2 Map
April 8, 2011	PDF	7.6 MB	Draft Baseline Conditions Report Chapter 2.3 Map
April 8, 2011	PDF	19.1 MB	Draft Baseline Conditions Report Chapter 2.4 Map
April 8, 2011	PDF	7.0 MB	Draft Baseline Conditions Report Chapter 2.5 Map
May 31, 2011	PDF	142 kb	Revised Draft Outstandingly Remarkable Values
Jan 31, 2011	PDF	826 kb	Comparison of ORVs Over Time
Jan 31, 2011	PDF	572 kb	ORV Public Comment and Response Matrix
Jan. 31, 2011	PDF	859 kb	2010 ORV Public Comments
March 2010	PDF	12.5 MB	DRAFT 2010 ORV Report
March 2010	PDF	14.9 MB	DRAFT 2010 ORV Report (screen)
June 18, 2010 June 28, 2010 June 29, 2010 Jun 30 2010 Jun 30 2010 Jul 01 2010 Jul 13 2010	PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF	72 kb 69 kb 75 kb 72 kb 70 kb 62 kb 56 kb	Wawona public meeting notes San Ramon public meeting notes Fresno public meeting notes Oakhurst public meeting notes Yosemite Valley public meeting notes Groveland public meeting notes El Portal public meeting notes

 

Public Scoping
The first four documents below summarize the public comments received from 2007 through 2010 on the scope of the new Merced River Plan. The 2007 Public Scoping Comments and the 2009-2010 Public Scoping Comments are unedited compilations of all substantive comment letters the NPS received during those two scoping periods. The file entitled Merced River Plan Public Scoping Comment Summary summarizes the public comments received from both scoping periods; it is intended to be a guide to the major ideas submitted by the public. Comments pertaining to natural and cultural resource subjects were analyzed separately by park staff and are included in the Merced River Plan Public Scoping Comment Summary Supplement.
Date	Format	Size	Title
Feb. 4, 2011	PDF	396 kb	Public Scoping Comment Summary Supplement
Jan. 31, 2011	PDF	630 kb	Public Scoping Comment Summary
Jan. 31, 2011	PDF	1.3 MB	2007 Public Scoping Comments
Jan. 31, 2011	PDF	3.8 MB	2009-2010 Public Scoping Comments
March 2010	PDF	545 kb	DRAFT Public Scoping Report
	PDF	1.9 MB	Participant Guide Public Scoping
	PDF	145 kb	Fact Sheet Public Scoping
	PDF	770 kb	Comment Form
Oct. 26, 2009 Oct. 27, 2009 Oct. 28, 2009 Nov. 2, 2009 Nov. 3, 2009 Nov. 4, 2009 Nov. 7, 2009 Nov. 9, 2009 Nov. 10, 2009 Nov. 16, 2009 Nov. 30, 2009 Dec. 2, 2009 Dec. 4, 2009 Jan. 27, 2010	PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF PDF	33 kb 25 kb 38 kb 24 kb 25 kb 23 kb 17 kb 25 kb 24 kb 25 kb 22 kb 24 kb 29 kb 101 kb	Oakhurst public meeting comments Lee Vining public meeting comments Yosemite Valley public meeting comments Mariposa public meeting comments Fresno public meeting comments Groveland public meeting comments El Portal public meeting comments Sacramento public meeting comments Berkeley public meeting comments Los Angeles public meeting comments El Portal public meeting comments Yosemite Valley public meeting comments Wawona public meeting comments DNC public meeting comments

 

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Merced River Plan History and Archive: The NPS prepared the initial Merced Wild and Scenic River Plan in August 2000. After multiple lawsuits and litigations on March 27, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion expanding the scope of what the NPS had previously understood must be included in a legally valid Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan.