News Release

National Park Service Seeks Comments on the Tsankawi Unit Management Plan and Environmental Assessment

Date: December 18, 2014
Contact: Jason Lott

Los Alamos, NM – Monument Superintendent Jason Lott announced today that the public is invited to review and comment on the Tsankawi Unit Management Plan and Environmental Assessment.  

The plan and environmental assessment evaluates a range of alternatives to improve resource protection, address safety concerns, and enhance visitor opportunities. Three alternatives were developed based on the results of internal and public scoping, agency and pueblo consultation, and prior planning studies. 

Proposed actions in the plan include changes in the trail system, interpretive program, and parking. Realignment of existing trails would help protect resources from visitor impacts and natural erosion processes. New trails would enhance visitor opportunities to experience the area's rich history of human occupation. New interpretive messaging would inform visitors of the significance and sensitivity of cultural and natural resources. Trailhead parking along the road shoulder of New Mexico State Highway 4 would be relocated onto National Park Service lands to provide safe access to the site for visitors and monument staff.

The National Park Service encourages your review and input on the plan and environmental assessment, which is available on http://parkplanning.nps.gov/Tsankawi. Comments may be posted online or mailed to: Bandelier National Monument, Attention: Tsankawi UMP/EA, 15 Entrance Road, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544.

The public comment period will extend through January 30, 2015.