TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
A Weird and Beautiful Place
Purpose of Report and Methods
Chapter 2
SETTING AND SIGNIFICANCE
Location
Purpose
Geologic Significance
Resources
Chapter 3
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Settlement and Shifting Perceptions
Monument Movement
Robert W. Limbert's Vision for Craters of the Moon
First Call for a National Park
Local, State, and Federal Support
Civic Groups and Boosters
Congressional Support
Role of the National Park Service and Other Agencies
Chapter 4
LAND ISSUES AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
The Northern Unit
1928 Addition
1930 Withdrawal
1931 Exchange Bill
1936 Deletion
Boundary Adjustments
Martin Mine--Last of the Private Land
Other Land Issues
1941 Highway Cession
1952 School Lands Condemnation
1962 Carey Kipuka Addition
1970 Wilderness Designation
Park versus Monument
Chapter 5
ADMINISTRATIVE EVOLUTION
Overview of NPS History and National Monuments
Overview of Craters of the Moon's Administration
Early Years
The New Deal
The War Years
The Superintendents and the Postwar Era
Mission 66
Post-Mission 66 Era
Chapter 6
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Overview of NPS Trends in Resource Management
Resource Management at Craters of the Moon
Program Development
Natural Resource Management
Geologic Resources
Setting Guidelines
Site-specific Discussion--Frontcountry Features
Vegetation
Grazing
Control of Exotic Species
Fire Ecology and Management
Carey Kipuka
Wildlife Management
Program Development
Law Enforcement and Hunting
Reintroduction of Extirpated Species
Water Resources
Ice and Waterholes
Administrative Supply
Air Quality Management
Program Development
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
External Threats--Some Past and Present Concerns
Cultural Resource Management
Chapter 7
RECREATION MANAGEMENT
Skiing
Wilderness/Backcountry Management
Windshield Tourists
Chapter 8
INTERPRETATION
Overview of Interpretation at Craters of the Moon
The Program: Personal and Nonpersonal Services
Chapter 9
DEVELOPMENTS
Overview of NPS Development Trends
The Compact Monument: A Development Overview
The Physical Plant
Roads
Trails
Buildings and Visitor Facilities
Chapter 10
CONCESSIONS
Concessions: A Short History
Guide Services
Crater Inn: Hard Luck Business and Forgotten Rustic
The Blizzard Mountain Junction: Testing the Policy
Chapter 11
CONCLUSION
ENDNOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES
A. Chronology of Key Events
B. Copies of Key Legislation
C. Key Personnel
D. Visitation Figures
