Foundation Document

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Glacier National Park's Foundation Document

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Glacier National Park has completed a foundation document. All National Park Units developed these document as part of the centennial of the National Park Service. This document is a formal statement of the Glacier's core mission that will provide basic guidance for all planning and management decisions.

The Foundation Document reflects the legislated established purpose of the Park, any special mandates or designations that the park has received, a description of the park's resources and values that are significant enough to warrant national park designation, the park's fundamental resources and values that are essential to achieving the purpose of the park and that are primary considerations during planning and management, other important resource values, and the park's primary interpretive themes that are conveyed to visitors. The document also includes a list of key parkwide or major issues and associated planning and data needs.Two versions of the Foundation Document are available.

Foundation Document (full version) PDF 13.6Mb

Foundation Document (overview) PDF 8.5Mb

Last updated: September 9, 2022

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