John Day Fossil Beds Administrative History

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

a. Paleontological significance
b. Other resource values
c. Purpose of the park
d. Scope and format of the narrative

Chapter One - Historical Backdrop

a. Tribal territories
b. Settlement and land use
c. Fossil finds lead to the first park proposal
d. Access to the upper John Day Basin

Chapter Two - Establishment and Management of Three State Parks

a. Oregon's highway park system
b. Establishment of a park near Sheep Rock
c. Subsequent land acquisition near Sheep Rock
d. Park planning and development near Sheep Rock
e. Establishment of a park at Painted Hills
f. Land issues at Painted Hills
g. Park planning and development at Painted Hills
h. Establishment of a park at Clarno
i. Park planning and development at Clarno

Chapter Three - Campaign for a National Monument

a. Background to the park proposal
b. Prelude to a master plan
c. Planning for a new park in an era of expansion
d. Authorization and establishment

Chapter Four - Formative Years: NPS Administration, 1975-1978

a. Establishing a presence
b. Acquisition and rehabilitation of the Cant Ranch
c. A prototype planning process
d. Legislated boundary changes

Chapter Five - Lands

a. Acquisitions after 1978
b. Grazing
c. Land use actions

Chapter Six - Resource Management

a. Paleontology
b. Neontology
c. Cultural

Chapter Seven - Visitor Services

a. Park development
b. Interpretation and site planning at the Cant Ranch
c. Prospect

Bibliography

Appendix A - Legislation
Appendix B - Cooperative Agreement with BLM
Appendix C - Visitation
Appendix D - Personnel roster

Index (omitted from the online edition)