MRP Gears Up for Alternative Development

February 2, 2011

This summer we will ask you to help us brainstorm different ideas about how to protect the Merced Wild and Scenic River. To prepare for this collaboration we have begun posting information to our website. This collaboration will lead to the development of alternatives for the Merced River Plan. We will continue to add documents as they become available.

Below is a list and brief description of the documents now available.

General documents and updates

Draft Goals of the MRP: provides context and vision for what the plan will accomplish [PDF 32 kb]

Outstandingly Remarkable Values (ORVs)

Revised Draft Outstandingly Remarkable Values: updates the Draft 2010 ORV Report to incorporate public comments [PDF 146 kb]

Comparison of ORVs Over Time: documents and provides insight into the evolution of the Merced River ORVs from the initial studies of the early 1980s to the present [PDF 826 kb]

ORV Public Comment and Response Matrix: summary of how substantive public comments were either incorporated into the draft ORVs or considered but not included [PDF 572 kb]

2010 ORV Public Comments: a compilation of unedited comments received during the public review of the Draft ORV Report [PDF 859 kb]

Public Scoping

Public Scoping Comment Summary: summarizes and categorizes comments received from 2007 through 2010 (Comments pertaining to natural and cultural resource subjects will be summarized in a supplement to be posted by Friday, February 4, 2011.) [PDF 9.3 MB]

2007 Public Scoping Comments: a compilation of unedited comments received during the 2007 public scoping period [PDF 1.3 MB]

2009-2010 Public Scoping Comments: a compilation of unedited comments received the 2009-2010 public scoping period [PDF 3.8 MB]