[TN-Bird] Re: National Park Service policies
- From: "Bert Harris" <harrijb0@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:03:46 -0600 (CST)
Charlie,
Thanks for posting this. Could you point us in the right direction for
which sections of the website we should focus on? They posted a lot of
documents! Thanks,
Bert Harris
> Hi folks,
>
> Below is the official press release regarding possible changes in the
> way NPS manages our parks. It has the potential to create a lot of
> negative impact on the plants, animals (including birds) and views
> that we all love and wish to protect. Please go to the web site,
> read up, and make your comments.
>
> Thanks,
>
> charlie
>
>
> Great Smoky Mountains News Release
>
> Immediate Release Contact: Nancy Gray
> Date: January 13, 2006 865/436-1208
>
> PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON NPS MANAGEMENT POLICIES
> RESCHEDULED
>
> The informal workshop on National Park Service Management
> Policies
>
> scheduled on January 19 at Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters in
> Asheville,
>
> N.C., has been rescheduled to Monday, January 23 at 6:00 p.m. ? 8:00
> p.m.
>
> The location also has been changed to the Holiday Inn
> Asheville-Biltmore
>
> East. Blue Ridge Parkway Superintendent Phil Francis will be present
> at
>
> the workshop.
>
> The NPS is proposing to update the policies that guide the
> management
>
> of the National Park System?s 388 areas covering more than 84 million
>
> acres. The policies, which were last revised in 2001, are being
> updated to
>
> improve clarity of NPS?s interpretation of the key legislation that
>
> underlies the policies and guidance on park planning, park
> protection,
>
> interpretation and education, use of the parks, park facilities,
> commercial
>
> visitor services, and the management of natural and cultural
> resources, and
>
> wilderness. Park superintendents, planners, and employees use
> management
>
> policies as a reference source when making decisions that affect
> units of
>
> the National Park System.
>
> The comment period is open for 120 days which will close on
> February
>
> 18, 2006. Interested persons can review the document and make
> comments via
>
> the NPS web site: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/waso. The document is
>
> organized into chapters and numbered sections for ease in reviewing
> and
>
> commenting. Also, an annotated comparison of the 2001 document and
> the
>
> proposed changes is available on the web page.
>
> The Holiday Inn is located at 1450 Tunnel Road, Exit 55 off
> U.S.
>
> Interstate I-40 in Asheville. For more information contact Nancy
> Gray at
>
> 865/436-1208.
>
> -NPS-
>
>
>
>
> Nancy Gray
> Great Smoky Mountains National Park
> 107 Park Headquarters Road
> Gatlinburg, TN 37738
> 865/436-1208 phone
> 865/436-1204 fax
> e:mail: Nancy_Gray@xxxxxxx
>
>
> *******************************************************************
> Charlie Muise, Naturalist near
> Great Smoky Mountains National Park
>
> "To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illuminated mind
> the whole world sparkles with light." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
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