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I I I 6) The park staff is able to inform visitors about resource issues on surrounding lands, and surrounding land management agencies are able to communicate park resource issues to their visitors. I 7) Both parks are managed as part of the larger Gunnison River Basin ecosystem. 8) The hydrologic environment (including flow, flow regime, aquatic life, riparian vegetation, and visitor experience) is managed to maintain natural hydrologic systems from the headwaters to the Colorado River. I I 9) Interpretive programming is active in addressing regional river resource issues, in the context of the Gunnison River Basin ecosystem. 10) Research is facilitated in cooperation with other entities. I I II) An adequate database to support management decisions is in place. The boundary for this ecosystem is defined as the Gunnison River Drainage, from the headwaters to the confluence with the Colorado River. I I · ECO: AIR - The park staff will work with federal, state, and local agencies and groups to perpetuate and preserve outstanding air quality in and surrounding the parks, including the benefits to visitor enjoyment, human health, scenic vistas, and the preservation of the designated Class I and II airsheds. I I I Conditions to be attained: I 1) In a cooperative effort, parks work to ensure that facilities and activities within and adjacent to the parks are in compliance with Clean Air Act requirements, including state and local regulations. 2) Parks obtain and use the necessary tools to gather and gain information in a cooperative effort to document air quality conditions for the regIOn. 3) Parks assist in an effort to develop a strategy and to use available information to remedy existing and prevent future air pollution effects on regional air quality. I I I I I 4) Parks assist in the protection of the regional Class I and 11 air quality areas and long-range visibility resources. 5) The bOUiid<i1-j is defined by the continental divide, the Colorado-New Mexico state line, the Colorado-Utah state line, and the Colorado- Wyoming state line. The region defined as the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport area is a more accurate definition of the airshed for the parks. The NPS works with the other agencies and states within this larger region to protect air resources. · ECO: HISTORY - The park staff works with other federal, state, local, and private entities to maintain and preserve the resources and stories that capture the geologic history and human experience associated with the Gunnison River. Through these resources and the stories that they tell we can draw a bridge of understanding between present-day people and the natural and cultural resources found here. Conditions to be attained: I) Sites associated with the human stories are preserved, and the stories are shared through various cooperative efforts that best carry their message. 2) The story of water is told in a comprehensive manner in cooperation with public and private entities to present the epic nature of the events preserved. All parts of the narrative are shared in the Gunnison Basin and related in the context of water development in the West. 3) Partnerships are developed as needed to impart the cultures of historic and prehistoric people indigenous to the basin. 4) Exploration and settlement of the region has been revealed from the earliest arrivals through present-day people. Characters out of the past that brought mining, railroads, agriculture, and the CCC have been brought to life as they fit into the Curecanti and Black Canyon scene. · ECO: LAND - The overall goal is to manage and protect the regional land-based ecosystems and to maintain, rehabilitate, and 25 002126