WSPC02286

• File Number: 8210.761.09
• Description: Colorado River-Federal Agencies-US NPS-Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 10/1/1997
• Title: General Management Plan 2-Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument and Curecanti National Recreation Area
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

Specific objectives further refine the
management objectives completed during
the 1993 management assessment
workshops. They provide clarity and
priorities. These objectives are resource-,
geographic., or issue.specific. They may
include products to be produced or
conditions to be attained or maintained.
As a whole, objectives are interrelated
and interdependent. The specific
objectives provide a basis for allocating
resources and define management regions
in the park.

Black Canyon of the Gunnison
National Monument

The following resource., geographic-,
and issue. specific objectives apply to
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National
Monument.

Prime Resource

Prime resource lands are defined as those
resources that made a direct contribution
to establishing the park as a unit of the
national park system and are related to
the park's purpose and significance.
Other lands within the monument are also
important to protecting and supporting
the prime resource, but are not
considered to be the prime resource.

Prime resource lands for the monument
are those lands from the canyon edge to
the Gunnison River below, mostly known
as the Inner Canyon. The Inner Canyon
and the majority of the westernmost
upland, consisting of 11,180 acres, is
wilderness designated under Public Law
94.567 (October 20, 1976). These lands
are managed as part of the National
Wilderness Preservation System,

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designated by Congress and legally
protected as wilderness in perpetuity.
The Wilderness Act defines wilderness as
follows: "generally appears to have been
affected primarily by the forces of nature,
with the imprint of man's work
substantially unnoticeable." Wilderness
areas are managed for the use and
enjoyment of the American people in
such manner as will leave the areas
unimpaired for future use and enjoyment
as wilderness. Management includes the
protection of these areas, the preservation
of their wilderness character, and the
gathering and dissemination of
information regarding their use and
enjoyment as wilderness. Public
purposes of wilderness include
recreation, scenic preservation, scientific
study, education, conservation, and
historical use.

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Resource-Specific Objectives

· AIR - Perpetuate and preservc
outstanding air quality in the monument,
which reflects its critical importance to
visitor enjoyment, human health, scenic
vistas, and the preservation of natural
systems and cultural resources consistent
with the aims of a designated Class I
airshed.

Conditions to be attained:

1) Facilities and activities within parks are in
compliance with Clean Air Act requirements,
including state and local regulations,

2) Infonnation and tools needed to document air
quality conditions have been acquired.

3) A strategy to use available information to
remedy existing and prevent future air
pollution effects on park resources and
values has been developed,