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

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· CULTURAL RESOURCES - Protect,
preserve, and develop cultural resources
for public enjoyment, interpretation, and
scientific research.

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Conditions to be attained:

1) Cultural sites-archeological and historic-
have been inventoried and documented;
significant sites are preserved including
Civilian ConselVation Corps (CCC)
components-North Rim Road and Pulpit
Rock and Dragon Point overlooks,

2) An understanding of the significance of the
pre-history of the area has been attained and
communicated to the public.

3) A strategy has been developed that helps
define and interpret the importance of
exploration, settlement, and development of
the region, including its mining and
agricultural history.

4) In concert with Curecanti National
Recreation Area, the Bureau of Reclamation,
and the Uncompahgre Valley Water Users
Association, a strategy has been developed to
identify and interpret the significance of
water development in the west and its
subsequent impacts on the Black Canyon,

5) The importance of local support for the
establishment of the canyon as a component
of the national park system and subsequent
expansion and creation of the Black Canyon
of the Gunnison Wilderness has been
identified and highlighted,

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· INTERPRETATION-Interpretation
objectives are integrated and linked with
the resource management program,

Conditions to be attained:

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I) The interpretive program connects the visitor
to the park's resources, builds a local and
national constituency, and gains public
support, which in turn meets the objective of
protecting park resources.

2) An outreach component of the program
provides vital information to protect

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resources and gain public support through
schools, organizations, and partnerships.

· PALEONTOLOGICAL

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paleontological resources, including both
organic and mineralized remains in body
or trace form, for public enjoyment,
interpretation, and scientific research.

Conditions to be attained:

I) The extent of paleontological resources has
been identified, inventoried, and protected.

2) Through interpretive opportunities, the
public gains an understanding of the
significance of the paleontological resources
and the role they playas a component of the
park's geological! zoological story.

· SCENIC VALUES AND SOUND-
Maintain a full spectrum of tangible and
intangible attributes for which the
national monument was established.
Park areas contain various tangible
natural and cultural features such as
animals, plants, waters, geologic features,
historic buildings and monuments, and
archeological sites. They also have
intangible qualities such as natural quiet,
solitude, space, scenery, scenic vistas, a
sense of history, sounds of nature, and
clear night skies that are important
components of visitor use and enjoyment.

Conditions to be attained:

1) A strategy has been developed that protects
viewsheds, allowing them to remain
generally natural and undeveloped as seen
from within the monument and Vernal Mesa.

2) Development that will be seen from within
the park is done in a sensitive way,
minimally impacting the visitor experience of
a wild canyon setting and blending with the
natural landscape.

3) Management for viewsheds that are critical to
providing quality experiences for park

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