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

resources and to their use and enjoyment
by the public. There are two areas of
special concern that could be impacted by
inappropriate development of
surrounding lands-water quality and
aesthetics.

Conditions to be attained:

I) A strategy for a local community baseline
infonnation system has been developed to
provide a better understanding of the
physical and ecological processes that shape
and contribute to the evolution of Curecanti
and the Gunnison Basin.

2) Viewsheds remain generally natural and
undeveloped as seen from within the park.

3) A cooperative strategy for any appropriate
private land development adjacent to
Curecanti has been developed with land
management agencies, private landowners,
county planning entities, and transportation
agencies so that water quality and aesthetic
quality of the park experience are not
adversely impacted.

4) Criteria and appropriate GIS data is provided
to county planning commissions which
identify critical viewshed and other elements
necessary to protect park resources and
values. This criteria is designed to help
protect the semi-primitive character and
setting ofthc park.

ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM-
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

These objectives, in contrast to those
listed for each park, view both parks in
the larger context of the region of which
they are a part. The parks are viewed
without regard to administrative
boundaries. As with the specific
objectives listed above they can be
resource-, geographic-, or issue-specific,
however the issue in most cases will
determine the region of the ecosystem.

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The extent of the ecosystem should
include those resources, issues, and items
that influence park resources or are
influenced by park resources or park
management activities. As a whole,
objectives are interrelated and
interdependent. The specific objectives
provide a basis for allocating resources
and define the partners for cooperative
management efforts. Such efforts are
increasingly important as agencies,
counties, communities, and other entities
have greater impacts on each other and
their environments through growth,
planning, and other actions. Cooperative
efforts assist in recognizing and
addressing concerns and areas of mutual
benefit and are invaluable to the planning
process.

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· ECO: SOCIOLOGICAL - The
overall objective is to manage both parks
in the context of their socioeconomic
setting. The parks should continue to
expand partnerships (federal, state, local,
private) to exchange information, to
ensure protection of natural and cultural
features and resources, and to develop a
complete and consistent visitor
information package and a variety of
information distribution points and
programs. The parks will work with other
entities involved with tourism industries
to focus, emphasize, and coordinate
recreational and interpretive
opportunities in marketing what the parks
offer in the wider regional context.

Conditions to be attained:

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I) Parks are engaged in a partnership with other
entities to provide infonnation to regional
visitors and to facilitate protection of
resources.

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