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<br />000242 <br /> <br />MASTER PLAN POLICY <br /> <br />FOR NATURAL AREAS OF THE <br />NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM (REVISED '970) <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />It has long been the practice of the National Park Service to <br />prepare and maintain a Master Plan to guide the use, development, <br />interpretation, and preservation of each particular park. Graphics <br />and narrative specify the objectives of management. I n a sense, <br />these Master Plans are zoning plans. They not only define the areas <br />for developments, they also define the areas in which no <br />developments are to be permitted. <br /> <br />Parks do not exist in a vacuum. It is important in planning for a <br />park that the teams take into account the total environment in <br />which the park exists. Of particular significance are the plans for <br />and the availability of other park and recreation facilities within <br />the region at the Federal, State. and local levels, as well as those of <br />the private sector for the accommodation of visitors, access to the <br />national parks, the roads within them, wildlife habitat. etc. <br />Accordingly, the Master Plan Team first analyzes the entire region <br />in which the park is located and the many factors that influence <br />its management. <br /> <br />Moreover, where national parks and national forests adjoin, such as <br />Mount Rainier, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Parks, the <br />National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service formalized, in <br />1963, a joint effort to analyze the resources and visitor needs and <br />develop cooperative plans for the accommodation of these <br />requirements which will best insure the achievement of both of our <br />missions. This program formalizes and broadens the informal <br />efforts made for many years by many park superintendents and <br />forest supervisors to coordinate management programs, including <br />visitor facilities and services. Such cooperative programs are <br />authorized by section 2 of the act of August 25, 1916, establishing <br />the National Park Service. <br /> <br />4 <br />