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<br />MASTER PLAN POLICY <br /> <br /><l: <br />X <br />Cl <br />Z <br />w <br />"- <br />"- <br /><l: <br /> <br />FOR NATURAL AREAS OF THE <br />NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM (REVISED 19701 <br /> <br />.1 <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />It has long been the practice of the National Park Service to prepare <br />and maintain a Master Plan to guide the use, development, <br />interpretation, and preservation of each particular park. Graphics and <br />narrative specify the objectives of management. I n a sense, these Master <br />Plans are zoning plans. They not only define the areas for <br />developments, they also define the areas in which no developments are <br />to be permitted. <br /> <br />Parks do not exist in a vacuum. It is important in planning for a park <br />that the teams take into account the total environment in which the <br />park exists. Of particular significance are the plans for and the <br />availability of other park and recreation facilities within the region at <br />the Federal, State, and local levels, as well as those of the private sector <br />for the accommodation of visitors, access to the national parks, the <br />roads within them, wildlife habitat, etc.' Accordingly, the Master Plan <br />Team first analyzes the entire region in which the park is located and <br />the many factors that influence 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 1963, a <br />joint effort to analyze the resources and visitor needs and develop <br />cooperative plans for the accommodation of these requirements which <br />will best insure the achievement of both of our missions. This program <br />formalizes and broadens the informal efforts made for many years by <br />many park superintendents and forest supervisors to coordinate <br />management programs, including visitor facilities and services. Such <br />cooperative programs are authorized by section 2 of the act of August <br />25,1916, establishing the National Park Service. <br /> <br />10 <br />