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<br />ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES <br /> <br />Master Plan <br />A Master Plan will be prepared for each area to cover specifically all <br />Resource Management, Resource Use, and Physical Development <br />programs. An approved Master Plan is required before any development <br />program may be executed in an area. <br /> <br />Master Plan Teams <br />All Master Plan Teams should be composed of members having <br />different professional backgrounds, such as ecology. landscape <br />architecture, architecture, natural history, park planning, resource <br />management, engineering, archeology, and history. Where available <br />funds and program needs permit, the study teams for the national parks <br />shou Id include outstanding conservationists, scientists, and others who <br />possess special knowledge of individual parks. Also, the teams should <br />consult with authorized concessioners during the Master Plan study. <br /> <br />land Classification <br />A sound system of evaluation and classification for lands and waters in <br />a park or monument is a prerequisite for master planning. This is <br />necessary to provide proper recognition and protection of park <br />resources and to plan for visitor enjoyment of the values of the area. <br />The system serves, also, as a basis for recommending lands for <br />"wilderness" classification in accordance with the Wilderness Act and <br />provides a basis for making many other Master Plan judgments. <br /> <br />The land classification system to be used is similar to that proposed by <br />the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission and prescribed <br />for application to Federal lands by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. <br />Under this system, lands may be segregated into anyone of six classes: <br /> <br />Class. I-high density recreation areas; Class II-general <br />outdoor recreation areas; Class III-natural environment <br />areas; Class I V-outstanding natural areas; Class V-primitive <br />areas, including, but not limited to, those recommended for <br />designation under the Wilderness Act; and Class VI-historic <br />and cultural areas. Consistent with the Congressionally stated <br />purpose of national parks, a park contains lands falling into <br />three or more of these classes. <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />1255 <br />