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00;'198 MASTER PLAN POLICY FOR NATURAL AREAS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM (REVISED 1970) 4 DISCUSSION It has long been the practice of the National Park Service to prepare and maintain a Master Plan to guide the use, development, interpretation, and preservation of each particular park. Graphics and narrative specify the objectives of m"nagement. In a sense, these Master Plans are zoning plans. They not only define the areas for developments, they also define the areas in which no developments are to be .permitted. Parks do not exist in a vacuum. It is important in planning for a park that the teams take into account the total environment in which the park exists. Of particular significance are the plans for and the availability of other p.ark and recreation facilities within the region at the Federal, State, and local levels, as well as those of the private sector for the accommodation of visitors, access to the national parks, the roads within them, wildlife habitat. etc. Accordingly, the Master Plan Team first analyzes the entire region in which the park is located and the many factorsthat influence its management. Moreover, where national parks and national forests adjoin, such as Mount Rainier. Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Parks, the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service formalized, in 1963, a joint effort to analyze the resources and visitor needs and develop cooperative plans for the accommodation of these requirements which will best insure the achievement of both of our missions. This program formalizes and broadens the informal efforts made for many years by many park superintendents and forest supervisors to coordinate management programs, including visitor facilities and services. Such cooperative programs are authorized by section 2 of the act of August 25, 1916, establishing the National Park Service.