Plan Process
National Trails System » Butterfield Overland Trail Special Resource Study/Environmental Assessment
The proposed Butterfield Overland Trail National Historic Trail commemorates the routes pioneered by John Butterfield and the Butterfield Overland Stage Company as they traveled over the "ox-box route" between the eastern termini of St. Louis, Missouri and Memphis, Tennessee and the western terminus of San Francisco, California. Stages traveled over this route between 1858 and 1861.
* indicates the current step in the planning process
Step 1. Conduct external scoping
Step 2. Gather route data and determine national significance *
Step 3. Define purpose and need/develop preliminary alternatives
Step 4. Prepare draft study/environmental document for internal National Park Service review
Step 5. Prepare draft study/environmental document for public review
Step 6. Analysis of public comment
Step 7. Prepare final study/environmental document
Step 8. Release final study/environmental document to Congress
* indicates the current step in the planning process
Step 1. Conduct external scoping
Step 2. Gather route data and determine national significance *
Step 3. Define purpose and need/develop preliminary alternatives
Step 4. Prepare draft study/environmental document for internal National Park Service review
Step 5. Prepare draft study/environmental document for public review
Step 6. Analysis of public comment
Step 7. Prepare final study/environmental document
Step 8. Release final study/environmental document to Congress
