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The general management planning process for Golden Spike National Historic Site is expected to take 3-4 years to complete. A summary of the process and anticipated timeframe are presented below. The public will have opportunities to share ideas and comments throughout the process.
* indicates the current step in the planning process
Step 1. Project Initiation: The planning team assembles, defi nes the project scope, customizes the planning process, affirms the purpose, signifi cance, interpretive themes and fundamental resources and values - Spring 2008
Step 2. Planning team collects and analyzes relevant data and incorporates public comment received on this newsletter - Winter 2008 to Winter 2009 *
Step 3. Develop and evaluate preliminary alternatives using park staff and public input, the team explores what the park’s future should look like and proposes a range of reasonable alternatives - Winter 2009 to Spring 2009
Step 4. Revise preliminary alternatives, continue data collection, begin to compile draft general management plan - Spring 2009 to Spring 2010
Step 5. Internal National Park Service/Department of the Interior review of the draft plan - Summer 2010 to Spring 2011
Step 6. A Draft General Management Plan /Environmental Impact Statement is published. The plan describes the alternatives and impacts of implementing each. - Summer 2011
Step 7. Based on review by the NPS and the public, the team revises the General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement and distributes a Final Plan. The plan is approved formally in a published Record of Decision. - Fall 2011 to Spring 2012
Step 8. After the Record of Decision is issued, and as funding allows, the plan may be implemented. - Summer 2012
* indicates the current step in the planning process
Step 1. Project Initiation: The planning team assembles, defi nes the project scope, customizes the planning process, affirms the purpose, signifi cance, interpretive themes and fundamental resources and values - Spring 2008
Step 2. Planning team collects and analyzes relevant data and incorporates public comment received on this newsletter - Winter 2008 to Winter 2009 *
Step 3. Develop and evaluate preliminary alternatives using park staff and public input, the team explores what the park’s future should look like and proposes a range of reasonable alternatives - Winter 2009 to Spring 2009
Step 4. Revise preliminary alternatives, continue data collection, begin to compile draft general management plan - Spring 2009 to Spring 2010
Step 5. Internal National Park Service/Department of the Interior review of the draft plan - Summer 2010 to Spring 2011
Step 6. A Draft General Management Plan /Environmental Impact Statement is published. The plan describes the alternatives and impacts of implementing each. - Summer 2011
Step 7. Based on review by the NPS and the public, the team revises the General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement and distributes a Final Plan. The plan is approved formally in a published Record of Decision. - Fall 2011 to Spring 2012
Step 8. After the Record of Decision is issued, and as funding allows, the plan may be implemented. - Summer 2012