Heartland Exotic Plant Management Plan External Scoping

The Heartland Exotic Plant Management Team is initiating a long-term program to manage invasive exotic species in the natural areas of 15 Midwestern National Park Service facilities. The parks extend across eight states and include diverse terrestrial ecosystems.

The goal of this program is to establish an exotic plant management plan to control exotic plants within Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network parks with the minimum impact on the environment. The first project within this program is to develop an implementation plan for the program by considering various alternatives for action and assessing the environmental impacts of each alternative. The purpose of external scoping is to gather ideas, comments, and concerns from all stakeholders. Additionally, the NPS welcomes consultation with tribal and government offices at any time during the planning process.

In all planning and strategy development, the National Park Service seeks input from its stakeholders. The Environmental Assessment (EA) process allows opportunities for public dialogue about NPS management issues and strengthens ties with stakeholders. By engaging people with traditional, cultural or ethnic ties to NPS lands, and other partners and stakeholders, the NPS broadens its perspective on stewardship of public trust resources. The National Park Service invites the public to participate in project scoping and in public comment on the draft plan. Please feel free to monitor our progress and participate in the planning on this site.

Topic Questions Instructions:

If you would like to be notified of the meetings and comment periods, please contact the Heartland Exotic Plant Management Team and supply your name and email address. In the absence of email address, a mailing address may be used. Please feel free to respond to the topic questions either electronically or by mail.

Topic Questions:

1. Please tell us what your concerns are about exotic plant management in these parks (name specific park if appropriate).

2. Please tell us your ideas of feasible and effective long-term exotic plant management for the parks (indicate specific park if appropriate).

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