Channel Islands Back Country and Wilderness Management Civic Engagement

The National Park Service is initiating development of a backcountry and wilderness management plan to address various management issues within proposed wilderness, proposed potential wilderness, and backcountry areas of the park. The plan will help to identify concepts and provide a decision-making framework for managing visitor use while protecting wilderness character and natural and cultural resources. The concepts identified as part of this planning effort will be consistent with the National Park Service's mission and the park's enabling legislation for administering visitor use on a low-intensity, limited-entry basis. The National Park Service invites you to collaborate in this process by helping to identify key issues, opportunities and management strategies.

Topic Questions Instructions:

Step 1. Learn about the issues On this page you can find a link to a website to help you learn about the Channel Islands backcountry and wilderness plan as well as the planning process. The backcountry and wilderness management plan website includes preliminary proposed concepts for this effort. Step 2. Join the Conversation! Your engagement is an important part of the process! So whether you come to the park every week, or have yet to visit, we want to hear from you! During this public input period, it is most helpful if you respond to as many of the following questions as you can.

Topic Questions:

1. Imagine you are visiting the Channel Islands backcountry and wilderness area 20 years from now. What conditions, experiences, and visitor services would you like to see? Would there be any changes from the present?

2. Are key planning issues accurately captured? ​

3. What feedback do you have regarding the wilderness and backcountry plan preliminary proposed concepts?

4. What feedback do you have regarding the wilderness and backcountry plan preliminary proposed concepts?

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