Final General Management Plan

This document is the final general management plan that provides National Park Service management with the necessary framework to guide the management of the Monument for a 15 to 20 year period. The plan is intended to be a useful long-term decision-making tool, providing National Park Service managers with a logical and trackable rationale for decisions about the protection and public use of Monument resources.

This GMP responds to both the National Park Service planning requirements and to the issues identified during the public scoping process. It emphasizes enhanced protection of the Monument resources and visitor experiences. The plan provides for increased protection of the Monument's cave hydrology, surface forest environment and public water supply through a proposed, approximately 3,410 acre addition to the Monument. This will be accomplished through a transfer of Siskiyou National Forest land to the National Park Service. Legislation will be sought to implement this aspect of the proposal. Actions in the GMP enhance present visitor experiences through park ranger-led tours of the cave, development of an on-site visitor center through the adaptive reuse of an existing historic property, establishment of a cave tour reservation system, and enhancement of a system of non-motorized trails in a protected forest setting.

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