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Replace the Outhouse at the Historic East Fork Cabin Site
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National Historic Preservation Act Public Involvement:
Denali National Park and Preserve (the Park) is proposing to install a new outhouse at the Upper East Fork Cabin (UEFC), located on the Denali Park Road. The cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is part of a draft Park Road Patrol Cabins Cultural Landscape (CL) and is also a contributing resource to the Mount McKinley Park Road Historic District (HD) and Cultural Landscape.
The current outhouse, which is a contributing historic feature of the proposed park road cabin cultural landscape, is at capacity and to have continued use of the UEFC the park needs to have a facility to dispose of canine and human waste. The historic outhouse is no longer pumpable. The Park is proposing to leave the historic outhouse at its current location and installing a new outhouse to the west of the East Fork Cabin. While this would introduce modern construction to the UEFC site and cultural landscape, the new construction would be located out of the historic view of the cabin, would be compatible with the HD and the CL, and would be designed to blend with the landscape. It would also leave the historic outhouse at its historic location and would maintain the integrity of the location and setting of the HD and CL.
As designed, the proposed project will not result in the adverse effect to historic properties and the Park is approaching National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106, consultation under 36 CFR Part 800.5(3)(b) as "No Adverse Effect".
Denali National Park and Preserve (the Park) is proposing to install a new outhouse at the Upper East Fork Cabin (UEFC), located on the Denali Park Road. The cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is part of a draft Park Road Patrol Cabins Cultural Landscape (CL) and is also a contributing resource to the Mount McKinley Park Road Historic District (HD) and Cultural Landscape.
The current outhouse, which is a contributing historic feature of the proposed park road cabin cultural landscape, is at capacity and to have continued use of the UEFC the park needs to have a facility to dispose of canine and human waste. The historic outhouse is no longer pumpable. The Park is proposing to leave the historic outhouse at its current location and installing a new outhouse to the west of the East Fork Cabin. While this would introduce modern construction to the UEFC site and cultural landscape, the new construction would be located out of the historic view of the cabin, would be compatible with the HD and the CL, and would be designed to blend with the landscape. It would also leave the historic outhouse at its historic location and would maintain the integrity of the location and setting of the HD and CL.
As designed, the proposed project will not result in the adverse effect to historic properties and the Park is approaching National Historic Preservation Act, Section 106, consultation under 36 CFR Part 800.5(3)(b) as "No Adverse Effect".