Interim Visitor Center Plan

The National Park Service is proposing to remove the observation room and interpretive patio from the Visitor Center at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in order to facilitate the construction of an all weather multipurpose room on top of the same foot print. On a busy summer day the park will host 13 interpretive presentations with 100- 200 individuals per presentation. Currently, the only place to host interpretive presentations is a patio under a fiberglass overhang outside of the observation room. Park visitors are exposed to the heat, cold, wind, rain, lightning, background noise from visitors' conversations, loud vehicular traffic, and associated air pollution. The purpose of this project is to provide a quality National Park Service experience that is safe and accessible to all visitors. An Environmental Assessment/Assessment of Effect was released to the public for comment from June 25, 2006 to August 5, 2006. After thorough consideration of public comment, NPS now issues the Finding of No Significant Impact as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and a determination of no impairment as required by the NPS Organic Act of 1916.

Contact Information

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
P.O. Box 39
Crow Agency, MT 59022-0039

406/638-3218 voice
406/638-2623 fax