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Dear Friends of the National Historic Site,
As most of you know, we have been working for the past several years on a general management plan for Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. This plan establishes a comprehensive vision for the site's future and the management strategies for protecting the site's resources, providing for public understanding of the history of Sand Creek, and preserving for future generations the natural and cultural values of the site. This planning process has involved several steps that included ongoing consultation with the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, the State of Colorado, Kiowa County, Colorado, and the general public. We are now pleased to present the draft general management plan for your review and comment.
This document examines five alternatives for managing Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site for the next 15 to 20 years. It also analyzes the impacts of implementing each of the alternatives. The "no-action" alternative, alternative A, consists of the existing national historic site management strategy and trends as described in the 2007 interim site management plan. Alternative A serves as a basis for comparison in evaluating the other alternatives. The concept for management under alternative B would provide the greatest variety and depth of interpretive media and programs and provide the greatest visitor access to the site. Alternative C would offer limited on-site interpretation and enhanced visitor opportunities for reflection, reverence, and remembrance. Alternative D would offer a balance of interpretation, visitor access, and memorialization. Alternative E would offer the greatest focus on resource preservation, combined with opportunities for contemplation and memorialization, interpretive programs, and visitor access to the site. Alternative E is the National Park Service preferred alternative.
This Draft General Management Plan / Environmental Assessment has been distributed to other agencies and interested organizations and individuals for their review and comment. The public comment period for this document will last for 45 days. Readers are encouraged to submit comments on this plan online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov. You may also send written comments to Tom Thomas, Project Manager, National Park Service, Denver Service Center; PO Box 25287; Denver, CO 80225; or contact Superintendent Alexa Roberts at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, PO Box 249, Eads, CO 81036.
Your comments and suggestions are important to completing the draft management alternatives. Please share your thoughts with us online by clicking on the "Open for Comment" link to the left and selecting the "Comment on Document" option. Thank you in advance for your assistance in the final development of the Draft General Management Plan for Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.
As most of you know, we have been working for the past several years on a general management plan for Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. This plan establishes a comprehensive vision for the site's future and the management strategies for protecting the site's resources, providing for public understanding of the history of Sand Creek, and preserving for future generations the natural and cultural values of the site. This planning process has involved several steps that included ongoing consultation with the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, the State of Colorado, Kiowa County, Colorado, and the general public. We are now pleased to present the draft general management plan for your review and comment.
This document examines five alternatives for managing Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site for the next 15 to 20 years. It also analyzes the impacts of implementing each of the alternatives. The "no-action" alternative, alternative A, consists of the existing national historic site management strategy and trends as described in the 2007 interim site management plan. Alternative A serves as a basis for comparison in evaluating the other alternatives. The concept for management under alternative B would provide the greatest variety and depth of interpretive media and programs and provide the greatest visitor access to the site. Alternative C would offer limited on-site interpretation and enhanced visitor opportunities for reflection, reverence, and remembrance. Alternative D would offer a balance of interpretation, visitor access, and memorialization. Alternative E would offer the greatest focus on resource preservation, combined with opportunities for contemplation and memorialization, interpretive programs, and visitor access to the site. Alternative E is the National Park Service preferred alternative.
This Draft General Management Plan / Environmental Assessment has been distributed to other agencies and interested organizations and individuals for their review and comment. The public comment period for this document will last for 45 days. Readers are encouraged to submit comments on this plan online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov. You may also send written comments to Tom Thomas, Project Manager, National Park Service, Denver Service Center; PO Box 25287; Denver, CO 80225; or contact Superintendent Alexa Roberts at Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, PO Box 249, Eads, CO 81036.
Your comments and suggestions are important to completing the draft management alternatives. Please share your thoughts with us online by clicking on the "Open for Comment" link to the left and selecting the "Comment on Document" option. Thank you in advance for your assistance in the final development of the Draft General Management Plan for Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.