Kennecott Support Facilities Plan

The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing to develop a Support Facility Plan (SFP) for the Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark (NHL) within Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park (WRST). See Figures 1-1 and 1-2 for location and vicinity maps. The NHL preserves a diverse array of historic mining-era buildings and artifacts as well as the ongoing aspects of life in an Alaskan bush community. The purpose of the proposed plan is to support park operations and improve visitor services within the planning area by siting facilities both inside the NHL and along the last section of McCarthy Road corridor. This would include providing an efficient, cost-effective way to move supplies to the area for stabilization of historic structures, reliable transportation of visitors and park staff between the end of the McCarthy Road and the NHL, water and power utilities, facilities where visitors can obtain information and services, and NPS housing and administrative facilities.
This plan will amend the 1986 WRST General Management Plan (GMP) and will complement the 2000 Kennecott NHL Interim Operations Plan (IOP) and the 2001 Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) for Kennecott Mill Town. Complete descriptions of this proposed action, as well as a no-action alternative, are included in Chapter 2.

Contact Information

Steve Hunt
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
P.O. Box 439, Mile 106.8 Old Richardson Hwy.
Copper Center, AK 99573
Steve_Hunt@nps.gov