Park Service releases ONP management plan comments
December 14th, 2006 - 6:00am
(Port Angeles) -- Olympic National Park has released more than 500 public comments received for the park's Draft General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement.
Superintendent Bill Laitner calls the comments "thoughtful and thought-provoking."
The comments are available online by visiting the National Park Service Planning, Environment and Public Comment website at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/
You can also review the comments in paper format by calling 565-3004 to schedule an appointment at the Olympic National Park headquarters at 600 East Park Avenue in Port Angeles.
When complete, the document will be a long-term, comprehensive plan that sets a course for the park for the next 15 to 20 years.
The Draft was released last June for a 104-day public review and comment period.
More than 725 printed copies and 150 CD copies of the Draft GMP were distributed and the document was also available at area libraries and posted online.
Five hundred individual comment letters were received during the public comment period, along with seven form letters and three petitions.
In addition to the hundreds of individuals who responded, 48 interest groups, 13 businesses, 16 local, state, or federal agencies, and six tribes wrote
comments about the Draft GMP.
Park staff has begun the step-by-step process of analyzing each comment and developing responses to all of the substantive comments.
The final document is anticipated for release sometime next winter.
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