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Merced Wild and Scenic River -- Revised Comprehensive Management Plan and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
As a result of a 2004 court ruling, the National Park Service has prepared the Merced Wild and Scenic River Revised Comprehensive Management Plan and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Revised Merced River Plan/SEIS). This plan revises the June 2000 Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (Merced River Plan/FEIS). For more information about Yosemite's Merced River management planning process, please visit www.nps.gov/yose/planning/mrp/revision/.
The specific purpose of this document is to address user capacities in the Merced River corridor, reassess the river boundary in El Portal, and amend the park's General Management Plan.In response to the October 27, 2003, opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, this Final Revised Merced River Plan/SEIS addresses two deficiencies identified by the Court: (1) the revised plan must implement a user capacity program that presents specific measurable limits on use, and (2) the revised plan must reassess the river corridor boundary in the El Portal Administrative Site based on the location of Outstandingly Remarkable Values. The programmatic guidance identified herein would revise and supplement the Merced River Plan/FEIS and the park's 1980 General Management Plan. This supplemental environmental impact statement represents National Park Service compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, as well as parallel compliance with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and National Historic Preservation Act.
management plan, purpose and need of project, user capacity management, alternatives, affected environment, regional setting, natural resources, cultural resources, visitor experience, social resources, environmental consequences, governing mandates, special-status species, map data, public comments,
December 31, 2003 10:00 PM
Yosemite National Park, South Fork
Merced River
Merced County