Merced Wild and Scenic River: Revised Comprehensive Management Plan and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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The Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS) has prepared this Record of Decision on the Merced Wild and Scenic River Revised Comprehensive Management Plan and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (hereafter referred to as the Revised Merced River Plan/SEIS), for the Merced Wild and Scenic River in Yosemite National Park, California. This Record of Decision includes a description of the background of the project, synopses of the alternatives considered, identification of the environmentally preferable alternative, a statement of the decision made, the basis for the decision, measures to minimize environmental harm, findings on impairment of park resources and values, and an overview of public involvement in the decision-making process. This plan revises the June 2000 Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (Merced River Plan/FEIS).
It is intended to correct the deficiencies in the Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (Merced River Plan/FEIS) released in June 2000. In August 2000, the Preferred Alternative (Alternative 2) of the Merced River Plan/FEIS was approved and signed in a Record of Decision (subsequently revised in November 2000). The Record of Decision established the Merced River Plan as the official document for guiding future management of the main stem and South Fork of the Merced Wild and Scenic River within its 81 miles in Yosemite National Park and the El Portal Administrative Site.

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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.

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management plan, environmental impact, scenic river, national park, river corridor, natural resources, recreational resources, management zoning, river channels, wildnerness management, private land, public agency easements, user capacity program, public involvement,

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National Park Service - U.S. Department of Interior

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December 31, 2003 10:00 PM

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Merced River

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Merced county,

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Merced River Watershed Portal

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Merced Wild and Scenic River: Revised Comprehensive Management Plan and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement