This information is also available at www.nps.gov/grca/crmp/public/index.htm.
To the many people interested in the Grand Canyon:
The National Park Service is updating Grand Canyon National Park’s Colorado River Management Plan and needs your input. The Plan requires preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which will: 1) provide a comprehensive look at the impacts to natural and cultural resources from current visitor uses on the Colorado River; and 2) evaluate various alternatives to help maintain and enhance this treasured resource while provided a quality visitor experience.
Over the next several months, GCNP will actively seek input from people, specifically at public meetings to be held:
Thursday, August 1, 2002
Denver, Colorado Community College of Denver Downtown Campus
Tivoli Student Union Conference Center
900 Auraria Parkway
Tuesday, August 6, 2002
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake Community College-Miller Campus
Miller Training & Conference Center
9750 South 300 West
Thursday, August 8, 2002
Flagstaff, Arizona
Coconino Community College Commons
2800 S. Lone Tree Road
Tuesday, August 13, 2002
Las Vegas, Nev.University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Moyer Student Union Building
4505 Maryland Parkway
Thursday, August 15, 2002
Mesa, Ariz.Mesa Community College
Kirk Center-Navajo Room
1833 W. Southern Ave.
All meetings will be held in an open house format and there will be no formal presentations. The public is encouraged to stop by any time from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. for information and to provide input.
Details about the entire project are available on the Web site at www.nps.gov/grca/crmp. Comments and requests to be added to the mailing list can be: emailed to grca_crmp@nps.gov; mailed to CRMP Team, Grand Canyon National Park, PO Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023; hand-delivered to Grand Canyon National Park; or submitted at one of the public meetings.
Issues to be addressed in the EIS will include, but are not limited to:
- Appropriate levels of visitor use consistent with natural and cultural resource protection and preservation mandates
- Allocation of use between commercial and non-commercial groups
- The non-commercial permitting system
- The level of motorized versus non-motorized raft use
- The range of services and opportunities provided to the public
- The continued use of helicopters to transport river passengers from the Colorado River near Whitmore Wash (in consultation with the Hualapai Indian Tribe and appropriate parties)
To comment on the Colorado River Management Plan:
You may mail comments to CRMP Project, Grand Canyon National Park, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023.
You may comment via electronic mail (email) to grca_crmp@nps.gov. Please submit email comments as a text file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption. Please also include your name, email address, and mailing address in your message.
You may hand-deliver comments to Grand Canyon National Park.
Our practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address from the record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold from the record a respondent’s identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.