Environmental Statements; Record of Decision: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, MI

الملخص

Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Public Law 91-190, 83 Stat. 852, 853, as codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service (NPS) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the General Management Plan/Wilderness Study (GMP/WS), Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO), Michigan. The Midwest Regional Director has approved the ROD for the GMP/WS. Specifically, the NPS has selected the preferred alternative as described in the Final General Management/ Wilderness Study/Environmental Impact Statement (FGMP/WS/EIS). Under the selected action, the NPS will provide additional and more convenient access to significant national lakeshore features, thus expanding opportunities for visitor use in the national lakeshore. Natural ecological processes will be allowed to occur, and restoration programs will be initiated where necessary. Federal lands in the Beaver Basin area in the national lakeshore (about 16 percent of the lakeshore) will be proposed for designation as wilderness. Vehicular access to Little Beaver Lake campground will remain, however structures within the proposed wilderness will be removed.