Zasoby i środowisko · 16/09/2004

Final Environmental Impact Statement/Fire Management Plan, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa, Madera and Tuolumne Counties, CA; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision

Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the implementing regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR part 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park Service has prepared, and the Regional Director, Pacific West Region has approved, the Record of Decision for the Fire Management Plan for Yosemite National Park. The formal no-action period was officially initiated May 14, 2004, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Federal Register notification of the filing of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Decision: As soon as practicable the park will begin to implement as its updated Fire Management Plan the "Multiple Action" alternative (also described and analyzed as the Preferred Alternative (D) contained in the Draft and Final EIS. The selected plan features a deliberate, long-term strategy to restore most park ecosystems to their natural range of variability within 15-20 years. Aggressive and passive reduction techniques would be used on 6,425 acres located within \1/4\ mile of six wildland-urban interface areas. Any actions deemed essential to occur within