Land Protection Plan

National Park Service, Acadia National Park

'This plan has been prepared in response to the 1982 Department of the Interior policy requiring each park with non-Federal land within the authorized boundary to prepare a Land Protection Plan. It has been prepared in response to Public Law 99-420 enacted on September 25, 1986, which established a permanent park boundary and required guidelines to be prepared outlining the conditions that determine when property is being developed or proposed to be developed in a manner which is detrimental to the scenic, historical, cultural or other values for which the Park was established. In addition, P.L. 99-420 authorized the Park Service to acquire conservation easements for lands outside the boundary which have important natural, cultural, and scenic resources. The major issues to be addressed by this Land Protection Plan include: 1. criteria the National Park Service will use to insure that non-Federal property within the authorized boundary is used in a manner which protects the scenic, historical, cultural, natural and other values for which the park was established. 2. criteria to determine when reconstruction or expansion of a private or commercial building is compatible with Park values. 3. priorities for acquiring lands to assure that available funds are used to protect the most important resources. 4. criteria the National Park Service will use to guide decisions about acquisition of conservation easements outside the boundary within the area known as 'Schooner Head,' lands adjacent to the Park on Schoodic Peninsula, the islands of Hancock County, and the islands of Knox County east and south of the Penobscot Ship Channel, except such islands as lie within the Town of Isle au Haut, Knox County."

Land Protection Plan

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