Natural Bridges National Monument: Resource Management Plan

National Park Service

'The purpose of this Resource Management Plan (RMP) is to describe the present, status and condition of resources in the Monument, to describe cultural and natural resource management programs designed to preserve and protect the resources, to identify impacts to resources, and to identify specific management, actions that are needed or are planned to preserve and protect, the cultural and natural resources in compliance with NPS policies, standards, and other federal legislation and mandates. The contents of the RMP are specified by the Washington Office of the NPS, and by the Intermountain Field Area to ensure consistency across the NPS and the field area. This RMP reflects joint cooperation between the NPS and affected private businesses and individuals, Iocal, county, state, federal and tribal agencies for the coordinated management of the Monument's natural and cultural resources. The RMP is designed to be a working guide for the management of natural and cultural resources within the Monument. It will be used primarily by the chief ranger and superintendent of the Monument, the general superintendent of the SEUG, and by the Resource Management Division of the SEUG, although it is intended to be useful to other park staff as well. The most important section of this RMP is comprised of the Project Statements. These statements, as well as the narrative that follows, describe actions that will be taken to fulfill the NPS's mandates to preserve and protect resources within the Monument. These statements serve as the basic funding requests for the Monument.'