Juan Bautista de Anza: Comprehensive Management and Use Plan - Final Environment Impact Statement

The Comprehensive Management and Use Plan and Final t:nvironmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail responds to congressional designation of the trail and the requirements of the National Trail System Act as amended. This document identifies issues and concerns and evaluates alternative strategies to address them The results of agency and public responses to the draft plan and draft environmental impact statement are induded in the FEIS. Substantive changes to the draft plan and draft environmental impact state ment reflected in the final plan and FEIS are the following: a no action alternative is considered the history and significance section is moved forward to provide context for the plan, changing page numbering substantially the trail marker is revised and a new marker proposed to identify recreational trail segments which link with the historic trail appendix J provides guidelines rather than a request form for site and segment certification and amplifies compliance federal agency plans which may affect the trail are described more fully the affected environment section includes information on grasslands in California the environmental consequences section addresses impacts to landownership and adds a cumulative impacts section J u all Bautista de Anza • National His toric Tra il Issues Key issues identified during scoping for the plan are summarized in the following questions: Certifiable routes and uses. Should the historic route be commemorated with an auto route, a multiuse trail, or a combination of routes? Resource protection. How can natural and cultural resources and a possible trail right-ofway be protected when the National Park Service manages almost none of the 1200-mile trail route? Visitor experience. What kinds of users can be accommodated? What should be interpreted and where? Management and cooperation. What should be the extent and type of marking for the Anza Trail? What should be the relative roles of the National Park Service (NPS), other federal agencies, tribal governments, state and local agencies, volunteers, private organizations, and individuals? Facility development. To what extent should support facilities be developed including trails, trail heads, campsites, and visitor contact facilities?