Otter Creek Recreation Area
The Jaeger Company. 2006. Otter Creek Recreation Area. Cultural Landscape Report. National Park Service. Atlanta, GA
The purpose of this Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) for the Otter Creek Recreation Area is to “provide BLRI with an assessment of the character-defining features of the Otter Creek cultural landscape and develop specific treatment recommendations to ensure the preservation of this significant resource.” Several National Park Service planning documents have been prepared providing broad direction regarding the management and interpretive goals for the Otter Creek site. The General Management Plan is currently being developed; meanwhile the park is operating under a “Statement of Management.” Another park planning document with relationship to Otter Creek includes the Blue Ridge Parkway Long Range Interpretive Plan, prepared in 2002. This plan reports the Otter Creek site theme, which is “Parkway lands contain many streams and rivers, providing recreational opportunities and helping protect the hydrological patterns of the region.” Interpretive topics of the Otter Creek area include: - Aquatics of Otter Creek and James River - The natural history of low elevations along the Blue Ridge Parkway - Recreational opportunities at Otter Creek and Otter Lake Recommendations of the plan include the maintenance and interpretation of “trails, wayside exhibits, and site bulletin publications,” as well as the diversification of organized camp activities offered to visitors by the park.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- The Jaeger Company
- Date of Issue
- 2006
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- BLRI