Draft Rural Landscape Management Program Environmental Impact Statement

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Preservation of the rural landscape is central to Cuyahoga Valley National Park's legislative mandate. The law that established CVNP mandates the "preservation of the historic, scenic, natural, and recreational values of the Cuyahoga Valley." One component of the historic and scenic values of CVNP is the rural landscape. Throughout the park's history, efforts to preserve the rural landscape have been sporadic; there has never been a comprehensive program to manage the rural landscape. As a result, many of the park's rural landscape resources have been lost. Therefore, CVNP is proposing to better protect and revitalize this cultural resource by implementing an integrated rural landscape management program, with the goal of more effectively and systematically preserving and protecting the rural landscape resources in the park. This draft environmental impact statement analyzes four alternatives and their associated impacts.