Environmental assessment for the Chisos Basin development concept Big Bend National Park
National Park Service. 1974. Environmental assessment for the Chisos Basin development concept Big Bend National Park. NPS 852 U.S. Government Printing Office 1974-677-159/30 Region 8. Denver Services Center. Denver
The Chisos Basin area of Big Bend National Park has sustained a great amount of adverse environmental impact due to inappropriate placement and poor quality of some of the facilities that serve and support visitor use of the Basin. Increased visitation to Big Bend National Park, from 114,232 in 1963 to 341,200 in 1973, combined with the popularity of Chisos Basin, one of the main attractions in the park, has resulted in heavy use of those existing, albeit mostly substandard, facilities. This assessment addresses the specific problems in Chisos Basin. The environmental assessment examines the various feasible alternatives for developing Chisos Basin, and their impacts. Subsequent to public meetings and other public involvement relating to this environmental assessment, a development concept plan for Chisos Basin will be prepared as a plan of action for improving functional relationships between visitor use, resource management, and maintenance. This plan will be followed by a comprehensive design plan