Water Resources Management Plan: Great Basin National Park

The enabling legislation creating Great Basin National Park calls for the National Park Service (NPS) to protect, manage, and administer the park in such manner as to conserve and protect the scenery as well as the natural, geologic, historic, and archaeological resources of the park. The NPS also is to provide for the public use and enjoyment of the same in such a manner as to perpetuate these qualities for future generations (P. L. 99-565). In order to achieve these goals, NPS policies require that each unit of the National Park System develop and implement a General Management Plan (GMP). Adopted in 1993, the Great Basin National Park GMP provides the overall basis for managing the park's resources, uses, and facilities (NPS 1993). In addition to the GMP, each park may develop various "action" plans to address specific resource needs and actions. This Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP), the first for Great Basin National Park, is such a plan. It is designed to serve as a management action plan to guide park water-related activities over the next 10 to 15 years. This WRMP is complementary to, and consistent with, other existing park management documents, including the GMP (NPS 1993) and Resource Management Plan (in review.). Water resources planning for a unit of the National Park System typically involves several steps (Figure 2). The planning starts with consideration of the reasons for the park's establishment and identification of the exceptional water-related resource values The enabling legislation creating Great Basin National Park calls for the National Park Service (NPS) to protect, manage, and administer the park in such manner as to conserve and protect the scenery as well as the natural, geologic, historic, and archaeological resources of the park. The NPS also is to provide for the public use and enjoyment of the same in such a manner as to perpetuate these qualities for future generations (P. L. 99-565). In order to achieve these goals, NPS policies require that each unit of the National Park System develop and implement a General Management Plan (GMP). Adopted in 1993, the Great Basin National Park GMP provides the overall basis for managing the park's resources, uses, and facilities (NPS 1993). In addition to the GMP, each park may develop various "action" plans to address specific resource needs and actions. This Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP), the first for Great Basin National Park, is such a plan. It is designed to serve as a management action plan to guide park water-related activities over the next 10 to 15 years. This WRMP is complementary to, and consistent with, other existing park management documents, including the GMP (NPS 1993) and Resource Management Plan (in review.). Water resources planning for a unit of the National Park System typically involves several steps (Figure 2). The planning starts with consideration of the reasons for the park's establishment and identification of the exceptional water-related resource values The enabling legislation creating Great Basin National Park calls for the National Park Service (NPS) to protect, manage, and administer the park in such manner as to conserve and protect the scenery as well as the natural, geologic, historic, and archaeological resources of the park. The NPS also is to provide for the public use and enjoyment of the same in such a manner as to perpetuate these qualities for future generations (P. L. 99-565). In order to achieve these goals, NPS policies require that each unit of the National Park System develop and implement a General Management Plan (GMP). Adopted in 1993, the Great Basin National Park GMP provides the overall basis for managing the park's resources, uses, and facilities (NPS 1993). In addition to the GMP, each park may develop various "action" plans to address specific resource needs and actions. This Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP), the first for Great Basin National Park, is such a plan. It is designed

Water Resources Management Plan: Great Basin National Park

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