Resources Management Plan, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, ID

US Department of The Interior, National Park Service

This Resource Management Plan (RMP) is a revision of the one completed in 1995. Both were developed according to the NPS Resource Management Plan Guideline (March 1989), under the directives of NPS Management Policies (1988). The Plan is a long-range planning and budgetary document that defines park resource management objectives, presents long-range strategies, and delineates actions for implementing those strategies. It presents issues regardless of the expected time frame for problem resolution. Funding and staffing needed to address the issues are estimated. The intent is that carrying out the actions presented in this plan will lead to a comprehensive, coordinated program of resource stewardship. This Plan describes the known natural and cultural resources of the Monument, documents and evaluates their current condition. It also establishes a historical record of management efforts and accomplishments, and the status of deficiencies in the inventory, study, and treatment of the Monument's natural and cultural resources. The Plan functions as a reference to guide resource management activities by Monument staff. It is also used by the Support, Regional and Washington offices to identify and track issues, and resulting actions. This plan is also a budgetary tool to obtain funding and staffing for resource management projects. It may serve as a source document for interpretive programs. The RMP is also a public document and may be obtained by members of the general public interested in the condition of, and proposed actions affecting, the Monument’s resources. It is an agreement between the Superintendent and higher level management as to the priority resource problems and issues, and the strategy for dealing with them.