Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve Long-Range Interpretive Plan
National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management. 2007. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve Long-Range Interpretive Plan. Long-Range Interpretive Plan. National Park Service
Primary interpretive themes are those ideas/concepts that are critical for achieving visitor understanding and appreciation of the signifi cance of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. Primary themes do not include everything that may be interpreted, but they do provide the foundation from which programs and media can be developed. All interpretive efforts, through both personal and non-personal services, should relate to one or more of the primary themes. Effective interpretation results when visitors are able to connect concepts (intangibles) with resources (tangibles) and derive something meaningful from the experience. The resources of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve are signifi cant for the following reasons: • Craters of the Moon contains a remarkable and unusual diversity of exquisitely preserved volcanic features, including nearly all of the features of purely basaltic volcanism—craters, cones, lava fl ows, caves, and fi ssures. (Volcanology) • Craters of the Moon contains most of the Great Rift, the deepest known land-based open volcanic rift, and the longest volcanic rift in the continental United States. (Great Rift) • Craters of the Moon contains many diverse habitats for plants and animals as a result of a long history of volcanic deposition. (Ecosystem) • Craters of the Moon contains abundant sagebrush steppe communities that provide some of the best remaining sage-grouse habitat and healthiest rangelands on the Snake River Plain. (Sagebrush Steppe) • Many of the more than 400 kipukas contain representative vegetative communities that are largely undisturbed by human activity. These communities serve as key benchmarks for scientific study of long-term ecological changes to the plants and animals of sagebrush steppe habitats throughout the Snake River Plain. (Kipukas) • Craters of the Moon contains the largest remaining land area within the Snake River Plain still retaining its wilderness character. The Craters of the Moon Wilderness Area and Wilderness Study Areas encompass over one-half million acres of undeveloped federal lands. (Wilderness) • Craters of the Moon is a valued western landscape of more than 750,000 acres that is characterized by a variety of scenery, broad open vistas, pristine air quality, and a rich human history. (History and Western Landscape)
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- National Park Service; Bureau of Land Management
- Date of Issue
- 2007-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CRMO , UCBN
- Keywords
- Interpretation, interpretive plan, Park Planning