Land Protection Plan for Joshua Tree National Monument
National Park Service. 1996. Land Protection Plan for Joshua Tree National Monument. National Park Service Land Protection Plan. National Park Service. https://doi.org/10.36967/69757
This newest land protection plan for Joshua Tree National Park states that 553 parcels of nonfederal land still exist within the park. These tracts are owned by the state of California, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and by other private interests (the latter group discussed according to 9 geographic divisions). Recommendations are that the National Park Service buy remaining lands, based on the priority list given, to preserve and protect the resources of the area. No alternative plan would meet stated objectives. Appendices include the legal description of the boundaries, list of all the tracts, mining claims and other rights, and legal description of critical tortoise habitat (with maps).
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- National Park Service
- Date of Issue
- 1996-11
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.36967/69757
- Units
- JOTR
- Keywords
- Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR), Land Ownership, Management, non-federal land ownership and use, Plan, Preservation, protect resources, protection alternatives
- License
- Public Domain