Yosemite
National Park Releases
Documents Pertaining
to Park Plans
Revised Planning Documents
The Department of the Interior /National
Park Service (NPS), th e Friends of
Yosemite Valley (FOYV), and the
Mariposans for the Environment and
Responsible Government (MERG) announced
the completion of a formal Settlement
Agreement last September regarding the
litigation on the Merced Wild and Scenic
River Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP).
The settlement resolved the decade long
litigation on Merced River planning that
began in 2000, and also resolved the
complaint challenging the Yosemite
Valley Plan (YVP).
Three documents have been released as a
result of the aforementioned settlement
agreement. These documents include the
Revised YVP Record of Decision (ROD),
the Revised Yosemite Lodge Area
Redevelopment Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI), and the Revised Curry
Village and East Yosemite Valley
Campgrounds Improvements FONSI. The YVP
document rescinds the ROD, and the
second two documents amend the FONSI's.
The park has initiated the planning
process to complete a new Comprehensive
Management Plan for the Merced Wild and
Scenic River in Yosemite National Park.
The Revised Yosemite Valley Plan ROD,
Revised Yosemite Lodge Area
Redevelopment FONSI, and Revised Curry
Village and East Yosemite Valley
Campgrounds Improvements FONSI are
available in their entirety at http://www.nps.gov/yose/parkmgmt/litigation.htm
Media Contacts:
Scott Gediman 209-372-0248
Kari Cobb 209-372-0529
From:
Yosemite Gateway Partners - on behalf
of Yosemite National Park
