Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

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Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area April
14, 2009 Forum Shoreline Management
Plan Preliminary Alternatives
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Lake Roosevelt Shoreline Management
Plan Preliminary Alternatives Session
Overview

• SESSION OVERVIEW
• Presentation (20 minutes)
• Shoreline Management Plan overview
• Preliminary SMP alternatives
• Open House (40 minutes)
• Informal opportunity to learn more about the plan
  and its preliminary alternatives

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The National Park Service Organic Act of 1916
created todays National Park Service within the
Department of Interior and charges the NPS with a
dual mandate to promote and regulate the use of
the national parks, by such means and measures
as conform to the fundamental purpose which is to
conserve the scenery and the natural and historic
objects and the wild life therein and to provide
for the enjoyment for the same in such manner and
by such means as will leave them unimpaired for
the enjoyment of future generations.
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation
Area Organic Act
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The Five Party Agreement recognizes Lake
Roosevelt National Recreation Area as, an
existing unit of the National Park System and
subject to all NPS laws, regulations, policies
and guidelines. The Agreement goes on to state
that the National Park Service will, manage,
plan, and regulate all activities, development,
and uses that take place in the Recreation Zone
in accordance with applicable provisions of
federal law ...
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Party Agreement
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Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
General Management Plan
General Management Plan (2000) The National
Park Service manages the National Recreation Area
to preserve the quality of the visitor
experience by ensuring that opportunities for
diverse types of outdoor and water oriented
recreation continue to be available The General
Management Plan provides a planning framework,
the details of which are worked out in
implementation plans, such as the Shoreline
Management Plan.
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• Five primary purposes of the Lake Roosevelt
  Shoreline Management Plan
• Implement the provisions of the General
  Management Plan from 2000
• Analyze the adequacy of existing development
• Increase coordination among the agencies
  connected to the lake
• Improve management to reduce impacts to natural,
  cultural and scenic resources
• Determine the effects of the proposed drawdown of
  lake levels

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Shoreline Management Plan
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• Team Members
• National Park Service
• Interdisciplinary Team
• Colville and Spokane Tribes
• Lincoln, Ferry, and Stevens Counties
• Bureau of Reclamation
• National Park Service
• Consultant (Jones Jones)
• The Public

Lake Roosevelt Shoreline Management
Plan Project Team
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Lake Roosevelt Shoreline Management
Plan Project Schedule
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Lake Roosevelt Shoreline Management
Plan What We Heard. Public Scoping Results
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• Categories of Issues from Public Scoping
• Beach Camping/Day Use Impacts
• Public Access to Shoreline
• Capacity of Facilities
• Exclusive Use of the Shoreline
• Lower Lake Levels in Summer
• Agency Coordination
• Natural and Cultural Resources

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Lake Roosevelt Shoreline Management
Plan Preliminary Plan Alternatives

• Shoreline Management Plan
• Preliminary Alternatives
• Alternative A Continue Current Management
• Alternative B Enhanced Management Strategies
• Alternative C Enhanced Agency Coordination
• Alternative D Enhanced Recreational Facilities

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Lake Roosevelt Shoreline Management Plan
Alternative A Continue Current
Management Preliminary Plan Alternatives

• Alternative A
• Continue Current Management
• No Action alternative, as required by NEPA
• Maintain existing funding levels
• Ongoing management actions are consistent with
  the General Management Plan
• Maintenance, patrols, agency coordination, and
  facility development would reflect current levels

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• Alternative B
• Enhanced Management Strategies
• Improved visitor use, resource management, public
  information and education management strategies
• Recreational use permit systems
• Limited facility enhancements
• Limited new facility construction
• Targeted outreach, education, and stewardship
  programs

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Alternative B Enhanced Management
Strategies Preliminary Plan Alternatives
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• Alternative C
• Enhanced Agency Coordination
• Continue to work with current shoreline
  management partners
• Expanded coordination with other government
  agencies, non-profit groups, and neighboring
  communities
• Emphasis on multi-jurisdictional management of
  the Lake Roosevelt watershed

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Alternative C Enhanced Agency Coordination and
Partnerships Preliminary Plan Alternatives
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• Alternative D
• Enhanced Recreational Facilities
• Upgrade and expansion of park recreational
  facilities and infrastructure
• Construction of new recreational facilities,
  including a deep water launch, boat in
  campgrounds, a walk-in campground, and improved
  shoreline access trails
• A net increase in recreational facility capacity
  to address summer crowding issues, as well as
  future lake level draw-downs

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Alternative D Enhanced Recreational Facility
Capacity Preliminary Plan Alternatives
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Lake Roosevelt Shoreline Management Plan
Crescent Bay Development Concept Plan
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• Crescent Bay
• Development Concept Plan 3 Alternatives
• The General Management Plan recommended the
  construction of a full-service marina at Crescent
  Bay.
• Alternative 1 No Action or continue current
  management practices
• Alternative 2/Concept A Maximum facility
  development including an education complex,
  campground, and day use facilities
• Alternative 3/Concept B Less intensive
  development that focuses on day uses,
  interpretive and informational signs/kiosks

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Lake Roosevelt Shoreline Management Plan
Crescent Bay Development Concept Plan
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Lake Roosevelt Shoreline Management Plan
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Your input is important to the success of this
process.
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Thank you!