NEPA Documents

What Is NEPA?

NEPA is the acronym for the National Environmental Policy Act. This act, passed in 1969, laid the foundation for environmental protection in the United States by setting policy goals for the federal government. Two major requirements of the act are that agencies analyze the environmental impacts of federal actions and engage the public in the decision-making process.

Learn more about NEPA:

• NEPA Statute
• Citizen's Guide to NEPA
• NEPA website

 

Denali's NEPA Documents

Below, you'll find a variety of environmental assessments and other documents. Some of these are done in conjunction with a large management plan of some kind, while others are for smaller-scale projects or actions.

 

Park Road and Frontcountry Management Plans & Studies

• Denali Road Capacity Study (2006 to 2012)
• Denali Vehicle Management Plan (Record of Decision signed September 2012)
• Entrance Area and Road Corridor Development Concept Plan (DCP) (1997)
• Headquarters Area Plan (2008)

 

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Backcountry Management Plan (2006) & Related Documents

This Backcountry Management Plan updates and expands upon the 1976 Backcountry Management Plan and amends the 1986 General Management Plan. The plan's goals are to continue to provide for a range of visitor opportunities in the backcountry, to protect the internationally significant resources of the park and preserve, and to manage growth so that in the long term a greater number of users can experience the park with reduced environmental impacts. The record of decision approving the Final Backcountry Management Plan, General Management Plan Amendment, and Environmental Impact Statement was signed on February 21, 2006.

• Denali Backcountry Management Plan (2006)
• Closure to the Former Mount McKinley National Park to Snowmobile Use Environmental Assessment (2000) and Finding of No SIgnificant Impact (FONSI, 2000)

 

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Documents Concerning Proposals for a Northern Access Route into the Park

• North Access Visitor Facilities Study (2004)
  This study was completed by the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and is not a National Park Service study.

 

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Subsistence Plans and Studies

• Subsistence Management Plan (2000, rev. 2004)
• Cantwell Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Traditional Use

 

Research / Resource Management Plans & Studies

• Resource Stewardship Strategy (RSS) .
• 2006 Visitor Use Survey
• Bear-Human Conflict Management Plan (2003)
• Environmental Assessment: Fire Management Plan (2004)

 

Plans: Kantishna Area

• ANILCA Title XI Access: Standard Form 299
  The application form used when applying for a right-of-way, permit, license, lease, or certificate for the use of Federal lands which lie within conservation system units such as Denali National Park and Preserve.
• Spruce Creek Access (2002)
  • Chapters 1 & 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapters 4 through 6
  • Errata
  • Finding of No Significant Impact
• Reclamation of Mined Lands Program (2001) Environmental Assessment & Finding of No Significant Impact
• Cumulative Impacts of Mining (1990) Record of Decision
• Kantishna Gravel Use Risk Assessment

 

Additional Planning Documents

• Winter and Shoulder Season Plan (2019) and Winter and Shoulder Season Visitor Services Environmental Assessment (2020)
• Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council