Redwood National and State Parks consist of Redwood National Park and three long-established California State Parks included within the boundary set by Congress in 1968. Together, these parks include 105,516 acres of federal and state lands in Del Norte and Humboldt counties, situated in northwestern California. Through an agreement signed in 1994 and renewed in 1999, the NPS and the California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR) manage all four parks as a single unit. This cooperative approach to park management results in the NPS undertaking projects to protect natural and cultural resources and to provide visitor services in the state parks, and CDPR staff doing likewise on federal lands. This Annual Performance Plan however, reflects solely the NPS activities, personnel, responsibilities, and needs that are involved in, or result from, this interagency cooperative effort to manage these parks. The introduction, establishment, and expansion of alien plants have been identified by the NPS as problems threatening the integrity of park ecosystems for many years. The protection and restoration of natural and cultural resources are often dependent upon the effective control of alien plant species. Alien plants have been an important resource management problem since Redwood National Park was established in 1968. Current activities concentrate on the control of Scotch broom, European beach grass and pampas grass. The expansion of the national park in 1978 increased the scope of the alien plant program significantly due to the large populations of Cape and English ivy found on acquired lands. An individual with a disability is defined as a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, has a record of such impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment. Major life activities are activities that an average person can perform such as walking, seeing, breathing, hearing, learning, or working.
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