We should strive for nothing less in park planning throughout the system. Many factors bear on the implementation of general management plans. However, once adopted, general management plans routinely require additional funding for full implementation. Fortunately at Yosemite, flood recovery monies will provide for a substantial portion of the Valley Implementation Plan. But an additional investment through the annual appropriations process will be necessary.
Lets take full advantage of that opportunity, that silver lining.
Yosemite's time has come, let's get the job done and done right at Yosemite. When the full and complete vision of the Valley Implementation Plan for Yosemite National Park is realized, the wisdom of investing in the implementation of management plans will be more fully understood. On principle alone, The Wilderness Society objects to that characterization. National parks are established primarily out of existing public lands. Therefore, we would argue that it would be inappropriate to transfer those public lands to state or local authorities.