Boston harbor islands, a national park area
Subtitle: draft general management plan and draft environmental impact statement
Contributors: Boston Harbor Islands Partnership
Publisher: US National Park Service. Northeast Region
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston,MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Management; Plans; Harbor Islands, Boston (Mass.); Environmental aspects
Description: ...presents three alternative management plans for the newly established national park area with their associated environmental impact statements; alternative A emphasizes preserving resources; alternative B emphasizes providing activities for the visitor; alternative C focuses on the large, previously developed islands for a high level of visitor activity with the protection of resources, and leaves the more remote islands in a natural management area with few visitor amenities; considers environmental impacts for air resources, coastal processes, water quality, soils, upland vegetation, terrestrial wildlife, protected species, special communities or habitats, cultural landscapes, archeological and ethnographic resources, historic buildings and structures, museum collections, and socioeconomic factors...