Title: Boston harbor islands, a national park area
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...
Subjects: Management, Plans, Harbor Islands, Boston (Mass.), Environmental aspects
Places: Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (Mass.)