Comprehensive Plan for the Protection, Management, Development and Use of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail
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Resource ID
1102
Access
Open
Contributed by
Appalachian Trail Museum Library
Date
September 1981
Tags - Places
Entire Trail
Document Types
Federal, Report
Document Extract
The plan was called for initially in the March, 1978, amendments to the National Trails System Act. Its two-year deadline was subsequently extended by Public Law 95-625 to September 30, 1981.
The primary purpose of the plan is to provide Congress information it needs to meet its oversight responsibility for the Appalachian Trail. To some extent, therefore, the plan is a report on the progress achieved to date in the administration of the Trail. In addition, the plan provides an opportunity to organize the accumulated policy directions, guidelines and understanding about administration of the Trail for the benefit of the private, state and federal partners in the Trail project.
The plan is intended to provide a framework for development and management of the Trail and its immediate environs. Detailed guidance for managers is provided by other documents.