Lower Columbia River Lewis and Clark Sites Boundary Study: A Study of Sites for Potential Addition to Fort Clatsop National Memorial

摘要

This boundary study serves two primary purposes. First, the study provides the United States Congress with an assessment of the national significance of three prominent Lewis and Clark sites on the lower Columbia River and whether these sites are suitable and feasible additions to Fort Clatsop National Memorial. Second, the study presents four management alternatives for consideration by Congress that would protect the resources and provide public access to these sites. One of the National Park Service's responsibilities is to identify nationally significant natural, cultural, and recreational resources and aid in their protection inside and outside of the National Park System. With this charge, the National Park Service recognizes that inclusion of these three study sites as part of Fort Clatsop National Memorial is only one of many management options for preserving the nation's outstanding resources. In keeping with this mission, only two (Alternatives C and D) of the four management alternatives would, if acted upon by Congress, add some or all of the sites to Fort Clatsop National Memorial.