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Mountain Trail, Marcus Trail, Foothills Trail, Guadalupe Peak Trail, Salt Basin Overlook Trail, El Capitan Trail, and McKittrick Canyon Trail. According to the Sierra Club’s calculation, using the Trails Unlimited Map mileage of GMNP, about 47.7 miles of the 82 total miles of hiking trails allow horses on them, which is over 50% of the trails (58.2%). This is more than “some” trails allowed for horse use. Page 191 states that 60% of the trails are used for horseback riding. The public and decision-makers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 98) Page 240 Activities and Destinations, what does “A small increase in use” mean The public and decision-makers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 99) Page 241, Scenic Views, how long is the electric line that will be removed from McKittrick Creek The public and decision-makers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 100) Page 241, Scenic Views, Cumulative Impacts, what does “the continued protection of scenic views is substantial” mean This seems like a strange statement since NPS has previously in this draft GMP/EIS stated that air quality, which obscures scenic views, is not an issue topic and NPS cannot do much about. The public and decision-makers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 101) Page 241, Scenic Views, Conclusion, what does “would have generally adverse impacts” mean The public and decision-makers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 102) Page 243, Housing and Community Infrastructure, what does “minimally increased demand” mean The public and decision-makers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 103) Page 243, Housing and Community Infrastructure, Cumulative Effects, what does “effects would be very small” mean The public and decision-makers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 104) Page 243, Housing and Community Infrastructure, Conclusion, what does “contribution to these effects would be very small” mean The public and decisionmakers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 105) Page 243, Housing and Community Infrastructure, Cumulative Effects, NPS states “Increases in residential development, … could result in increased visitation levels at the park and require additional management efforts along those park boundaries … could require a reallocation of staff, decreasing their availability in other areas of the park” and then says on page 243, Management and Administration “Through core operations, the park management is streamlining the organization … 40
would hire more seasonal and term position rather than using full-time staff for these activities” and on page 244, Maintenance, states “the potential of increasing visitation, the park staff could be presented with increasing challenges in carrying out the park’s maintenance requirements”. These quotes are contradictory. While park visitation may increase and cause the need for more people, NPS is cutting its staff from 40 to 34. There is no way that seasonal employees can do the same quality work and the same amount of work as full-time employees. This is penny wise and pound foolish thinking. NPS pays seasonal employees very poor salaries. Seasonal employees are only around for a few months and cannot learn the needs and resources of GMNP in the same manner as full-time employees. But what happens if the opposite occurs Due to high gasoline prices fewer people come to GMNP. The figures shown on page 190, Table 8, Recreational Visitation in 2000-2008, document a decline from a high of 222,307 in 2001 to 174,157 in 2006. This is before gasoline prices rose astronomically to almost $4/gallon right now. The forecast is for further rises in gasoline prices and for these increases in price to remain high. Why does NPS not talk about this and how it will affect GMNP The public and decision-makers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 106) Page 244, Maintenance, Cumulative Impacts, what informal trails are NPS talking about How many of these trails are likely to be made and where What are their environmental impacts The public and decision-makers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 107) Page 244, Maintenance, Cumulative Impacts, what does “effects would be slight” mean The public and decision-makers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 108) Page 244, Maintenance, Conclusion, what does “contribution would be slight” mean The public and decision-makers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 109) Pages 244-245, The Relationship Between Local Short-Term Uses of the Environment and the Maintenance and Enhancement of Long-Term Productivity, what does “sustainable action” mean Why is Alternative A, a “sustainable action” NPS does not explain. What criteria is NPS using to judge an alternative’s sustainability What are the local short-term uses that this draft GMP/EIS proposes What is the maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity that NPS compares to short-term uses and that this draft GMP/EIS provides The public and decision-makers need this information so they can review, comment on, and understand this proposal. 41
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