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Yellowstone National Park Foundation Document NATIONAL PARK SERVICE • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Foundation Document Yellowstone National Park Wyoming, Montana, Idaho May 2014 Foundation Document Gravel or dirt road Ranger station Road construction Winter road closures Backcountry use Work may be underway on From early November to early Get permits required for back- Geothermal feature Campground park roadways. Check the May most park roads are country camping and trail maps park newspaper or website closed. The exception is the at most ranger stations. Do not for road delays/closures and road in the park between the use this map for backcountry North for seasonal dates of services North Entrance and Cooke City. hiking. There are almost 1,000 01 10 Kilometers and facilities It is open all year. miles of trails. 01 10 Miles To Livingston S t i l l w a t e A r B GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST R GALLATIN i S v 89 e A r Beartooth Highway closed NATIONAL Jardine R from mid-October to late May H O Gardiner e O U FOREST l G L A Hellroaring l K a r B l A E Cooke l o F at Mountain T u A a F i A f n f City r U L a Silver 212 i P l n B k o Park road between the North Entrance North Entrance e g Gate e and Cooke City is open all year. r TANA C MON C MON T ANA r llowst o e e n h Mammoth Hot Springs Y G e g e WYOMING WYOMING Northeast u k o R A l Visitor Center i Mount Everts C S Entrance v L Park Headquarters r e L e r Phantom e MammothA Hot Springs Terraces iver R R k T Undine Lake Road closed from early Slough Creek GALLATIN I Falls A N November to late April Pebble Creek R Tower- N BLACKTAIL DEER To R Bunsen NATIONAL E E Red Lodge Roosevelt Peak PLATEAU G N L Wraith Yellowstone D O r E FOREST Falls R e H Petrified Tree Association n L A R L k d a A Institute e G r m A a Tower Fall M re G S A a The N r C P R Sheepeater Cliff E Thunderer k G C e e Indian Creek Tower t I V t e E M u r A B Fall E L C k N L L E a ee Y d a r o SHOSHONE C S e v h r R a e R c w I a o D iv T C G e C r r r ee E NATIONAL Mount Holmes k e Obsidian Cliff v WYOMING MON To i Quake R Mount Lake Grizzly 191 Washburn FOREST T Lake M ANA I R 287 Observation R Roaring Mountain Peak Dunraven O e R Twin n M Pass o ille Lakes Museum t r Canyon Village s P L Creek w L a 191 m Information Station, Norris Visitor Education llo A 287 e T Museum and Geyser Basin Center Y E a A r M Bookstore U A Inspiration Point Saddle D IS R O Steamboat Artist Point i Mountain N v Geyser Lower Falls e To V Road closed from Norris r A Ashton LL early November Monument Artists Virginia Upper Falls EY to late April PaintpotCascade Geyser Basin Y e Pollux R 20 M U adi R l Pelican s on iv lo Peak e Madison A r H w White Cone Gibbon A E on Falls YD s Lake G T t West Entrance ibb EN o West A V n Yellowstone Mt Haynes ALLE e Sulphur Caldron Information Station L Y Firehole Falls F Bookstore P Pyramid Peak Mud Volcano i r e R West h Y o i E Yellowstone l v L e e L YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK A r Visitor V R L Information PELICAN Center A Visitor Center Fishing Bridge LOWER GEYSER BASIN Fountain Paint Pot R T Lake Village WYOMING N Turbid Lake Great Fountain Geyser E East Entrance C M Bridge Bay A Lake Butte Biscuit Basin MIDWAY GEYSER BASIN Marina M D ON I Mystic Sylvan T S UPPER D YELLOWSTONE AN Falls Continental ivi Lake A O d ID GEYSER e Sylvan AH N BASIN LAKE O Pass 14 Maximum depth To Cody Grizzly Peak Eleanor Road closed from 16 Old Faithful 430ft Black Sand Basin Lake early November 20 131m WEST to early May Kepler Visitor Center Craig THUMB Cascades P Pass West Thumb Frank Mount L Island r Langford A e West Thumb T iv Information Station Geyser Basin A E R A Bookstore SHOSHONE e l Visitor Center B U o Y IDAHO S h ke R e a S L O O NATIONAL WYOMING Grant Village r i rm T A F tn A U ne t M N A P o a T sh Fl C O Mount FOREST P ho o H n M R S t Schurz R in e O O n t R O a CARIBOU- X P l A I M D K Eagle Peak R E TARGHEE A iv Ye 11358ft i M H l Lewis d l A T T o Lewis Lake 3462m e w E Lake NATIONAL s (highest point C t A o Table in the park) RED n FOREST L Mountain D r e E MOUNTAINS Heart C Lewis Falls C r R A A Lake e R S v B i O Mount C BRIDGER-TETON U i N e C R D v A s PITCHSTONE PLATEAU ARY Sheridan h D Overlook e u ip E r Mountain o m r NATIONAL FOREST u G n r k le Ouzel Falls L e h C Road closed from w c O T i e R early November s H B N E E to mid-May C R R ree k Union Falls i T v S R e n I r a D k e E South Entrance Mount N Riv T R Hancock er A Cave Falls N oad G R ke Flagg Ranch E a Road closed L Information Station y in winter s s r a e er r JOHN D. v Riv i ls G R l ROCKEFELLER, a BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST F e 89 JR. MEMORIAL k WYOMING PARKWAY a n IDAHO S 191 GRAND TETON 287 NATIONAL PARK To Jackson Yellowstone National Park Contents Mission of the National Park Service . 1 Introduction . 2. Part 1: Core Components . 3 Brief Description of Yellowstone National Park . 3 Park Purpose . .5 . Park Significance . 6. Interpretive Themes . 7 The Visitor Experience . 9 Fundamental Resources and Values . 11 . Part 2: Dynamic Components . 13 Special Mandates and Administrative Commitments . 13 Assessment of Planning and Data Needs . 13 . Analysis of Fundamental Resources and Values . 13 . Identification of Key Parkwide or Major Issues and Associated Planning and Data Needs . 28 . Planning and Data Needs . 29 . Part 3: Foundation Document Contributors . 30. Appendixes . 32 Appendix A: Enabling Legislation and Legislative Acts for Yellowstone National Park . 32. Appendix B: Laws and Policies, NPS Guidance, and Stakeholder Interest for Fundamental Resources and Values . .37 . Appendix C: Inventory of Park Planning Documents . 49 . Appendix D: Formal Agreements and Administrative Commitments . 65 . Appendix E: Wild and Scenic River Values . .74 . Foundation Document Yellowstone National Park Mission of the National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. The National Park Service cooperates with partners to extend the benefits of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world. The NPS core values are a framework in which the National Park Service accomplishes its mission. They express the manner in which, both individually and collectively, the National Park Service pursues its mission. The NPS core values are: · Shared stewardship: We share a commitment to resource stewardship with the global preservation community. · Excellence: We strive continually to learn and improve so that we may achieve the highest ideals of public service. · Integrity: We deal honestly and fairly with the public and one another. · Tradition: We are proud of it; we learn from it; we are not bound by it. · Respect: We embrace each other’s differences so that we may enrich the well-being of everyone. The National Park Service is a bureau within the Department of the Interior. While numerous national park system units were created prior to 1916, it was not until August 25, 1916, that President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act formally establishing the National Park Service. The national park system continues to grow and comprises 401 park units covering more than 84 million acres in every state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. These units include, but are not limited to, national parks, monuments, battlefields, military parks, historical parks, historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, recreation areas, scenic rivers and trails, and the White House. The variety and diversity of park units throughout the nation require a strong commitment to resource stewardship and management to ensure both the protection and enjoyment of these resources for future generations. The arrowhead was authorized as the official National Park Service emblem by the Secretary of the Interior on July 20, 1951. The sequoia tree and bison represent vegetation and wildlife, the mountains and water represent scenic and recreational values, and the arrowhead represents historical and archeological values.
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