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Elkmont Historic District EIS Process: Opportunities for Input Project News Great Smoky Mountains National Park National Park Service Issue No. 4 U.S. Department of the Interior Elkmont Historic District EIS Process: Opportunities for Input Invitation to March 8 and 9, 2004 Project Background Project Planning (From EA to EIS) (2001 to Spring 2002) Public Meetings Review regulations and project history; identify purpose and need of the undertaking. The 1982 Park General Management Plan (GMP) Great Smoky Mountains National Park has calls for all structures in Elkmont to be removed scheduled a set of public meetings as the first Initial Data Gathering & Issue Identification at the close of private leases that ended in 1992 opportunity for public input to the (Spring 2002) for most and 2001 for the remaining four. Gather baseline resource data; hold public scoping Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process. meeting. The first meeting is Monday, March 8, 2004, In 1994, Elkmont was listed as a historic district from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Glenstone on the National Register of Historic Places thus Concept Alternatives Developed Lodge, 504 Historic Nature Trail, in affording the district special status and new (Summer 2002 to Spring 2003) • Gatlinburg. Driving directions are available at consideration regarding the GMP. The Park and Public meeting to present range of possible uses for Elkmont structures, discuss appropriateness of use, http://www.glenstonelodge.com/driving_directi Tennessee Historic Commission discussed several and solicit public feedback ons.shtml. The second meeting will be held options regarding future management of Elkmont • Public workshop to present preliminary from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on March 9, between 1994 and 1999, but failed to come to an alternatives, facilitate discussion, and create a 2004, at the Hilton Hotel, 501 West Church agreement. vision for Elkmont • Refine alternatives and develop site plans for each Street, Knoxville (865-523-2300). A map to of the proposed alternative concepts A renewed planning process was reinitiated in the hotel can be accessed through MapQuest at • Public workshop Feb. 2003 to present revised 2000 by Park planners to develop a management http://www.mapquest.com alternatives and facilitate further discussion plan for the Elkmont Historic District (EHD) that Both meetings will follow the same format and follows guidelines in the National Environmental Alternatives Refined have the same content. The project team will Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic (Fall 2003 to Spring 2004) • explain the EIS process, summarize the Preservation Act (NHPA).The results of this study Refine EA alternatives based on additional fieldwork and develop detailed alternatives. activities undertaken to date, and present the will enable Park management to effectively make • EIS public scoping meetings March 8 & 9, 2004 to full range of detailed alternatives. Key dates in a decision at the close of this planning process. present detailed alternatives and to provide public the project schedule will be explained. After the with opportunity for comment. Environmental Compliance was begun initially as • presentation, the audience will have an Review public comments. an Environmental Assessment (EA) but elevated • Meet with the Consulting Parties in April 2004 and opportunity to ask questions of the project team further refine the detailed alternatives to an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in and to review the alternatives at stations in the Spring 2003 when it was recognized that a meeting room. Forms for written public Impact Analysis successful management strategy could not be comment will be available to complete at the • Analyze the environmental / human consequences meeting or can be mailed within the 30-day selected until a more detailed investigation was of each alternative (direct, indirect, cumulative) undertaken. An EA and EIS follow an almost comment period. The comment form will also identical process, but an EIS is more be available on the project website. Prepare Draft EIS and Public Hearing comprehensive and detailed than an EA. This • Prepare Draft EIS • I look forward to seeing you at this workshop decision was made due to the sensitivity of Recommend preferred alternative • Hold Public Hearing and Analyze Comments and appreciate your support as we develop resources and the growing controversial nature of management strategies for the Elkmont Historic this project. Prepare Final EIS and GMP Amendment District. • Select Alternative and Prepare FEIS The chart to the right outlines the history of the • Distribute FEIS Sincerely, planning process and how it will proceed in the • Prepare Record of Decision (ROD) and Philip A. Francis Jr., Acting Superintendent EIS phase. The highlighted box indicates where Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Great Smoky Mountains National Park we are now in the process. Elkmont Historic District GMPA/EIS • Issue 4 Great Smoky Mountains National Park ELKMONT Project News National Park Service Issue No. 4 U.S. Department of the Interior Summary of Alternatives To portray the historic Daisy Town community, 11 of the 15 significant Overview: In February 2003, six concept alternatives were presented historic cabins and one non-contributing cabin in Daisy Town would be at a public workshop in Sevierville. These alternatives were developed retained, in addition to historic landscape features. Cabins along Jake’s based on project goals and objectives and public comment received up Creek or along Millionaire’s Row would be removed. A wayside exhibit to that time. As part of the EIS process (see page 1), a seventh focusing on the synchronous firefly is planned to appropriately guide alternative has been added in order to present a full range of options . pedestrian traffic out of sensitive habitat areas. Details of all alternatives will be presented at public meetings scheduled The Wonderland Hotel cannot be restored due to its advanced for March 8 and 9, 2004. In keeping with the Park’s Comprehensive deterioration. As a result, the remains of the existing building are Resource Education Plan, all alternatives except the No Action, propose proposed to be removed. One option being considered is reconstructing a strong visitor education component. The alternatives as described the porch with a “ghosted” façade of the hotel front wall so that the visitor below, from No Action through Alternative F, are designed to present could experience what it might have been like to sit on the porch. The the full range of options that address concerns expressed by the public. nearby Annex and cabins in the Wonderland Club would be removed. No Action: The No Action Alternative is implementation of the Parking behind the hotel, as well as across Little River Road, would be Park’s General Management Plan (GMP) developed in 1982. The GMP provided. A handicap accessible path would be constructed leading to the was written prior to the creation of the EHD and calls for the removal of hotel, similar to the historic path that led from the road to the hotel. A privately leased structures in Elkmont upon termination of leases and kiosk with exhibit panels and a brochure box would be located at the building sites returned to a natural state. Some of the structure parking area across the street from the hotel so that visitors to Elkmont foundations and stonework could remain, allowing a visual link to the could park and obtain information on the District. past. Once the structures are removed, visitors would continue to Forested areas would be allowed to naturally regenerate in areas where the experience traditional recreation such as hiking, fishing and camping. buildings are removed. The existing roadways would be repaired if damage occurred during building demolition; however, no physical infrastructure improvements Alternative C: In this alternative, the Appalachian Clubhouse and all are proposed. 15 significant cabins in Daisy Town would be retained. One additional cabin would be restored to its historic configuration. The Chapman Cabin Alternative A: This alternative calls for active forest restoration on Society Hill along Jake’s Creek would also be retained. The treatment and vegetation management. Like the No Action Alternative, all of the Appalachian Clubhouse as a day use facility is the same as in structures would be removed. Active restoration of native plant Alternative B. All other cabins and buildings in Daisy Town , Society Hill communities and removal of invasive and/or exotic plant species will and Millionaire’s Row would be removed, and natural revegetation would occur. Where buildings are removed, native species would be planted to be allowed to occur. aid forest regeneration. Active management would tier to park-wide hemlock protection strategies. Man-made drainage ditches would be The visitor experience in Alternative C is similar to that of Alternative B restored to their natural state. except for the retention of the historic cabins in Daisy Town and an additional wayside exhibit explaining Chapman’s significance related to Visitor education will be provided by wayside exhibits in addition to creation of the Park. Options for the Wonderland Hotel area remain the existing ranger-led programs. Central trailhead parking would be same as described for Alternative B. provided. Existing roads beyond the relocated trailheads would only be maintained for Park vehicular use and would become pedestrian paths Alternative D: This alternative proposes to retain more cabins and for public use. provides a Park library,
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