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Fish and Wildlife Habitat
Ecosystem Diversity
Air Quality Water Quality
3. Where a road or trail is required to support an allowable use, it should be designed to address riparian concerns including erosion, sediment control, fish movement,...
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Other Natural Resource Concerns
1. Proposed vegetation management projects or programs for noxious weeds, scenic vistas, ground covers, competing vegetation, rights-of-way, or gravel and borrow pits, shall be designed to protect significant...
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CHAPTER 4:
Recreation Development
Introduction
The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act encouraged a dynamic, cooperative process for recreation planning. Very specific direction was provided by this legislation for both the Forest...
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allowed within each zone. The Recreation Intensity Zone map functions as an zoning map overlay with the Land Use Designations. There is a direct relationship between the Land Use Designation of Public Recreation and The Recreation Intensity Zone...
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Public Involvement Synopsis
Service will work in close partnership with State agencies, such as Oregon and Washington State Parks Departments, to develop these new facilities. As the recreation funds authorized in the Scenic Area Act are...
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The analysis process for recreation is described in detail in Chapter 2. This summary provides the basis for the Recreation Development Plan.
There were many questions on the supply of recreation opportunities. In the initial stages of the...
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Goal I: Policies:
• Disperse recreation use throughout the National Scenic Area.
• Provide additional opportunities for sightseeing.
• Prioritize river shore areas for day use.
• Provide campgrounds in close proximity to popular...
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Goal II: Policies:
3. Water-oriented day use recreation access, such as additional boat and sailboard launches, is emphasized along the Columbia River. Conversion of agricultural and forest land to recreational development is permitted in areas...
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Goal Ill: Policies: Goal IV: Policies:
Goal V: Policies:
Develop a system of trails that provides a variety of choices for public enjoyment of the special environment of the National Scenic Area.
1. Design a trail system that provides access...
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Goal VI: Policies:
2. Connect intact and usable highway segments with recreation trails to create a continuous route through the Columbia Gorge which links local, state and federal recreation and historic sites.
3. Preserve and enhance the...
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Plan provides a building block leading to site-specific recreation development decisions. It serves as an
illustration, or graphic representation of the recreation plan goals and policies, giving them spatial reality on the ground.
Two...
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Associated shoreline developments are usually small in scale and in less- developed settings.
SCENIC CORRIDOR: This area is made up of the scenic corridors of the primary travel routes, including the major highways and the Columbia River....
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The mix of emphasis areas in the Concept Plan creates an overall design for public recreation in the National Scenic Area. This overall design can be best summarized in eight design concepts that relate directly to the emphasis areas described...
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The term "recreation development plan" is referenced in the Congressional Record for the Senate on 8 October 1986 when Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield stated, "Under the National Scenic Area Act, a cooperative management plan will be developed to...
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required to complete a similar recreation assessment for the Special Management Areas."
The Special Management Areas in the National Scenic Area were considered for their unique range of opportunities. Trail locations, campgrounds, river...
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how individual recreation sites and trails work together to form a comprehensive design.
The map depicts seven categories of recreation facilities:
Special Features
Boating Emphasis Areas Campgrounds
River Access
Scenic Emphasis...
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Columbia River Gorge
National Scenic Area
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA
RECREATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN MAP
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Columbia River Gorge NSA Interpretive Center
SITE DESCRIPTION: The Interpretive Center will be constructed on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River at Crate's Point, west of The Dalles. Although the site will...
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County. The total estimated cost of development, excluding land acquisition costs, is $800,000.
Skamania Composite
SITE DESCRIPTION: The Skamania Composite consists of three potential developed sites and a...
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north side of Locke Lake. The site includes the old highway right-of-way and a strip of land on the north lakeshore.
DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL: The site offers an outstanding
opportunity for a barrier free trail and picnic area...
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Washington Natural Heritage Program and various botanical organizations. The total estimated cost of development is $140,000.
Horsetail Wetlands
SITE DESCRIPTION: The wetland north of Oneonta Gorge...
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DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL: Facilities will be constructed for
boating, launching and moorage, as well as for picnicking, interpretation, general day use, and scenic appreciation. The facilities will accommodate 350 people at one time....
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is a proposed site plan that has detailed information on this project. The total estimated cost of development is $2,054,000.
Intrepretive Sites within SMAs
SITE DESCRIPTION: Sites have been identified within the
Interpretive Recommendations...
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partnerships could be formed with public agencies or special interest groups. Interpretive sites associated with proposed recreation development would be included with that development process.
The total...
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