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Show FOREWORD This Water Resources Management Plan, the first for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, is intended to serve as a management action plan for water resources for the next ten years. It is complementary to, and consistent with, other existing management documents such as the General Management Plan ( NPS 1979), Lees Ferry Upriver Recreation Plan ( NPS 1984b), Statement for Management ( NPS 1985f), Natural Resources Management Plan ( NPS 1986), and Cultural Resources Management Plan ( NPS 1987). The present plan discusses water resources management issues that currently are significant and in need of management action within the next ten years. As new problems arise or unanticipated alternatives appear, the plan will be subject to revision from time to time. Because management actions are proposed, an Environmental Assessment is incorporated into this plan. Alternatives are evaluated for addressing each problem, impacts are compared, and a specific action is recommended. Circulation of the draft plan for public review and subsequent comment resolution by the National Park Service will complete full compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. vii |