Disturbed Land Restoration

Relationship to Other Guidance

DO/PM 77-1 address NPS wetland protection policies and procedures and mitigation measures for wetlands affected by development. They also set forth the policy that wetland impacts must be compensated for by restoration.

Other sections in this Reference Manual that provide guidance about specific components of disturbed lands restoration include Protection of Aesthetic Values, Hazardous Waste Management, Vegetation Management, Soil Resources Management, and Nonnative Species Management. Also, see DO/RM 28 Cultural Resource Management.

DO 12 Conservation Planning and Environmental Impact Analysis, and Decision-making and the companion Handbook 12 provide guidance about complying with the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Parks Management Omnibus Act of 1998, and the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916’s non-impairment language, which NPS incorporated into Chapter 1 of NPS Management Policies.