FORT PULASKI, Ga. (WSAV) — Fort Pulaski National Monument's new plan has been found to have no significant human or natural environmental impact.
The park announced that the report of Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was available for their Development Concept Plan and Environmental Assessment (DCP/EA) on Friday.
The plan includes:
- relocating the entrance station and widening the entrance road
- improving visitor center parking and visitor safety
- improving picnic area Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) accessibility; relocate Volunteer-In-Parks (VIP) campsites
- constructing a new building for maintenance, resource programs, and law enforcement staff and equipment
- establishing visitor capacities for Cockspur Island
The plan was chosen to address "an overall lack of accessible, sustainable, and appropriate spaces to adequately meet the national monument's visitor, staff, and operational needs," the National Park Service (NPS) said.
"This decision has been made after considering environmental impacts on resources, including the cultural landscape, historic structures, archeological resources, floodplains, wetlands, vegetation and soils, and visitor use and experience," the Service said.
The Service said that they determined that the proposed action is not likely to result in significant impacts on the human or natural environment so an environmental impact statement will not be prepared.
For more information, please call the visitor center during business hours at 912-219-4233, email fopu_information@nps.gov, visit the park website at www.nps.gov/fopu.