EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
CHAPTER 11
OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
11-1.
Resource Management of Project Lands and Facilities.
a. Management Objectives. The developed and natural resources
at Civil Works projects are the public property of both present and
future generations. Corps resource management activity is directed
toward the continued enjoyment and maximum sustained use by the public
of lands, waters, forests, other vegetative cover, and associated
recreational resources, consistent with their aesthetic and biological
values, and to allow such other new and innovative uses of the project
that are not detrimental thereto. Projects administered by the Corps
have resource use objectives, based on the expressed preferences of
the residents of the region served, the needs of the ecosystem in
which the project occurs, and on the capabilities of the natural and
man-made resources of the project. Maintenance and administration of
recreation areas, where they remain under Corps jurisdiction, is part
of the overall management objective to preserve and protect the
quality of project resources. Major considerations, in addition to
management of recreation facilities, include: (ER 1130-2-540, ER
1130-2-550, ER 1165-2-400)
(1)
Protection of project visitors and employees.
(2) Conservation and protection of project resources,
including enforcement of land use requirements to prevent conflict
between uses.
(3) Prevention of visual and physical encroachments upon
project lands and waters.
(4) Preservation and enhancement of the aesthetic integrity of
banks and shorelines and retention of access for public use.
(5) Prevention or elimination of unauthorized structures and
habitation on project lands or on the water surface.
(6) Compatibility between recreation uses and equipment
employed in recreation activity and established water quality
standards.
(7)
Environmental improvement through vegetative management.
(8) Interim use of project lands for appropriate agricultural
practices to optimize recreation and fish and wildlife benefits.
(9) Monitoring of public recreation use and recreation
technology being used to insure that management practices and future
recreation developments are consistent with discernible public
preferences and needs.
(10) Encouragement of local officials to adopt and enforce
zoning and building codes to: control private developments adjacent to
any project reservation; and to avoid resultant problems in water
pollution from septic tank drain fields or sewage disposal, visual
pollution due to poor siting or design, solid waste disposal on public
areas, or use of project roads for access to private property.
b.
Visitor Centers.
It is the policy of the Corps to plan,
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