Bandelier National Monument - Management (U.S. National Park Service)

NPS Photo by Dale Coker

Trying to balance the impacts of large wildlife populations on the landscape is one of many management tasks that face the park.

Bandelier National Monument encompasses over 33,000 acres of diverse terrain, home to a variety of native plants and wildlife. People have lived across this landscape for over 10,000 years. Change, including that created by man, is inescapable and necessary. However, change can have detrimental impacts as well as good. As part of the management of Bandelier National Monument, the National Park Service hopes to work with its friends, neighbors, and partners to ensure that, whenever possible, the change within the park boundaries and on the broader local landscape will ensure that valuable natural and cultural resources will be preserved for future generations.

Click here to read National Park Service planning documents, including Bandelier's Ecological Restoration Plan and Environmental Impact Statement and the "Categorical Exclusion for Proposed Rehabilation of the National Historic Landmark Visitor Center, Bandelier National Monument".