This summary documents the additions and changes made to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement released to the public in June 1998 that are now contained in volume 1 of the final environmental impact statement. Original text from the Draft Environmental Impact Statement is shown in black, while changes and additions to the draft are shown in green. The exception to this is headings. Both original and new headings are shown in black.
Did You Know?
The 1988 fires affected 793,880 acres or 36 percent of the park. Five fires burned into the park that year from adjacent public lands. The largest, the North Fork Fire, started from a discarded cigarette. It burned more than 410,000 acres.