Grand Canyon National Park - Management (U.S. National Park Service)

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A General Management Plan was completed in 1995 and replaces the 1977 management plan. The general management plan is the culmination of a four year process that has involved local citizens, American Indian tribes, and public and private agencies. The environmental impacts of implementing the management plan were analysed in a Draft General Management Plan and Environmental Impacts Assessment. The direction for future park management is based on the laws establishing the park and the National Park Service, the purpose of the park and its significant resources.

To learn more, see the Administrative History of Grand Canyon National Park, a political and economic history of the park from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present.

Authorization Summary:

1882 First unsuccessful attempt to establish a Grand Canyon National Park

1893 Designated a "forest reserve" by President Benjamin Harrison (Presidential Proclamation #45)

1908 Established as Grand Canyon National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt (Presidential Proclamation #794)

1919 Designation of Grand Canyon National Park by an act of Congress on February 26 (40 Stat 1175).

1975 Grand Canyon National Park Enlargement Act an act of Congress on January 3 (88 Stat 2089) (Public Law 93-620)

1979 Designation as a World Heritage Site on October 26