DENVER – Public Participation in
developing a General Management Plan for the Sand Creek Massacre
National Historic Site (NHS) will be the focus of a series of public
meetings scheduled during the next three months in Colorado and
Wyoming.
General Management Plans are
comprehensive documents the National Park Service uses to guide the
long-term development and operations of national park units.
At the meetings representatives from
the National Park Service will review the public comments received
to date, outline the steps in the planning process, review the
schedule for the plan’s completion and provide additional
opportunities for individuals to express their comments about the
park’s operations.
The Sand Creek Massacre NHS is
located in southeast Colorado near Eads. It is the newest unit of
the National Park Service and was authorized by Congress in 2000 to
recognize the national significance of the 1864 massacre of Cheyenne
and Arapaho people by members of the 1st and 3rd
Colorado Volunteers , and the continued significance of the site to
the Cheyenne and Arapaho people and descendents of the massacre
victims.
The initial public meeting schedule
is:
Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 6:30
– 8:30 p.m.
Kiowa County Courthouse
Community Room
1305 Goff St.
Eads, Colorado
Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 6 – 8
p.m.
Holiday Inn
900 E. Sunset Dr.
Riverton, Wyoming
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 6 – 8
p.m.
Colorado Historical Society
1300 Broadway
Denver, Colorado
Additional public meetings in
Montana and Oklahoma will be scheduled at a later date.
For more information please contact
James Doyle at 303-969-2321.
