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This Resource Stewardship Strategy (RSS) serves as a bridge between the qualitative statements of desired conditions established in the park's General Management Plan/Development Concept Plan (NPS 1996) or Foundation for Planning and Management (referred to as "Foundation Statement" in this document) (NPS 2009) and the measurable goals and implementation actions determined through the park's strategic planning. The RSS is not a decision-making document. Instead, it is an analytical document that focuses on identifying and tracking indicators of desired conditions, recommending Comprehensive Strategies to achieve and maintain desired conditions over time, and assessing and updating these Comprehensive Strategies periodically based on new information and the results of completed activities. This provides the park with a strategy for investing both human and fiscal resources in the stewardship of all park resources. It also reports accountability of the progress made in attaining and maintaining desired conditions at the park.