Joshua Tree National Park officials intend to improve the Cottonwood visitor center with a larger, energy-efficient building to accommodate growing visitation and crowding in the park. As part of the improvement process, National Park Service officials have released an environmental assessment for public review and comment. Due to the partial government shut-down, the public comment period on the environmental assessment has been extended through February 19. An electronic version of the draft plan, and instructions on how to make public comments, are available at
http://parkplanning.nps.gov.
Comments also may be sent to:
Superintendent
Joshua Tree National Park
74485 National Park Drive
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277-3597
