Denali Overflights Advisory Council Meeting in Anchorage

Denali National Park and Preserve News Release
Release Date:  October 15, 2012

DENALI PARK, Alaska: The Denali National Park Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council will meet on Friday, October 26 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm at the National Park Service’s Alaska Region Office located at 240 West 5th Avenue, Room 518, Anchorage, Alaska.

The Denali National Park Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council advises the Superintendent, through the Secretary of the Interior, on mitigation efforts that should be made to reduce the impacts from aircraft overflights at Denali National Park and Preserve. The group is developing voluntary measures for assuring the safety of  passengers, pilots, and mountaineers and for achieving desired resource conditions at Denali that were outlined in the 2006 Backcountry Management Plan. Council membership contains broad representation of interested stakeholders and has a balance of local, state, and national interests.

Information on the Advisory Council can be found at https://www.nps.gov/dena/getinvolved/aoac.htm.

Information on Denali’s 2006 Backcountry Management Plan is located at https://www.nps.gov/dena/getinvolved/planning-portfolio.htm.

For additional information on the meeting, please contact Miriam Valentine at (907) 733-9102 or via email at miriam_valentine@nps.gov.