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Draft Management Plan Issued For Tule Lake Unit

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By NPT Staff - November 10th, 2016

Editor's note: The following is an unedited release from the National Park Service.

The National Park Service has released the Tule Lake Unit General Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for public review and comment. The plan provides long-term guidance for how the National Park Service will develop and manage the unit, and how the stories of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II will be told at Tule Lake.

The National Park Service will hold public workshops from November 2016 to January 2017 to present the management plan and receive comments on it. These workshops will further a public dialogue, which began in 2013, about how to effectively protect the site and educate the public about this chapter in American history.

The Tule Lake Unit preserves the site of the Tule Lake Segregation Center, which was one of 10 camps where 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. Designated in 2008 by President George W. Bush, the purpose of the Tule Lake Unit is to preserve, study, and interpret the history and setting of the incarceration of Japanese Americans at Tule Lake. Between 1942 and 1946, over 29,000 people of Japanese ancestry were incarcerated there, and two thirds of those incarcerated were US citizens.

"The NPS is thrilled to be presenting the plan to the public, and especially to those who experienced the World War II incarceration at Tule Lake or were impacted in the Klamath Basin community. This moment changes the narrative for Tule Lake. It pivots us to the future of what the site will look like and the lessons visitors will learn about Tule Lake's unique and long-contested history. We're eager to hear what the public thinks about the National Park Service's plan for the Tule Lake Unit, and we hope people will attend the meetings and engage in the discussion about Tule Lake's future," says Lawrence Whalon, superintendent of the Tule Lake Unit and Lava Beds National Monument.

The National Park Service will hold 13 public workshops at locations in California, Oregon, Washington, New York, and online. This is an opportunity to talk with National Park Service staff working on the Tule Lake Unit and discuss the plan. These meetings represent the "public review" stage for the plan. Anyone interested in attending is welcome.

Current information relevant to the plan and the Tule Lake Unit is available at parkplanning.nps.gov/TuleLakeGMP. Comments may be submitted online or may be sent to [email protected]. The public comment period closes on February 10, 2017.

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