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OREGON CAVES NATIONAL MONUMENT GEOLOGIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ISSUES SCOPING SUMMARY Sid Covington Geologic Resources Division September 10, 2004 Executive Summary A Geologic Resources Evaluation scoping meeting for Oregon Caves National Monument was as held in Ashland, Oregon, March 4, 2004. The scoping meeting participants identified the following as the most significant geologic resources management issues. 1. Slope failure - Landslides and debris flows present the major geologic issue, slope failure, in the park. NPS structures have been lost due to slope failure. 2. Cave and karst - Protection, preservation, restoration, and interpretation of cave and karst are of primary importance to the park. 3. Paleontology - Vertebrate fossils of national importance are found in ORCA. The preservation and interpretation of both vertebrate and invertebrate fossils is of high importance. Introduction The National Park Service held a Geologic Resources Evaluation scoping meeting for Oregon Caves National Monument (ORCA) in Ashland, Oregon, Thursday afternoon, March 4, 2004. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the status of geologic mapping in the park, the associated bibliography, and the geologic issues in the park. The products to be derived from the scoping meeting are: (1) Digitized geologic maps covering ORCA; (2) An updated and verified bibliography; (3) Scoping summary (this report); and (4) A Geologic Resources Evaluation Report which brings together all of these products. Oregon Caves National Monument was established July 12, 1909, under the U.S. Forest Service, specifically to protection the cave system. The legislation states that “...certain natural caves, known as the Oregon Caves...are of unusual scientific interest and importance, and it appears that the public interests will be promoted by reserving these caves wit