Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area (LBL) offers multiple uses and multiple resources. While visiting, you may see various management activities in progress. Some areas are maintained as open lands using prescribed fire. In other areas you may see trees being planted, thinned, or harvested. LBL provides diverse habitats for the plant and animal communities of our area. Some tree species for instance, require full sunlight to germinate and grow. Resource management is guided by our Land & Resource Management Plan created in 2004. The subject headings near the bottom of this page have information on various management programs and projects. The first link will take you to our Land & Resource Management Plan. The second link will take you to the specific projects from that plan.
Natural Resources Management
Please click on the links below for information on that particular section of our natural resource management areas:
Forestry & Open Lands Management
GOLDEN POND VISITOR CENTER COMPLEX PLANNING COMMENT SUMMARY ~ Public comments, received June15-August 15, 2011, are summarized in this document, click HERE to view. Alternatives are being formulated based on these comments and will be posted at a later date.
Land & Resource Management Plan (LRMP)
LBL Protection Act:
HTML (See Section 501)
PDF (See page 311)
Land Between The Lakes Mission Statement ~ “To protect and manage the resources of Land Between The Lakes for optimum yield of outdoor recreation and environmental education for the American people. In so doing, to utilize the demonstration assignment to authorize, cooperate in, test, and demonstrate innovative programs and cost effective management; to help stimulate the development of the surrounding region; and to extend the beneficial results as widely as possible.”