What does the process involve?
Everything needed to obtain a DNA specimen is included in the collection kit. It is so easy that you can perform the collection in less than five minutes. Swab the inside of your mouth (the inner cheek) several times with the sterile swabs included in the kit. It’s fast, painless and simple enough to perform even on newborn babies. The swabs are then air-dried for five minutes in the provided stand, using care never to touch or contaminate the tip of the swab (full and easy-to-follow instructions are included with every collection kit). The specimen is then mailed in the pre-addressed, postage-paid envelope.
Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Park Service is mandated to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) concurrent with the development of a management plan (CRMP). The NEPA process is intended to help public officials make decisions that are based on an understanding of environmental consequences, and take actions that protect, restore, and enhance the environment. Through this process, a total of 13,770 responses, consisting of 55,165 individual comments were submitted during public scoping for the CRMP in the summer and fall of 2002. The CRMP Team, assisted by environmental consultants, reviewed each submission and created a master database. Comments were reviewed and analyzed, and subsequently categorized by issue, solution, desired future condition, or value. The comments, as well as a series of expert panels and two stakeholder workshops were used as a framework for developing the alternatives. A summary document was prepared and a list of maj
