A team at the National Trails Office, National Park Service has been assembled to prepare the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail Comprehensive Plan. Based on experience, comprehensive plans typically take two and a half years to complete.

* indicates the current step in the planning process
Step 1. Information gathering
Step 2. Plan development
Step 3. Prepare draft plan/environmental document
Step 4. Public review of draft plan/environmental document
Step 5. Plan revision *
Step 6. Prepare final plan/decision document
Step 7. Distribution of final plan to the public

TBD