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NPS | 2012
The Alaska Shallow Lake Monitoring Program monitors the water quantity, water chemistry, littoral vegetation community composition, and macroinvertebrate communities of shallow lakes in the Arctic (…
NPS | 2012
The NPS along with other Federal and State agencies in Alaska are partnering in a multi-year multi-million-dollar mapping initiative to update topographic (elevation) information for the entire State…
NPS | 2012
Vegetation ecologists within the National Park Service Arctic and Southwest Alaska Inventory & Monitoring (I&M) Networks, along with researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks…
NPS | 2012
Tidewater glaciers are a prominent feature along the southeastern and south-central coasts of Alaska and play an important role in landscape and ecosystem processes. Many tidewater glaciers calve…
NPS | 2012
The NPS Alaska Regional Office GIS team has been using the newest Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) 5 satellite imagery to update hydrography features in the NHD within Denali National…
NPS | 2012
In 2012, GPS and GIS remote sensing technologies were vital tools used for resource management in Kenai Fjords National Park (KEFJ). As part of an ongoing glacier monitoring effort, KEFJ staff used…
NPS | 2012
The NPS Alaska regional compliance team frequently uses aerial photography and satellite imagery to convey resource conditions and locations to the public in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)…
NPS | 2012
Seagrass or submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is a valuable and abundant resource found within the Gulf Islands National Seashore of Florida and Mississippi. Seagrass provides habitat for aquatic…
NPS | 2011
The Alaska Land Resources Program Center uses orthoimagery available from the Alaska Region's GIS site. Prior to good high-resolution digital orthoimagery, the location of many parcels were drawn…
NPS | 2011
Many parks depend on surveying for activities ranging from locating boundaries and cultural resources to monitoring geomorphological change. Assateague Island National Seashore and Cape Cod…
NPS | 2011
In recent years, the retreat of Exit Glacier has kept Kenai Fjords National Park’s trail crews busy extending trails as they strive to maintain safe visitor access to the edge of the glacier. …
NPS | 2011
The Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Central Alaska Network stream monitoring program relies heavily on GPS and remote sensing technology. Remotely sensed imagery, particularly IKONOS and…