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NPS | 2022
Glaciers are an iconic part of the landscape in south-central Alaska and cover approximately half of Kenai Fjords National Park. Glaciers play a role in local terrestrial, freshwater, and marine…
NPS | 2022
The Northeast Archeological Resources Program (NARP) supports archeological resource planning, research, and baseline inventory and evaluation of archeological resources in the Interior Region 1…
NPS | 2022
Glaciers are important sentinels of a changing climate, crucial components of the global cryosphere, and integral to ecosystem functioning in the surrounding landscape. Until now, commonly used…
NPS | 2022
Ice wedges are a common feature of permafrost regions that form when cracks in frozen ground are filled by ice. Because they are located near the ground surface and have little covering insulation,…
NPS | 2022
National Park Service (NPS) scientists had been monitoring water quality in a small lake in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve since 2005 when they noticed a sudden and persistent increase…
NPS | 2019
Alaska’s boreal forest burns every summer somewhere. To predict which areas are most susceptible to wildfire, managers assess fuel dryness and burnability using weather data collected at Remote…
NPS | 2019
The Everglades National Park (EVER) and Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) vegetation mapping project is part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The CERP is a cooperative…
NPS | 2019
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve and Cape Krusenstern National Monument encompass approximately 1,600 km of predominantly soft-sediment Arctic coastlines rich in biological resources. These…
NPS | 2014
Intermountain Region Cultural Resources Division, Intermountain Region Geographic Resources Division Second Fort at Fort Union National Monument in Watrous, New Mexico, is a massive star-shaped…
NPS | 2014
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Natural Resource Management, Flagstaff, Arizona Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, located near Flagstaff, Arizona, is composed of many unique and…
NPS | 2014
Tule Lake Unit of the WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Cultural Resources Program, Tulelake, California The Tule Lake Unit of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument,…
NPS | 2014
National Park Service Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network NPS used Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satillite images to evaluate trends in snow cover persistence over Alaska'…