Series: Alaska Park Science - Volume 12 Issue 1: Science, History, and Alaska's Changing Landscapes

Science, history and Alaska's changing landscapes. In this issue: * Life and Times of Alaska’s Tundra Plants * Silurian Rocks at Glacier Bay * Using Story to Build Stewardship

• Article 1: Past, Present and Future Goals for Resource Management in National Parks

  

  For nearly a century, the Organic Act has been the thread that weaves a common purpose through all the national parks. ...to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. Read more

• Article 2: Bridging the Cold War: Dave Hopkins and Beringia

  

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• Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve

  Article 3: Life and Times of Tundra Plants: How Long Do They Live, and How They Are Responding to Climate Change

  

  Multi-year ecological studies can have a perverse logic: the more data you have already collected, the more mundane, but also the more useful, each new year of research becomes. Read more

• Denali National Park & Preserve

  Article 4: Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in Denali's Savage River Uplands

  

  Emerging archaeological evidence suggests that upland landscapes of central Alaska were seasonally important to early humans as hunting grounds, for animals like Dall sheep. When and how humans adapted to this landscape is unknown, and so archeologists study such areas to get a clearer picture of the lives of early humans in this part of the world. Read more

• Denali National Park & Preserve

  Article 5: Teklanika West: A Late Pleistocene Archaeological Site

  

  Learn about a millennia-old archeology site overlooking Denali's Teklanika River. Read more

• Article 6: Collaborative Research to Assess Visitor Impacts on Alaska Native Practices Along Al

  

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• Article 7: Shallow and Deep Water Origins of Silurian Rocks at Glacier Bay, Alaska

  

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• Article 8: Using Story to Build Stewardship

  

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• Article 9: Ecological Land Classification, Soil Landscape Mapping, and Near Infrared (NIR) Spec

  

  Recent research has demonstrated the ability of Near Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to provide rapid and inexpensive prediction of soil chemical and physical properties. Read more

• Article 10: New Insights on Beringian Plant Distribution Patterns

  

  The history and geography of the arctic flora in Beringia has been complex—influenced by glacial retreats during the Quaternary, exchange via the Bering Land Bridge, in situ survival in refugia, and differing climatic regimes. Much of the details of these diversifications in Beringia are still lacking, however! Read more

• Article 11: Origins of Varied Floristic Compositions in the Western Aleutian and Northern Bering

  

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