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Alaska: Cape Krusenstern National Monument

Type: Article

A word of caution--because Cape Krusenstern is an untamed wilderness with no roads or trails, only visitors skilled in outdoor exploration and how to survive rough winds, rain, and snow are encouraged to visit. There are no visitor centers or facilities at Cape Krusenstern. The park headquarters and visitor center are located an airplane ride away.

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Serpentine Hot Springs: An Overview

Type: Place

Once described as a “little oasis in a field of green, surrounded by a fence of granite”, Serpentine Hot Springs is a treasure that has been utilized for millennia and continues to service both traditional and recreational purposes.

Terrestrial Landscape Dynamics Resource Brief for the Arctic Network

Type: Article

Landscape dynamics are the “big picture” of changes in the growing season, vegetation, and surface water. The timing of the start and end of the growing season and snow-free season varies by about a month from year-to-year. The area of lakes and ponds has declined in the northern coastal plain of Bering Land Bridge NP, from about 8.5% of the land surface area in 2000 to less less than 7% by 2019. Tall shrubs are expanding their range and getting denser in some areas.

Arctic Summers are Getting Longer

Type: Article

Read a summary and get the link to an article that describes how the Arctic is getting greener: Swanson, D. K. 2021. Start of the green season and normalized difference vegetation index in Alaska's Arctic national parks. Remote Sensing 13(13): 2554.

Series: Alaska Park Science - Volume 16 Issue: Science in Alaska's Arctic Parks

Type: Article

The National Park Service manages five parks that fall partially or entirely within the Arctic tundra biome. These five parks encompass 19.3 million acres of land and constitute approximately 25% of the land area managed by the National Park Service nationwide. These are undeveloped places, with free-flowing rivers and wilderness at a massive scale.

Improving Muskox Survey Methods

Type: Article

Read the abstract and link to an article that describes improved survey methods for muskox populations on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. Schmidt, J. H. and H. L. Robison. 2019. Using distance sampling-based integrated population models to identify key demographic parameters. The Journal of WIldlife Management DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21805

Yellowstone National Park

Hillary L. Robison

Type: Article

Hillary L. Robison is the Deputy Chief of the Yellowstone Center for Resources. Her special interests include conservation, ecology, brown bears, musk ox, and insects.

Download Alaska Park Science: Volume 16, Issue 1

Type: Article

Download a print-friendly copy of Volume 16, Issue 1 of Alaska Park Science.

Muskox: An Iconic Arctic Species, Then and Now

Type: Article

In response to changes in hunting regulations and low harvest rates, the most recent data show that between the 2012 and 2015 the muskoxen population across the Seward Peninsula appeared to stabilize. The number of animals within Bering Land Bridge National Preserve and adjacent areas, however, declined during the same time period.