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National Park Service to Address Mine Contamination in Beauty Bay Alaska
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The National Park Service (NPS) will conduct a time-sensitive mining waste removal project at the Glass-Hefner mine site located in Beauty Bay, Alaska to prevent contamination of a creek that supports several salmon species in Kenai Fjords National Park.

NPS Geodiversity Atlas—Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
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Each park-specific page in the NPS Geodiversity Atlas provides basic information on the significant geologic features and processes occurring in the park. Links to products from Baseline Geologic and Soil Resources Inventories provide access to maps and reports.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Glacier Recipe: What Makes a Glacier in the Bay?
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What are the ingredients to a glacier? Precipitation, pressure and time are just a few pieces of what forms the glaciers of Glacier Bay.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Project Profile: Conduct Removal Action at Beauty Bay Mine in Kenai Fjords National Park
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The National Park Service will conduct a time sensitive contaminated mining waste removal project that will prevent the contamination of a creek that supports several salmon species in Kenai Fjords National Park.

Where Ice Meets the Ocean: Outer Coast Field Update for 2022
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Read about preliminary findings of the 2022 research mission along the outer coast of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. This investigation will characterize fjord and nearshore marine conditions in Disenchantment Bay, Yakutat Bay, Icy Bay, and Lituya Bay.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Margerie Glacier
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Margerie Glacier is a crown jewel of Glacier Bay. Dropping ice into the bay with power and beauty, its picturesque white-blue ice draws visitors from across the world.

Oceanographic assessment of the outer coastal region between Wrangell-St. Elias and Glacier Bay National Parks and Preserves
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The outer coastal region between Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve located in southeast Alaska consists of over 500 km of coastline. The region is home to the largest tidewater and piedmont glaciers in North America, recently deglaciated tidewater fjords, globally significant salmon runs, and marine bird and mammal populations. However, the ecosystem structure and controlling processes are not well known. Access a poster.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Where Furry, Flying Friends Forage
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In Kenai Fjords National Park, little brown myotis (bats) are known to use conifer forests habitats as well as forage over marine nearshore ecosystems off the coast of protected coves and shorelines. Using sonic detectors, we were able to document bats using different habitat types in the park.

Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve

Taan Fjord Landslide and Tsunami
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Read the abstract and get the link to several articles, including this one published in Scientific Reports: Higman, B., D. H. Shugar, […] M. Loso. 2018. The 2015 landslide and tsunami in Taan Fiord, Alaska. Scientific Reports 8: 12993.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Intern and Fellow Highlights: Martin Schneider
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You may have heard of cultural resources, but what exactly does this work entail and what type of work do interns and fellows do? Meet Martin Schneider (he/him), who is the American Conservation Experience (ACE) Cultural Resources Diversity Archaeology Intern at Kenai Fjords National Park.

Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center

Under the Fjords: Underwater Footage of Kenai Fjords National Park
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In 2020 and 2021, National Park Service staff tested out a new tool for underwater exploration: a Remotely Operated Vehicle or ROV. Watch a few short ROV videos that provide glimpses of the vast underwater world beneath the surface at Kenai Fjords National Park.

Kenai Fjords National Park

An Insight into Ice
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How are glaciers changing in Kenai Fjords National Park? Check out this story map showing repeat photography of glaciers and read the science article published in Glaciology to learn more.

A Brief History of Coastal Marine Grant Projects
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This issue of Alaska Park Science highlights projects funded by the Coastal Marine Grant Program administered by the Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center.

Bear Glacier Retreat
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Learn about the retreat of Bear Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park.

Acadia National Park

Acadia Earthcache Course: Stop One - Somes Sound
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The first stop along Acadia's Geoacache course.

Southwest Alaska Lichen Inventory
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2020 Resource brief on the lichen inventory conducted by the Southwest Alaska Network in Katmai and Lake Clark national parks and preserves and in Kenai Fjords National Park. Over 700 previously undocumented lichen taxa are now recognized across southwestern Alaska parks, representing the largest survey of its kind in the region, as well as one of the largest and most comprehensive lichen inventories in Alaska.

SeeBird: Fostering the next generation of stewards
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The Alaska Sealife Center and Seward High School are bringing scientists and students together to monitor seabird populations in and around Kenai Fjords National Park. The project is called SeeBird, and its goal is two-fold: to engage students in real-world science, and to collect meaningful seabird data to support conservation in and around Kenai Fjords National Park.

Tackling marine debris in Kenai Fjords National Park
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Picture a remote, national park coastline off the Gulf of Alaska. Wilderness—surrounded by towering mountains, narrow fjords, steep headlands, and rocky islands. Does your picture contain man-made materials or trash? It probably doesn’t. But should it?

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Wilderness Character Narrative
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The Wilderness of Glacier Bay National Park is forged from dynamic change in the wake of powerful seismic forces and dramatic glacial movements. Glaciers have sculpted this landscape, from the sharp brows of its mountain peaks to the deep troughs of its fjords. It is a place renowned and protected for its diversity, constant change, and opportunity for study.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Taking the Long View: Twenty-six Years of Monitoring Glacier Bay’s Largest Harbor Seal Aggregation
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Twenty six years of harbor seal monitoring in a tidewater glacier fjord reveals decreasing seal abundance in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.