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Estimates of visitor use levels are important for informing park management decisions. The spatial and temporal extent and resolution of visitor use estimates can limit how they can be incorporated into management decisions, research, or paired with ecological data. This article recommends how visitor use monitoring can be approached more systematically and then used in parkwide predictive models of visitor use. NPS Intermountain Park Science, 2025
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Read the abstract and link to a paper that describes increasing temperatures and their effects on permafrost in northern parks: Swanson, D. K., P. J. Sousanes, and K. Hill. 2021. Increased mean annual temperatures in 2014-2019 indicate permafrost thaw in Alaskan national parks. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 53(1): 1-19.
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Postcards from George Washington Birthplace
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Postcards are a perfect way for sharing adventures or crafting a colorful gallery. These charming cards spark joy and connection no matter how you use them!
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The Arctic continues to warm at a faster rate than the global average. The 2024 Arctic Report Card highlights record-breaking and near-record-breaking observations that demonstrate dramatic change, including Arctic tundra transformation from carbon sink to carbon source, declines of previously large inland caribou herds, and increasing winter precipitation.
Yellowstone National Park
Lamar Valley at Crystal Creek
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Ice patches are increasingly recognized as reserves for archeological resources across the world. Explore the artifacts ice patches in Rocky Mountain National Park have produced.
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The Gallagher Flint Station Site was one of the earliest dated archaeological site in Northern Alaska in 1978.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rock Cut
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At 12,110 feet, this stop along Trail Ridge Road is on the “Roof of the Rockies.”
Grand Canyon National Park
Cruzando el Cañón (Crossing the Canyon) Podcast
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How does it feel to cross the canyon? In our first episode of the Behind the Scenery Podcast in Spanish, listen to the experience of a ranger who hikes across Grand Canyon from rim to rim. When have you fulfilled your dream? ¿Qué se siente al cruzar el cañón? En nuestro primer episodio de este podcast en español, escuche la experiencia de una guardaparques que recorre el Gran Cañón del Colorado de lado a lado. ¿Cuándo has alcanzado tu sueño?
Rocky Mountain National Park
Fall River Pass Historic District
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Alaska has a long history of mining that continues today. Often, mining sites are far from roads and accumulate debris such as trash, fuel barrels, and contaminated mining waste that is difficult to remove. This debris can be harmful to nearby waterways and communities. This project will clean up non-historic and unsightly refuse that poses a potential threat to the environment.
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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.
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San Antonio Missions National Historical Park invites you to participate in our upcoming exhibit “Memorias de las Misiones / Memories of the Missions.” ¿Sabías que tu memoria podría ser parte de una exhibición de mapas de memoria? El Parque Histórico Nacional Misiones San Antonio te invita a participar en la exhibición “Memorias de las Misiones”.
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Fires in the tundra happen less often than in the boreal forest. Fires can be sporadic and widely distributed. The years between fire events, called fire return intervals, vary widely from 30 years to over 1,000 years in the tundra.
Denali National Park & Preserve
Primrose Pass
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Primrose Pass is a relatively accessible area of brushy tundra, with expansive views of the Alaska Range and, in the fall, brilliant yellow, red and orange foliage.
Noatak National Preserve
Desperation Lake in Noatak
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Desperation Lake is located near the northern border of Noatak National Preserve and to the northwest of Feniak Lake. This area draws hunters and backpackers alike.
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Nutuvukti Lake is a unique and interesting place in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. The lake lies in a trough between two mountain ridges covered with dwarf subarctic spruce forest and alpine tundra. Six miles long, Nutuvukti Lake is smaller than its more famous neighbor, Walker Lake, but is still one of the largest lakes in northern Alaska and home to lake trout, arctic grayling, arctic char, northern pike, and whitefish.
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Forests are expanding in the Noatak National Preserve. While the new forests are interesting and locally important, forest expansion is slow enough to be barely perceptible in a human lifespan and will not result in a major ecological change to the preserve landscapes in the coming decades.
Arctic Inventory & Monitoring Network
The Arctic growing seasons are getting longer
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Changes in the timing of the snow and green seasons are likely to affect the movements and survival of wildlife species, especially migratory animals such as caribou and birds. The length of the season when people can access the parks on snow is also affected. Over the long term, longer growing seasons will allow trees and shrubs to expand into new areas and grow taller and denser. Resource brief, 2023.
Aleutian Islands World War II National Historic Area
Japanese Occupation Site National Historic Landmark
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World War II came to Alaska with the Japanese bombing of Dutch Harbor and the invasion of Attu and Kiska islands in 1942. The Japanese Occupation Site is one of eight historic landmarks that commemorate World War II in Alaska.