Long-term ecological monitoring program, Annual administrative report, fiscal year 1997: Denali National Park and Preserve
Knuckles P. 1998. Long-term ecological monitoring program, Annual administrative report, fiscal year 1997: Denali National Park and Preserve. Denali National Park and Preserve National Park Service US Department of the Interior. Denali National Park, AK
(Adapted from author's abstract). This annual report summarizes progress on monitoring operations for glaciers, meteorology, snow surveys, stream channels, water chmistry, air quality, vegetation, passerine birds, golden eagles, small mammals, Dall sheep, moose, caribou, and wolves. Aquatic macroinvertebrates, soils, and grizzly bear studies continue to provide information needed to develop protocols for those attributes.////"In 1997, the National Park Service (NPS) and the U.S. Geological Survey-Biological Resources Division (USGS-BRD) collaborated in developing a prototype resource monitoring program at Denali National Park and Preserve. This Long-Term Ecological Monitoring (LTEM) Program has been underway since 1992. Program design, which originally centered on a watershed approach, was further developed to better address management issues. So far, the program has produced nine protocols to monitor eight attributes. The park participates in several national monitoring networks. Population monitoring for critical wildlife species is also being integrated into the program. The NPS and the USGS-BRD drafted a Strategic Plan to guide the program for the next five years. This annual report summarizes progress on monitoring operations for glaciers, meteorology, snow surveys, stream channels, water chemistry, air quality, vegetation, passerine birds, golden eagles, small mammals, Dall sheep, moose, caribou, and wolves. Aquatic macroinvertebrate, soils, and grizzly bear studies continued to provide information needed to develop monitoring protocols for those attributes. In total, an estimated $711,728 were expended in FY97 for the Denali LTEM Program. The NPS funding amount for program operations was $443,930, which included $165,000 directed to the park from the NPS Washington Inventory and Monitoring Program Office. The USGS-BRD funding amount for program development and research was $247,798. This included $150,000 from the USGS-BRD Washington Program Office. The Environmental Protection Agency provided $20,000 through the Demonstration Index Site Project."
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Knuckles, Penny
- Date of Issue
- 1998-05
- Publisher
- Denali National Park and Preserve National Park Service US Department of the Interior
- Units
- DENA
- Keywords
- Air Quality, Animal Studies, Aquatic Studies, Birds, Caribou, Dall Sheep, Denali National Park And Preserve, Denali National Park and Preserve AK, Ecological Monitoring, Glaciers, Golden Eagles, Long Term Ecological Monitoring, Macroinvertebrates, Mammals, Meteorology, Monitoring, Moose, passerine birds, Physical Sciences, Plant Studies, Small Mammals, Snow surveys, stream channels, Vegetation, water chmistry, Wolves