Invasive and exotic species management for Katmai National Park & Preserve: 2010 summary report
Shepherd C and Bartley D. 2010. Invasive and exotic species management for Katmai National Park & Preserve: 2010 summary report. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/KATM/NRDS—2010/107. National Park Service, Natural Resource Program Center. Fort Collins, Colorado
Though prior invasive plant control and survey work has occurred in Katmai National Park & Preserve, 2010 is the first year that monitoring and control work was executed according to the standardized Alaska Exotic Plant Management Team protocols. Invasive plant survey and management projects were focused in the Brooks Camp Developed Area, Lake Camp, the Valley of 10,000 Smokes Road and Fure’s Cabin. Sites that were newly surveyed this year include: Nonvianuk Lake, Jojo Lake, Dumpling Mountain, Margot Falls and Katmai Bay. A total of more than 1,400 pounds of invasive plants were removed from the park throughout the summer. Because of its remote location in Southwest Alaska, visitation to Katmai is relatively low and isolated to only a few locations. Because of the small extent of invasive species at Katmai, continued monitoring and control efforts in coming years will likely prevent invasive plants from spreading outside of the most highly disturbed areas in the park. Proposed construction activities around Brooks Camp serve as significant near term threats to the integrity of the native plant community, particularly if preventative and restorative actions are not taken.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Shepherd, Crystal; Bartley, Devin
- Date of Issue
- 2010-11
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Natural Resource Program Center
- Units
- KATM , NRSS
- Keywords
- Alaska EPMT, Exotic, Invasive, KATM