Air quality overview: Mount Rainier National Park.
Cummings T. 2014. Air quality overview: Mount Rainier National Park.. Natural Resource Report. NPS/PWRO/NRR—2014/848. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Summary of air quality and air pollution effects information for Mount Rainier National Park. Mount Rainier National Park, located in western Washington, is designated as a Class I air quality area and is afforded special protection under the federal Clean Air Act. The park is vulnerable to air pollution from nearby urban and agricultural areas, as well as to pollution from regional and even global sources. To better understand and protect air quality, the National Park Service has monitored air quality and air pollution-sensitive resources at Mount Rainier since the early 1980s. In 1994, the National Park Service published a comprehensive review of the status of air quality and air pollution-related ecological effects in five Class I parks in the Pacific Northwest; a 2003 addendum supplied visibility analyses for the five parks. This overview provides an update on air quality and air pollution effects in and near Mount Rainier National Park. It is intended to serve as a thorough, yet concise, summary for National Park Service managers and others who are interested in air quality at the park.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Cummings, Tonnie
- Date of Issue
- 2014-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- MORA , NCCN , NRSS , PWRO
- Keywords
- Air Pollution Effects, Air Quality, Contaminants, Deposition, Ozone, Visibility