Katmai National Park and Preserve: Acoustic inventory 2015 - 2017
Betchkal DH . 2020. Katmai National Park and Preserve: Acoustic inventory 2015 - 2017. Natural Resource Report. NPS/NRSS/NSNSD/NRR—2020/2080. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
In 2015, the Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division (NSNSD) received a request to collect baseline acoustic data at Katmai National Park and Preserve (KATM). Fifteen acoustic monitoring systems were deployed across the park and preserve during the summers of 2015 - 2017. The stations were configured to collect sound pressure level data and continuous audio recordings for approximately thirty days. Acoustic measurements are objective, continuous, and spatially explicit, and are made using methods that can easily be reviewed by the public. The baseline data collected during this period will help managers and planners assess the current condition of the acoustic environment at KATM. In conjunction with other information, the results of this study may help inform the Katmai Backcountry and Wilderness Management Plan. The measured existing and natural ambient conditions may also be used as a baseline for long-term monitoring and noise modeling efforts.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Betchkal, Davyd
- Date of Issue
- 2020-02
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- KATM , NRSS , NSNSD
- Keywords
- acoustic environment, acoustics, aircraft, backcountry, concessions, inventory, Katmai, landscape, natural sounds, noise, planning, soundscape, wilderness
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Human Use | Point-Source Human Effects | Point-Source Human Effects , Ecological Framework: Landscapes | Soundscape | Soundscape
Series
See also
- Visitor and bear use of Moraine and Funnel Creeks, Katmai National Preserve, 2006
- Acoustic monitoring report, Denali National Park and Preserve – 2013
- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: Acoustic Resource Management Framework
- Acoustic monitoring report, Denali National Park and Preserve – 2011
- Acoustic monitoring report, Denali National Park and Preserve – 2010
- Acoustic monitoring report, Denali National Park and Preserve - 2009.
- Acoustic monitoring report, Denali National Park and Preserve - 2008
- Denali National Park & Preserve Soundscape Annual Report 2006