Paleontological resource monitoring at Kaguyak Point, Katmai National Park and Preserve
Harrington MD, Lanik A, Hults CP. 2023. Paleontological resource monitoring at Kaguyak Point, Katmai National Park and Preserve. Natural Resource Report. NPS/KATM/NRR—2023/2566. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.36967/2298794
Fieldwork was conducted during the summers of 2017 and 2021 to assess the risk of unauthorized collection and erosion to ammonite fossils located at Kaguyak Point in Katmai National Park and Preserve. Past reports indicated that unauthorized fossil collecting may have occurred at Kaguyak Point. Our monitoring found no signs of unauthorized collecting during the summer of 2021 and our findings also indicate that it is unlikely that collecting occurred between 2017 and 2021. If unauthorized fossil collecting occurred in the past at Kaguyak Point, it appears to have now stopped. The best way to protect the fossils at Kaguyak Point at this time is to keep knowledge of this fossil site as limited as possible. Future monitoring of Kaguyak Point would allow park managers to gauge if there is a change in conditions that may warrant different management actions.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Harrington, Matthew; Lanik, Amanda; Hults, Chad
- Date of Issue
- 2023-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- DOI
- 10.36967/2298794
- Units
- KATM , NRSS
- Keywords
- Alaska, Cretaceous, fossil, invertebrate, monitoring, paleontological resources, paleontology
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Paleontology | Paleontology