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Applications Being Accepted for Research Projects In Denali and Other Alaskan Parks

Submitted by NPT Staff on January 12, 2012 - 1:10am

The National Park Service and the Murie Science and Learning Center are seeking applicants for two research fellowships that are available to individuals wishing to conduct research in Denali National Park and Preserve and other arctic and subarctic Alaska national parks.

Array Of 17 Stations Will Help National Park Service Track Climate Events in Alaska

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on May 2, 2011 - 12:30am

In the coming year technicians will install an array of 17 remote automated stations in five national park areas in northern Alaska to help the National Park Service track climate trends.

Is Another "International Park" on the Horizon for the NPS?

Submitted by Jim Burnett on August 30, 2010 - 11:58pm

The U.S. already has a cross-border park arrangement with Canada (Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park) and proposals for some type of agreement with Mexico across from Big Bend National Park have been floating around for decades. Now there's news of renewed interest in expanded cooperation with another country, but it doesn't involve either Canada or Mexico. Can you locate "Beringia" on a map?

Creature Feature: The Prehistoric-Looking Muskox is One Ice Age Relic That's Doing Just Fine

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on January 25, 2010 - 2:57am

Thanks to translocations that began 80 years ago, herds of prehistoric-looking muskoxen once again roam Alaska’s tundra. Could these shaggy Ice Age survivors be emergent stars of the watchable wildlife world?

In Alaska’s Arctic National Parks, the Winter Solstice Will Bring No Warming Sun

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on December 21, 2009 - 2:40am

If the sun shines bright and warm on your skin today, count yourself more fortunate than the people in Alaska’s four arctic national parks. They’ll get a few hours of ambient light if the sky is clear, but there’ll be no warming sun.

National Park Quiz 60: Bears

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on June 24, 2009 - 3:30am

This week’s quiz will be a snap if you know your bears. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you write on the whiteboard 100 times: “Sporadic euthermal arousal imparts an episodic character to hibernation.”

Heavy Metals Detected in Wildlife of Cape Krusenstern National Monument

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on February 13, 2009 - 2:38am

Heavy metals are turning up in wildlife of a unit of the National Park System that's so far removed from most Americans that it might as well be on the other side of the world. But that shouldn't be cause for ignoring the report.

National Park Quiz 20: The Last Frontier

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on September 17, 2008 - 2:00am

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s vice presidential nomination has put Alaska in the national spotlight, so let’s orient this week’s quiz to the national parks of The Last Frontier. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you write “Alaska’s state fish is the Oncorhynchus tshawytscha” 100 times on the whiteboard.

Is Mining Threatening Our National Parks in Alaska?

Submitted by Joan Frankevich on January 29, 2008 - 2:25pm

The history of mining in Alaska has left a legacy of pollution and other harmful negative impacts to our lands and waters, including those now protected within our National Park System. While some of these old mines are now being cleaned up, others are creating new problems.