Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Denali National Park and Preserve

Project ID: J8W07090021

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

Fiscal Year: 2009

Initial Funding: $100,404

Total Funding: $105,930

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Biological

National Park: Central Alaska Network Inventory & Monitoring

Principal Investigator: Drazkowski, Barry

Agreement Technical Representative: Wesser, Sara

Abstract: The project provides an assessment of natural resource conditions for Denali National Park and Preserve. Through compilation and synthesis of existing scientific and information from multiple sources, and expert judgment from an interdisciplinary team of specialists, this project will: a) characterize park biological and physical resource conditions at appropriate scale(s); b) define threat and stress factors and their relationship to identified resources; c) create multi-layered spatial representations of condition and factors affecting condition; and d) supplement the existing park Resource Stewardship Strategy. Resource conditions, threats, and stressors are evaluated and depicted spatially (where possible) to facilitate use of project findings in a wide variety of park decision and planning processes, and for use in park reporting to the Department of Interior’s Strategic Plan land health goals.

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