national park
A professional naturalist's incredible, personal portrait of America's largest and most pristine wilderness in the lower 48 states: the Northern Continental Divide ecosystem in Montana, Alberta, and British Columbia.
This vast area includes two national parks in two countries (Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes in Canada), three designated wilderness areas including the famous Bob...
Few animals inspire such a mixture of fear, curiosity, and wonder as the wolf. Highly regarded but often misunderstood, the wolf has as many friends as enemies, and its reintroduction into Yellowstone National Park has sparked both fascination and controversy. Early in Yellowstone's history, wolves were thought supernaturally evil, and scores were destroyed. Northern Rocky Mountain wolves were...
In the Tajik National Park (TNP) - a high altitude area of nearly 26,000 km2 in Central Asia - past and present human activiies, visibly contrast with standard conservation requirements for protected areas worldwide. This paper focuses on resource management and highlights three major processes that threaten both the sustainable use of natural resources and the preservation of nature per...
At the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield, operated by the National Park Service (NPS) near Atlanta, differing uses – including walking for fitness, horseback riding, and organized crosscountry running team practices on the trails – conflict with the NPS mission to protect the historic resources of the site and lead to conflicts among visitors. NPS managers at Kennesaw Mountain...
A pilot project to identify climate monitoring needs within Saguaro National Park began in fall 2003. Nine weather stations were deployed across the complex topography of the park to provide insight into the spatial and temporal patterns of climate within the park management unit. This project will provide a valuable baseline for park management and may highlight unique spatial and temporal...
<p>Challenging widely held assumptions about the current ecological crisis in the Himalaya - that deforestation, for example, can be blamed exclusively on local villagers or that pollution and rampant resource exploitation occur uniformly throughout the range - the authors detail a much more complex scenario in which the population explosion is only one of the many factors affecting the...
"The balance of nature in any strict sense has been upset long ago and the only option we have is to create a new balance objectively determined for each area in accordance with the intended use of that area," said Aldo Leopold, 1927, in a letter to the Superintendent of Glacier National Park.
The planning and management staff of state/national parks and protected areas...
Protected areas have become part and parcel of global debates on such issues as security, human rights, genetic resources, foods and medicines, access to land and resources, social and cultural values and human heritage. Yet, while there are growing efforts to secure these areas, protected areas are also experiencing direct and indirect threats to their very survival. What must be done...
The November 2008 Mountain Research Initiative's Newsflash of S4C includes:
- Progress Report S4C Network
- Central2013 as a funding opportunity; South East Europe Transnational Funding Programme
- Projects
- Alarming Situation in Tatra National Park
- Past Events
- Upcoming Events
- Call for papers Journal of Tourism Challenges and Trends
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