Success Stories from Alaska
The Call to Action sets many goals for the National Park Service. Some apply across all 398 parks in the system, while others are specific actions for certain locations. In Alaska, we're working on many of the goals and have made several accomplishments. These Success Stories highlight several of the goals and the creativity that the goals have encouraged. We'll be adding more items throughout 2013, so check back often.
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Denali National Park & Preserve
From the Top of North America to Your Classroom
In December 2012, Denali education rangers teleported themselves via Skype into 3rd through 6th grade classrooms across the United States to present fun, standards-based science lessons on sled dog adaptations and the geology of Mt. McKinley. Over three weeks the two rangers Skyped with almost 1,000 students in 13 states. Based on this success, Denali plans to offer distance learning programs from November through January on an annual basis. Read more
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Denali National Park & Preserve
Denali Music Festival 2012
Denali celebrates the first ever Denali Music Festival in partnership with the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival and the Denali Arts and Humanities Alliance. Read more
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Denali National Park & Preserve
Sonic Portraits: Winter Soundscapes of Denali
Composer Erik DeLuca works with students from the Denali- Nenana Borough School District to interpret the winter soundscape of Denali. Read more
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Noatak National Preserve
Keeping the Arctic Backcountry Pristine Takes Some Work
12,000 pounds of high-grade aluminum recycled by sling-loading abandoned fuel pods, discarded by jets in the 1970s, out of the backcountry of the Western Arctic National Parklands (Kobuk Valley National Park, Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Noatak National Preserve). Read more
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Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Learning to Camp - Alongside the Arctic Ocean
Kids learn about wilderness ethics, backpacking and the National Park Service during a two-day hiking and camping trip in the Western Arctic. Read more
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Kobuk Valley National Park
New Videos Offer Window to the Western Arctic
New short films bring the remote Western Arctic parks of Kobuk Valley, Cape Krusenstern and Noatak to youth, prospective visitors. Read more
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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Alaska teens retrace the steps of the Klondike Gold Rush and Become Future Stewards
Klondike Gold Rush NHP partnered with the local community center to host a group of teens on the historic Chilkoot Trail. Teens backpacked the internationl trail in 6 days, and learned about the natural and cultural history of the place they call home. The teens also helped improve the trail by working with the NPS trail crew to fix a part that was washed out. Read more
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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Alaska teens retrace the steps of Klondike Gold Rush Stampeders
Klondike Gold Rush NHP partners with Skagway Recreation Center to host a group of teen hikers on the Historic Chilkoot Trail. The teen learned about the natural and cultural history of the trail and became trail stewards. The youth worked with the NPS trail crew to improve a section of trail that was washed out. Read more
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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Klondike Gold Rush Junior Rangers: Gearing up to Go Digital
Klondike Gold Rush NHP has gone Digital and Green! The park has developed a new iBook version of its Junior Ranger Books that directly relate to the exhibits at the park's new Junior Ranger Activity Center. Read more
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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Caring for Family Heirlooms
Klondike Gold Rush NHP hosted a series of Heirloom workshops and artifact identification sessions in order to engage the community in their own history. Locals brought in their historical items and learned to care for them. This lesson in prservation helped engage the community in the mission of the park and its goals to preserve the history of Skagway, AK. Read more
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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Chilkoot Trail Hikers Write Postcards to Themselves to Record Their Journey Over the
The KlondikeLetters.com is a live journal created by Chilkoot Trail Artist in Residence Corrie Francis Parks. The website features her images, postcards created by hikers, vidoes, and animations that were created during her two week journey over the trail. This will allow everyone, those that have hiked the trail, those that plan to, and even those who just dream to a chance to experience the Chilkoot Trail. Read more
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Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Local Inupiaq youth can't wait to wear a flat hat!
A local youth shares his newly acquired knowledge of Bering Land Bridge National Preserve with his community and park visitors. Read more
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Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Glacier Bay: Coming To A Classroom Near YOU!
Glacier Bay is connecting to youth from around the world using teleconferencing equipment. Read more
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Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve
Youth Crews Team Up to Build New Amphitheater
SCA and YCC youth crews teamed together to build a new amphitheater and trail near the Copper Center Visitor Center. This project merged local high school youth with other youth from the lower 48 to develop trail building skills. Visitors to the park will now have an opportunity to enjoy Ranger presentations in a great setting overlooking the park. Read more
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Sitka National Historical Park
Put on Your Running Shoes: Park Prescriptions Program Debuts
Sitka National Historical Park partnered this year with Sitka Public Health, Sitka Community Hospital and Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium to implement a Park Prescriptions program for the community of Sitka. The program is designed to help healthcare providers prescribe outdoor activity to their patients in order to improve the overall health and wellbeing of our local community. Read more
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Sitka National Historical Park
Traditions Renewed in Alaska's Oldest National Park
In keeping with the Arts Afire Call to Action Initiative (#10), the Student Art Apprentice pilot program at Sitka National Historical Park showcases the meaning of Alaska’s oldest park to new audiences through a rich tradition of visual arts. Four local high school students apprenticed with local Native artists to learn and demonstrate traditional and contemporary metal working, cedar basket weaving and wood carving. Read more
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Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
Nature’s Peace for our Wounded Soldiers
Samaritan Lodge Alaska, a program of Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian relief organization is seeking to offer healing experiences for wounded veterans and their spouses in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. The Park is working with the lodge to offer increased interpretive programming, access for soldiers and their spouses at park field research sites, as well as working to facilitate access to park resources. Read more
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Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
Alaskan Youth Unite for Trail Work and Cultural Exchange
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve and the Student Conservation Association developed a strategic recruitment program to recruit youth from both the state’s urban centers and villages local to the park in order to offer trail crew members a richer cultural exchange and broader work experience. Read more
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Denali National Park & Preserve
In a Time of Change: The Art of Fire
Nine Alaskan artists unveiled works of art inspired by wildfire, fire management, and fire science at “In a Time of Change: The Art of Fire” exhibit that opened at the Bear Gallery, Alaska Centennial Center For the Arts, Fairbanks, Alaska August 3, 2012. The exhibit will display during gallery hours, noon-8 p.m. daily through Sept. 3. Read more
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