Inventory and Monitoring
The Latest from the Field
- Arctic: [video] Counting Sheep in the Brooks Range
- Central: Impacts of ORV-use on watersheds
- Southeast: Freshwater Quality program
- Southwest: Live weather from 12 remote stations
- Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Program homepage
- Outreach Materials: Alaska Inventory and Monitoring
- National Inventory and Monitoring Program
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The Inventory and Monitoring Program is organized into networks based on biogeographic regions. For each park within Alaska, the I&M Program conducts twelve natural resource inventories. These inventories provide baseline information from which additional monitoring activities are conducted. Long-term monitoring efforts are planned and conducted using rigorous planning and implementation protocols. Monitoring efforts are focused on carefully selected resources, called "vital signs" by the I&M program to adequately reflect their importance to the overall ecosystem health, that increase overall understanding of natural resources and systems in parks and inform park managers of the status and trends of those resources.
Inventory and Monitoring Summaries: Alaska-wide
Monitoring Summaries: Arctic Network
Monitoring Summaries: Central Alaska Network
Monitoring Summaries: Southeast Alaska Network
Monitoring Summaries: Southwest Alaska Network
Monitoring Summaries: Climate Change Response
Arctic Network
Bering Land Bridge, Gates of the Arctic, Cape Krusenstern, Kobuk Valley, and Noatak.
Central Alaska Network
Denali National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
Southeast Alaska Network
The marine wilderness of Glacier Bay National Park and the historical jewels of Kolndike Gold Rush and Sitka National Historical Parks.
Southwest Alaska Network
Alagnak Wild River, Aniakchak National Monument, Katmai National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Lake Clark National Park.
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