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Natural and Cultural Resources

Natural Resource Year in Review The new 2005 edition and past issues dating to 1996 are available at

2005 (HTML)
Natural Notes (Science and Resource Management Newspapers)

2005 (HTML)
2002 - 2003 (HTML)

Documents Related to Mountain Lakes Fisheries Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
Research Opportunities in Pacific Northwest Parks
A comprehensive manual of natural and cultural study opportunities within Pacific Northwest National Parks.
"Science Days in the North Cascades" - Abstracts of presentations about current research in or near North Cascades National Park.

Resource Management and Science Update Issues

Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Conceptual Plan
This document describes a conceptual plan for monitoring natural, human, and cultural resources in North Cascades National Park Service Complex. In 1993, the park complex was selected as a "prototype park" within the framework of the National Park Service Long Term Ecological Monitoring program.

INTERPRETIVE DOCUMENTS AND LINKS

See also our Nature and Science Pages

See our Newspapers in Education Northwest Park Science Pages

Animals

· Lively Lifezones

· Introduction to Mountain Ecosystems

· Bird Checklist

· Bird Zones

· Bald Eagle

· Bats

· Loons

· Bird Finding Guide

· Fish Checklist (pdf)

· Salmon

· Mammal Checklist (pdf)

· Mammals

· Bears

North Cascades Grizzly Bear Outreach Project (GBOP)

1999 Grizzly Bear Research

· Cougars

· Mountain Goats

· Wolves

· Reptile and Amphibian Checklist (pdf)

Plants

· Tree Checklist (pdf)

· Snags

· Mushrooms

Mountains and Geology

· North Cascades National Park Geology

· Geological Tour of the Stehekin Valley

· A Mountain Mosaic
(U.S. Geological Survey/National Park Service)

· Glaciers

People and History

· Native People: Past and Present

· Native People

· Explorers and Settlers

· Historic Resource Study

· "Contested Terrain": Administrative History

Environmental Factors

· Air Quality

· Webcam (The Picket Range from the North Cascades Visitor Center, Newhalem. Information on ozone levels and current weather conditions.)

TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS, FIELD STUDIES, and LINKS

Amphibians

· Amphibian Inventory (Bridge Creek Watershed): 1997 Progress Report

· Amphibian Inventory (Park Complex): 1998 Progress Report

Arthropods

· Hemiptera:Heteroptera: Technical Report

· Hemiptera:Heteroptera: Update #1 (1997-1998)

· Coleoptera: Technical Report

· Arachinida:Araneae: Technical Report

Birds

· Spotted Owl: Survey Report

Fish

· "Ecological Effects of Stocked Trout in Naturally Fishless High-Elevation Lakes, North Cascades National Park Service Complex (March 1995)"

· "Ecological Effects of Stocked Trout in Naturally Fishless High-Elevation Lakes, North Cascades National Park Service Complex: Phase II (April 1999)"

· Ecological Impact of Introduced Trout on Native Aquatic Communities in Mountain Lakes, North Cascades National Park Service Complex: Phase III Final Report (July 2002) (HTML) (PDF)