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Watch how other kids and young adults are involved in Denali:
Park Champions
As Alaska Native high school students from Anchorage explore Denali’s wilderness backcountry, author and documentary producer Dayton Duncan encourages young people to experience and become champions for national parks. (Open captions. Running time 09:56)
Credit / Author: NPS/Jay Elhard Date Created: 2010-11-08
From hometowns as far away as Sylacagua, Alabama to as near as Healy, Alaska, six young people each describe what it was like for them to work in the National Park Service for a summer in Denali. (Open Captions. Running Time 07:33)
Credit / Author: NPS/Jay Elhard Date Created: 2010-09-20
Did You Know? Cold temperatures limit trees from growing at high elevation in Denali. Warmer temperatures, however, have led to woody vegetation growing at ever-higher elevations. Treeline changes are a conspicuous sign of climate change. more...