• Little Portal Point at sunset. Photo copyright Craig Blacklock

    Pictured Rocks

    National Lakeshore Michigan

  • Fire Ban in Effect

    A FIRE BAN in all drive-in and hike-in campgrounds, effective at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 24. Due to very hazardous conditions, the ban is in effect until further notice.

  • Chapel Road - last quarter mile closed

    The last quarter-mile of Chapel Road is closed due to construction. Only very limited parking available along Chapel Road. Please park at Miners Beach. More »

  • Sable Falls re-opens, Friday, May 25, 5 p.m.

    The trail and stairs to Sable Falls are closed due to a collapse of the stream bank. Work is nearly done, and the trail will re-open for Memorial Day weekend!

Climate Change Resources

United States Global Change Research Program

U.S. Global Change Research Program

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

 
Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Climate Change 101: Understanding and Responding to Global Climate Change

 
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National Park Service

Climate Change: Taking Action to Protect our National Parks

National Park Service Climate Change brochure (pdf)

Understanding the Science of Climate Change: Talking Points - Impacts to the Great Lakes (40 page pdf)

Climate Change: Impacts of Warming in the Midwest (pdf)
Climate Change: Impacts of Warming on the Great Plains (pdf)
Climate Change: Impacts of Warming on the Heartland (pdf)

 
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Environmental Protection Agency
 
Climate Change
Climate Change For Kids! 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
What You Can Do ...   

 
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Global Climate Change: NASA's Eyes on the Earth
Goddard Institute for Space Studies

 
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National Science Foundation

Climate Change

 
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Conservation in a Changing Climate

 
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USDA - Forest Service

Climate Change Resource Center
Climate Change Primer

 
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U.S. Geological Survey

Climate and Land Use Change

 
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State of Michigan

Michigan Department of Community Health: Preparing for the Public Health Impacts of Climate Change

Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment: About Climate Change and Global Warming

Did You Know?

Chapel Lake is shown with fall colors, a beautifu view of the northwoods in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

Chapel Lake is one of several plunge pool lakes created by post glacial rivers after the Marquette advance of the most recent ice age. Its greatest depth is 140 feet. Other plunge pool lakes include Deer Lake and Ginpole Lake in Alger County, home of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. More...