Glacier Grants
As the Crown of the Continent, Glacier is the headwaters for streams that flow to the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and to Hudson's Bay. What happens here affects waters in a huge section of North America.
Due to a detection of invasive mussel populations in central Montana, Glacier has closed all park waters to motorized and trailered watercraft until further notice.
Glacier-covered landscapes in Alaska's national parks strongly influence local climate, hydrologic resources, infrastructure and public safety. In addition, glaciers are icons of the Alaskan...morePosted On - 2020-04-27
Cruise ships bring more than 95% of the visitors to Glacier Bay National Park and thus serve as a critical means by which people access and enjoy the park¿s resources. However, as part of their...morePosted On - 2020-04-16
A.Project Goals: To inventory the status (surface elevations, areas, and other metrics) and trends (rates of shrinkage or growth) of glaciers in the Alaskan National Parks, with potential additional...morePosted On - 2020-04-06
Glacier Bay National Park (GLBA) is the ancestral homeland of the Huna Tlingit who sustained themselves on the abundant resources found throughout Glacier Bay prior to the Little Ice Age. Although...morePosted On - 2020-04-06
All parks are required to complete an Archeological Overview and Assessment which ¿describes and assesses the known and potential archeological resources in a park area. The overview reviews and...morePosted On - 2020-03-27
The National Park Service and Hoonah City Schools (HCS) have been collaborating for more than twenty years on programs designed to build, strengthen, and sustain relationships between Huna Tlingit...morePosted On - 2020-03-24
Project Goals ¿ To conduct nutrient and zooplankton sampling along coastal regions of Glacier Bay and Wrangell-St. Elias National Parks and Preserves and collaborate with the National Park...morePosted On - 2020-03-16
The project will build on the current oceanographic monitoring partnership between the NPS and University of Alaska to incorporate the outer coasts of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and...morePosted On - 2019-07-31
The project will fund development of a quantitative statistical model to synthesize diverse ecological data from the nearshore marine ecosystem of Glacier Bay, Alaska. A number of publications and...morePosted On - 2019-07-30
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