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National Park Service U.S. Department of Interior Alaska Regional Office Alaska Park Science Anchorage, Alaska Park Science in the Arctic PROCEEDINGS OF THE Arctic Alaska Park Science Symposium and Beringia International Conference Volume 8, Issue 2 Noatak Table of Contents National Preserve Cape Krusenstern Gates of the Arctic Introduction ___________________________________ 6 National Monument National Park and Preserve Kobuk Valley Park Science in the Arctic: A Thematic Sythesis ___ 8 National Park Bering Land Bridge S K A Vast and Unique Beringia National Preserve A L Yukon-Charley Rivers Beringia from a Cretaceous Perspective _________ 16 A National Preserve Norton Sound Late Cretaceous Flora in an Ancient Fluvial Environment: The Lower Cantwell Formation at Denali National Sable ________________________________________ 21 Park and Preserve Contrasting Patterns of Plant Distribution in Beringia ______________________________________ 26 Recent Notable Floristic Records from Northwestern Alaska __________________________ 33 Kenai Fjords Katmai National National Park Genetic Studies Point to Beringia as a Park and Preserve Biodiversity Hotspot for High-latitude Fungi ____ 37 Gulf of Alaska Cultural Vulnerability and Resilience in the Arctic: Bristol Bay Preliminary Report on Archeological Fieldwork at Cape Krusenstern, Northwest Alaska ___________ 42 2006-2008 Investigation of the Old Eskimo Settlement Kivak, Provdenskiy District, Chukotka Tourism Autonomous Region, Russia ___________________ 46 Ecological Land Classification and Mapping Understanding Alaska Public Land Visitors Pathways: An Archeological Predictive Model of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park Through Collaboration: The Alaska Residents Using Geographic Information Systems _________ 49 and Preserve _________________________________ 74 Statistics Program ____________________________ 102 Toward Predicting the Impact of Climate Environmental Sustainability Natural and Cultural Healing Places Within Publicly Managed Lands _______________________ 81 Change on Toursim: An Hourly Tourism and Change Climate Index ________________________________ 106 Contribution of Russian Specialists to the Transboundary Protected Natural Areas Study of the Bering Strait Region ______________ 85 Tourism: Pros and Cons of Development and Their Role in Nature Conservation of of Chukotka _________________________________ 110 Northeast Asia ________________________________ 54 Climate Change The Lost Fleets of the Western Arctic: Preserving a Outreach and Education Siginificant Element of the Maritime and Cultural Modeling Approaches for Predicting Change Heritage of Alaska and the United States _______ 61 Under WILDCAST: Making Progress in a The Connection Between Art and Science in Data-Poor World ______________________________ 90 Denali National Park _________________________ 114 Teshekpuk Caribou Herd Movement through Narrow Corridors around Teshekpuk Lake, Changing the Arctic: Adding Immediate Bering Watch: Internet Facilitated Community Alaska _______________________________________ 64 Protection to the Equation _____________________ 95 Based Monitoring in the Bering Sea ___________ 119 Fire in the Range of Western Arctic “The Ice We Want Our Children to Know”: DIG National Parks: Scientists in Caribou Herd _________________________________ 68 SIKU Project in Alaska and Siberia, 2007-2008 ___ 97 Alaska’s Scenery _____________________________ 122 2 This project is made possible through funding from NPS Photograph the National Park Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the National Park Service and other contributors. Alaska Park Science is published twice a year. Recent issues of Alaska Park Science are available for sale by Alaska Geographic (www.alaskageographic.org). Charitable donations to help support this journal may be sent to: Alaska Geographic Association, 810 East Ninth Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501 ATTN: Alaska Park Science. ISSN 1545-4967 December 2009 Alaska Park Science http://www.nps.gov/akso/AKParkScience/index.htm Project Lead: Robert Winfree, Regional Science Advisor, email: [email protected] Editor: Monica Shah Alaska Park Science Journal Board: Peter Armato, Director and Research Coordinator, Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center Ted Birkedal, Team Leader for Cultural Resources Don Callaway, Cultural Anthropologist Joy Geiselman, Deputy Chief, Biological Science Office USGS Alaska Science Center Russ Kucinski, Team Leader for Natural Resources Rachel Mason, Cultural Anthropologist John Morris, Education Coordinator Lisa Oakley, Alaska Geographic Association John Quinley, Assistant Regional Director for Communications Sara Wesser, Inventory and Monitoring Coordinator, Alaska Region Robert Winfree, Chair of Journal Board Printed on recycled paper with soy based ink Published twice a year in June and December by Alaska Geographic, a nonprofit partner of the Alaska Region of the National Park Service, supporting educational programs through publishing and operation of Natural and Cultural Healing Places visitor center bookstores. Within Publicly Managed Lands Disclaimer: Information published in Alaska Park Science has been subjected to general review by the National Park Service Alaska Article on page 81. Region. Publication in Alaska Park Science does not signify that the contents reflect the views of the National Park Service, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute National Park Service endorsement or recommendation. Cover photograph: Layover check point of the annual dog race Nadezhda (Hope Race). Provideniya, 2006. Photograph © A. Borovik Serpentine Hot Springs in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. 3 Courtesy of K.K. Uyaganskiy About the Authors Susan J. Alexander, USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region. Geoff Carroll, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Wendy Davis, ABR, Inc. - Environmental Research & Barrow, AK. Services, Fairbanks, AK. Shelby Anderson, University of Washington, Department of Anthropology. Tim Cater, ABR, Inc. - Environmental Research & Services, Eric DeChaine, Western Washington University, Fairbanks, AK. Bellingham, WA. Bradley W. Barr, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. F. Stuart Chapin, III, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Annie Duffy, Alaska Geographic, Fairbanks, AK. Institute of Arctic Biology. L.S. Bogoslovskaya, Russian Institute of Cultural and Michael Duffy, ABR, Inc. - Environmental Research & Natural Heritage named in honor of D.S. Likhachev, Dael Devenport, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve Services, Fairbanks, AK. Moscow, Russia. and Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. A.R. Fiorillo, Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas, TX. Jeffrey J. Brooks, Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Lois Dalle-Molle, National Park Service, Alaska Region. Region. 4 Alaska Park Science, Volume 8, Issue 2 Ben Fitzhugh, University of Washington, Department of Linda E. Kruger, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Eric Pullman, ABR, Inc. - Environmental Research & Anthropology. Research Station. Services, Fairbanks, AK. Peter J. Fix, University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Igor Krupnik, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum Caryn Rea, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc., Anchorage, AK. Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences. of Natural History, Arctic Studies Center. Bruce Robson, Community and Ecology Resources, Sarah J. Fowell, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Gary A. Laursen, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Seattle, WA. Department of Geology and Geophysics. Department of Biology and Wildlife. Joanna Roth, ABR, Inc. - Environmental Research & Adam Freeburg, University of Washington, Department Matt Macander, ABR, Inc. - Environmental Research & Services, Fairbanks, AK. of Anthropology. Services, Fairbanks, AK. T. Scott Rupp, University of Alaska Fairbanks, József Geml, (formerly) University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bruce G. Marcot, USDA Forest Service, Portland, Oregon. Department of Forest Science. Institute of Arctic Biology; and (currently) National Herbarium Nederland, Universiteit Leiden, The Sue Masica, National Park Service, Anchorage, AK. Victoria Hykes Steere, independent investigator, Anchorage, AK. Netherlands. Paul J. McCarthy, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Jess Grunblatt, National Park Service, Anchorage, AK. Geophysical Institute and Department of Geology and Ken Stumpf, Geographic Resource Solutions, Arcata, Geophysics. California. Sue Hazlett, University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Science. Daniel W. McCollum, USDA Forest Service, Rocky D. Lee Taylor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Mountain Research Station. Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife. Carl M. Hild, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK. Trish Miller, ABR, Inc. - Environmental Research & Carla Susanne Tomsich, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Karin Holser, St. George Island Institute, St. George Services, Fairbanks, AK. Department of Geology and Geophysics. Island, AK. David F. Murray, University of Alaska Museum of the Sarah F. Trainor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Falk Huettmann, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute North, Fairbanks, AK. Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. of Arctic Biology. D.W. Norton, Arctic Rim Research, Fairbanks, AK. O.D. Tregubov, Chukotka Branch of the Northeast Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Multidisciplinary Scientific Research Institute of the Far UA Museum of the North and Department of Biology Natalie Novik, independent investigator,
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