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National Park Explorer
… of highly polished 3D map-based Explorers for national parks and nature resorts. These Explorers allow exhibition guests to experience areas in an interactive way as well as allowing developers and designers to create exhibitions quickly and efficiently using the tools of these Explorers. Our …
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National Park Service Cave and Karst Resources Management Case Study: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
<p>As discussed in the National Parks Service’s (NPS) Directors Orders/Natural Resources Management Reference Manual #77 and the 2006 NPS Management Policy Handbook, implementing a management plan specifically for cave and karst resources within a national park is paramount to afford these …
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The Role of Community Participation in Sustainable National Park Management: Insights from the Giant Panda National Park, China
As a special type of protected area, national parks are crucial for conserving global natural resources and biodiversity. However, over the past few decades, the management of some national parks has faced the dilemma of ‘biological successes and social failures’ due to difficulties in balancing …
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Wind Canyon Sand Theodore Roosevelt National Park
… of sandstone in Wind Canyon Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, displays a variety of conditions that lend themselves to immaturity. It is these conditions and their genetic relations that the author pursued. </p>
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The Effects of Prescribed Burning by the National Park Service on Pine -Oak Forests Within Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The National Park Service (NPS) at Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) has implemented prescribed burning of pine-oak forests in an attempt to restore and maintain this fire-dependent forest type, which is converting to a mesic broadleaf forest after a long period of fire suppression. One …
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Small Mammal Survey of Wind Cave National Park
… for loss of biodiversity at the global scale. National and state parks have been established, in part, to preserve biodiversity of a region; however, a park cannot manage biota without first conducting a biological inventory. An inventory of species abundance, along with habitat preference, and …
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Regolith Erosion at Grinnell Glacier, Glacier National Park
<p>Glacier National Park is located within a mountainous region in western Montana. Due to recent glaciation, moraines are present at the upper elevations throughout the park. These young moraines erode at a rapid pace when first exposed by melting ice due to: age, vegetation cover, local climate, …
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Conservation of leopards in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan
… Biology Conservation of leopard in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan Committee Chair: Dr. Daniel H. Pletscher Large carnivores are important for biodiversity and ecosystem function, yet are very difficult to conserve because of their large home ranges and conflicts with humans. I examined …
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Conservation of leopards in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan
… Biology Conservation of leopard in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan Committee Chair: Dr. Daniel H. Pletscher Large carnivores are important for biodiversity and ecosystem function, yet are very difficult to conserve because of their large home ranges and conflicts with humans. I examined …
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MISSION 2066 : a national park for the Antrhopocene
… experiencing rapid climate change well above the national average, the National Park Service releases Mission 2066. The master plan acts as a critical foil to its centennial predecessor, Mission 66, which introduced a modernized highway system and architecture to match the automobile age of the …
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Magnetic susceptibility mapping of Point Pelee National Park beaches.
… western and the Eastern shores of Point Pelee National Park (PPNP) showed a distinct spatial variation in their sediment magnetic properties (magnetic susceptibility). In order to determine the degree of spatial variability of field magnetic susceptibility and potential causes, the magnetic …
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Predicting Climate Change in Big Bend National Park, Texas
… over the next 100 years in Big Bend National Park, Texas. The method is an adaptation of climate prediction by model statistics. I use historical data from 12 weather stations and the NCAR-NCAR reanalysis to build a model of the relationship between the surface and upper air, then use …
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A changing cultural landscape: Yanchep National Park, Western Australia
… landscape of Western Australia's Yanchep National Park as it has evolved in response to natural processes and human activities. The study also serves to evaluate the level of input Indigenous people have in the management of Australian natural and cultural heritage. The Park was examined …
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CONTROLS ON THERMAL DISCHARGE IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
Controls on Thermal Discharge in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Director: Nancy W. Hinman Significant fluctuations in discharge occur in hot springs in Yellowstone National Park on a seasonal to decadal scale (Ingebritsen et al., 2001) and an hourly scale (Vitale, 2002). The purpose of this …
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Airport Rings: Stone Circle Archaeology In Yellowstone National Park
… Rings Site in the Montana portion of Yellowstone National Park. During the 2007-2008 Montana Yellowstone Archaeology Project (MYAP) Field school, University of Montana Students excavated three stone circles or tipi rings. The crew uncovered three hearths and collected several hundred lithic …
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CONTROLS ON THERMAL DISCHARGE IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
Controls on Thermal Discharge in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Director: Nancy W. Hinman Significant fluctuations in discharge occur in hot springs in Yellowstone National Park on a seasonal to decadal scale (Ingebritsen et al., 2001) and an hourly scale (Vitale, 2002). The purpose of this …
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Airport Rings: Stone Circle Archaeology In Yellowstone National Park
… Rings Site in the Montana portion of Yellowstone National Park. During the 2007-2008 Montana Yellowstone Archaeology Project (MYAP) Field school, University of Montana Students excavated three stone circles or tipi rings. The crew uncovered three hearths and collected several hundred lithic …
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