Natural Resource Condition Assessments for Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve

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The Natural Resource Condition Assessment (NRCA) Program provides framework, funding, and publishing support to parks to aid in the synthesis and documentation of natural resource conditions. Condition assessment reports are a tool to describe selected park resources, and record a snapshot of their current condition, identify trends, and identify potential or current threats and stressors. Understanding the condition and trend of natural resources is key for parks and NPS planners to appropriately prioritize and allocate stewardship resources.

 

Aerial View of Aniakchak Caldera taken from the northern rim.

NPS Photo.

Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve is located about 450 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, on the roadless Alaska Peninsula. It is one of the most wild and least-visited places in the National Park System due to its remote location. The monument sits atop a six-mile-wide caldera formed during a massive volcanic eruption about 3,500 years ago and is a reminder of Alaska’s location in the volcanically active “Ring of Fire”. The ten-square-mile preserve includes the caldera, the wild Aniakchak River, the Bristol Bay coastal habitat, and rugged bays and inlets of the Pacific Ocean coastline.

Links to NRCA Products
Materials produced by the park and the NRCA Program.

For other reports and natural resource datasets visit the NPS Data Store.

Source: Data Store Collection 7765 (results presented are a subset). To search for additional information, visit the Data Store.