Natural Resource Condition Assessments for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and 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.

 

The Kennecott and Root glaciers overlook the historic industrial town of Kennecott.

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Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is located in south central Alaska. Covering 13.2 million acres, it is the largest national park in America and roughly the same size as six Yellowstone National Parks combined. Extending from the ocean up to 18,008 ft., the park includes nine of the 16 highest peaks in the United States as four mountain ranges converge—the Wrangell, St. Elias, Chugach, and eastern part of the Alaskan Range. The park, in conjunction with Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve and Canada’s Kluane National Park and Preserve and Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park, was designated as a World Heritage Site making this the world’s largest international protected wilderness. Two primitive roads enter the park, offering visitors opportunities for backpacking, hunting and fishing, camping, river running, cross-country skiing, and mountaineering.

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.