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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve - Alaska State Park - Glacier Bay National Park and preserve - Alaska- Glacier Bay National Park nearby Gustavus Alaska is one of the worlds most magnificent natural preserves. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve - Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is one of the best natural settings for studying or just viewing glacial activity. Take Action Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Park Description... www.stateparks.com /glacier_bay__and_preserve.html   (254 words)

Lituya Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lituya Bay is a part of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The entrance of the bay is very narrow, and the tides going into and out of the bay through the entrance also cause very treacherous currents. An earthquake and landslide in Crillon Inlet at the head of the bay on July 10, 1958 generated a monstrous megatsunami more than 500 m high, which stripped trees and soil from the opposite headland and consumed the entire bay, destroying three fishing boats anchored there and killing two people. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lituya_Bay   (243 words)

Glacier Bay National Park Information Page Glacier Bay became a National Monument on 25 Feb 1925, and was established as a national park and preserve on 02 Dec 1980. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve commands a glacier-crowned, maritime wilderness that stretches northward from Alaska’s inside passage to the Alsek River, encircling a magnificent saltwater bay. The Glacier Bay watershed is a vast tract of land and water delimited to the east and north by the Chilkat and Takinsha Ranges, to the northwest by the high crest of the Fairweather Range, and to the west by the peaks and ridges forming the eastern margin of the Brady Glacier. www.glacier.bay.national-park.com /info.htm   (10564 words)

Glacier Bay National Park Located 45-miles west of Juneau, Alaska, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a wonderland of glaciers, mountains, marine and coastal wildlife and unspoiled natural beauty. The Margerie and Grand Pacific are two of 16 tidewater glaciers, 30 alpine glaciers and numerous unnamed glaciers that encompass Glacier Bay National Park. Our 56-room inclusive lodge features the only accommodations within the national park and is the starting point of the Glacier Bay Tour. www.visitglacierbay.com   (390 words)

fogb Contact:  Glacier Bay National Park, PO Box 140, Gustavus, AK  99826; 907-697- 2611  to be included on the mailing list for announcements concerning the plan.  The Park actively solicits thoughts and ideas during this initial planning process.  Significant input at this stage of the process has a much better chance of being considered.  Past experiences show that once preferred alternatives are formulated, few changes are initiated after the fact. Provide an organized means by which individuals' experience and knowledge of the Park can be retained as an inflience on the management and management philosophy of the Park. fogb.homestead.com   (310 words)

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer! Proclaimed a national monument in 1978, the area was established as a national park and preserve in 1980 and was designated a World Heritage site in 1979. It was proclaimed a national monument in 1925, established as a national park and preserve in 1980, and designated a World Heritage site in 1992. National park, southeastern Alaska, U.S. Located on the Gulf of Alaska, it was proclaimed a national monument in 1925, renamed in 1980, and designated a World Heritage site in 1992. concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9365652   (914 words)

Glacier Bay Ecosystem - Scientific Research in the Glacier Bay Region Concern for the endangered humpback whale in the late 70s in the former National Monument (now designated Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve) initiated a shift in NPS attention from terrestrial to marine problems, a trend which was accelerated by persistent resurgence of the issue of commercial fishing in the park. Baseline Dungeness Crab Population Characteristics in Areas In and Near Glacier Bay to Gauge Effects of Proposed Commercial Fisheries Closures. Interdisciplinary studies were carried out by the National Park Service (NPS) and the Ohio State University Institute of Polar Studies, partly in response to potential large-scale mining in Monument lands along the Gulf of Alaska coast. www.inforain.org /alaska/glabaycd/CATALOG/htm/currentr.htm   (2756 words)

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve - Nature & Science Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve - Nature and Science The land near the mouth of the bay, long-ago released from the grip of glaciers, has had the most time to recover and is now blanketed by mature spruce and hemlock forests. That massive glacier was more than 4,000 feet thick in places, up to 20 miles wide, and extended more than 100 miles to the St. Elias mountain range. data2.itc.nps.gov /nature/index.cfm?alphacode=glba   (354 words)

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve on Encyclopedia.com Pictures and Maps for: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve The park (3,224,840 acres/1,305,603 hectares) and the preserve (58,406 acres/23,646 hectares) were established in 1925 as a national monument and in 1980 designated a national park and preserve. Among the bay's most famous glaciers is Muir Glacier, c.2 mi (3.2 km) wide and rising c.265 ft (80 m) above the water. www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/GlacierB1.asp   (442 words)

Alaska National Parks The marine wilderness of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve provides opportunities for adventure, a living laboratory for observing the ebb and flow of glaciers, and a chance to study life as it returns in the wake of retreating ice. Proclaimed as Wrangell-St. Elias National Monument Dec. 1,1978; established as a national park and preserve Dec. 2, 1980. The original park was designated a wilderness area and incorporated into Denali National Park and Preserve in 1980. www.alaskatravel.com /parks   (491 words)

Alaska Glaciers: Columbia, Portage, Matanuska and others One of the glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park receded 65 miles between 1794 and 1916. Its tidewater glaciers can be viewed from tour boats that depart from Seward's small boat harbor.The face of an inland glacier, Exit Glacier, can be approached on trails from a parking lot at the end of Exit Glacier Road, which intersects the Seward Highway just north of Seward. Icefields and an estimated 100,000 glaciers cover 5 percent of Alaska's surface and they are easily viewed by visitors to Juneau, Valdez, Whittier, Seward, Anchorage or the Matanuska Valley. www.alaskascenes.com /alaskaglaciers.html   (714 words)

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve When combined with Glacier Bay National Park and Canada's Kluane National Park and Tatshenshini-Alsek Park, it is the biggest piece of the largest internationally protected area in the world: 24 million acres—larger than the state of Indiana. The park is well known for its immense glaciers and icefields. The park also encompasses glaciers, rivers, an active volcano, and a historic copper mine. www.npca.org /wild_alaska/parks_of_alaska/wrangell.asp   (624 words)

EPA: Federal Register: National Park System Units in Alaska; Denali National Park and Preserve, Special Regulations Denali National Park and Preserve: 2000 Final Rule Under Section 1110(a) of ANILCA, snowmachines may be used in conservation system units for traditional activities, unless a particular traditional activity is barred by ANILCA or other applicable law, and for travel to and from villages and homesites. National Park Service concern over traffic safety is also based on bus accidents that have occurred in 1969, 1974, 1981 and 1989, and that have resulted in six fatalities and numerous serious injuries to park visitors. NPS response: The National Park Service vehicle trip allocation in the 1986 General Management Plan (1754 total) was amended slightly by the 1997 Entrance Area and Road Corridor Development Concept Plan, which sets the limit of 1,776 vehicle trips. www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2000/June/Day-19/i14754.htm   (15592 words)

Glacier Bay Named to List of America's Most Endangered National Parks Some of the park's wildlife, such as the marbled murrelet, endangered outside of Alaska, and the bald eagle, threatened outside of Alaska, are found in strong numbers in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Washington, D.C. The National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), the nation's leading park advocacy organization, today named Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve to its fourth annual list of America's Ten Most Endangered National Parks. Glacier Bay Named to List of America's Most Endangered National Parks www.npca.org /media_center/glacier_bay.asp   (335 words)

Phenomena and Curiosities: Baked Alaska Glaciers are still a big draw in Alaska; every year, more than 350,000 people visit Muir Glacier’s home, Glacier Bay National Park. He’s up to a few thousand so far, gathered from the USGS library in Denver, the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado in Boulder, the Alaska State Library and other archives, as well as picture postcards that people sent him or that he bought on eBay. In the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, all the glaciers are shrinking. www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /smithsonian/issues05/aug05/phenomena.html   (920 words)

Chugach National Forest The Chugach National Forest manages for a spectrum of quality recreational experiences, and incorporate principles of universal accessibility in both facilities and programs, ensuring that both the able-bodied and those with a disability can be a part of the drama and mystery of the Forest. Place names such as Valdez, Cordova, Zaikof Bay, and Prince William Sound, show that the lands, waters, and natural resources of the Forest have attracted the attention of the Spanish, who were seeking empires; Russians, who were seeking furs; and the English, who were seeking a northwest passage to the Pacific. The Chugach National Forest responsibly manages its area of the public's land by striving to maintain the biological integrity and diverity of the Forest lands and resources. www.alaskan.com /alaska_parks/chugach.htm   (1428 words)

U.S. Park Service keeps Glacier Bay - (United Press International) The unanimous ruling decided a case brought by the state of Alaska in 2000 claiming control of all tidelands and submerged marine lands inside the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska. Washington, DC, Jun. 6 (UPI) -- Conservationists hailed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling giving the National Park Service ownership of submerged lands and tidelands in Alaska's Glacier Bay. The conservation group had filed a friend-of-the-court brief against Alaska's claim saying increased boat traffic and commercial fishing would harm marine and mammal life, including humpback whales, in submerged areas of the 3.2 million acre park. www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20050606-042110-7104r.htm   (175 words)

A Alaska Sport Fishing Fly Fishing & Brown Bear viewing Lodge/JOHNNY'S EAST RIVER LODGE We are 50 air miles east of Yakutat Alaska, located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, at the northern end of the Southeast Alaska Panhandle. The views from the lodge are spectacular, with 15,300 foot Mount Fairweather towering in the distance with its deep blue glaciers and snow covered peak, to the Brabazon Range and its multitude of glaciers and sharply defined peaks. Opportunities abound for the sportsman and naturalist alike, from fly fishing, brown bear viewing, glacier touring, and wildlife photography. www.johnnyseastriverlodge.com   (364 words)

Alaska Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online Denali National Park and Preserve - Mount McKinley (Shaded Relief Map) 1:250,000 U.S.G.S. Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Brooks Range (Park Map) (323K) (PDF Format) Glacier Bay National Park (Park Map / Shaded Relief) 1994 (1.1MB) Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve (Park Map) 1993 (901K) www.lib.utexas.edu /maps/alaska.html   (452 words)

National Park, Preserve, Forest and Wilderness Directory Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve Major attractions: Oldest national park; spectacular wilderness; Old Faithful geyser; hot springs; lakes, streams, and waterfalls; wildlife; the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Major attractions: Largest U.S. national park; greatest concentration of peaks over 14,000 feet in North America; rugged coastline; boreal forests; alpine tundra; wildlife. www.cftech.com /BrainBank/OTHERREFERENCE/THEOUTDOORS/NatlParks.html   (940 words)

npbob.htm Jobs: in National Parks, Preserves, Monuments, Recreation and Wilderness Areas National Parks, National Preserves: A listing of links to descriptive pages of state parks, produced by the National Parks Foundation. United States Park Police: a unit of the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Capitol Region, with jurisdiction in all National Park Service areas and certain other Federal/State lands. www.libsci.sc.edu /bob/class/npbob.htm   (213 words)

Bird Checklists of the United States Birds of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Gustavus, Alaska. This is a list of the 223 bird species found to date in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Look for it from the Marble Islands northward in Glacier Bay, where it can be told from the similar marbled murrelet by its lighter coloring, white outer tail feathers which are spread when flushing, and tendency to "hop" from the water then skip several times prior to flight. www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/othrdata/chekbird/r7/glacier.htm   (917 words)

National Park Service, Natural Resource Year in Review--2002 In 2002, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve completed its sixth field season of the Coastal Resources Inventory and Mapping Program. Coastal Biotechnician, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska To date, more than 880 miles of coastline in Glacier Bay National Park has been mapped, including all of Glacier Bay proper. www2.nature.nps.gov /YearInReview/yir2002/05_J.html   (302 words)

Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek Tatshenshini-Alsek, Kluane National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Reserve, Glacier Bay National Park Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (U.S. National Park Service) These parks comprise an impressive complex of glaciers and high peaks on both sides of the border between Canada (Yukon Territory and British Columbia) and the United States (Alaska). whc.unesco.org /sites/72.htm   (152 words)

Gustavus Marine Charters-Welcome Gustavus Marine Charters is an authorized National Park Service Concession that has been operating in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve for over 20 years. In 1794, George Vancouver mapped a wall of ice at the entrance to a 65 mile long fjord that is Glacier Bay. We specialize in sightseeing trips and wildlife excursions in and around the Park. www.gustavusmarinecharters.com   (136 words)

Reach of ADA extended to foreign cruise lines The San Diego Union-Tribune  Ruled that the federal government not Alaska owns the land underlying Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The state and the National Park Service have fought for decades over Glacier Bay, a Connecticut-sized park in Southeast Alaska that encompasses 16 tidewater glaciers, snow-capped mountain ranges and valuable marine life. They won a phased termination of fishing in the bay proper, and large cruise ships are limited to two per day. www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050607/news_1n7scotusbar.html   (545 words)

Over view of class Geology of the National Parks Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve Note: there is simply not enough time to cover all of the parks. This list covers the parks that are listed in the text book. faculty.weber.edu /bdattilo/parks/parks_overview.html   (69 words)

Alaska Whales - humpback whales, gray whales, killer whales, northern right whales, bowhead whales, beluga whales and minke whales - Research and General Information ESA Section 7 Consultation - Biological Opinion: Vessel Quotas and Operating Requirements for Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, August 2003 Cooperative Agreement between the NOAA and the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission to protect the bowhead whale and the Eskimo culture (Effective 1998-2002) Final Rule to prohibit the approach within 100 yards (91.4 m) of a humpback whale in waters within 200 nautical miles (370.4 km) of the coast of Alaska. www.fakr.noaa.gov /protectedresources/whales/default.htm   (545 words)

Alaska Glacier Bay lodging, Good River B&B, Cruise in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Kayak to islands in the Tongass forest or Glacier Bay National Park www.goodriver.com   (28 words)

Gustavus, Alaska Lodging - Annie Mae Family Lodge Located within shouting distance of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, in a field on the banks of the Good River and at the edge of southeast Alaska's rainforest, the Annie Mae Lodge offers premier lodging combined with down home comfort and hospitality. Wake up to the smell of a country breakfast and the clean fresh feel of an Alaskan morning. We here at the Annie Mae Lodge would like to help you enjoy your wilderness experience. www.anniemae.com   (172 words)

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