National Parks Project: Additional Links

 

 

Alaska parks

• https://www.alaska.org/expert-advice/trees
• https://www.alaska.org/expert-advice/plants-flowers

 

 

Cryptobiotic Soil Crusts (a water reservoir in parks with low precipitation)

• https://www.nps.gov/articles/seug-soil-crust.htm
  • This article is about Southeast Utah, but you can use it as an information source if your park has these soil crusts but is not in Utah.

Acadia

• https://www.nps.gov/acad/learn/management/rm_waterresources.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/sargent-mountain-pond.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/acad/learn/nature/lakesandponds.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/hike-jordan-pond-path.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/acad/learn/nature/coasts.htm
• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/parks/acadia-national-park/seasons-acadia#:~:text=Annual%20rainfall%20is%2048%20inches,Evenings%20are%20cooler. - Acadia Weather

Arches

• https://www.nps.gov/arch/learn/nature/geologicformations.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/articles/arches-free-flowing.htm

Badlands

• https://cathybell.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/nor-any-drop-to-drink-watching-water-in-badlands-national-park/ 
• https://www.nps.gov/badl/planyourvisit/weather.htm 

Big Bend

• https://www.nps.gov/bibe/learn/nature/water.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/bibe/learn/nature/riogrand.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/articles/soil-crusts-of-sonoran-chihuahuan-deserts.htm 
• https://www.nps.gov/bibe/learn/news/nps-releases-chisos-basin-water-study.htm 

Bryce Canyon

• https://www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/backcountryinfo.htm
• https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/wsp1475M
• https://www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/mossycave.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/articles/seug-soil-crust.htm

Carlsbad Caverns

• https://www.nps.gov/cave/learn/nature/weather.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/cave/learn/nature/cave.htm 

Crater Lake

• https://www.doi.gov/blog/12-things-you-didnt-know-about-crater-lake-national-park
• https://www.nps.gov/crla/learn/nature/streams-and-fisheries.htm

Death Valley

• https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/nature/springs.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/places/badwater-basin.htm
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/flooding-creates-10-mile-long-lake-death-valley-180971699/
• https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/nature/weather-and-climate.htm
• https://www.doi.gov/blog/12-things-you-didnt-know-about-death-valley

Gates of the Arctic

• https://www-worldbookonline-com.wv-o-ursus-proxy11.ursus.maine.edu/student-new/#/article/home/ar218390/gates%20of%20the%20arctic
• https://www.national-park.com/welcome-to-gates-of-the-arctic-national-park/
• https://www.national-park.com/welcome-to-gates-of-the-arctic-national-park/

Glacier

• https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/nature/glaciersoverview.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/nature/lakesandponds.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/nature/rivers.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/nature/soils.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/nature/wetlands.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/nature/glaciersoverview.htm
• https://www.doi.gov/blog/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-glacier-national-park

Katmai

• https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/nature/water.htm#:~:text=Water%20from%20Naknek%20Lake%20drains,and%20then%20into%20Bristol%20Bay.
• https://www.nps.gov/katm/blogs/water-water-everywhere.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/katm/planyourvisit/maps.htm?fullweb=1
• https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/nature/natsciweat.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/nature/valley-of-ten-thousand-smokes.htm

Kenai Fjords

• https://www.nps.gov/kefj/planyourvisit/bear-glacier-lagoon.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/kefj/planyourvisit/weather.htm
• https://www.nationalparked.com/kenai-fjords/weather
• https://www.nps.gov/kefj/learn/nature/fjord-estuary-ecosystem.htm 
• https://www.nps.gov/kefj/learn/nature/ocean-issues.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/kefj/learn/nature/brown-bear.htm 

Mammoth Cave

• https://www.nps.gov/maca/learn/nature/waterways.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/maca/planyourvisit/weather.htm 

Mt. Rainier

• https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/nature/waterquality.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/nature/volcanic-features.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/nature/glaciers.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/nature/waterfalls.htm

Rocky Mountain

• https://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/nature/waterquality.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/romo/what-s-happening-below-hallett-peak-in-chaos-canyon-and-lake-haiyaha.htm - Lake
• https://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/nature/glaciers.htm - Andrews Glacier

 

 

Acadia - U Shaped Valleys

• https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/geoclues-acadia.htm 

Carlsbad + Mammoth

• https://www.nps.gov/subjects/caves/speleothems.htm 
• https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/hydrothermal-features.htm

Everglades - Shark River Slough and Solution Hole

• https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/evergeology.htm#:~:text=Primarily%20consisting%20of%20limestone%2C%20the,the%20landscapes%20we%20see%20today. 

Geysers, Hot Springs, Mudpots, etc.

• https://www.nps.gov/features/yell/tours/fountainpaint/geyser_works.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/hydrothermal-features.htm 

Hoodoos

• https://nationalparkexpress.com/have-you-seen-a-hoodoo/ 

Sandstone Arches

• https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Arches-National-Park/489900