Mapping wilderness character in Denali National Park and Preserve

Rob Burrows; James Tricker; Dan Abbe; Peter B. Landres; Jon Paynter; David Schirokauer; Philip Hooge

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Mapping wilderness character in Denali National Park and Preserve

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Rob Burrows, James Tricker, Dan Abbe, Peter B. Landres, Jon Paynter, David Schirokauer, Philip Hooge

Year:

2016

Type:

Miscellaneous

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Natural Resource Report NPS/DENA/NRR-2016/1223. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science. 106 p.

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Abstract

The recent development of an interagency strategy to monitor wilderness character allows on-the-ground managers and decision-makers to assess whether stewardship actions for an individual wilderness are fulfilling the legislative mandate to "preserve wilderness character." By using credible data that are consistently collected, one can assess how wilderness character changes over time and evaluate how stewardship actions affect trends in wilderness character. As most of these data depict spatial or geographic features in wilderness, a Geographic Information System (GIS) -based approach was developed to identify the state of wilderness character for the designated and eligible wilderness in Denali National Park and Preserve (DENA).

Keywords

wilderness character, stewardship, Denali National Park and Preserve (DENA)

Citation

Burrows, Rob; Tricker, James; Abbe, Dan; Landres, Peter; Paynter, Jon; Schirokauer, David; Hooge, Philip. 2016. Mapping wilderness character in Denali National Park and Preserve. Natural Resource Report NPS/DENA/NRR-2016/1223. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science. 106 p.