Publications Topic: Region/Network/Park Specific

This webpage provides access to publications dealing with region, network, and park specific topics; additional publications are available on the ARIS website.

Region Specific:

• Baron, Jill S. Hindcasting Nitrogen Deposition to Determine an Ecological Critical Load. Ecological Applications. 2006; 16(2)433-439.
• Regional Reviews
• California Region
• Assessment of Air Quality and Air Pollutant Impacts in Class I National Parks of California (April 2001; pdf, 6.24 MB)
• Colorado Plateau Region
• Status of Air Quality and Related Values in Class I National Parks and Monuments of the Colorado Plateau, 1997
• Table of Contents (49 KB)
• Executive Summary (91 KB)
• Chapter One Cover and Introduction (663 KB)
• Chapter Two (283 KB)
• Chapter Three (Arches National Park, 634 KB)
• Chapter Four (Bandelier National Park, 1.12 MB)
• Chapter Five (Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, 135 KB)
• Chapter Six (Bryce Canyon National Park, 822 KB)
• Chapter Seven (Canyonlands National Park, 647 KB)
• Chapter Eight (Capital Reef National Park, 170 KB)
• Chapter Nine (Grand Canyon National Park, 670 KB)
• Chapter Ten (Great Sand Dunes National Park, 299 KB)
• Chapter Eleven (Mesa Verde National Park, 583 KB)
• Chapter Twelve (Petrified Forest National Park, 399 KB)
• Chapter Thirteen (Zion National Park, 132 KB)
• Chapter Fourteen Summary (76 KB)
• Appendix (107 KB)
• Great Lakes Region
  • Assessment of Air Quality and Air Pollutant Impacts in Isle Royale National Park and Voyageurs National Park (pdf, .5 MB)
• Pacific Northwest Region
  • Why Federal Land Managers in the Northwest are Concerned about Nitrogen Emissions (December 2004; pdf, .8 MB)
  • Final Report, Status of Air Quality and Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants on Ecosystem in the Pacific Northwest Region of the National Park Service, October 1994
  • Final Report, Part One (Executive Summary, Regional Characteristics: Crater Lake NP, Craters of the Moon NM, Mount Rainier NP, North Cascades NP, Olympic NP, 499 KB)
  • Final Report, Part Two (Class I Areas: Crater Lake NP, Craters of the Moon NM, Mount Rainier NP, 1.01 MB)
  • Final Report, Part Three (Class I Areas: North Cascades NP, Olympic NP, 687 KB)
  • Final Report, Part Four (Interim Guidelines and Literature Cited, 208 KB)
• Rocky Mountain and Northern Great Plains Regions
  • Assessment of Air Quality and Air Pollutant Impacts in National Parks of the Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains, August 1998
    • Table of Contents (46 KB)
    • Executive Summary (28 KB)
    • Chapter One Introduction (541 KB)
    • Chapter Two (Regional Characteristics, 783 KB)
    • Chapter Three (Rocky Mountain National Park, 2.56 MB)
    • Chapter Four (Grand Tetons National Park, 678 KB)
    • Chapter Five (Yellowstone National Park, 887 KB)
    • Chapter Six (Glacier National Park, 566 KB)
    • Chapter Seven (Theodore Roosevelt National Park, 3.06 MB)
    • Chapter Eight (Wind Cave National Park, 566 KB)
    • Chapter Nine (Badlands National Park, 988 KB)
    • Chapter Ten Literature Cited (93 KB)
    • Chapter Eleven Appendix (28 KB)
    • Acknowledgements (14 KB)
    • Acronyms (49 KB)
    • List of Figures (33 KB)
    • List of Tables (76 B)

Network Specific:

• Assessing the Risk of Foliar Injury from Ozone on Vegetation in Parks in:
  • Ozone Risk Assessment Cover Page and Table of Contents (October 2007, 567 KB)
  • Ozone Risk Assessment Introduction (August 2005, 124 KB)
  • Appalachian Trail Network(October 2004; pdf, 367 KB)
  • Appalachian Highlands Network (October 2004; pdf, 134 KB)
  • Arctic Network (October 2004; pdf, 79 KB)
  • Central Alaska Network (October 2004; pdf, 93 KB)
  • Chihuahuan Desert Network (October 2004; pdf, 146 KB)
  • Cumberland Piedmont Network (October 2004; pdf, 214 KB)
  • Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network (October 2004; pdf, 179 KB)
  • Great Lakes Network (October 2004; pdf, 182 KB)
  • Greater Yellowstone Network (October 2004; pdf, 115 KB)
  • – 2006 Update for Yellowstone National Park (2006; pdf, 109 KB)
  • Gulf Coast Network (October 2004; pdf, 154 KB)
  • Heartland Network (October 2004; pdf, 233 KB)
  • Klamath Network (October 2004; pdf, 144 KB)
  • Mediterranean Coast Network (October 2004; pdf, 115 KB)
  • Mid-Atlantic Network (October 2004; pdf, 185 KB)
  • Mojave Desert Network (October 2004; pdf, 139 KB)
  • – 2006 Update for Death Valley National Park (2006; pdf, 109 KB)
  • – 2006 Update for Great Basin National Park (2006; pdf, 108 KB)
  • Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network (October 2004; pdf, 166 KB)
  • North Coast and Cascades Network (October 2004; pdf, 147 KB)
  • Northern Colorado Plateau Network (October 2004; pdf, 216 KB)
  • National Capital Region Network (October 2004; pdf, 198 KB)
  • Northeast Temperate Network (October 2004; pdf, 184 KB)
  • Northern Great Plains Network (October 2004; pdf, 200 KB)
  • Pacific Island Network (October 2004; pdf, 83 KB)
  • Rocky Mountain Network (October 2004; pdf, 141 KB)
  • – 2006 Update for Rocky Mountain National Park (2006; pdf, 109 KB)
  • – Assessment of foliar ozone injury on bioindicator plant species at Rocky Mountain National Park; results form 2006-2009 (2011; pdf, 246 KB)
  • Southern Colorado Plateau Network (October 2004; pdf, 249 KB)
  • – 2006 Update for Mesa Verde National Park (2006; pdf, 108 KB)
  • – 2006 Update for Grand Canyon National Parks (2006; pdf, 109 KB)
  • Southeast Alaska Network (October 2004; pdf, 78 KB)
  • Southeast Coast Network (October 2004; pdf, 244 KB)
  • San Francisco Bay Area Network (October 2004; pdf, 125 KB)
  • South Florida/Caribbean Network (October 2004; pdf, 125 KB)
  • Sierra Nevada Network (October 2004; pdf, 118 KB)
  • – 2006 Update for Yellowstone National Park (2006; pdf, 109 KB)
  • – 2006 Update for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (2006; pdf, 109 KB)
  • Sonoran Desert Network (October 2004; pdf, 175 KB)
  • Southern Plains Network (October 2004; pdf, 167 KB)
  • Southwest Alaska Network (October 2004; pdf, 107 KB)
  • Upper Columbia Basin Network (October 2004; pdf, 156 KB)
  • – 2006 Update for Craters of the Moon National Historic Park (2006; pdf, 108 KB)
  • Ozone Risk Assessment Appendix (October 2007, 421 KB)
• Gulf Coast Network
  • Compilation and Synthesis of Existing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Heavy Metals Data for Gulf Coast Network National Parks (October 2005; pdf, 3.18 MB)
  • Bibliography and Web Sources (pdf, .53 KB)
• National Capital Region and Mid-Atlantic Region
  • Contaminant Exposure and Potential Effects on Terrestrial Vertebrates Residing in the National Capital Region Network and the Mid-Atlantic Network (2006)
• NPS Acidification Sensitivity Assessment (2011)
  • Main report & 32 network reports
• NPS Nitrogen Sensitivity Assessment (2011)
  • Main report & 32 network reports

Park Specific:

• Acadia Air Quality Research Strategy
• Alpine Vegetation Workshop: Response of Alpine and Subalpine Plant Species to Changes in Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition (November 2008; pdf, 310 KB)
• Assessment of Air Quality and Related Values in Shenandoah National Park (May 2003; pdf, 10.3 MB)
• Assessment of Lake Sensitivity to Acidic Deposition in National Parks of the Rocky Mountains (2009; pdf, 1.58 MB)
• Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: 2004 Integrated Report for Scene Monitoring (June 2005; pdf, 1.5 MB)
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park - National Parks Conservation Association Recommendations for a Smokies Mercury Study (November 2006; pdf, 80 KB)
• Hartman, M.D., Baron, J.S., Clow, D.W., Creed, I.F., Driscoll, C.T., Ewing, H.A., Haines, B.D., Knoepp, J., Lajtha, K., Ojima, D.S., Parton, W.J., Renfro, J., Robinson, R.B., Van Miegroet, H., Weathers, K.C., and Williams, M.W., 2009, DayCent-Chem simulations of ecological and biogeochemical processes of eight mountain ecosystems in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5150, 174 p.
  (Note: This report includes chapters on Acadia National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park)
• Inferring Critical Nitrogen Deposition Loads to Alpine Lakes of Western National Parks and Diatom Fossil Records Final Report (February 2009; pdf, 460 KB)
• Nitrogen Deposition: Issues and Effects in Rocky Mountain National Park (March 2004; pdf, 667 KB)
• Ozone Pollution Damage to Growth and Physiology of Native Trees and Wildflowers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Final Report (June 2006; pdf, 594 KB)
• 2010 Monitoring and Tracking Wet Nitrogen Deposition at Rocky Mountain National Park (August 2012; pdf, 1.8 MB)
• 2009 Monitoring and Tracking Wet Nitrogen Deposition at Rocky Mountain National Park (September 2011; pdf, 6 MB)
• Assessment of foliar ozone injury on bioindicator plant species at Rocky Mountain National Park; results form 2006-2009 (2011; pdf, 246 KB)
• Rocky Mountain National Park Air Quality Initiative, Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Options (March 2005; pdf, 142 KB)
• Rocky Mountain Atmospheric Nitrogen and Sulfur Study (RoMANS) Report (October 2009)
• Volume 1 (pdf, 5.2 MB)
• Volume 2 (pdf, 16.1 MB)
• Appendix 1 (pdf, 498 KB)
• Appendix 2 (pdf, 2.0 MB)
• Appendix 3 (pdf, 2.5 MB)
• Peer Review Plan (pdf, 48 KB)
• Translating science into policy: Using ecosystem thresholds to protect resources in Rocky Mountain National Park (October 2007; pdf, 574 KB)
• Yellowstone Over-snow Vehicle Emission Tests – 2012; Summary Vehicle Data and Fleet Estimates for Modeling (January 2013; pdf, 980 KB)
• 2009-2011 Yellowstone Winter Air Quality Study Report (February 2012; pdf, 897 KB)
• 2008-2009 Yellowstone Winter Air Quality Study Report (February 2010; pdf, 279 KB)
• 2007-2008 Yellowstone Winter Air Quality Study Report (January 2009; pdf, 819 MB)
• 2006-2007 Yellowstone Winter Air Quality Study Report (November 2007; pdf, 2.4 MB)
• 2005-2006 Yellowstone Winter Air Quality Study Report (January 2007; pdf, 3.4 MB)
• 2004-2005 Yellowstone Winter Air Quality Study Report (December 2005; pdf, 1.6 MB)
• 2003-2004 Yellowstone Winter Air Quality Overview Report (March 2005; pdf, 120 KB)
• Yosemite National Park and Kings Canyon National Park - Ozone Uptake in Relation to Water Availability in Ponderosa Pine Forests: Measurements, Modeling, and Remote Sensing, Final Report (2004; pdf, 2.05 MB)

General Reports with Park Specific Information:

• Air Quality Concerns Related to Snowmobile Usage in National Parks (February 2000; pdf, 282 KB)
• Air Quality in the National Parks (Fall 2002; pdf, 41.2 MB)
• Cover and Table of Contents (4.2 MB)
• Executive Summary (567 KB)
• Chapter One (4.5 MB)
• Chapter Two (10.9 MB)
• Chapter Three (3.9 MB)
• Chapter Four (6.9 MB)
• Chapter Five (1.9 MB)
• Data Tables Listing Parks and Air Quality Trends (9.4 MB)
• 2005 Annual Performance Report: Air Quality in National Parks (March 2006; pdf, .7 MB)
• 2004 Annual Performance Report: Air Quality in National Parks (February 2005; pdf, .8 MB)

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