All Publications
This webpage provides access to all publications.
- Acadia Air Quality Research Strategy
- Air Quality in National Parks: Trends (2000–2009) and Conditions (2005–2009) (July 2013; pdf, 2.2 MB)
- Air Quality in National Parks: 2009 Annual Performance & Progress Report (November 2010; pdf, 2.9 MB)
- Air Quality in National Parks: 2008 Annual Performance & Progress Report (September 2009; pdf, 4.8 MB)
- Air Quality Conditions and Trends in Parks - Annual Report 2004
- 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 (pdf, 4.2 MB)
- Executive Summary (pdf, 567 KB)
- Chapter One (pdf, 4.5 MB)
- Chapter Two (pdf, 10.9 MB)
- Chapter Three (pdf, 3.9 MB)
- Chapter Four (pdf, 6.9 MB)
- Chapter Five (pdf, 1.9 MB)
- Data Tables Listing Parks and Air Quality Trends (pdf, 9.4 MB)
- Air Quality in the National Parks (1st Edition) (July 1988; pdf, 6 MB)
- Air Quality Monitoring Strategy (January 2015; pdf, 911 KB)
- Air Pollution - Related Lichen Monitoring in National Parks, Forests, and Refuges: Guidelines for Studies Intended for Regulatory and Management Purposes (June 2003; pdf, 3 MB)
- Annual Data Summary Reports
- 2006 Air Quality Trends and Conditions in National Parks: Annual Performance and Progress Report (October 2007; pdf, 1.7 MB)
- 2005 Annual Performance and Progress Report: Air Quality in National Parks (March 2006; pdf, 0.7 MB)
- 2004 Annual Performance Report: Air Quality in National Parks (February 2005; pdf, 0.8 MB)
- A Screening Procedure for Identifying Acid-Sensitive Lakes from Catchment Characteristics (June 2005; pdf, 359 KB)
- Assessing the risk of nitrogen deposition to natural resources in the Four Corners area (February 2013; pdf, 3.3 MB)
- Assessment of Air Quality and Air Pollutant Impacts in Isle Royale National Park and Voyageurs National Park (pdf, 0.5 MB)
- Assessment of Air Quality and Related Values in Shenandoah National Park (pdf, 10.5 MB)
- Assessment of Effects of Acidic Deposition on Forested Ecosystems in Great Smoky Mountains National Park using Critical Loads for Sulfur and Nitrogen (pdf, 1.54 MB)
- Appendices (pdf, 230 KB)
- Baron, Jill S. Hindcasting Nitrogen Deposition to Determine an Ecological Critical Load. Ecological Applications. 2006; 16(2)433-439.
- Critical loads as a policy tool for protecting ecosystems from the effects of air pollutants (2008; pdf, 235 KB)
- Compilation and Synthesis of Existing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Heavy Metals Data for Gulf Coast Network National Parks (October 2005; pdf, 3.2 MB)
- Contaminant Exposure and Potential Effects on Terrestrial Vertebrates Residing in the National Capital Region Network and the Mid-Atlantic Network (2006) (June 2006; pdf, 6.7 MB)
- Dry Deposition Monitoring Protocol: Monitoring Atmospheric Pollutants in Dry Deposition (May 2006; pdf, 1.6 MB)
- Evaluation of Lake and Stream Acidification in Nine National Parks (February 2006; pdf, 1.6 MB)
- Fenn, M. E.; Baron, J. S.; Allen, E. B.; Rueth, H. M.; Nydick, K. R. Geiser L.; Bowman, W. D.; Sickman, J. O.; Meixner, T., and Johnson, D. W. Neitlich P. Ecological Effects of Nitrogen Deposition in the Western United States. BioScience. 2003; 53(4)404-420.
- Final FLAG Phase I Report (December 2000; pdf, 2.6 MB)
- Federal Land Managers' Air Quality Related Values Work Group (FLAG)
Phase 1 Report—Revised (2010) (November 2010; pdf, 4.9 MB)
NOTE: A minor revision to page 23 of FLAG 2010 regarding recommended use of the CALPUFF dispersion model was made on 11/10/2010 following the reports release on 10/28/2010. - Federal Land Managers' Air Quality Related Values Work Group (FLAG) Phase 1 Report—Response to Public Comments (2010) (October 2010; pdf, 4.9 MB)
- FLM Critical Loads Workshop Summary (September 2004; pdf, 0.5 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)
- Greater Yellowstone Area Critical Loads Science Workshop (April 2011; 1.7 MB)
- Guidance on Nitrogen and Sulfur Deposition Analysis Thresholds
- Handbook for Assessment of Foliar Ozone Injury on Vegetation in National Parks (August 2007; pdf, 570 KB)
- Indicators of Ecological Effects of Air Quality (2009; pdf, 4.3 MB)
- Inferring Critical Nitrogen Deposition Loads to Alpine Lakes of Western National Parks and Diatom Fossil Records — Final Report, 2009 (pdf, 565 KB)
- Introduction to Visibility (May 1999; pdf, 3 MB)
- 2012 Monitoring and Tracking Wet Nitrogen Deposition at Rocky Mountain National Park (January 2014; pdf, 2.3 MB)
- 2011 Monitoring and Tracking Wet Nitrogen Deposition at Rocky Mountain National Park (August 2013; pdf, 1.2 MB)
- 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)
- Mapping of nutrient-nitrogen critical loads for selected national parks in the intermountain west and great lakes regions. (August 2014, pdf, 8.45 MB).
- Multiagency Critical Loads Final Workshop Report (May 2006; pdf, 2.2 MB)
- National Park Service Visitor Values & Perceptions of Clean Air, Scenic Views & Dark Night Skies; 1988-2011 (February 2013; pdf, 1.23 MB)
- Natural Resource Year in Review— 2005, Determining risk of airborne contaminants to western national parks (pdf, 294 KB)
- Natural Resource Year In Review— 2003, Winter sampling of snowpack in eight western parks to assess deposition of toxic compounds (pdf, 67 KB)
- Nitrogen Deposition: Issues and Effects in Rocky Mountain National Park (March 2004; pdf, 667 KB)
- NPS Acidification Sensitivity Assessment (2011)
- NPS Airborne Mercury Issues Fact Sheet (September 2006; pdf, 1.8 MB)
- NPS Comments on EPA's Proposed Revisions to Secondary NOx and SOx Standards (March 2010; pdf, 468 KB)
- NPS Comments on Proposed Revisions to Ozone Standards (October 5, 2007; pdf, 161 KB)
- NPS Nitrogen Sensitivity Assessment (2011)
- Ozone Monitoring Protocol: Guidance on Selecting and Conducting Ozone Monitoring (June 2004; pdf, 580 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)
- Ozone risk assessments for vital signs monitoring networks, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail:
- 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)
- Ozone Sensitive Plant Species List for NPS Class I Areas (September 2006; pdf, 67 KB)
- Ozone Sensitive Plant Species on NPS and USFWS Lands, Results of a June 24-25, 2003 Workshop, Baltimore, Maryland (November 2003; pdf, 2 MB)
- Ozone Uptake in Relation to Water Availability in Ponderosa Pine Forests: Measurements, Modeling, and Remote Sensing, Final Report (2004; pdf, 2.05 MB)
- PNW Critical Loads Workshop Summary Final Report 2006 (March 2006; pdf, 155 KB)
- PNW Cooperative Ventures, Fall 2006, The Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project: Studying the Risk in Western National Parks (pdf, 555 KB)
- PNW Snow Report: Atmospheric Pollutant Loading to Olympic, Mount Rainier, and North Cascades National Parks: Spatial and Temporal Variability and Linkages To Trans-Pacific Air Masses. (January 2013; pdf, 445 KB)
- Protecting Resources on Federal Lands: Implications of Critical Loads for Atmospheric Deposition of Nitrogen and Sulfur (July 2005; pdf, 249 KB)
- 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 (pdf, 49 KB)
- Executive Summary (pdf, 91 KB)
- Chapter One Cover and Introduction (pdf, 663 KB)
- Chapter Two (pdf, 283 KB)
- Chapter Three (Arches National Park; pdf, 634 KB)
- Chapter Four (Bandelier National Park; pdf, 1.12 MB)
- Chapter Five (Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park; pdf, 135 KB)
- Chapter Six (Bryce Canyon National Park; pdf, 822 KB)
- Chapter Seven (Canyonlands National Park; pdf, 647 KB)
- Chapter Eight (Capital Reef National Park; pdf, 170 KB)
- Chapter Nine (Grand Canyon National Park; pdf, 670 KB)
- Chapter Ten (Great Sand Dunes National Park; pdf, 299 KB)
- Chapter Eleven (Mesa Verde National Park; pdf, 583 KB)
- Chapter Twelve (Petrified Forest National Park; pdf, 399 KB)
- Chapter Thirteen (Zion National Park; pdf, 132 KB)
- Chapter Fourteen Summary (pdf, 76 KB)
- Appendix (pdf, 107 KB)
- Pacific Northwest Region
- 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; pdf, 499 KB)
- Final Report, Part Two (Class I Areas: Crater Lake NP, Craters of the Moon NM, Mount Rainier NP; pdf, 1.01 MB)
- Final Report, Part Three (Class I Areas: North Cascades NP, Olympic NP; pdf, 687 KB)
- Final Report, Part Four (Interim Guidelines and Literature Cited; pdf, 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 (pdf, 46 KB)
- Executive Summary (pdf, 28 KB)
- Chapter One Introduction (pdf, 541 KB)
- Chapter Two (Regional Characteristics; pdf, 783 KB)
- Chapter Three (Rocky Mountain National Park; pdf, 2.56 MB)
- Chapter Four (Grand Tetons National Park; pdf, 678 KB)
- Chapter Five (Yellowstone National Park; pdf, 887 KB)
- Chapter Six (Glacier National Park; pdf, 566 KB)
- Chapter Seven (Theodore Roosevelt National Park; pdf, 3.06 MB)
- Chapter Eight (Wind Cave National Park; pdf, 566 KB)
- Chapter Nine (Badlands National Park; pdf, 988 KB)
- Chapter Ten Literature Cited (pdf, 93 KB)
- Chapter Eleven Appendix (pdf, 28 KB)
- Acknowledgements (pdf, 14 KB)
- Acronyms (pdf, 49 KB)
- List of Figures (pdf, 33 KB)
- List of Tables (pdf, 76 KB)
- Rocky Mountain National Park Air Quality Initiative, Regulatory and Non-Regulatory Options (March 2005; pdf, 142 KB)
- Rocky Mountain National Park Air Quality Research Workshop Report
- Setting Limits: Using Air Pollution Thresholds to Protect and Restore U.S. Ecosystems (November 2011; pdf, 1.5 MB)
- Sierra Nevada-Southern Cascades (SNSC) Region Air Contaminants Research and Monitoring Report (July 2012; pdf 2.8 MB)
- Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative (SAMI) Final Report
- Final Report Summary (August 2002; pdf, 2.7 MB)
- Final Report (August 2002; pdf, 9.0 MB)
- Technical Information in Support of the Department of the Interior's Request for a Rule to Restore and Protect Air Quality Related Values
- Transmittal letter (October 2004; pdf, 124 KB)
- Introduction (October 2004; pdf, 124 KB)
- Overview of Ozone Effects on Vegetation (October 2004; pdf, 124 KB)
- Acid Deposition Impacts on Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems (October 2004; pdf, 124 KB)
- Visibility Conditions in National Parks (October 2004; pdf, 124 KB)
- Technical Guidance on Assessing Impacts to Air Quality in NEPA and Planning Documents (January 2011; pdf, 1.3 MB)
- Threats From Above: Air Pollution Impacts on Ecosystems and Biological Diversity in the Eastern United States (June 2008; pdf, 612 KB)
- Translating science into policy: Using ecosystem thresholds to protect resources in Rocky Mountain National Park (October 2007; pdf, 574 KB)
- Understanding Atmospheric Deposition to Complex Landscapes at Acadia National Park, Maine 2002-2005 (February 2007 pdf, 2.3 MB)
- Report Appendices (pdf, 1.9 MB)
- Weathers, Kathleen; Simken, Samuel; Lovett, Gary, and Lindberg, Steven. Empirical Modeling of Atmospheric Deposition in Mountainous Landscapes. Ecological Applications. 2006; 16(4)1590-1607.
- Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project (May 2003; pdf, 7.2 MB)
- Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project (WACAP) Factsheet (January 2005; pdf, 291 KB)
- Wet Deposition Monitoring Protocol: Monitoring Atmospheric Pollutants in Wet Deposition (April 2007; pdf, 1.3 MB)
- Why Federal Land Managers in the Northwest are Concerned about Nitrogen Emissions (December 2004; pdf, 0.8 MB)
- 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, 2.1 MB)