Mount Redoubt in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Erupts as Predicted
Alaska's Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is back in the news with the eruption overnight of Mt. Redoubt.
- By Jim Burnett - March 23rd, 2009 9:55am
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Alaska Game Officials Being Asked to Ease Off On Killing Bears and Wolves in National Park Preserves
For many Lower 48ers, the state of Alaska is perceived as a big, raw chunk of wilderness, complete with booming wildlife populations. And perhaps it is, but there's a growing concern that Alaska's wildlife managers are getting carried away with their bag limits on national park landscapes.
Volcanics in the National Parks: They Ain't All Tied to "Redoubt"
Yellowstone National Park entered the new year shaking and rattling. Fortunately, there hasn’t been any real rolling just yet. But over at Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Redoubt Volcano has been going through its own gyrations, and volcanologists suspect it just might erupt any time now. Against that backdrop, if you want to see volcanics in action, or signs thereof, the National Park System has many opportunities for you.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 4th, 2009 2:38pm
Lake Clark National Park's Redoubt Volcano Still Sputtering and Fuming, But No Eruption. Yet.
Scientists are continuing to take the pulse of Redoubt Volcano in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve 24 hours a day. While more than a week ago they were saying an eruption was "imminent," this week they've stepped away from that pronouncement somewhat.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 4th, 2009 10:07am
If Science in Lake Clark National Park Is Good, Is It Also Good in Yellowstone National Park?
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is praising the scientists who are keeping tabs on Redoubt Volcano in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, using them as an example of "the importance of investing in science..." Which begs the question of whether science is just as important elsewhere in the National Park System?
Updated: Lake Clark National Park's Redoubt Volcano Begins To Awake, Eruption Thought to be Imminent
Yellowstone National Park drew geologists' attention early this year with a long swarm of small earthquakes. And now a volcano in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve seems to be waking up, with geologists saying an eruption is imminent.
National Park Quiz 15: Ring of Fire
This week’s quiz tests your knowledge of geologic features and processes in the national parks that lie within the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that rings the Pacific Basin. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we'll make you write "convergent boundary" 100 times on the whiteboard.
- By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 8:05am
Is Mining Threatening Our National Parks in Alaska?
The history of mining in Alaska has left a legacy of pollution and other harmful negative impacts to our lands and waters, including those now protected within our National Park System. While some of these old mines are now being cleaned up, others are creating new problems.
- By Joan Frankevich - January 29th, 2008 5:59pm
Park History: Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Though not one of the most remote national parks in Alaska, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve isn't at a loss for rugged and spectacular terrain. Across its 4-million-plus acres you can find plenty of places to achieve solitude.
- By Kurt Repanshek - December 1st, 2007 10:30am
Twenty-seven Years Ago, Eight National Parks Came to Be
Never before have, and probably never again will, so many national parks come into existence on the same date. Given birth by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act were Denali, Gates of Arctic, Glacier Bay, Katmai, Kenai Fjords, Kobuk Valley, Lake Clark and Wrangell-St. Elias national parks.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 29th, 2011 1:05pm
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