Biological Inventory Program
The goal of the NPS biological inventory program is to provide park managers with comprehensive, scientifically-based information about the nature and status of selected biological resources occurring within park boundaries in a form that increases its accessibility and utility for making management decisions, for scientific research, and for educating the public. The inventories will also lay the groundwork necessary for park managers to develop effective monitoring programs and to formulate effective management strategies for resource management and protection.
To attain these basic goals, NPS biological inventories will be designed to meet three basic objectives:
- To document through existing, verifiable data and targeted field investigations the occurrence of at least 90 percent of the species of vertebrates and vascular plants currently estimated to occur in the park.
- To describe the distribution and relative abundance of species of special concern, such as Threatened and Endangered species, exotics, and other species of special management interest occurring within park boundaries.
- To provide the baseline information needed to develop a general monitoring strategy and design that can be implemented by parks once inventories have been completed, tailored to specific park threats and resource issues.
A review of existing data and new field surveys began in 2001. Inventories will continue until their expected completion in 2005.
These data are being managed centrally in a system called NPSpecies and will be incorporated into searchable online databases and geographic information systems that will become essential components to park natural resource management.
NPSpecies
- NPS Biodiversity Service Center
- NPSpecies login required
| Summary Species Lists | |
|---|---|
| Amphibians | The wood frog is the only amphibian known in the Southwest Parks. |
| Birds | SWAN Certified List |
| Fish | Draft List |
| Mammals | SWAN Certified Short List SWAN Certified Long List |
| Vascular Plants | SWAN Certfied Short List |
Amphibians
View Statewide Amphibian Inventory Study
| PDF 6 mb |
Anderson, Blain C. An Opportunistic Amphibian Inventory in Alaskas National Parks 2001-2003. 2004 |
Freshwater Fish Inventories
| PDF 4 mb |
Jones, Tahzay M., Laurel A. Bennett, and Troy R. Hamon. Baseline Inventory of Freshwater Fishes of the Southwest Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network: Alagnak Wild River, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. 2005. |
PDF |
Miller, Joe L. Freshwater Fish Inventory of the Alagnak Watershed, Alagnak Wild River, Southwest Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network . 2003. |
| PDF < 1 mb |
Miller, Joe, and Joel Markis. Freshwater Fish Inventory of Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Southwest Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network. 2004. |
| PDF 30 mb |
Russell, Richard. A Fisheries inventory of waters in the Lake Clark National Monument area. Juneau, AK: Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish, 1980. |
Birds
| PDF 4 mb |
Van Hemert, C., C. M. Handel, M. N. Cady and J. Terenzi. 2006. Summer Landbird Inventory of Kenai Fjords National Park. US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. NPS/AKRSWAN/NRTR-2006/04 |
| PDF 4 mb |
Ruthrauff, D. R., T. L. Tibbitts, R. E. Gill and C. M. Handel. 2007. Inventory of montane-nesting birds in Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks and Preserves. NPS and USGS, Anchorage, AK. NPS/AKRSWAN/NRTR-2007/02 |
| PDF 2 mb |
Ruthrauff, D. R., and T. L. Tibbitts. 2009. Inventory of breeding birds in Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/SWAN/NRTR—2009/186. |
Invertebrates
| PDF 4 mb |
Lees, D. C. and W. B. Driskell. 2006. Intertidal reconnaissance survey to assess composition, distribution, and habitat of marine/estuarine infauna in soft sediments in the Southwest Alaska Network. National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Network, Anchorage, AK. NPS/AKRSWAN/NRTR-2006/01 |
| PDF 3 mb |
Lees, D. C. 2006. Guide to intertidal bivalves in southwest Alaska national parks. National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Network, Anchorage, AK. NPS/AKRSWAN/NRTR-2006/02 |
Mammals
| PDF <1mb App. <1mb |
Cook, J. A. and S. O. MacDonald. 2005. Mammal inventory of Alaska's National Parks and Preserves, Southwest Alaska Network: Kenai Fjords National Park, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, and Katmai National Park and Preserve. |
| PDF <1mb |
Cook, Joseph A., and Stephen O. MacDonald. Mammal Inventory of Alaska's National Parks and Preserves, Kenai Fjords National Park Annual Report 2003. 2003. |
| PDF <1mb |
Cook, Joseph A., and Stephen O. MacDonald. Mammal Inventory of Alaska's National Parks and Preserves, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Annual Report 2003. 2004. |
| PDF <1mb |
Cook, J. A. and S. O. MacDonald. 2004. Mammal Inventory of Alaska's National Parks and Preserves: Katmai National Park and Preserve, Annual Report 2004: National Park Service. National Park Service. |
| PDF 22 mb |
Small Mammals Handbook Condensed |
| PDF <1 mb |
Robinson, S.J., L.P. Waits, and I.D. Martin. 2007. Evaluation of Genetic Structure Among Black Bears (Ursus americanus) in Kenai Fjords National Park and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, Final Report 2007. National Park Service. |
Vascular Plants
| PDF |
Carlson, M. L. and R. Lipkin. 2003. Alagnak Wild River and Katmai National Park Vascular Plant Inventory Annual Technical Report. National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Network, Anchorage, AK. NPS/AKR/SWAN/NRTR-2003/01 |
| PDF |
Carlson, M. L., R. Lipkin and J. A. Michaelson. 2005. Southwest Alaska Network, Vascular Plant Inventory, Summary Report. NPS, Southwest Alaska Network, Anchorage, AK. NPS/AKR/SWAN/NRTR-2005/07 |
| PDF |
Carlson, M. L., R. Lipkin, M. Sturdy and J. A. Michealson. 2004. Kenai Fjords National Park [2003] vascular plant inventory final annual report. NPS, Southwest Alaska Network, Anchorage, AK. NPS/AKR/SWAN/NRTR-2004/02 |
| PDF |
Lipkin, R. 2002. Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Vascular Plant Inventory 2001 Field Season Annual Progress Report. NPS/AKR/SWAN/NRTR-2002/01 |
| PDF |
Lipkin, R. 2005. Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, vascular plant inventory, final technical report. National Park Service, Southwest Alaska Network, Anchorage, AK. NPS/AKR/SWAN/NRTR-2005/06 |
| PDF |
Miller, A. E., P. Spencer, M. L. Carlson and R. Lipkin. 2006. Vascular plant inventory and baseline monitoring of nunatak communities 2005, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve and Kenai Fjords National Park. National Park Service, Inventory & Monitoring Program, Anchorage, AK. |
Biological References :
- NPS Biodiversity Service Center
- University of Alaska Museum Collections and Research
- University of Michigan Fungus Collection - (contains some Alaskan specimens)
- Plants Database - includes vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- CNIPM - Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plants Management in Alaska
- The Alaska Vegetation Classification, L.A. Viereck, C.T. Dyrness, A.R. Batten, and K.J. Wenzlick
- North Pacific Seabird Colony Database - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
