This project provides transportation support to Martin Van Buren NHS's first General Management Plan (GMP), which will be complete in 2010 or 2011. This study investigates existing transportation infrastructure, local transportation links, and regional transportation connections. The study looks at how alternative transportation may attract additional park visitors, accommodate event visitation, and incorporate new park activities.

Since 2004, Colonial National Historical Park (Colonial NHP) has operated seasonal shuttle services to connect key visitor attractions in the area, including Colonial Williamsburg, Historic Jamestowne, and the Yorktown Battlefield. In August 2010, the US Department of Transportation (US DOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation System Center (Volpe Center) administered a survey to visitors not arriving by shuttle. The survey follows an earlier survey of shuttle riders, conducted in 2009, also by the Volpe Center. The 2010 survey asked visitors for basic demographic information, level of...

This report summarizes the high-level planning steps in the ITS implementation process, reports on the resulting conclusions, and provides guidance on the next steps in the implementation process: system design, procurement, and deployment.

This document describes the geologic setting of Zion National Park which is located in the semi- arid desert of southwestern Utah

This document describes the rationale and methods used by the National Park Service (NPS) for long-term monitoring of paleontological sites and resources at Zion National Park. The monitoring effort will collect data for key metrics representing the health of paleontological resources in Zion NP. The monitoring provides park managers with a warning of changes that are occurring, and justifies further administrative action. This narrative portion of the protocol provides background and justification for the monitoring of paleontological resources, as well as brief descriptions of data...

Wolf populations have been monitored in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (YUCH) from March 1993 to present. Beginning October 2005 the project was incorporated into CAKN Vital signs monitoring program. While the primary objectives of wolf monitoring will be to track the distribution and abundance of wolves, a variety of accessory data will be obtained in the monitoring process that are likely to be valuable for wildlife management and research.

Wolves are a species specifically identified in the enabling legislation and management objectives of all three CAKN parks (U. S. Congress 1980). While the primary objectives of wolf monitoring was to track the distribution and abundance of wolves, a variety of accessory data was obtained in the monitoring process that is valuable for wildlife management and research. The body of data on wolf populations in Alaska parks is of great value in developing scientific models of predator/prey systems. These data are used to determine and possibly mitigate impacts of wolf control activities outside...

This report focuses on monitoring the wolf population that utilize Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (YUCH). Wolves are of great importance to people from both consumptive and non-consumptive viewpoints, and to the ecosystem as a whole. From a monitoring standpoint, wolves are considered to be good indicators of long-term habitat change within park ecosystems because they depend on healthy populations of large ungulate prey, which in turn respond to vegetation, weather and other habitat patterns across the entire landscape. As a top predator, wolves can play a key role in influencing...

This report focuses on monitoring the wolf population that utilize Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (YUCH). Wolves are of great importance to people from both consumptive and non-consumptive viewpoints, and to the ecosystem as a whole. From a monitoring standpoint, wolves are considered to be good indicators of long-term habitat change within park ecosystems because they depend on healthy populations of large ungulate prey, which in turn respond to vegetation, weather and other habitat patterns across the entire landscape. As a top predator, wolves can play a key role in influencing...

The purpose of this survey was to estimate the moose population size, and sex/age composition for the Yukon River corridor with YUCH. Moose population information is needed by Preserve and state wildlife managers for monitoring long-term population trends and to make informed decisions regarding proposed changes to moose hunting regulations for this area.