Observing Climate Change in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (BELA) and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (KLGO).

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This project will be conducted in two phases as funds become available. Overall, the entire project will educate an array of audiences to the effects of climate change in two of Alaskaâ¿¿s National Parks and Preserves in an interactive online fashion as told by those who have experienced or observed changes over time. It will capture through oral interviews the effects of climate change in both parks, providing opportunity for audiences to draw comparisons to two distinct regions of Alaska. Where applicable, interviews will pay particular attention to: vegetation succession; retreating glaciers; vertical advance of tree lines; changes to coastal lagoons and formation of sea ice; shoreline erosion; permafrost melt; and shifts in phenology. Additionally, the cultural impact of such changes on the flora, fauna, and humans; and the adaptations all are making to these changes will be documented. Materials collected will be featured online as a â¿¿Project Jukeboxâ¿¿ (www.jukebox.uaf.edu) and hosted by the UAF. Targeted audience for the Project Jukebox is the general public, students, educational institutions (local and globally for those who have access to the Internet), scientists, NPS employees, academics and non-academics of all ages who have an interest in northern climate change. To create additional climate change education and outreach opportunities, lesson plans will be developed utilizing the Project Jukebox as a multidisciplinary educational tool and will be presented to local and regional schools, in addition to being offered as an instructional resource for teachers through NPS websites.

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