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Remote Sensing Of Avalanche Paths In Glacier National Park, Montana, Morgan Voss
Remote Sensing Of Avalanche Paths In Glacier National Park, Montana, Morgan Voss
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
Snow avalanches are the common form of mass wasting in the high mountain environments of Glacier National Park (GNP), Montana. These natural disturbances play important roles in mountain ecosystems by regularly disturbing montane systems, providing critical habitat for some species, transporting debris, and influencing vegetation and fire dynamics. Since the 1900s, natural avalanche-related activity recorded along important transportation corridors within the park has frequently disrupted transportation.
While many of the steep slopes of GNP are susceptible to avalanching, formal inventories exist only for small, critical portions of the park and they vary substantially from one another. GNP’s protected status does …
Mapping Ideologies: Place Names In Glacier National Park, Kaitlin E. Pipitone
Mapping Ideologies: Place Names In Glacier National Park, Kaitlin E. Pipitone
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
This thesis examines the intersection of place names and language ideologies. In particular, I identify and analyze the emergent language ideologies in discussions about place names in six written sources related to Glacier National Park. I propose that the authors construct language ideologies about place names through the three semiotic processes identified by Irvine and Gal (2000): iconization, fractal recursivity, and erasure. Further, I argue that language ideologies have historically authorized choices about place names on the basis of linguistic differentiation.
Examining six written sources, the publication of which span nearly a century, I identify several excerpts in which authors …
Modeling And Forecasting Glacier National Park Visitation, Michael James Kernan
Modeling And Forecasting Glacier National Park Visitation, Michael James Kernan
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
National parks have recently seen increased visitation demand. Glacier National Park is located in an area where changes in weather and climate will occur at an accelerated rate. Changes in fire and precipitation regimes are taking place at a time when Glacier National Park is setting new visitation records. This paper uses regression and forecast models to investigate the changing landscape of park visitation.
Findings suggest important impacts to monthly visitation and cycling on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park are associated with forest fire activity and precipitation. The conclusions of this paper support perceptions about the effect natural occurrences …