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Gates of the Arctic

Gates of the Arctic. National Park Research Assignment. When did this park gain National Park status?. Around 1980 Congress passed the land claims act which created 106 million acres of new protected lands in Alaska. This helped create fifteen National Parks around the Brooks Range.

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Gates of the Arctic

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  1. Gates of the Arctic National Park Research Assignment

  2. When did this park gain National Park status? • Around 1980 Congress passed the land claims act which created 106 million acres of new protected lands in Alaska. This helped create fifteen National Parks around the Brooks Range.

  3. Where is it located? • Gates of the Arctic National Park can be found in Alaska around the Brooks Range. The closest major city is Fairbanks, AK.

  4. How big is the park? • Gates of the Arctic is 8,500,000 acres in size. Two National Parks that are of a similar size are Wrangell-St. Elias and Denali which both located in Alaska.

  5. What is there to do at Gates of the Arctic? • You can camp, hike, and watch the wildlife at the National Park.

  6. What historical events took place there? • A well known event in American history is the Gold Rush. Prospectors created towns as they went across Alaska. A few of the prospectors went down the Koyukuk river.

  7. What climate does your national park have? • At the beginning and end of the year the temperature goes into the negative numbers. Weather is a big factor in the ecosystem of the park. I would recommend the summer time myself because that is when you can see the park in its full glory.

  8. What types of wildlife can be found there? • You can find beaver, muskox, wood frogs, and the common loon in the summer time. Other then that I don’t think there is much wildlife in the winter except for fox and maybe caribou.

  9. Citation page • http://www.nps.gov/gaar/planyourvisit/outdooractivities.htm • http://www.nps.gov/gaar/planyourvisit/weatherandclimate.htm • http://www.nps.gov/gaar/naturescience/animals.htm • http://geography.about.com/od/unitedstatesofamerica/a/largest-national-parks.htm

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