Glacier National Park

  Partnership Projects in Glacier National Park

• 1999 - Effect of changing atmospheric deposition on the chemistry of lakes in national parks in the Intermountain Region (multi-park project)
• 2002 - Occurrence of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Current-Use Pesticides in Seasonal Snowpacks, Lake Water and Lake Sediment (multi-park project)
• 2005 - Effects of Wildfire on Water Quality
• 2007 - Baseline Assessment of Water Quality and Aquatic Communities of the North Fork of the Flathead River

Partnership Publications

Mast, M.A., W.T. Foreman, and S.V. Skaates. 2006. Organochlorine compounds and current-use pesticides in snow and lake sediment in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado and Glacier National Park in Montana, 2002-2003. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5119. 54 p.

Mast, M.A. and D.W. Clow. 2008. Effects of 2003 wildfires on stream chemistry in Glacier National Park. Hydrological Processess, 22(25), doi: 10.1002/hyp.7121. (early release - official document expected early 2009).

Clow, D.W., J.O. Sickman, R.G. Striegl, D.P. Krabbenhoft, J.G. Elliott, M. Dornblaser, D.A. Roth, and D.H. Campbell. 2003. Changes in the chemistry of lakes and precipitation in high-elevation national parks in the western United States, 1985-1999. Water Resources Research, 39(6), 1171, doi: 10.1029/2002WR001533.

Clow, D.W., R.G. Striegl, L. Nanus, M.A. Mast, D.H. Campbell, and D.P. Krabbenhoft. 2002. Current status of high-elevation lake chemistry in seven national parks in the western United States. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus 2(2) 139-164. U.S. Geological Survey.

National Park Service Site: http://www.nps.gov/glac/