Introduction
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Introduction
This research involves investigating the potential climate change impacts on Denali National Park and Preserve (DNPP), Alaska. Our GIS analysis is focused on, 1) analyzing actual lighting strike data to see if anecdotes about recent lightning increases in the DNPP region are true and, 2) predicting potential temperature change impacts on the flora and fauna of the park in accordance with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) modeling scenarios.
Denali National Park and Preserve was originally established to protect its large mammals by naturalist, hunter, and conservationist Charles Sheldon. Sheldon first traveled in the area in 1906 with packer and guide Harry Karstens (Karstens later served as the park's first superintendent). After returning to the East Coast in 1908, as Chairman of the Boone & Crockett Club Sheldon launched a campaign to establish a national park. In 1917, Mount McKinley National Park was established but it wasn't until 1980 that Sheldon's original wishes to call the park Denali were realized. Denali means "Great One", the Innuit name for Mt. McKinley. Denali remains among America's most spectacular and most pristine national parks, and efforts to understand the impacts of climate change on this region are vital to maintaining the splendor of the park.
Steve Hasstedt
Steve Hasstedt - Contact
Lieutenant Colonel Steve Hasstedt is an active duty Air Force officer and PhD student in the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology (GDPE) at Colorado State University. Steve received his commission from the United States Air Force Academy, CO, in 1992.
After many years stationed and deployed away from the Centennial State, Steve and his family are thrilled to be back in Colorado. Steve enjoys his old growth research on the Uncompahgre Plateau in SW Colorado, reading, hiking, hunting and most of all spending time together with his family.
Education
B.S. in Biology, United States Air Force Academy, 1992
M.S. in Environmental Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2001
M.S. in Logistics and Global Mobility, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2005
Steven C. M. Hasstedt
Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
Graduate Degree Program In Ecology
Colorado State University
A120 Natural and Environmental Science Building (NESB)
Steven.Hasstedt@colostate.edu
(970) 818-1124
Doug Bailey
Doug Bailey - Contact
"I'm old. I'm so old I've done a lot of things .... and the more things I get to do, and the more things I get to learn, the more I like it. Life is too good to quit early."
Doug earned a B.A degree in biology & math in 1976, wanting to become a forest ranger. After years of consulting, still wanting to spend more time outdoors and less time in board rooms and court rooms, Doug returned to teaching, then to interning as a trail naturalist at an outdoor education center on a nature preserve, and finally back to school, studying a variety of natural resource disciplines at CSU - to try to figure out what to do next.
As for personal interests, Doug has been using the "overhead perspective" while working for so many years he pursued his private pilots' license, instrument rating, and will be finishing his commercial pilot rating in January 2012. His love of flying has led to handbuilding an airplane from scratch (wooden, of course - and after building lots of furniture and a few guitars & other instruments). His love the out-of-doors leads him to spend as much time with kyak and airplane, motorcycles and camping gear as his studies allow. His three adult children keep him busy the rest of the time remodeling homes, building cabins in the woods and playing with the dogs.
Education
B.S. in Biology/Mathematics, Franklin College, 1976
M.S. in Geology, Ball State University, 1987
Doug Bailey
Colorado State University
DCBailey5@aol.com
(513) 290-1963
