Isle Royale National Park Vegetation Change Analysis 1996 to 2017 - Randomly Selected Sites

Vegetation change is an important issue facing managers at Isle Royale National Park (ISRO). These data were created using high-resolution imagery collected in the winter of 2017 which was compared to the vegetation map of the National Park published in 2000 (project imagery collected in 1994 and 1996). These data review where vegetation cover type, density, and pattern have changed since imagery collection for the 2000 publication and provide a proposed reason for the change.

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Monument Rock, a stack associated with the shoreline of postglacial Lake Minong. Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Monument Rock, a stack associated with the shoreline of postglacial Lake Minong. Photo by T. Haas, U.S. National Park Service, circa 1971. Figure 17, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 754-A; Figure 67, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Specimen from the Washington Island Flow. Ophitic texture is obscure, but characteristic dark chlorite splotches are visible. Circa 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Specimen from the Washington Island Flow. Ophitic texture is obscure, but characteristic dark chlorite splotches are visible. Circa 1971. Figure 16, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 754-C; Figure 25, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Isle Royal National Park (ISRO): Initial Forest Communities of Isle Royale National Park

This data set represents initial forest communities developed for Isle Royale National Park. LANDIS-II requires an input data layer that contains the ages of each species cohort present within each cell of the landscape. To develop this layer, we matched the composition of forest inventory plots to a map of forest types, and randomly imputed U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Inventory plots within each matching forest type

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Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Slabby sandstone outcrop on Stone House Island. 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Slabby sandstone outcrop on Stone House Island. Circa 1971. Figure 28, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Chlorastrolite amygdules showing characteristic segmented pattern. Circa 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Chlorastrolite amygdules showing characteristic segmented pattern. Circa 1971. Figure 72, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Total mercury concentrations in dragonfly larvae from U.S. national parks (ver. 9.0, November 2023)

Comma-separated values (.csv) file containing data related to mercury concentrations in dragonfly samples from U.S. National Parks collected as part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project (DMP). This data release supersedes Eagles-Smith, C.A., Nelson, S.J., Flanagan-Pritz, C.M., Willacker Jr., J.J., and Klemmer, A.J., 2018, Total mercury concentrations in dragonfly larvae from U.S. national parks (ver. 8.0, December 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TK6NPT. Please contact fresc_outreach@usgs.gov for access.

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Acadia National Park, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Amistad National Recreation Area, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, All tags... Aquatic Biology, Assateague Island National Seashore, Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, Bear Creek Lake Park, Bear Meadows Natural Area, Big Bend National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Big Thicket National Preserve, Buffalo National River, Cape Cod National Seashore, Capitol Reef National Park, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Channel Islands National Park, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, City of Rocks National Reserve, Colorado National Monument, Congaree National Park, Crater Lake National Park, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Death Valley National Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Denali National Park and Preserve, Devils Tower National Monument, East Inlet Natural Area-Connecticut Lakes Nature Preserve, Ecology, Ell Pond Preserve, Everglades National Park, Fort Larned National Historic Site, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge National Natural Landmark, Gateway National Recreation Area, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve, Glacier National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Teton National Park, Great Basin National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Homestead National Monument, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Hot Springs National Park, Indiana Dunes National Park, Isle Royale National Park, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Joshua Tree National Park, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Lilley Cornett Woods, Mammoth Cave National Park, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, Maurice National Wild and Scenic River, Minute Man National Historical Park, Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, Monocacy National Battlefield, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Mount Rainier National Park, Natchez Trace Parkway and National Scenic Trail, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, Niobrara National Scenic River, North Cascades National Park, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Olympic National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Padre Island National Seashore, Petersburg National Battlefield, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Pinnacles National Park, Pipestone National Monument, Prince William Forest Park, Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Redwood National Park, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River, Rock Creek Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Saguaro National Park, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Shenandoah National Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Sudbury, Assabet & Concord Wild & Scenic Rivers, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Timucuan Ecological Historic Preserve, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tuzigoot National Monument, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Voyageurs National Park, Water Quality, Weir Farm National Historical Park, Wekiva Wild & Scenic River, White Mountain National Forest, Wildlife Biology, Wind Cave National Park, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Zion National Park, biota, environment, mercury contamination, Fewer tags

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Tuff-breccia overlying the Greenstone Flow. Fragmental character is clearly evident in this outcrop, which is close to the base of the pyroclastic unit on the north shore of Tobin Harbor near Newman Island . Circa 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Tuff-breccia overlying the Greenstone Flow. Fragmental character is clearly evident in this outcrop, which is close to the base of the pyroclastic unit on the north shore of Tobin Harbor near Newman Island. The knife is 7 centimeters long. Circa 1971. Figure 20, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 754-C; Figure 20, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Specimen of Prehnite amygdules. Note the radiating fibrous structure with development of "eyes." Circa 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Specimen of Prehnite amygdules. Note the radiating fibrous structure with development of "eyes." Circa 1971. Figure 74, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Mercury Bioaccumulation in US National Parks Using Dragonfly Larvae as Biosentinels, 2009-2018

Comma-separated values (.csv) files containing data related to a National-scale assessment of mercury bioaccumulation in the US National Parks using dragonfly larvae as biosentinels through a citizen science framework.

Categories: Data; Tags: Acadia National Park, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Aquatic Biology, All tags... Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, Bear Creek Lake Park, Bear Meadows Natural Area, Big Bend National Park, Big Cypress National Park, Big Thicket National Preserve, Buffalo National River, Cape Cod National Seashore, Capitol Reef National Park, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Channel Islands National Park, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Colorado National Monument, Congaree National Park, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Death Valley National Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Denali National Park and Preserve, Devils Tower National Monument, East Inlet Natural Area-Connecticut Lakes Nature Preserve, Ecology, Environmental Health, Everglades National Park, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge National Natural Landmark, Gateway National Recreation Area, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve, Glacier National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Teton National Park, Great Basin National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Homestead National Historic Site, Hot Springs National Park, Indiana Dunes National Park, Isle Royale National Park, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Lake Clark National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Mammoth Cave National Park, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, Maurice National Wild & Scenic River, Minute Man National Historical Park, Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, Monocacy National Battlefield, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Mount Rainier National Park, Natchez Trace Parkway and National Scenic Trail, Niobrara National Scenic River, North Cascades National Park, Olympic National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Padre Island National Seashore, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Pinnacles National Park, Pipestone National Monument, Prince William Forest Park, Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Redwood National Park, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rock Creek Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Saguaro National Park, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Shenandoah National Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Timucuan Ecological Historic Preserve, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tuzigoot National Monument, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Voyageurs National Park, Water Quality, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wildlife Biology, Wind Cave National Park, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Zion National Park, biota, environment, mercury contamination, Fewer tags

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Amygdaloid with calcite amygdules and calcite vein at top. Circa 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Amygdaloid with calcite amygdules and calcite vein at top. Circa 1971. Figure 14, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Copper Harbor Conglomerate sloping gently southeast into Lake Superior near Attwood Beach. Circa 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Copper Harbor Conglomerate sloping gently southeast into Lake Superior near Attwood Beach. Circa 1971. Figure 26, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Isle Royale National Park Vegetation Mapping Project - Spatial Vegetation Data

The National Park Service (NPS), in conjunction with the Biological Resources Division (BRD) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), has implemented a program to "develop a uniform hierarchical vegetation methodology" at a national level. The program will also create a geographic information system (GIS) database for the parks under its management. The purpose of the data is to document the state of vegetation within the NPS service area during the 1990's, thereby providing a baseline study for further analysis at the Regional or Service-wide level. The vegetation units of this map were determined through stereoscopic interpretation of aerial photographs supported by field sampling and ecological analysis. The vegetation...

Tags: Aerial Information Systems, Center for Biological Informatics, Environmental System Research Institute, Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, All tags... Michigan, National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Geological Service, association, community, land cover, land use, vegetation, Fewer tags

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Agate typical of those occurring in the Tuff-breccia overlying the Greenstone Flow. 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Agate typical of those occurring in the Tuff-breccia overlying the Greenstone Flow. The knife is 7 centimeters long. Circa 1971. Figure 21, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 754-C; Figure 76, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Characteristic textures of volcanic rocks On Isle Royale. Isle Royale National Park, Keweenaw County, Michigan. 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Characteristic textures of volcanic rocks On Isle Royale: pegmatite from the differentiated zone of the Greenstone Flow on the east end of Passage Island. This rock has a texture in which all of the minerals, especially the plagioclase, are larger when compared with those in most of the other rock types; the elongate plagioclase laths give the rock a matted appearance. Circa 1971. Figure 4-E, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 754-C; Figure 12-E, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Isle Royale National Park Vegetation Change Analysis 1996 to 2017 - Selected Sites

Vegetation change is an important issue facing managers at Isle Royale National Park (ISRO). These data were created using high-resolution imagery collected in the winter of 2017 which was compared to the vegetation map of the National Park published in 2000 (project imagery collected in 1994 and 1996). These data review where vegetation cover type, density, and pattern have changed since imagery collection for the 2000 publication and provide a proposed reason for the change.

Tags: Isle Royale National Park, Lake Superior, Michigan, forest ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, All tags... geospatial datasets, habitats, island ecosystems, land use and land cover, scientific interpretation, succession (biological), terrestrial ecosystems, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Rocky shoreline on Isle Royale. Circa 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Rocky shoreline on Isle Royale. Circa 1971. Figure 3, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Columnar jointing in the Edwards Island Flow on the north side of Edwards Island. 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Columnar jointing in the Edwards Island Flow on the north side of Edwards Island. Circa 1971. Figure 14, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 754-C; Figure 18, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Modern drying mud showing features similar to ancient desiccation cracks and raindrop impressions on siltstone. Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Circa 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Modern drying mud showing features similar to ancient desiccation cracks and raindrop impressions on siltstone. Photo by D.M. Baird, circa 1971. Figure 36-C, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Glacial striations near Moskey Basin Campground. Circa 1971.

Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Glacial striations near Moskey Basin Campground. Circa 1971. Figure 5, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 754-A; Figure 47, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1309.

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