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Stories Yet Told: Alaska’s Cultural Heritage in a Time of Unprecedented Climate Change

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The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Aug. 30. It is reproduced in full below.

Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy. Washington, DC: Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science and Climate Change Response Program, National Park Service.

Sams III, C. F. 2022.

Statement of Charles F. Sams III Director, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Before the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives. May 18, 2022. Available at: (accessed June 2023).

Scheidel, Arnim, et al. 2023.

Global impacts of extractive and industrial development projects on Indigenous Peoples’ lifeways, lands, and rights. Science Advances 9(3): eade9557.

Shah, M. 2006.

Preservation Plan for Tuxedni Bay and Clam Cove Pictograph Sites, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. Report on file at the National Park Service / Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska Association for Historic Preservation, Anchorage.

Stoddart, M., J. Cherner, and D. Dwyer. 2021.

Haaland embraces ‘indigenous knowledge’ in confronting historic climate change impacts. Available at: Haaland embraces ‘indigenous knowledge’ in confronting historic climate change impacts - ABC News (go.com) (accessed June 2023).

Taylor, W. and Y. Running Horse Collin. March 30, 2023.

Archaeology and genomics together with Indigenous knowledge revise the human-horse story in the American West. Available at: Archaeology and genomics together with Indigenous knowledge revise the human-horse story in the American West (theconversation.com) (accessed June 2023).

Thoman, R. and J. E. Walsh. 2019.

Alaska’s changing environment: Documenting Alaska’s physical and biological changes through observations. H. R. McFarland, Ed. International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I [Wuebbles, D. J., D. W. Fahey, K. A. Hibbard, D. J. Dokken, B. C. Stewart, and T. K. Maycock, eds.]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, 470 pp.

Select critical reading

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A Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Archaeological Sites to Climate Change: Theory, Development, and Application. Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 16(3): 268-282.

Dawson, T., C. Nimura, E. López-Romero, and M. Daire, eds. 2017.

Public Archaeology and Climate Change, 1st edition. Oxbow Books, United Kingdom. 208 pp.

Jarvis, J. B. 2014.

Policy Memorandum 14-02, Climate Change and Stewardship of Cultural Resources. National Park Service. Available at: https://www.nps.gov/policy/PolMemos/PM-14-02.htm (accessed June 2023)

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National Park Service Climate Change Response Strategy. National Park Service Climate Change Response Program, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Wright, J. P. and Morris Hylton III. 2022.

Plan the work, work the plan: An introduction to the National Park Service Climate, Science, and Disaster Response Program. Parks Stewardship Forum 38(3): 389-411.

Xiao, X., P. Li, and E. Seekamp. 2023.

Sustainable adaptation planning for cultural heritage in coastal tourism destinations under climate change: A mixed-paradigm of preservation and conservation optimization. Journal of Tourism Research.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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