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By Claire Donnelly <\/strong><\/p>\n

The glaciers in Glacier National Park<\/a> are melting.<\/p>\n

Snowpack in Yellowstone National Park is decreasing.<\/p>\n

Blueberry bushes in Acadia National Park are flowering weeks earlier than they did more than 100 years ago.<\/p>\n

These are just some of the ways that climate change is threatening the national parks.<\/p>\n

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There are more than 400 landmarks that are managed by the National Park Service<\/a>, like the Everglades<\/a> in Florida and the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in New York. National parks receive more than 275 million visitors every year.<\/p>\n

To commemorate the Park Service\u2019s centennial, the film company MacGillivray Freeman released National Parks Adventure<\/em><\/a>, a documentary highlighting more than 30 national parks\u2014from the dramatic rock formations of Arches<\/a> in Utah to the snow-capped mountains of the Grand Tetons<\/a> in Wyoming.<\/p>\n

\"Snow-capped<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Snow-capped mountains dominate the horizon in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. (NPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"The<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The sun sets over the massive rock formations in Arches National Park. (Jacob W. Frank\/NPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Visitors<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Visitors gaze upon a glacier at Glacier National Park in Montana. (NPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Indiana<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore covers 15 miles of the southern shore of Lake Michigan. (Michelle Michael\/NPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Fall<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Fall colors enliven the landscape at Acadia National Park in Maine. (NPS photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"The<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Grand Canyon is 227 river miles long, up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep. (Claire Donnelly\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"The<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The beach at the south end of Outer Island at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is part of a formation called a sandspit. (NPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n

National Parks Adventure<\/em> director Greg MacGillivray visited Chicago Feb. 26 for a screening of his film at the Museum of Science and Industry<\/a>, where he chatted with more than 100 Chicago-area fourth through sixth graders about what it was like to make the film.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love the fact that we can all go to these places any time we want,\u201d MacGillivray said. \u201c[W]e all own these best places in our country. That is so fair and democratic. I adore it.\u201d<\/p>\n

But these delicate and beautiful ecosystems are increasingly endangered.<\/p>\n

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Warming temperatures and changing weather patterns are altering the migration patterns of animals; increasing the severity, frequency and size of wildfires; and making it easier for non-native plant and animal species to invade, according to the National Park Service. National parks could look very different after another 100 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know for sure that our snowpack is decreasing,\u201d said Ann Rodman, acting branch chief for physical sciences at Yellowstone National Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Snowpack is the accumulation of snowfall. Despite variability from year to year, Yellowstone\u2019s snowpack has been steadily decreasing for the past few decades as a result of warming temperatures, Rodman said.<\/p>\n

In Yellowstone and many other western national parks, the snowpack stores much of the region\u2019s water, which melts and flows into rivers in springtime. It is an important part of the ecosystem.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It\u2019s] going to be a huge change if there\u2019s less snow stored in these big areas,\u201d Rodman said.<\/p>\n

For Midwest destinations, like Apostle Islands National Lakeshore<\/a> in Wisconsin and Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore<\/a>, lake levels could see dramatic increases or decreases due to melting sea ice or increased drought conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cLake level is a question mark for all the Great Lakes parks and shorelines,\u201d said Kim Swift, education program manager at Indiana Dunes. She said any change in lake level could have a serious impact on these coastal parks.<\/p>\n

The Apostle Islands got a preview of these possibly dramatic consequences when Lake Superior was two feet below its average level from 2007 to 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur docks were way high out of the water,\u201d said Bob Krumenaker, superintendent of Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. \u201cWe saw this as a window to what our future might look like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since then, Lake Superior has seen less dramatic change, but Krumenaker said he has begun making adjustments to the park to accommodate potential lake level changes, including spending at least $1 million to change the height of the lakeshore docks based on climate scientists\u2019 projections of lake levels.<\/p>\n

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Michigan’s upper peninsula is visible from the lighthouse tower on Michigan Island at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. (NPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore also faces challenges in the winter season. The ice on Lake Superior is not lasting as long as in previous years and the number of days that ice covers the lake continues to decline.<\/p>\n

Data collected over a period of more than 150 years from Lake Superior between the town of Bayfield, Wisconsin and Madeline Island show the length of time that ice cover made the waterway impassable for ships.<\/p>\n

The data show a steady decline of ice duration at an average rate of 3.4 days per decade since 1857. But since 1975, the average rate of decline has accelerated to 14.7 days per decade\u2014more than quadruple the previous rate, said Forrest Howk, lead author of a 2009 paper<\/a> in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.<\/p>\n

This year, the ferry between Bayfield and Madeline Island has been able to run continuously, meaning that the 2016 record will show zero days of ice duration, said Krumenaker.<\/p>\n

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is known for its ice caves<\/a>–rocky hollows along the coast of Lake Superior. Park visitors can access these caves by walking on the frozen surface of the lake, but only if the Park Service determines the ice is stable enough.<\/p>\n

\"Water
Water drips down from a cave ceiling at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and is frozen into icicles. (NPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2014, 138,000 people visited the ice caves, including a record-breaking 14,000 visitors in a single day.<\/p>\n

The ice caves were only accessible for nine days in 2015, though Krumenaker said this isn\u2019t strictly due to climate change. He said although the frequency of stable ice is declining, the park is also very cautious about allowing people to walk on the frozen lake.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes a lot of things \u2026 even in the absence of climate change for the Park Service to feel like we can open the access route,\u201d Krumenaker said.<\/p>\n

So how will these changing park ecosystems affect wildlife in the national parks?<\/p>\n

In many places, like Acadia National Park<\/a> in Maine, climate change is gradually shifting plant blooming times.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe blueberries in the area now flower more than three weeks earlier than they did 160 years ago or so,\u201d said John Kelly, management assistant at Acadia.<\/p>\n

Kelly said that Maine, a state known for its blueberries, has long kept track of the fruit\u2019s growing season for commercial reasons, but it wasn\u2019t until recently that the data became relevant from a climate change perspective.<\/p>\n

In Yellowstone National Park, the terrain is varied and provides different kinds of habitats for animal and plant species. According to Rodman, the north face of a mountain in Yellowstone is a much different habitat than the south face.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have [the] potential to hold on to a lot of different climates,\u201d Rodman said.<\/p>\n

Yellowstone species could relocate in the park or move to a higher elevation to find their preferred environmental conditions, according to Rodman. But this could also cause species to become increasingly isolated.<\/p>\n

For example, the white bark pine tree thrives in high elevation alpine areas and is essential to those areas\u2019 ecosystems. But these areas are more sensitive to changes in climate, Rodman said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[High alpine areas] don\u2019t have as much variability in temperature and moisture changes\u2014they\u2019ve evolved to narrower regions,\u201d Rodman said. \u201cWe expect those places to be more sensitive to a lot of the changes that are going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

If temperatures increase and moisture availability changes, trees that prefer high alpine environments, like the white bark pine, could become restricted to smaller and smaller areas.<\/p>\n

\"Turret<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Turret Arch and North Window are two of the large stone arches at the Windows Section in Arches National Park in Utah. (Jacob W. Frank\/NPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Grand<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Grand Pacific Glacier and Margerie Glacier are located in Glacier National Park. (NPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"The<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is driving distance from Chicago. (<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Shenandoah<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Shenandoah National Park is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. (Claire Donnelly\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Grand<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Grand Canyon National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Claire Donnelly\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"The<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Grand Canyon is 227 river miles long, up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep. (Claire Donnelly\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"The<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The north end of Devils Island at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore has many sea caves. (NPS)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n

The Apostle Islands, too, may start to see a shift in wildlife as the lakeshore\u2019s climate warms.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a place that depends on cold water, snow and ice cover, if you don\u2019t have cold water, snow or ice cover, [all the wildlife in that area] is going to change,\u201d Krumenaker said.<\/p>\n

By nature, islands are isolated and vulnerable ecosystems, and the Apostle Islands are no exception. Even under the best of circumstances, without climate change, there are fewer species on the islands than on the mainland, Krumenaker said.<\/p>\n

With climate change, boreal forests, or forests made of primarily cone-bearing, needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees and usually found at lower latitudes are projected to shift north. This means that oak hickory forests traditionally found at a lower latitude could be the dominant forest in the Apostle Islands in 100 years, according to Krumenaker.<\/p>\n

Climate change in national parks could also bring some economic impacts.<\/p>\n

The Apostle Islands are a major source of revenue for their geographic area. In 2014, the islands had a $54 million impact as a result of national park tourism, $10 to $20 million of which came from visitors to the ice caves who spent money in the area, according to Krumenaker.<\/p>\n

With the increasing variability of the climate, it will be difficult for lakeshore staff to predict whether the ice caves will be accessible and to predict the economic impact tourism or the lack thereof will have on the surrounding area.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Climate change] also has an impact on people and how they use parks and how they perceive parks,\u201d Krumenaker said.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s next for the national parks in their battle with climate change?<\/p>\n

Kelly said he\u2019s not sure, since the issue of climate change has become increasingly politicized. He said although the science of climate change has been accepted and acted on by the Obama administration, he doesn\u2019t know where the national parks will stand after the 2016 election.<\/p>\n

According to Kelly, a political shift could change the policies and funding related to climate change, which would affect the parks\u2019 conservation and adaptation efforts.<\/p>\n

Krumenaker said he hopes to continue to educate people about climate change so they understand it is not something that\u2019s exclusive to far-away places.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe places you care about close to home are affected by climate change, not just the Arctic and the Everglades,\u201d Krumenaker said.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: The Yellowstone River flows through the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone is one of many national parks that is threatened due to climate change. (NPS)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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