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Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is the largest park in the National Park system. It covers more than 13 million acres and is part of the largest protected ecosystem on the planet. This report, written by Lil Gilmore, Biological Technician for the Park/Preserve, and David Goldsmith, an intern from the Chicago Botanic Garden, describes the 2007 Invasive Plant Management Program. David Goldsmith prepared the GIS maps found in Appendix A. The report was reviewed by Whitney Rapp, Exotic Plant Program Manager for Kenai Fjords National Park, and reviewed and edited by Mary Beth Cook, botanist for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
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This report describes the 2006 exotic plant management program at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Previous inventories of non-native plants were conducted in 2004 and 2005 on Park lands and the access roads into and surrounding the Park/Preserve. In 2005, funding for a seasonal technician was provided by the Alaska Regional Office of the National Park Service to implement a monitoring and eradication program in the Park. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is the largest park in the National Park system. It covers more than 13 million acres and is part of the largest protected ecosystem on the planet. Two roads and numerous off-road vehicle trails provide access into the Park/Preserve. The...
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