THE DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE

This research provides a description and discussion of the Denali National Park and Reservation. The description emphasizes the physical attributes of the Denali, while the discussion covers the issues currently engulfing the park and reservation.

The Denali National Park and Preserve covers 9,375 square miles in south-central Alaska (Chadwick and Lehman 62-87). The Denali is north of Anchorage and south of Fairbanks, and lies generally west of a line connecting the two cities. North America's tallest peak, 20,320 feet high Mount McKinley, is within the Denali boundaries, as are 17,400 feet high Mount Foraker, 13,220 feet high Silverthrone Mountain, and 11,670 feet high Mount Russell.

The Denali has an abundance of glaciers, all of which originate on the slopes of the Alaska range that transverses the park and preserve (Chadwick and Lehman 62-87). Muldrow Glacier is the largest northward flowing glacier in Alaska. The glacier stretches from a point between the twin peaks of Mount McKinley to a point within a few miles of the road that traverses the park and preserve.

The Denali is crossed by several rivers, and lakes dot the landscape (Chadwick and Lehman 62-87). Above the river valleys, dense forests gradually give way to vast stretches of wet tundra. Shrubby plants are found on the tundra that is in places underlain by permafrost. At higher elevations beyond the wet tundra, a d

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the Denali. In retaliation, the state announced plans to build a new highway through the park. This absurd threat was made, however, by the since defeated Hickle. The Alaskan government under Hickle was unable to comprehend the relationship between wilderness and wildlife to roads. Any human access must be carefully controlled if the attractions of the Denali to tourists, which the state government loves because of tourist spending, are not to be destroyed. The Hickle government wanted to increase traffic--both tourist and commercial--within the Denali, and the state wanted to encourage resort development. The Hickle government event wanted to use federal funds to build the highway through the Denali that is opposed by the federal government. Even another agency of the federal government has attempted to thwart to objectives of the Clinton Administration and the National Park Service. The Federal Aviation Administration gave the State of Alaska two grants totaling $600,000 to enlarge two existing airports inside the Denali (An Alaskan 22). The federal government has proposed an alternative to increased motor vehicle traffic in the Denali--restored rail service (Runte 30-34). Restored rail service could increase tourist
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