Katmai National Park and Preserve encompasses 3,674,529.68 acres of land. It would fit in the state of Pennsylvania about eight times. Katmai National Park and Preserve is located on the northern tip of the Alaskan Peninsula and is made up of six active volcanoes and the surrounding forests, lakes, and mountains. Maybe the most well known of the volcanoes are Novarupta and Mount Katmai, famous for their eruption in 1912.
Katmai National Park is located in the southern part of Alaska. It was established on September 24th, 1918 to protect the recently devastated region. President Woodrow Wilson signed the bill, entering it as a national park.
Katmai’s climate really depends on the season. Katmai is relatively drizzly year round with strong winds, but with mostly moderate springs and autumns. Temperatures range from -4°F to 40°F in the winter, 36-56°F in the spring and autumn, and averaging 60°F in the summer. Katmai can get anywhere from two to forty inches of rain a year. In the winter (see figure 1), it can accumulate up to 14 inches of snow a month.
Also, pollution is a problem for Katmai. Katmai suffers from some manmade issues, such as air and water pollution and increased visitation, as well as some naturally occurring ones, such as volcanoes and earthquakes.
Human settlement has been a part of Katmai National Park for a long time. Tribes have been living in Katmai since before the last ice age, before the time of written record. On the Pacific slope lived the Koniag people, and the Peninsular Eskimos lived west of the Aleutian Range. In the Bristol Bay area lived the Aglegmiuts. The Russians invaded soon after, displacing the Peninsular Eskimos and Aglegmiuts. These last native people of Katmai hunted, fished, and gathered,...
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