Current or Recent Projects With Tasks in the National Park System

Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve

• Central Aleutian Volcano Monitoring (FAA)
• Alaska Volcano Observatory
• Volcanic Geology, Petrology, and Processes

Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

• Central Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition

Assateague Island National Seashore

• Atlantic Coastal Ground-Water Systems
• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards

Badlands National Park

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Bandelier National Monument

• Landslide Hazards

Big Cypress National Preserve

• National Oil and Gas Assessment: Coordination, Methodology, and Reserve Growth

Big South Fork National River & National Recreational Area

• Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas Production on Surficial Systems

Biscayne National Park

• Geologic Processes of Coral Reefs
• Biogeochemical History of Ecosystems in Biscayne Bay

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Blue Ridge Parkway

• Outreach and Technology Exchange, Eastern Minerals Team
• Surficial Processes and Landslides in the Central and Southern Appalachian Highlands

Bryce Canyon National Park

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Buffalo National River

• Midcontinent Karst Systems and Geologic Mapping Project

Canaveral National Seashore

• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards

Canyonlands National Park

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory
• Surficial Geologic Mapping
• Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use on the Southwest U.S.

Cape Cod National Seashore

• Coastal Erosion Research with SWASH
• Shoreline History of Cape Cod
• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

• Shoreline Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)
• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards
• The Coastal Sedimentary System: North Carolina

Cape Lookout National Seashore

• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazard

Capitol Reef National Park

• National Park Service Support - Interpretation
• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Cedar Breaks National Monument

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Channel Islands National Park

• Geology of Benthic Habitats National Studies
• Pacific Seafloor Mapping
• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Parks

• Appalachian Regional Geology and Hydrology

Chiricahua National Monument

• Geologic Mapping

City of Rocks National Reserve

• National Park Service Support - Interpretation and Geologic Mapping
• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Colorado National Monument

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)
• Western Colorado I-70 Corridor Cooperative Geologic Mapping Project

Coronado National Memorial

• Southwest Mineral and Environmental Investigations
• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Crater Lake National Park

• Cascades Volcano Observatory
• Pacific Seafloor Mapping
• Volcanic Geology, Petrology, and Processes
  

Craters of the Moon National Monument

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Cumberland Island National Seashore

• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards

Curecanti National Recreation Area

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Death Valley National Park

• Geologic Framework of the Central Death Valley Region
• Hydrogeologic Framework of Aquifer Systems in the Desert Southwestern United States
• National Park Service Support - Interpretation
• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

• Surficial Processes and Landslides in the Central and Southern Appalachian Highlands
• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Denali National Park & Preserve

• Alaska Quaternary Climate History, Glacier Studies
• Geologic Mapping in Support of Land, Resources, and Hazards Issues in Alaska
• Geochemical Backgrounds and Baselines

Devil's Postpile National Monument

• Long Valley Observatory
• National Park Service Support - Interpretation

Dinosaur National Monument

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

El Malpais National Monument

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

El Morro National Monument

• Landslide Hazards

Everglades National Park

• Paleosalinity as a Key for Success Criteria in South Florida Restoration
• Integrated Geochemical Studies in Everglades
• Evolution of Everglades Tree Islands

Fire Island National Seashore

• Coastal Erosion Research with SWASH at Fire Island
• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards

Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)
• Digital Geologic Maps, Northern Alaska

Gateway National Recreation Area

• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

• Atlantic Estuarine Systems

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

• Alaska Quaternary Climate History, Glacier Studies
• Geology of Benthic Habitats National Studies

Glacier National Park

• Alaska Quaternary Climate History, Glacier Studies

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

• Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use on the Southwest U.S.
• Coastal Watershed Restoration

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

• Geology of the National Parks: National Park Service Support - Coastal Processes
• Pacific Seafloor Mapping
• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards
• San Francisco Bay Geologic Mapping

Golden Spike National Historic Site

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Grand Canyon National Park

• Coastal Watershed Restoration
• National Park Service Support - Geologic Mapping
• Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use on the Southwest U.S.
  

Grand Portage

• Geochemical Backgrounds and Baselines-Northern Wisconsin
• Geoenvironmental Studies in the Eastern Region
  

Great Sand Dunes National Monument

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)
• Outreach and Technology Exchange, Eastern Minerals Team
• Geoenvironmental Studies
• Surficial Processes and Landslides in the Central and Southern Appalachian Highlands

Guadaloupe Mountains National Park

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Gulf Islands National Seashore

• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards

Haleakala National Park

• Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Harper's Ferry Center

• Outreach and Technology Exchange, Eastern Minerals

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

• Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
• Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR) Applied to Volcano Studies
• Volcanic Geology, Petrology, and Processes
• Volcano Emissions

Isle Royale National Park

• Geochemical Backgrounds and Baselines - Northern Wisconsin
• Geoenvironmental Studies in the Eastern Region

Jewell Cave National Monument

• Midcontinent Karst Systems and Geologic Mapping Project
• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Joshua Tree National Park

• Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP)
• Geochemical Backgrounds and Baselines

Kalaupapa National Historical Park

• Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park

• Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Katmai National Park & Preserve

• Central Aleutian Volcano Monitoring (FAA)
• Alaska Volcano Observatory
• Volcanic Geology, Petrology, and Processes
• Interpretive Guidebook

Kenai Fjords National Park

• Alaska Quaternary Climate History, Glacier Studies

Kings Mountain National Military Park

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Klondike Goldrush National Historic Park, Skagway

• NPS Geologist in the Park, USGS Geologist Emeritus project

Lake Clark National Park & Preserve

• Central Aleutian Volcano Monitoring (FAA)
• Alaska Volcano Observatory
• Volcano Emissions

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

• Geology of National Parks: National Park Service Support - Geologic Mapping and Interpretation
• Lake Mead Sediment Study
• Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use on the Southwest U.S.
• Coastal Watershed Restoration
• Las Vegas Urban Corridor - Geologic Mapping and Geophysics

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

• National Oil and Gas Assessment: Coordination, Methodology, and Reserve Growth

Lassen Volcanic National Park

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)
• Cascades Volcano Observatory
• Volcanic Geology, Petrology, and Processes
• Volcano Emissions

Lava Beds National Monument

• Cascades Volcano Observatory
• Volcanic Geology, Petrology, and Processes

Mesa Verde National Park

• Geologic[coal] Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Mojave National Preserve

• Southern California Area Mapping Project (SCAMP)
• Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use on the Southwest U.S.
• Surficial Geologic Mapping
• Recoverability and Vulnerability of Mojave Desert Ecosystem
• Geology of National Parks: National Park Service Support - Interpretation

Mount Rainier National Park

• Cascades Volcano Observatory
• Landslide Hazard Analyses Related to Volcanoes
• Resources and Hazards of Hydrothermal Systems in Cascades Volcanoes
• Volcanic Geology, Petrology, and Processes

National Capital Region Parks

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)
• Appalachian Regional Geology and Hydrology

North Cascades National Park

• Pacific Northwest Urban Corridor Geologic Mapping

Olympic National Park

• Geology of Benthic Habitats National Studies

Oregon Caves National Monument

• Geochemical Backgrounds and Baselines

Ozark National Scenic Riverways

• Midcontinent Karst Systems and Geologic Mapping Project
• Life Cycles of Mississippi Valley Type Deposits

Padre Island National Seashore

• Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas Production on Surficial Systems
• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards

Parahsant National Monument

• National Park Service Support - Geologic Mapping

Point Reyes National Seashore

• Geology of National Parks: National Park Service Support - Coastal Process and Restoration Studies
• San Francisco Bay Mapping Project
• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards

Prince William Forest Park

• Geoenvironmental Impacts of Mercury and Arsenic
• Geoenvironmental Studies in the Eastern Region

Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park

• Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Rocky Mountain National Park

• Western Colorado I-70 Corridor Cooperative Geologic Mapping

Saguaro National Park

• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

• Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP)
• Pacific Seafloor Mapping
• Landslide Hazards

Shenandoah National Park

• Surficial Processes and Landslides in the Central and Southern Appalachian Highlands

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

• Coastal and Marine Slope Stability and Landslides

Voyageurs National Park

• Geochemical backgrounds and Baselines - Northern Wisconsin
• Geoenvironmental Studies in the Eastern Region

Wind Cave National Park

• Midcontinent Karst Systems and Geologic Mapping Project
• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve

• Alaska Volcano Observatory
• Geochemistry Backgrounds and Baselines
• Geologic maps and reports of National Parks
• Alaska Quaternary Climate History, Glacier Studies

Wright Brothers National Memorial

• Shoreline Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)
• National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards
• The Coastal Sedimentary System: North Carolina

Wupatki and Sunset Crater National Monument

• Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use on the Southwest U.S.
• Geology of National Parks: National Park Service Support - Interpretation

Yellowstone National Park

• Integrated Geoscience Studies of the Greater Yellowstone Area
• Outreach and Technology Exchange - Central Region
• Western Lake and Catchment Systems
• Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR) Applied to Volcano Studies
• Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
• Volcano Emissions
• Geochemical study of Elk Teeth and Elk Forage

Yosemite National Park

• Geology of National Parks: National Park Service Support - Interpretation and Geologic Mapping
• Geologic Maps of National Parks (NPS Map Inventory)
• Surficial Processes and Landslides
• Long Valley Observatory

National Databases and Assessments

• North American Digital Geologic Map Data Model
• Midcontinent Karst Systems and Geologic Mapping Project
• National Coal Resource and Coal Quality Assessment
• Integrated Geologic Division Spatial Data Server (GEODE)
• National Oil and Gas Assessment: Coordination, Methodology, and Reserve Growth
• Regional Coastal and Marine Geology Assessment and Synthesis of the U.S. Continental Margins
• Geology of Benthic Habitats National Studies
• Mineral Resource Program Databases: National Geochemical Database
• Mineral Resource Program Databases: National Geophysical Database
• Mineral Resources: Data System
• Earthquake Hazards Databases and Assessments: Multiple