Natural resource condition assessments for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Catoctin Mountain Park, and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
IAN worked with the National Park Service to develop natural resource condition assessments for
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park,
Catoctin Mountain Park, and
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The
natural resources of all three parks were
predicted to be negatively affected by climate change. Impacts may include increasing ozone levels and particle pollution, raising the water temperature of these cold-water, trout-supporting streams, changing forest composition, and affecting exotic species and forest pests and diseases. Additionally, all three parks were identified as being under threat from surrounding land use, regionally poor air quality, and overpopulation of deer.
