Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Lewis Sharman

Filling that Pesky SE Alaska ShoreZone“Gap”: A Plan from the NPS

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the Interior

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Why no ShoreZone?

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Why no ShoreZone?

What is Coastwalker?

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

So what’s not to like?

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

So what’s not to like?

A prime Coastwalker objective that was never achieved:

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

So what’s not to like?

A prime Coastwalker objective that was never achieved:

Make the data available to the masses via the internet.

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Enter NOAA’s ERMA

Environmental Response Management Application

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

1) Google “NOAA ERMA”. Enter the website.

2) Click on “Arctic ERMA”.

3) Then click on “Visit Arctic ERMA”.

4) In the Search bar, type “Alaska ShoreZone”. Activate-able ShoreZone layers will appear to the right. Zoom to your area of interest on the basemap, and select layers of your choice.

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

1) Google “NOAA ERMA”. Enter the website.

2) Click on “Arctic ERMA”.

3) Then click on “Visit Arctic ERMA”.

4) In the Search bar, type “Alaska ShoreZone”. Activate-able ShoreZone layers will appear to the right. Zoom to your area of interest on the basemap, and select layers of your choice.

5) Glacier Bay project will appear somewhere in this area of the site.

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

The Glacier Bay project will contain the core elements provided by ShoreZone, but conforming to the Coastwalkerdata structure that is based on georeferenced Shoreline Segment polygons.

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

For each Shoreline Segment polygon, the project will provide:• Georeferenced aerial imagery (edge-matched

stills)• Shore Type• Wave Exposure Category• Oil Residency Index (ORI)• Representative ground photos• NOAA Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI)

data• Pan/zoom navigation & Shoreline Segment

selection

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Overall Strategy

• Develop basic project in ERMA.• Derive attributes from Coastwalker.• Add those attributes to ERMA project.• Provide links to/from(?) ShoreZone

data.• Enrich with additional Coastwalker

data.

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

National Park ServiceU.S. Department of the InteriorGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Lewis SharmanGlacier Bay National Park and Preservelewis_sharman@nps.gov