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The Simeonof Wilderness (NWR) has its own environmental concerns based on its unique ecology. Air quality studies and monitoring at Simeonof Wilderness focus on fine particles and visibility. Click on the tabs below to review air quality studies and access information on air quality monitoring in and near Simeonof Wilderness.
- Monitoring
- Studies
Monitoring
Air quality monitoring information and data access:
Air Pollutant/Impact |
Monitoring Program |
Sites and Data Access |
Nitrogen and sulfur |
National Atmospheric Deposition Program |
Katmai National Park (site AK97) |
Ozone |
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation |
Denali National Park AQS site 020680063 |
Mercury |
Mercury Deposition Network |
Kodiak, AK (site AK98) & Dutch Harbor, AK (site AK00) |
Visibility |
Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments |
Visibility Information Exchange Web System |
Abbreviations in the above table:
IMPROVE: Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments
MDN: Mercury Deposition Network
NADP: National Atmospheric Deposition Program
VIEWS: Visibility Information Exchange Web System
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
Studies
Studies to be added upon request of the Refuge.
The USFWS has inventoried lichen species in Simeonof Wilderness. Lichen is known to be sensitive to air pollution. Simeonof Lichen
