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Our Sites at Risk: Climate Related Threats to NPS Administered Archeological Sites (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert Sonderman. Stefan Woehlke.

Over the past 15 years NPS archeological sites from Texas to Maine have faced devastating impacts from hurricanes and other climate related events. During this time, Hurricanes such as Isabel, Ivan, Katrina, Sandy and most recently Harvey and Irma have caused extensive damage to NPS archeological sites. Although not subjected to direct impacts from these recent hurricanes, National Capital Region (NCR) parks have been heavily damaged by their collateral impacts, typically in the form of...