Robert Melnick

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Cultural landscapes embody a dynamic and often difficult facet of the National Parks’ 21st Century preservation mandate—places characterized by their essential reflection of both natural and human forces on the land. Cultural resource managers must often confront the growing stresses of climate change at the park unit level, demonstrating a need for strategic decision-making guidance responsive to both climate events and climate trends. This paper describes a synthesis of IPCC scenario-based projections and historic landscape field assessment methods; the approach focuses on selected case study sites located within the NPS Pacific West Region. Historic impacts as well as potential climate-related vulnerabilities facing character-defining landscape features are addressed, with implications for future management of NPS-designed historic landscape resources.