February 28, 2007 GCRIO Program Overview Our extensive
collection of documents. Archives of the Global Climate Change
Digest A Guide to Information on Greenhouse Gases and Ozone
Depletion Published July 1988 through June 1999 FROM VOLUME 2,
NUMBER 11, NOVEMBER 1989 Implications of Climatic Change for
Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, J. Vetsch, G. Wall,
1989. Request from G. Wall, Dept. Geog., Univ. Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3G1, Can. Climate change scenarios suggest
that the park is likely to experience a warmer, drier climate in
the future. The proportion of grassland is likely to increase at
the expense of boreal forest. Special park resources will be
affected, including the forest-grassland ecotone, the area of
fescue-grassland, American white pelicans, woodland caribou and
bison; these changes will have implications for park zoning,
interpretive themes and recreation. The implications of climate
change for the national park system are substantial and need
further research. Report of the Inter