Themes
Artists and Denali
Denali National Park and Preserve has been intimately connected to artists and their art since its inception. More...
People and the Land
Five groups of northern Athabaskan people (Dena’ina, Ahtna, Tanana, Koyukon and Upper Kuskokwim) have occupied, at least seasonally, the region now within Denali National Park and Preserve. More...
Wild Environs
Denali National Park and Preserve protects one of the few remaining intact subarctic ecosystems on the planet. Far from static, the park ecosystem is continually responding to both short-term and long-term changes in the environment. More...
Artist-in-Residence at Denali
With the establishment of its Artist-in-Residence program in 2002, Denali National Park and Preserve joined the growing list of national parks that have sought to recognize the role artists play in the interpretation and preservation of this country’s special places. More...
Life on the Land
Denali’s landscape is still recovering from the grip of the last great ice age, which ended around 12,000 to 10,000 years ago. More...
Denali or McKinley?
Two names swirl about the region: Denali and McKinley. They both have their origins in the name of the mountain that crowns the Alaska Range at 20,320 feet. More...
