The Colorado Internet Center for Environmental Problem Solving

Providing Access to University and Regional Expertise in Dispute Resolution and Environmental Policy Making

Air Quality and the Grand Canyon

The sites available through the links on this page offer information on air quality and the Grand Canyon. National, regional and local agencies and organizations are represented. These include, governmental entities, citizen groups and commercial endeavours.

General Resources

National Park Service - Air Quality: This site is maintained by the National Park Service and offers information on acidic deposition, gaseous pollutants, visibility problems, and educational programs surrounding these and other air quality issues. This is a useful and informative site.
USEPA Office of Air and Radiation: This site offers multiple opportunities to link to other sites and includes informative maps. This is an informative and useful site.

Environmental Protection Agency: This is the home page of the Environmental Protection Agency and offers both regional and national information on air quality. Additionally, it offers the opportunity to link to many other sites devoted to air quality issues.
AEA Technologies: This site is maintained by AEA Technologies and offers multiple opportunities to link to other pages, including State, regional, and national agency pages. This is a very informative and useful site.
National Park Service - Park List: This is a site of the National Park Service and is devoted to air quality programs in Clean Air Act protected parks. It offers multiple links to other sites including other federal agencies. This is a useful and informative site.
Air Pollution Program Administrators and Control Officials: This is the site of the State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators (STAPPA) and the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials (ALAPCO) which are the two national associations representing air pollution control agencies in the 54 states and territories and over 150 major metropolitan areas across the United States. This site offers four main areas each with multiple links to other information and sites. The four areas are; news; reference material; air-related local, state, national and international agencies; and a very useful glossary. This is a very useful and informative site, and very nicely presented.
National Park Service - Ozone: This is a National park Service site devoted to Ozone in the National Parks. One may access information for individual parks. The site for each park contains graphs and in some cases maps which are very helpful. This is a useful and informative site.
National Park Service - Visibility Program: This is a National Park Service site devoted to the National Parks Service Visibility Program. It offers links to other information and sites. It is a useful and informative site.
National Park Service - Interpretive Exhibits: This is a National Park Service site devoted to Air Quality Interpretive Exhibits at GrandCanyon National Park. It offers multiple links to other information and sites. It is a useful and informative site.

News Resources

Los Angeles Times: The Los Angeles Times latest articles on Grand Canyon issues

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