Algal diversity on the rock-faces of the Golden Gate National Park

In 1987 the National Park Service and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy launched the Alcatraz Cellhouse Tour as part of the interpretive program educating visitors about the island and its history. Using an existing format made possible several years previously by Sony Walkman™ technology, the designers framed this individual, and innovative, audio tour as a means for visitors to experience the cellhouse through the voices of people incarcerated there, or living and working there, during the years when it served as an active federal prison. Such a design called for different decisions about content, scripting and moving people through space than had been required for ranger-led tours or the lecture-type audio tours prevalent at the time. The original tour has been updated continuously since its launch, and experienced by millions of visitors in multiple languages. The author of this case experienced the tour in 1988 and interviewed key designers in 2014.

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Visitor Injuries in the National Park System: A 5-Year Review of Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.wem.2011.02.005 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 189

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Golden Gate ◽

System A ◽

Recreation Area ◽

National Park System

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Checklist of ferns and seed plants of the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa

Bothalia ◽

10.4102/abc.v40i2.222 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 205-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

M. E. Daemane ◽

B-E. Van Wyk ◽

A. Moteetee

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

National Park ◽

Flowering Plants ◽

Seed Plants ◽

Golden Gate ◽

Infraspecific Taxa

A list of flowering plants and ferns has been compiled for the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, which occupies an area of 11 346 hectares but excludes the adjacent QwaQwa National Park. The checklist comprises 846 taxa (823 species and 23 infraspecific taxa) representing 359 genera in 101 families. Eleven of the species are recorded in the Red Data List (Raimondo et al. 2010) and 64 species are naturalized exotics.

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The re-introduction of springbok Antidorcas marsupialis into South African National Parks – A documentation

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v19i1.1184 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

G. De Graaff ◽

B. L. Penzhorn

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

National Parks ◽

National Park ◽

Golden Gate ◽

Antidorcas Marsupialis

The introduction and establishment of springbok populations in four South African National Parks are discussed. Springbok have failed to establish themselves in the Addo Elephant National Park but are thriving in the Mountain Zebra, Golden Gate Highlands and Bontebok National Parks, although the latter Park is extralimital to their original range.

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A provisional check list of the reptiles and amphibians of Golden Gate Highlands National Park

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v34i2.431 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

M.F. Bates

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

National Museum ◽

Golden Gate ◽

Check List ◽

Amphibian Species ◽

Snake Species

A provisional check list of 26 reptile and amphibian species (8 frog, 8 lizard and 10 snake species) occurring in Golden Gate Highlands National Park is presented. The list does not reflect the results of an intensive survey, but is a record of specimens collected in the park and preserved at the National Museum, Bloemfontein.

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An annotated check list of the birds of Qwaqwa National Park

Koedoe ◽

10.4102/koedoe.v39i1.285 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

D.H. De Swardt ◽

D.J. Van Niekerk

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Habitat Preferences ◽

Bird Species ◽

Golden Gate ◽

Check List

This paper presents a check list of 179 bird species occuring in the Qwaqwa National Park which borders the eastern part of Golden Gate Highlands National Park. Data on the distribution, status, habitat preferences and breeding were obtained during several visits between December 1992 and March 1995. The following habitats were preferred: grassland, montane grassland, woodland, rocky hillsides, mountain slopes and riverine areas with Phragmites reedbeds. The conservation of waterbirds, raptors and other localised species such as Orangebreasted Rockjumper, Palecrowned Cisticola, Mountain Pipit and Gurney's Sugarbird is important as these species occur in specialised habitats.

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