The North Coast & Cascades Science Learning Network

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The North Coast & Cascades Science Learning Network

The North Coast & Cascades Science Learning Network is where science and education come together to help preserve and protect areas of national significance. Whether monitoring natural ecosystems or studying historic sites, national park scientists are stewards of our nation’s crown jewels. Working unobtrusively and mostly out of sight, park scientists do the rigorous science needed to document park ecological health and to conserve historical riches. This series profiles staff in eight Pacific Northwest national parks and offers behind-the-scenes looks at science in action.

  1. 10/03/2014

    Charting New Ground

    National Parks are required to "preserve and protect" all the natural and cultural resources within their boundaries. So what DO the parks contain? This four-minute video shows Park Service scientists making the newest and most advanced vegetation map of park resources to date. This map will be baseline data showing what is here now... for use in comparisons as climate changes.

    4 min

  2. 10/03/2014

    Connecting With Carnivores

    Most carnivores need larger areas to roam than plant-eating animals. Discovering their numbers and distribution over the landscape is the work of carnivore monitoring. Roger Christophersen from North Cascades National Park explains how park scientists monitor carnivores using hair snares, motion detection cameras, and DNA analysis.

    5 min

  3. 10/03/2014

    Digging for Untold Stories

    This "Science Minute Video" shows staff and students from Fort Vancouver and the NW Cultural Resources Institute Archaeological Field School doing field work. Dr. Doug Wilson explains the work and the reasons why it's important.

    5 min

  4. 10/03/2014

    Fishers’ Return

    National Park Service policy aims to restore any animals missing from the parks due to human actions. The fisher is a weasel-family animal that was trapped to extinction for its beautiful fur by the 1930's in what is now Olympic National Park. Dr. Patti Happe, the park's wildlife biologist worked from 2008-2010 with a team of interagency partners to trap 90 of these animals in British Columbia and release them in the park. This video gives a feeling for the project and the people involved.

    5 min

  5. 10/03/2014

    Keepers of the Beat

    Glaciers are sensitive indicators of climate change. In this video we meet Dr. Jon Riedel, lead glaciologist at North Cascades National Park. Jon shows how he monitors glaciers and explains his reasons for doing so.

    18 min

  6. 10/03/2014

    Letters of Gold

    Klondike Gold Rush Seattle is a historical site dedicated to preserving and interpreting the role of Seattle in the historic events of the 1890's. This "Science Minute Video" explains the preservation of a historical treasure at Klondike Gold Rush (Seattle) and features the Park Service scientists who work with these materials.

    5 min

  7. 10/03/2014

    Life and Death in the Forest

    This "Science Minute Video" shows Park Service scientists at Mount Rainier National Park checking on the health of trees. As part of the Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program, each year they hike to remote plots to monitor trees and look for impacts caused by weather, age, or disease.

    4 min

  8. 10/03/2014

    Measuring Glaciers

    This five-minute film shows Mount Rainier and North Cascades glacier scientists explaining how they monitor park glaciers and why they do so. Glaciers are important water sources for fish, recreation, and hydropower and they're melting fast.

    5 min
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The North Coast & Cascades Science Learning Network is where science and education come together to help preserve and protect areas of national significance. Whether monitoring natural ecosystems or studying historic sites, national park scientists are stewards of our nation’s crown jewels. Working unobtrusively and mostly out of sight, park scientists do the rigorous science needed to document park ecological health and to conserve historical riches. This series profiles staff in eight Pacific Northwest national parks and offers behind-the-scenes looks at science in action.

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