Videos

Duration:

5 minutes, 54 seconds

How forest monitoring in eastern national parks helped reveal issues with long-term forest sustainability, and the successes parks have had in addressing the issue at Gettysburg National Military Park, Rock Creek Park, and Catoctin Mountain Park.

Duration:

6 minutes, 3 seconds

How National Parks in urban settings provide valuable refuges to wildlife: from water birds at Boston Harbor Islands to threatened bats at Rock Creek Park, and the contributions that monitoring by citizen scientists and NPS employees make to preserving them.

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  The National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring Program

  The National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring (NCRN I&M) program monitors natural resources in National Parks of the Washington, DC region. This video introduces NCRN I&M monitoring of forest vegetation, water quality, amphibians, fish, macroinvertebrates, birds, and stream conditions. NCRN I&M is proud to be part of efforts to protect and care for the amazing National Parks of the capital region on behalf of this and future generations.

  Duration:

  3 minutes, 54 seconds