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Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Aliante Parkway Kiosk

• Type: Place

This interpretive kiosk is located at N. Aliante Pkwy & W. Moonlight Falls Ave. The kiosk describes the history of scientific research at Tule Springs, safety tips, park regulations, and a map of the monument. This area features relatively flat terrain, creosote desert scrub habitat, and views of the Las Vegas and Sheep ranges.

Site of Thomas Aves Home

• Type: Place

When Thomas Aves's daughter came from New Orleans to visit him at his residence at 21 Pinckney Street, she brought an enslaved girl named Med. Med became the center of a 1836 court case that ruled in favor of freeing enslaved people brought to a free state.

River Raisin National Battlefield Park

Hull's Trace

• Type: Place

In 2014 the River Raisin National Battlefield Park established the Hull’s Trace Unit as a satellite park. It is located at 36495 W. Jefferson Ave., Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan. In June of 1812, General Hull ordered a road to connect Fort Detroit with rest of the United States. A part of this corduroy road remains 200 years later near the mouth of the Huron River and is the only known log remnant of the first U.S. military federal road.

Assateague Island National Seashore

Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship at Assateague Island

• Type: Article

Assateague Island National Seashore staff began banding birds through the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program in 2022. Since then, researchers have learned more about population structure of the species that inhabit the maritime forest during the breeding season.

Weather and prey availability drive eagle success

• Type: Article

Read a summary and link to an article that analyzes decades of data on bald eagle nest occupancy and success and correlations with weather and other environmental factors: Schmidt, J. H., H. A. Coletti, K. A. Cutting, T. L. Wilson, B. A. Mangipane, C. N. Schultz, and D. T. Schertz. 2024. The effects of spatiotemporal variation in marine resources on the occupancy dynamics of a terrestrial avian predator. Ecosphere 15(11): e70078.

Taking Flight

• Type: Article

Since 1989, efforts to monitor the populations of songbirds have been in motion by the Institute for Bird Populations (IBP). A program the IBP started called MAPS, Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship, took flight with stations across the North American continent. Since its liftoff, more than 1,200 stations have collected more than 2.5 million bird capture records. About 300 are active today.

Birds of a Feather

• Type: Article

By evaluating the condition of birds one at a time, feather by feather, scientists can get a better picture of the health of an entire species. A program called MAPS, Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship does just that.

Grand Canyon National Park

Raptor Viewing Site (Yaki Point - South Rim)

• Type: Place

During the fall, large concentrations of migrating raptors fly through Grand Canyon on their migration routes through the 'Central Flyway'. Programs about raptor migration are presented on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday: 10:30 am and 2:00 pm, at Yaki Point on the South Rim. - (September 13, through October 28, 2024). Park at the Visitor Center and take the free Kaibab (Orange) Route bus to access Yaki Point. Parking is not available at the point.

Acadia National Park

Seabird Sanctuaries: Tracking Health and Habits Across Acadia's Remote Islands

• Type: Article

Acadia National Park encompasses not only the 40,000 acres of Mount Desert Island, but also consists of over 120 additional islands in the nearby region. While humans might not live on all these islands, they are vital sanctuaries for seabirds. Professor John Anderson and his research tag & monitor the habits and overall health of those seabird inhabitants.

Inventory & Monitoring Partnerships Aim to Improve Park Forest Health from Coast to Coast

• Type: Article

From coast to coast, the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Division is helping park managers improve the health and function of forest ecosystems. From promoting resilient forests in the Northeast, to conserving whitebark pine in the West, to protecting Hawaiian forest birds from avian malaria, scientific partnerships are helping parks to share information, leverage funding sources, and work together for outcomes that extend beyond what any park could accomplish on its own.

Mosquitoes on Maui

• Type: Article

As you spend your days exploring Maui, you are likely to experience a couple notable distractions from the island’s native sights and sounds: buzzing and biting from mosquitoes. On Maui these insects are more than just an average outdoor nuisance—they are causing irreversible damage to the island’s ecology.

The Time Is Now: Saving Maui’s Honeycreepers Before It Is Too Late

• Type: Article

Within the next ten years, many native Hawaiian honeycreeper species will be pushed to extinction by the uncontrolled spread of avian malaria—but it’s not too late to save them!

Time Is Running Out: Maui’s Forest Birds Will Go Extinct without Action

• Type: Article

The island of Maui is known for beautiful sand beaches, rich Hawaiian culture, and stunning biodiversity, but the island is at risk of losing one of its most iconic features – the native forest birds, a group of species found nowhere else on earth.

Resisting, accepting, and directing change in parks

• Type: Article

Click the link above to read some in-depth examples of national parks choosing to resist, accept, and direct change.

Project Profile: Address Impacts of Avian Malaria in Hawaii

• Type: Article

The National Park Service, in partnership with many other agencies and organizations, will suppress invasive mosquito populations through biocontrol to reduce avian malaria and prevent the extinction of several federally threatened and endangered native forest bird populations at Haleakala National Park.

Department of the Interior Announces Multiagency Strategy for Preventing Imminent Extinction of Hawaiʻi Forest Birds

• Type: Article

Efforts to conserve endangered species strengthened by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Haleakalā National Park: Resisting climate-enhanced threats of avian malaria

• Type: Article

Hawaiʻi is home to some of the most diverse and unique wildlife on the planet, including the Hawaiian honeycreepers, a group of forest birds found nowhere else in the world. Unfortunately, human-assisted arrival of avian malaria—worsened by climate change—and other factors have brought Hawaiian honeycreepers to the brink of extinction. Read more about how Haleakalā National Park is using innovative methods to save the 17 remaining species of Hawaiian honeycreepers.

Research Brief: Surveying Purple Sandpipers through the Decades

• Type: Article

Researchers are repeating surveys of purple sandpipers, migratory shorebirds that spend their winters along the coast of Maine. The species has been in decline in recent decades and Acadia's protected shorelines continue to provide important habitat.

Roadrunner Cowbelles’ Santa Fe Trail Plaque

• Type: Place

Along with an iron hitching rail on Washington Ave., this 1976 bronze plaque honors early Santa Fe Trail drivers.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Manitou Island Transit Ferry

• Type: Place

Interested in exploring North & South Manitou Island? The Manitou Transit Ferry Service is how you get there. You can do a day trip or spend the night camping. The ferry ride is slow moving and usually is 1.5 hours one way. Ferry reservations are required. **No pets are permitted on the islands.**