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Over the past 10 years, the Southern California Research Learning Center has worked earnestly to foster landscape-level connections that will preserve the biodiversity of the southern California region – through research, community engagement, and building strategic partnerships. Here are the stories of where the SCRLC has come so far in meeting these objectives and where it is headed into the future.
Chesapeake Bay
Bi-Lingual Ranger Community Engagement Pilot Project
- Type: Article
$150,000 grant to Baltimore County - Maryland - This project will support a new Spanish-speaking Park Ranger at Marshy Point Nature Center and Loch Raven Fishing Center during the peak season of May – August.
- Type: Place
The Riverfront Heritage Trail is a fully accessible 15 mile bicycle and pedestrian pathway that begins at the riverfront and winds through the oldest and most historic parts of bi-state Kansas City. It links communities, parks, and places and ties into the surrounding midtown and suburban trail system. Interpretive waysides and historical markers along the trail create a journey through the early history.
- Type: Article
The Natural and Cultural Resource Awards Programs recognize the outstanding contributions of National Park Service staff in understanding, protecting, and managing park resources and in lands adjacent. Awardees are selected annually in a spring call for nominations and honored bi-annually. 2020 recipients were announced in July 2021 and National Park Service Director Chuck Sams conferred their award win in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., October 2022.
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The Natural and Cultural Resource Awards Programs recognize the outstanding contributions of National Park Service staff in understanding, protecting, and managing park resources and in lands adjacent. Awardees are selected annually in a spring call for nominations and honored bi-annually. The 2021 recipients were announced in July 2022 and honored at an award ceremony in October 2022.
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Bios of the Ten Men from Kentucky
- Type: Article
Ten men joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition in Kentucky. Nine were recruited by William Clark, and one (York) was enslaved by him. Who were these men?
Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program
A Bi-state 354-Mile Trail Network
- Type: Article
The Blue Mountain Region Trail Plan is a community-driven strategy that spans over two states, three counties and involves more than 30 partners. The National Park Service – Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program worked with Washington and Oregon towns to plan a 354-mile multi-purpose trail network that fosters physical and community connections in the region.
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The Blue Mountain Region Trail Plan is a community-driven strategy that spans over two states, three counties and involves more than 30 partners. The National Park Service – Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance program worked with Washington and Oregon towns to plan a 354-mile multi-purpose trail network that fosters physical and community connections in the region.
- Type: Article
What impact could prescribed and cultural burnings have on the distribution of Sudden Oak Death? Community plant monitoring bio tech Danielle Parson's reflects on her experiences monitoring oak woodland plant communities that are suffering from Sudden Oak Death. and considers what it would take to collaboratively steward these special places.
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New bi-national connections were made in a recently signed Twinning Agreement between the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Network in Ontario, Canada, and Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Network in New York and Vermont.
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Alabama: Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
- Type: Place
Before the first African American military pilots became known as the "Red Tails" they wore striped tails as they began their flight training in the Army's PT-17 Stearman bi-plane. Their flying adventure started in Tuskegee, Alabama and led them to the skies over Europe to help fight the Axis in WWII. Their story is immortalized in the National Historic Site that bears their nickname, the "Tuskegee Airmen."
Pipestone National Monument
Travis Erickson
- Type: Person
A short bio of Travis Erickson, a 4th generation quarrier and carver. Travis is also a cultural demonstrator at Pipestone National Monument, regularly educating visitors from around the world about Pipestone's quarrying tradition.
Mount Rainier National Park
Geoscientists-in-the-Parks: Bio-Engineering and Geomorphology Technicians
- Type: Article
Read about the work Jennifer Chan, Bio-Engineering Technician, and Robby Jost, Geomorphology Technician did at Mount Rainier National Park as GIPs in 2016.
Lava Beds National Monument
Installation of a Bio-Cleaning Station & Planetary Exploration Experiments in Park Lava Tubes
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In an effort to prevent the spread of White-Nose Syndrome in hibernating bats into the Monument, staff have developed a walk-across station to mitigate the risk of human WNS transmission. Monument lava tubes have also been recently used by researchers as an analog for the study of off-world lava fields and tubes.
- Type: Article
This article discusses the challenge of creating power and electricity in Alaska since there is no widespread power grid and the expense this power generation can have. Solutions to this problem in the Alaska region are explored and the feasibility and current usage of Hybrid Power Systems, Fuel Cells, Bio-diesel, and Wind and hydro-power are discussed.
Grand Canyon National Park
Bryophyte Floristics and Ecology in Grand Canyon National Park
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Bryophytes are one of the largest group of land plants and includes mosses, liverworts and hornworts. They can be found almost anywhere in the world, but in the American Southwest, bryophytes are small in stature and so low in bio¬mass that they are easily overlooked. However, they play a critical role in arid ecosystems where they contribute to soil stabilization, seedling establishment, biogeochemical cycling, symbiotic relationships and habitat creation for invertebrates.