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Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Restoring Butterfly Habitat at Terra Vista
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Citizen scientists monitoring butterflies at the Terra Vista Natural Study Area provide important data for the habitat restoration team.
Glacier National Park
Waterton-Glacier BioBlitz! A Fun-filled Day of Hands-on-Science
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During the summer of 2017, the CCRLC hosted two BioBlitz events: the Waterton-Glacier Mushroom BioBlitz and the Waterton-Glacier Butterfly BioBlitz. Nearly 150 participants joined in helping resource managers gather data on the diverse array of fungus and butterfly species found in Glacier National Park.
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Since the early 2000s, ecologists who monitor rocky intertidal ecosystems each year have noted declines in a key intertidal seaweed commonly called rockweed. Rockweed is considered a foundational species, meaning that its presence is so important that without it the entire ecosystem would change radically. At Channel Islands National Park, marine ecologists are working with local scientists to understand the best methods to restore rockweed.
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Northern Colorado Plateau Network’s scientists use satellite observations of vegetation condition in Curecanti National Recreation Area with climate data over time to reveal how climate influences plant production and phenology. Knowing which of the wide range of 16 vegetation assemblages found in Curecanti are more or less sensitive to climate change can help managers understand what to expect over the next few decades, and plan for the changes coming their way.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Trinity Site, NM
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On July 16, 1945, Manhattan Project scientists detonated the world’s first atomic device, known as “the Gadget,” at 5:29 am Mountain War Time. The US Army conducted the test at the Trinity Site in the Jornada del Muerto desert about 210 miles (337 km) south of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Today the Trinity Site is part of the White Sands Missile Range and can only be visited during a Trinity Site Open House, typically hosted twice a year.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Oak Ridge Wayside: Integration of Oak Ridge Schools
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A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing the integration of Oak Ridge schools after the Manhattan Project.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wayside: What Does Sleeping Bear Dunes Mean to You?
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When the howling started in predawn darkness, natural sound recordist Jacob Job signaled to his research assistant to stop. Wolves. Cold and crouched in snow in the remote backcountry of the park with microphones and recording gear to the ready, the Colorado State University (CSU) scientists waited and listened. Silence. Then … the stealthy sound of crunching footsteps approaching.
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Through trial and error, outreach, and a small army of volunteer divers, scientists slow the progress of one of the Caribbean’s most lethal coral diseases—for now.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Let Me Count the Ways: How Citizen Scientists Helped a Park Measure Visitor Impacts
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Wildly popular Rocky Mountain National Park wanted to assess the extent of resource damage from all that love. It needed the help of some ardent supporters.
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We teamed up with park rangers and researchers to increase opportunities for sharing science. Humorous illustrations show what we learned in the process.
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Pollinators are in danger, and national parks want to help. Two early-career scientists piloted research projects to find out how they could.
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Charles Lee, former British Army officer, became the second highest ranking general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. On June 28, 1776 he oversaw the victory at the Battle of Sullivan's Island in Charleston, SC. Two years later, his retreat on the field at the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse would result in his court martial and the end of his military career. Learn more about this controversial figure here.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Manhattan Project Scientists: Harry Daghlian
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Harry Daghlian was among the promising young scientists who came to work at Los Alamos as part of the Manhattan Project. Harotune Krikor Daghlian Jr. (1921-1945), known as Harry, was raised in Illinois, attended MIT, and had graduated from Purdue University. He had not yet earned his doctorate in physics when he joined Project Y. Daghlian was assigned to work with Otto Frisch’s Criticality Assembly Group. He helped transport the plutonium core to the Trinity Site.
Commercial Services Program
Reducing PFAS in Drinking Water
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There are thousands of different types of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that people, animals, and ecosystems are exposed to on a regular basis. PFAS are a group of manmade chemicals that have been used in both consumer and commercial products since the 1950s. While scientists are still learning about the effects of PFAS in our environment, there are studies showing negative effects on human health with higher exposure.
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Dr. Clyde Wahrhaftig was a geologist, LGBTQ activist, environmentalist, and scientist who studied the geology of Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Yosemite National Park.
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Scientists Use Sediment Cores to Look Into the Past at Rodeo Lagoon
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Have you ever wondered what an environment looked like in the past? Or how much human-caused change has altered an area? So have scientists at Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the US Geological Survey! Sediment cores can act like windows into the past, containing information like what animals lived there and what their surroundings were like. In fall 2020, scientists collected about 21 four-inch sediment cores from throughout Rodeo Lagoon.
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Louden Langley
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Louden S Langley served in the 54th Massachusetts and 1st South Carolina Volunteers. After the Civil War, he became one of the Black political leaders in Reconstruction era South Carolina, and in 1880 served as the Assistant Lighthouse Keeper for the iconic lighthouse in Beaufort County, SC.
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
It's All Downhill
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Here at Mori point, park scientists and volunteers have used the natural flow of water on the landscape to create a connected network of pond habitats for the threatened California red-legged frog and the endangered San Francisco garter snake.
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Active early in the United States labor movement, Seth Luther never saw his work towards the ten hour work day come to fruition. Nevertheless, Luther laid important groundwork that still benefits workers today.