Charting New Ground

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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.


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The North Coast & Cascades Science Learning Network

Keywords

North Coast & Cascades Science Learning Network, climate change

Credit

Courtesy of the National Park Service. For a large collection of audio and video podcast episodes on many classroom topics, visit the National Park Service on iTunes U.

Movie Number

3932