Taking the Pulse

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Although Northwest national parks are great for recreation they are also living laboratories offering great opportunities for science. A law passed by Congress in 1998 established a system of Inventory & Monitoring in which the parks collaborate together to monitor ecosystem health year after year. This film features Park Service scientists and staff explaining their vision of the parks.


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The North Coast & Cascades Science Learning Network

Keywords

Ecosystems, North Coast & Cascades Science Learning Network, monitoring

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

3935