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The Natural Laboratory
Pod-casts exploring science from Bay Area National Parks

What’s in a Seal? - July 17, 2009 - 6:28 minutes (3,044 KB mp3)

Park Science Day - January 30, 2009 - 6:46 minutes (3,171 KB mp3)

White Sharks of the Northern Pacific - December 9, 2008 - 7:10 minutes (6,880 KB mp3)

Paleotsunami at Point Reyes National Seashore - August 17, 2007 - 5:00 minutes (4,699 KB mp3)

Tracking the Coho Salmon - August 17, 2007 - 4:12 minutes (3,941 KB mp3)

Audio slideshows

The following presentation is available for viewing with QuickTime.

The Return of the Tidewater Goby - November 9, 2009 - 2:26 minutes (17,970 KB mp4)

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Point Reyes Documentary Videos
by Benjamin Bettenhausen

The following videos are available for use with either QuickTime or Windows Media Player as "Low," "Medium," and "High" quality videos. The "Low" and "Medium" quality videos have a screen size of 320 pixels x 240 pixels, and the "High" quality videos have a screen size of 640 pixels x 480 pixels. All videos were compressed to 30 frames per second and have data rates of 270 to 374 Kbps for "Low" quality videos; 749 to 816 Kbps for "Medium" quality videos; and 1.46 to 1.62 Mbps for "High" quality videos.

Sudden Oak Death: Battling an Invasive Disease explores the story of Phytophthora ramorum, a brown water mold of foreign origins which causes the disease known as Sudden Oak Death. This disease, which has been killing Tanoak trees at an alarming rate, was first documented in Marin County in the mid-1990s and has since spread up and down the North American west coast. Sudden Oak Death documents the history of the disease, describes its pathology, and explains what measures may prevent its spread in the future.
Total Run Time: 10 minutes
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Tule Elk: California’s Legacy of Wildness chronicles the fascinating and inspirational story of the tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) which are native to California and can be viewed at the Tomales Point Tule Elk Reserve. Since pre-historic times, large herds of tule elk roamed California’s central valley and coastal plains. Unfortunately, they were hunted to near-extinction by the late 19th century. Tule Elk examines how the dramatic rebound of the tule elk population at Point Reyes National Seashore and in California at large demonstrates the success of threatened species protections and conservation laws.
Total Run Time: 10 minutes
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Science Behind the Scenery - 2004

The following Quicktime videos are from the Pacific Coast Science and Learning Center's 2004 "Science Behind the Scenery" DVD. These videos are available as either "Low" resolution videos (compressed to 12 frames per second with a screen size of 240 pixels x 180 pixels) for those with slower connections, or as "Medium" resolution videos (compressed to 15 frames per second with a screen size of 320 pixels x 240 pixels) for those with faster connections.

Introduction: Science at Point Reyes National Seashore 2:41 minutes
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Northern Elephant Seals 5:46 minutes
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Tomales Bay Biodiversity Inventory and Partnership 6:24 minutes
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Tule Elk 6:29 minutes
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Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary 7:27 minutes
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Myrtle's Silverspot Butterfly 5:32 minutes
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Coho Salmon and Steelhead Trout 6:39 minutes
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Vegetation Mapping 4:23 minutes
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Fire Management 6:17 minutes
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National Park Service Science and Learning Centers 2:10 minutes
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Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project Multimedia

OpenRoad.TV with Doug McConnell
Watch the "Giacomini Wetlands Restored" video.

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10-minute long version
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The QuickTime videos are available as "Low," "Medium-Low," "Medium," and "High" quality videos. The "Low" quality videos were compressed to 10 frames per second with a screen size of 160 pixels x 90 pixels; "Medium Low" to 12 frames per second and 320 pixels x 180 pixels; "Medium" to 15 frames per second and 320 pixels x 180 pixels; and "High" to 480 pixels x 270 pixels. The MPEG-4 videos are available as "Low," "Medium," and "High" quality videos. The "Low" and "Medium" quality videos, which were both compressed to 15 frames per second with screen sizes of 320 pixels x 180 pixels. The "Low" quality MPEG-4 was compressed at a data rate of 64 kbps, while the "Medium" quality MPEG-4 was compressed at a data rate of 256 kbps. The "High" quality videos are available at screen sizes of 480 pixels x 270 pixels.

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More on Point Reyes at OpenRoad.TV with Doug McConnell.

Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project
Take an historical tour of this "working dairy ranch turned restored wetlands" project with Point Reyes National Seashore's wetlands ecologist Lorraine Parsons.

Your Wetlands: Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project podcast

Visit our Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project pages for more information about this incredible legacy project at the head of Tomales Bay.

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Wild Sound Stories

Wild Sound Stories are six-minute adventures in natural sounds and images that connect you to the feeling of wild Marin. Wild Sound Stories are produced by Gina Farr, a multimedia communications artist and natural sounds recordist who creates living documents of our last wild places. A native of Marin County, Gina is also a member of the Point Reyes National Seashore Association. Watch a Wild Sound Story at wildSoundStories.com to experience the habitats, animals and cultures of our natural area. They are a fun and intuitive way to gain insight into the lives, loves and struggles of others who share this world we call home.

Coyote Dreams: Night in Olema Valley
Go native. Explore the dreamtime in California's earthquake rift zone...on four paws.

Hero's Journey: A Marin Salmon's Tale
Swim with the whales, then up a quiet bay and through a rainy, fern-filled creek to fulfill your destiny.

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