Outside Science (inside parks): Protecting Piping Plovers at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Seashore

The Outside Science (inside parks) series shares stories of crucial, creative science. Each episode, produced in collaboration with Colorado State University, highlights the many ways young people are getting involved in science in parks. Part citizen science, part education, these videos cover topics such as sea turtles and light pollution, toxic algal blooms, and mercury levels in dragonfly larvae. Watch this and all the previous episodes on the Explore Nature website or the Explore Nature YouTube Channel.

Duration:

4 minutes, 33 seconds

In this episode of Outside Science (inside parks), follow Scientists-in-Parks intern Natalia Portales as she joins the team at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to monitor and protect critically-endangered Great Lakes piping plover.