2017 Accomplishments: North Coast & Cascades Research Learning Center

Youth Conservation Corps members collecting dragonfly larvae in North Cascades National Park

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Promoting parks for science

• Hosted a session, with the Klamath Network, on NW parks at Northwest Scientific Association annual conference with the Klamath Network
• Created digital access to North Cascades & San Juan Island National Park herbariums
• Supported Citizen Science & Education on dragon fly larvae & mercury accumulation in SAJH, LEWI, NOCA, MORA, and OLYM

NCC RLC intern preparing herbarium specimens for scanning

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• Installed Wi-Fi at MORA for researchers
• Provided small grants for science & scholarship
  • Tracking Ocean Acidification at OLYM & SAJH
  • Movement of Bull Trout at MORA
  • Climate Change & Bald Eagles at NOCA
  • Fisheries Traditional Uses & River Morphology at MORA
  • Glaciers & Changing Climates at OLYM
• NCC RLC Website will be on-line December 2017

Carla Cole with poster session at NW Scientific Association

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Promoting science to inform resource management decisions

• Supported an Air Resources Intern in collaboration with PWR Regional Air Resources Specialist
  • developed Resource Briefs on 5 recent PhD research projects on nitrogen deposition in MORA, NOCA, & OLYM
  • developed NCC RLC Website articles
  • led science conversations on air quality for NOCA Interp staff and North Cascades Institute graduate students and naturalists

• Provided support to develop a long-term monitoring and maintenance plan for invasive species in the former reservoirs of Elwha River, OLYM

Science Communication training at Pack Forest

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Incorporating science into park visitor and staff experiences

• Hosted Science Communication Training attended by staff from 4 parks and I&M staff
• Training opportunities for park staff on current topics
  • Insect curation training – NOCA
  • Nitrogen critical loads in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
  • Mercury in park ecosystems

Butterfly curation workshop at North Cascades National Park

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• Created effective science communication products
  • Updating of 3 Science Learning Network videos to meet section 508 compliance for posting on RLC website
  • Developed Resource & Research briefs to on RLC website and ensured they are compliant with section 508 guidelines
• Engagement of youth and underserved audiences in science
  • Pollinator Hotshot Team, Biodiversity Leadership Academy surveyed pollinators in NOCA, SAJH, MORA, FOVA, LEWI
  • Hosted two GeoScientists in the Parks
  • Obligated funding for FY2018 for two GeoScientists in Parks

Pollinator Hotshots at Sunrise, Mount Rainier

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Regina M. Rochefort, Ph.D

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