Videos

Duration:

5 minutes, 54 seconds

How forest monitoring in eastern national parks helped reveal issues with long-term forest sustainability, and the successes parks have had in addressing the issue at Gettysburg National Military Park, Rock Creek Park, and Catoctin Mountain Park.

Duration:

5 minutes, 48 seconds

Invasive plants and animals can disrupt ecosystems even in highly protected National Parks. Learn how parks are taking action with help from Inventory & Monitoring as the first alert to new pests and with Exotic Plant Management Teams that tackle invasive species treatment and removal.

Duration:

6 minutes, 54 seconds

National Parks protect amazing places and organisms for all Americans. As climate changes, learn how Inventory & Monitoring helps parks track its effects on populations of Shenandoah salamander, life in the rocky intertidal zone, and brook trout in freshwater streams.

Duration:

6 minutes, 3 seconds

How National Parks in urban settings provide valuable refuges to wildlife: from water birds at Boston Harbor Islands to threatened bats at Rock Creek Park, and the contributions that monitoring by citizen scientists and NPS employees make to preserving them.

Videos Produced by the Network

2021 How to Succeed at Invasive Species Management (4 minutes)

Learn how to prioritize the areas and species within your park where invasive plant management can be effective.
This is a much shorter version of the 2020 webinar (1 hour, 12 minutes) on invasive plant trends in eastern national parks and the strategic invasive species management planning tool available below.

2021 - Fire and Deer Don't Mix (2 minutes)

Learn why forest condition and deer abundance are important when using prescribe fire to manage oak forests.

2021 Early Detection of Invasive Species and Rapid Response (14 minutes)

Learn how you can help protect parks by using the iNaturalist app to record observations of new invasive species in the National Parks of Western Pennsylvania

2020 All Hope is Not Lost: Invasive Plant Trends and a Strategic Planning Tool (1 hour, 12 minutes)

This webinar presents trends in invasive plants in eastern national parks, as well as a strategic tool parks can use to prioritize management of invasive plants.

Videos Produced by the Parks

2021 Using iNaturalist to help park scientists track invasive species (6 minutes)

In our previous iNaturalist video, we went over a quick rundown on how to use the iNaturalist app as a citizen scientist and document species occurrences within the national parks. This greatly helps park scientists and resource managers know about the specific timing and location of species of interest to the park. One of the most effective ways to use the iNaturalist app is to document the occurrence of invasive species so that park biologists can develop treatment plans to eradicate them before they have a large negative impact on the park's biodiversity. This video highlights three invasive species we want iNaturalist users to keep their eyes open for the most when hiking in the park and the ways to properly identify each species.

2021 How to use iNaturalist as a citizen scientist to help protect park biodiversity (3 minutes)

iNaturalist is a free and powerful phone app that allows users to document the timing and location of species they find throughout the entire world. When you document a species while exploring in the New River Gorge National Park & Preserve, the data will help park biologists know the location of species of concern. Regardless if you are a beginner or a master naturalist, everyone can participate in this citizen science project by learning more about the natural world and help conserve park biodiversity throughout the process.