NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competencies and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

The project was supported by Department of the Interior, contract no. 0490-9-8001.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

United States. Committee on Improving the Science and Technology Programs of the National Park Service.

Science and the national parks / Committee on Improving the Science and Technology Programs of the National Park Service [and] Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. National parks and reserves—Research—United States. 2. National parks and reserves—United States—Management. 3. United States. National Park Service—Management. I. National Research Council (U.S.) Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology. II. Title.

SB482.A3 1992

333.78'15'0973—dc20 92-26303

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Cover: Nevada Fall, Rainbow, Yosemite National Park, c. 1947. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Copyright © 1992 by the Trustees of The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. All Rights Reserved.