Skip to main content

Science and the National Parks (1992) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

INDEX
Pages 117-122

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 117...
... Antiquities Act (1906) , 18 Appalachian brook trout, 26-27 Assateague Island National Seashore, 32 B Balsam woolly adelgid, 36 Beach erosion, see Coastal erosion Big Cypress National Preserve, 33 Biosphere Reserves, 94, 98, 99 117 Black bear, 27 Boating, recreational, 34 Brown trout, 27 Budget committee recommendations regarding, 100-106 structure and funding of, 8-9,11, 76-83 Bureau of Land Management, 73 Burton, Philip, 47 C Canyonlands National Park, 31 Cape Cod National Seashore, 32-33 Cape Hatteras National Seashore, 16, 32 Cape Lookout National Seashore, 32 Channel Islands National Park, 90 Chief scientists authority of, 68 committee recommendations regarding role of, 11-12, 106-107 recommendations from regional, 50
Read the entire page →
From page 118...
... , 72, 103 Cultural resource management and research, 61, 74 Cumberland Island National Seashore, 32 Cutthroat trout, 34 D Dall sheep, 29 Death Valley National Monument, 33 Denali National Park, 29, 31 Department of Defense, 71 Devil's Hole pupfish, 33 E Ecosystems change as central to functioning of, 19 effects of global climate change on, 70 interventions resulting from inadequate knowledge of, 2-3, 19-20, 23-24, 26-27, 39 need for long-term research on, 92-93, 101-102 INDEX need for monitoring of, 60 Elk, 27 Endangered species, 2-3 Endangered Species Act (1973) , 90 Everglades National Park enabling legislation for, 90 Field Research Laboratory, 73 fire management in, 31 land use and water management problems outside boundaries of, 33-34 Everhardt, Gary, 45 F "Federal Resource Lands and Their Neighbors" (The Conservation Association)
Read the entire page →
From page 119...
... , 50 119 Lincoln Home National Historic Site, 30 M Mammoth Cave National Park, 35 36 Man and the Biosphere Program, 71,90 Moose, 27-28 Mount McKinley National Park, see Denali National Park Murie, Adolph, 29 N National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP) , 36-38 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 71 National Environmental Policy Act (1969)
Read the entire page →
From page 120...
... , 77, 78 Organic Act. See National Park Service Act of 1916 p Park boundaries, see Adjacent lands Park visitors, see Visitors Parks-for-science research, 96-101 Peer review, 74, 107-108 Personnel committee recommendations regarding, 11-12, 106-107 involved in research program, 73-76 review recommendations regarding hiring of, 56 see also Chief scientists Pest management program, 71 Piping plover, 32, 33 Pollution acid rain, 36-38, 97 conditions regarding air, 16, 60 example of water, 35-36 in parks today, 16
Read the entire page →
From page 121...
... , 4, 42, 44-45, 67-68 Research funding for, 78-79, 83 importance to national park system of, 2-4, 23-24 integrated through multiple year programming, 73 parks-for-science, 96-101 schedules for conducting, 13 science-for-parks, 91-96, 101 types of, 91-92 Research grade evaluation, 74 Research grade scientists, 75, 76 "Research in the Parks: An Assessment of Needs" (National Parks and Conservation Association) , 42, 51, 56, 79 Research reviews conclusions regarding and recommendations made by, 54-57 discussion of past, 42, 44-47, 4954 list of major, 43 overview of, 4-6, 41-42 Resource inventories committee recommendations regarding, 92-94, 104, 105 importance of, 60 maintenance and coordination of, 68-69 need for, 25-27 Resource management committee recommendations regarding, 91-96 cultural, 61, 74, 95 funds allocated for, 8-9, 80-81 121 levels of authority of, 7, 60-65 major reviews of programs in, 43 personnel involved in, 73-76 requirements for, 2 research as part of, 6, 61 review recommendations regarding, 55, 56 see also Research reviews; Science program "A Review and Recommendations Relative to the NPS Science Program" (Allen and Leopold report)
Read the entire page →
From page 122...
... See also Pollution Water resource management, 60 Water Resources Division, 69 Whalen, William, 45, 46 White House, 30 Wilderness Act (1964) , 90 Wilderness classification, 98 Wildlife and Vegetation Division, 71 Wildlife Division, 41 Wildlife management, 41 "Wildlife Management in the National Parks" (Leopold et al.)
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • park service
  • national parks
  • committee recommendations
  • conservation association
  • national seashore

  • leopold report
  • fire management
  • chief scientists
  • robbins report
  • gordon report

  • conclusions regarding
  • wildlife management
  • natural science
  • recommendations relative
  • adjacent lands

  • personnel involved
  • canyon national
  • service act
  • acid precipitation
  • islands national

  • nps science
  • technology programs
  • island national
  • brook trout
  • review recommendations

  • policy act
  • cultural resource
  • grade scientists
  • research grade
  • denali national


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.