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Volume 26
Number 2
Fall 2009
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Forest vegetation monitoring in eastern national parks

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By Jim Comiskey, John Paul Schmit, Suzanne Sanders, Patrick Campbell, and Brian Mitchell

Eastern deciduous forest scene, including mushroom and leaf litter, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, Virginia.
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Trout in the hand of an airborne contaminants researcher.

Contaminants study provides window into airborne toxic impacts in western U.S. and Alaska national parks
Results and implications of the Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project
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By Colleen Flanagan

Science Features
Northern pitcher plant.

Exploring the influence of genetic diversity on pitcher plant restoration in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
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By Jennifer M. Karberg, Joy Marburger, and Margaret R. Gale

Flower of the northern pitcher plant.

Sidebar: Ecology of plant carnivory
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By Jennifer Karberg and Joy Marburger

Students catch potential mussel host fish on the St. Croix River.

Students to the rescue of freshwater mussels at St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
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By Jean Van Tatenhove

Case Studies
The Madrona pools in Saguaro National Park, Arizona, were the site of a pulse study in May 2003.

Pulse study links scientists and managers: An example from Saguaro National Park
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By Don E. Swann, Margaret W. Weesner, Sarah Craighead, and Larry L. Norris

Research Reports
Smooth brome (Bromus inermis).

A rapid, invasive plant survey method for national park units with a cultural resource focus
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By Craig C. Young and Jennifer L. Haack

Landscape view of the Clear Trap prescribed fire at Zion National Park, Utah, fall 2004.

Prescribed fire and nonnative plant spread in Zion National Park
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By Kelly Fuhrmann, Cheryl Decker, and Katie A. Johnson

Table of data.

Partnership behaviors, motivations, constraints, and training needs among NPS employees
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By Melissa S. Weddell, Rich Fedorchak, and Brett A. Wright

Sidebar: The partnership phenomenon
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By Melissa S. Weddell, Rich Fedorchak, and Brett A. Wright

Nonnative Barbary sheep, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.

Distribution and abundance of Barbary sheep and other ungulates in Carlsbad Caverns National Park
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By Anthony Novack, Kelly Fuhrmann, Kristin Dorman-Johnson, and Scott Bartell

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