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HomeYear at a GlanceForewordIntroductionChapterChapter 1--Meeting the ChallengeChapter 2--Science-Based ManagementChapter 3--National Parks as LaboratoriesChapter 4--Managing RisksChapter 5--Managing RisksChapter 6--RestorationChapter 7--Collaboration and Public ParticipationChapter 8--Looking Ahead    Search      Archive  

  Restoration
 
Resource manager paying out gill net in Kings Canyon National Park, California
A resource manager sets a gill net in a high-elevation lake in Kings Canyon National Park in an effort to restore the mountain yellow-legged frog.
Rachel Mazur
  The National Park Service is pursuing not only groundbreaking ecological restoration efforts to return individual species to their former ranges but also complex initiatives to revitalize entire natural communities. Many of these efforts reached significant benchmarks in 2001 through the dedication and expertise of NPS biologists, hydrologists, geologists, soil scientists, veterinarians, engineers, facility managers, and many valued partners. Over time, it has become increasingly clear that successful restoration activities require a sophisticated knowledge of how species interrelate with their habitats, which makes ongoing scientific research in the parks all the more critical. The projects featured in this chapter range from a remarkably successful effort to return the gray wolf to Yellowstone after a 60-year absence to restoration of the entrance to world-renowned Lechuguilla Cave, the first project of its kind in the world.
    “In the face of ever diminishing biodiversity throughout the world, our national parks should be models of healthy, natural, sustainable ecosystems.”

—National Park System Advisory Board


Articles

Restoration of mountain yellow-legged frogs in Kings Canyon
By Harold Werner

Breathing space at Lechuguilla Cave
By Jason M. Richards

National Park Service to share science role in Everglades restoration
By Thomas Van Lent

California condors return to the Colorado Plateau
By Elaine Leslie

Wolf restoration in Yellowstone successful beyond expectations
By Douglas W. Smith, Roger J. Anderson, and Julie Mao

Wetland and stream restoration at Elk Meadow in Redwood National Park
By James H. Popenoe


Other Developments

Award-winner Profile - Botanist honored with first professional excellence award

Preservation of the Fort Dupont stream

Coastal dune restoration at Point Reyes

Bonytail restoration continues

Maintenance staff help restore native fish at Point Reyes

This material is from Natural Resource Year in Review--2001, published by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, in May 2001 (publication D-2255)
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Last Updated: 7/4/2002