[Text Version] Arrowhead symbol of the National Park Service Green River, Dinosaur National Monument (photo by John Wullschleger)
Natural Resource Year in Review--2000; U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service Green River, Dinosaur National Monument (photo by John Wullschleger)
Report subtitle: "Summarizing and analyzing the year in natural resource stewardship and science in the national park system."
Epigraph--"When the National Park Service began [in 1916], the appearance of nature--of simple beauty--was mistaken for nature itself. Today we know that scenic beauty can mask dying species and disappearing ecosystems." --Robert Stanton, 15th Director of the National Park System
Table of Contents

Year At A Glance

Year 2000 In Review


1. Confluence

2. NPS Science

3. Parks as Laboratories

4. Resource Risks

5. Restoration

6. Outreach Education

7. New Horizons

8. Looking Ahead

9. Index (PDF--99 KB)

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Jeff Selleck
National Park Service
WASO-NRID
P.O. Box 25287
Denver, Colorado 80225-0287

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U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Natural Resource Program Center
Natural Resource Information Division
Lakewood, Colorado

Editor
Jeff Selleck

Associate Editors
Michael Rees
Elisabeth Rockwell

National Park Service

Acting Director • Denis P. Galvin

Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
Associate Director • Michael A. Soukup
Deputy Associate Director • Abigail B. Miller
Visiting Chief Social Scientist • Gary Machlis
Program Coordinator • Deborah Peck
Natural Systems Management Office • Staff

Natural Resource Program Center
Chief, Air Resources Division • Christine Shaver
Chief, Biological Resource Management Division • Craig Axtell
Chief, Environmental Quality Division • Jacob Hoogland
Chief, Geologic Resources Division • David Shaver
Chief, Natural Resource Information Division • Richard Gregory
Chief, Water Resources Division • Dan Kimball

Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the National Park Service.

Unless otherwise noted, all epigraphs at the beginning of chapters are from speakers at Discovery 2000, the National Park Service general conference, which took place 11-15 September 2000 in St. Louis, Missouri.

D-1459 / May 2001

Cover Photo
A ribbon of water in an arid landscape, the Green River sustains endangered fish and other aquatic and riparian species in Dinosaur National Monument (Colorado and Utah). However, Flaming Gorge Dam has altered conditions in the river and negatively impacted many river-dependent species; dams elsewhere in the Colorado River basin have had similar effects on other river reaches, including those within a number of units of the national park system. The National Park Service is becoming increasingly engaged in efforts to reestablish flow, restore habitat, and recover endangered fishes in the upper Colorado River basin (see related stories 1, 2, 3, 4).
John Wullschleger
This material is from Natural Resource Year in Review--2000, published by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, in May 2000 (publication D-1459)

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