Roger Andrascik's presentation to the NRC during the August 2014 meeting. Roger updated the Council on projects within the Natural and Cultural Resources Division at Mount Rainier National Park.

2. To protect natural and cultural resources for present and
future generations
Use science to help make decisions
Gain knowledge of the park through research, inventory and
monitoring

3. Program Areas
• Atmospheric Science
• Geology
• Aquatic Ecology
• Vegetation and Soils
• Wildlife Ecology
• Archeology
• Tribal Relations
• Ethnography
• Cultural Landscapes
• Museum Collections
• Inventory & Monitoring
• Science Learning
• Recreational Ecology
• Planning and Compliance

4. Air Quality
Good Visibility
Moderate
Visibility
Poor Visibility

5. Soundscape

6. Night Skies

7. Geology

8. Geological Hazards

9. River Studies

13. Fisheries

14. Pristine
Drastic Change
Dramatic Change
Vegetation Condition
Surveys

17. Exotic Plant Control

18. Wildland Fire and Fire Monitroing

19. Northern
Spotted Owl

20. Northern Spotted Owl
Habitat/Detection
Sites

21. Fox Study

22. Elk Aerial Surveys
Mountain Goat
Study

24. Fisher Reintroduction
Mount Rainier & North Cascades 2014- 2018?

25. Research

26. Cultural Resources

27. Test Excavated Precontact Sites, 2010

28. Survey
Excavation
Reported Finds
Construction &
Maintenance
Projects

29. National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
Buck Lake Project:
1. Lakebed sediment core extraction and analysis
2. Archaeological Testing

30. Ash Layers and Lithic Material

31. Sunshine Point CCC Camp 1938 - 1940
2005 2007

32. Tribal Relations and Traditional Use

34. National Historic Landmark District
Almost all the park infrastructure built
between 1906 and 1957

37. Museum Collections

39. Landscape Dynamics

40. Climate

42. Landbirds

43. Glacier

44. Forest and Subalpine
Vegetation

45. Elk

50. Meadow Restoration
Volunteers

51. Nisqually Entrance to Paradise Road 2015-16
Paradise Area Trail
Carbon River Trail
Ohanapecosh Campground Electric/Water Line
Foundation Document
Natural Resource Condition Assessment
Wilderness Stewardship Plan
Camp Muir
Paradise Inn Annex