The National Capital Region Network (NCRN) Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) Program has identified amphibians as a priority taxonomic group for its monitoring program. The goals of this program are to document at least 90% of the amphibian species in its parks, and to determine whether the integrity and status of amphibian populations are changing over time. As of 2004, all NCRN parks had completed amphibian inventories (Shawn Carter, National Park Service, personal communication), and planning for monitoring efforts were initiated. The objectives of the monitoring program are to implement a long-term sampling design, in cooperation with park service biologists and managers, to: (1) describe the annual distribution of amphibians (i.e. estimate initial occupancy probabilities for targeted species) and explore factors that may influence occupancy probabilities or distributional patterns, (2) determine if amphibian distributions are changing annually, and if so, explore whether occupancy changes are related to habitat quality, paying special attention to factors associated with increased urbanization in the region, and (3) provide information to aid in generating and testing hypotheses that differentiate among possible causes of long-term changes in the proportion of area occupied among species, habitats, and park areas.

The vital sign selection process of the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M) identified forest vegetation monitoring as a critical need for the parks of the National Capital Region Network (NCRN). The data collected using this protocol will provide much needed baseline information on the forests in the NCRN, particularly in terms of community structure and composition. The information will also be used to determine long term trends in community composition, and in the abundance and distribution of individual species.

This report presents a summary of the forest condition data collected in 2007 by the National Capital Region Network Inventory and Monitoring Program. Forest condition was monitored on 100 forest plots randomly located throughout the National Capital Region. This data is part of a long term forest monitoring effort that will include 400 forest plots. One hundred plots will be monitored each year, and any particular plot will be monitored once every four years. As this is the first time that these plots are monitored only status data but not trend data is available.

In 2000, the National Capital Region Inventory and Monitoring Network (NCRN) initiated a deer monitoring program to collect information on deer densities. The program is carried out through fall spotlight surveys in Antietam National Battlefield, Catoctin Mountain Park, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historic Park- Gold Mine Tract, George Washington Memorial Parkway - Great Falls Park, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Monocacy National Park, National Capital Parks - East (Greenbelt and Piscataway units), Prince William Forest Park, and Rock Creek Park. Pellet-group counts are used in Harpers Ferry National Historic Park because of the lack of a road network. This report summarizes and analyzes the fall 2008 spotlight surveys and the 2008 fall-winter pellet-group count.

The purpose of this report was to document the status of the marine fish assemblage at KALA in 2009 and examine changes from 2006 to 2009. First, the status of the entire assemblage in 2009 was analyzed for species richness, density, biomass and diversity using spatial distribution maps. Second, the trophic composition of the entire assemblage in 2009 was examined for both density and biomass. Third, the top ten species in 2009 in terms of density and biomass were listed to examine specific components of the assemblage. Finally, trends in the entire assemblage from 2006-2009 were plotted for species richness, density, biomass, and diversity.

The purpose of this report was to document the status of the marine fish assemblage at KALA in 2008 and examine changes from 2006 to 2008. First, the status of the entire assemblage in 2008 was analyzed for species richness, density, biomass and diversity using spatial distribution maps. Second, the trophic composition of the entire assemblage in 2008 was examined for both density and biomass. Third, the top ten species in 2008 in terms of density and biomass were listed to examine specific components of the assemblage. Finally, trends in the entire assemblage from 2006-2008 were plotted for species richness, density, biomass, and diversity.

The purpose of this report was to document the status of the marine fish assemblage at KALA in 2007 and examine changes from 2006 to 2007. First, the status of the entire assemblage in 2007 was analyzed for species richness, density, biomass and diversity using spatial distribution maps. Second, the trophic composition of the entire assemblage in 2007 was examined for both density and biomass. Third, the top ten species in 2007 in terms of density and biomass were listed to examine specific components of the assemblage. Finally, trends in the entire assemblage from 2006-2007 were plotted for species richness, density, biomass, and diversity.

The purpose of this report was to document the initial status of the marine fish assemblage at KALA. First, the initial status of the entire assemblage was analyzed for species richness, density, biomass and diversity using spatial distribution maps. Second, the trophic composition of the entire assemblage was examined for both density and biomass. Finally, the top ten species in terms of density and biomass were listed to examine specific components of the assemblage.

The work provides an updated crayfish species lists for ten National Park Service (NPS) properties in Pennsylvania after conducting comprehensive crayfish surveys of selected streams within the parks.

A childrens book detailing the long and daring migration journey of sturgeon. Filled with suspense it is educational into the life of sturgeon and an entertaining read for everyone no matter their age. Written and Illustrated by a 9 year old girl with over 20 color images and many full page. Editing and image assistance by G.R.fitch. 50% of sale goes to the Author

The publisher is William R. Parks - www.wrparks.com The printer is CreateSpace. The color paperback edition is available for $12.95 plus postage and handling. It may be ordered from the below eStore web page. Peppi is a happy Atlantic puffin. He greets a beautiful day with nothing on his mind but breakfast. Puffins are birds, but they are swift underwater swimmers. Peppi eats his morning meal of eels and small fish and prepares to enjoy a calm morning, when his quiet world is disrupted. This book is intended to be enjoyed by a sharing child and adult.. Reader Reviews: "The value of this book for young readers is in the photographs and the clear descriptions of present environmental hazards in the seas. This book should be stocked in gift shops associated with places like Sea World, national parks and science museums." - Member of the Selection Committee for One Book One Community. "A make believe tale to stimulate a child's imagination and sense of adventure. Be transported back to childhood to an informative, colorful world." "Congratulations for writing an interesting story that will make children aware of the puffin species of birds and also aware of the danger to whales in the high seas."

The Adventures Of Murray The Misunderstood Moray Eel is a children and young adults' book about the wonderful underwater world. It is told by Murray a Green Moray Eel with humor giving the readers interesting bits of information about our planet and the oceans. Murray also talks about different animals and environments through underwater photographs.

Broken Shells is a unique collection of photographs of broken shells along with inspirational words of wisdom.

Addendum to the 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation

This research is part of the Socioeconomic Research & Monitoring Program for the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. In 2010, a baseline study of users and non-users of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS) was initiated. Mail surveys were designed in 2010 and implemented in 2011 and 2012. The study provides baseline data on the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of users and non-users of GRNMS in regard to management strategies and regulations. It also provides information on socioeconomic/demographic profiles, activity participation and use of coastal and ocean waters off the Georgia coast both inside and outside GRNMS. The surveys collected data on sources of public information on GRNMS used and the amount of trust in sources used, familiarity with GRNMS rules and regulations, and attitudes about selected management strategies for coastal and ocean resources both inside and outside GRNMS. For users of GRNMS, perceptions of resource conditions were also addressed.

The book is a combination of all the things pertaining to my fishing for so many years. It is how I got started, what I learned, who I met, what I caught, what interesting things happened. I am not through learning or enjoying my life doing this. There is always something new tomorrow.

The pictures are of the people that I knew, myself, odd things we caught, or odd things that happened.

Everything you need to know about Puffer Fish as pets and more. Guaranteed to answer all your questions, this book is a must have for anybody passionate about Puffer Fish. Facts, care, information, food, poisoning, aquarium, diseases, all included. Porcupine fish, green spotted puffer fish, dwarf puffer fish, figure 8 and green puffer fish, all covered. The book is written in an easy to read and understandable style. In a straight forward, no nonsense fashion, Elliott Lang covers all aspects of keeping Puffer Fish. The book is full of sound advice and answers to your questions.

An inside look at a renowned marine biologist's quest to save an abandoned, endangered seal pup Only eleven hundred Hawaiian monk seals survive in the wild. Without intervention, they face certain extinction within fifty years. When a two-day-old Hawaiian monk seal pup, later named Kauai Pup 2, or KP2, is attacked and abandoned by his mother on a beach, he is rushed off on a journey that will take him across the ocean to the California marine lab of eminent wildlife biologist Dr. Terrie M. Williams. As Williams works with the boisterous KP2 to save his species, she forms a lasting bond with him that illustrates the importance of the survival of all earth's creatures and the health of the world's oceans.

This report is the "Technical Appendix" for users version 2 as found in Leeworthy (2013) and documents the statistical tests that were done for comparing users version 1 and 2 surveys and the statistical tests for differences between the responses by users and non-users to version 2 survey questions on various policy/management strategies included in version 2 surveys.

The heartbreaking and true story of a lonely orca named Luna who befriended humans in Nootka Sound, off the coast of Vancouver Island by Michael Parfit and Suzanne Chisholm.
One summer in Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, a young killer whale called Luna got separated from his pod. Like humans, orcas are highly social and depend on their families, but Luna found himself desperately alone. So he tried to make contact with people. He begged for attention at boats and docks. He looked soulfully into people's eyes. He wanted to have his tongue rubbed. When someone whistled at him, he squeaked and whistled back. People fell in love with him, but the government decided that being friendly with Luna was bad for him, and tried to keep him away from humans. Policemen arrested people for rubbing Luna's nose. Fines were levied. Undaunted, Luna refused to give up his search for connection and people went out to meet him, like smugglers carrying friendship through the dark. But does friendship work between species? People who loved Luna couldn't agree on how to help him. Conflict came to Nootka Sound. The government built a huge net. The First Nations' members brought out their canoes. Nothing went as planned, and the ensuing events caught everyone by surprise and challenged the very nature of that special and mysterious bond we humans call friendship. "The Lost Whale" celebrates the life of a smart, friendly, determined, transcendent being from the sea who appeared among us like a promise out of the blue: that the greatest secrets in life are still to be discovered.

For author M. Scotty Lamkin, a conventional lifestyle at a traditional job was a horribly mundane way to approach life. On January 16, 1979, he arrived in Alaska with fifty dollars in his pocket, two duffel bags, and a backpack. A long way from his Kentucky homeland, Lamkin journeyed to Alaska expecting adventure, and he was not disappointed. Chance Is the Providence of Adventurers narrates many of Lamkin's true-life escapades in Alaska's remote bush country.

In this half-travelogue, half-memoir, Lamkin tells the sometimes funny, sometimes deadly, stories of his experiences as a professional guide and adventurer-waking up a brown bear at close range, sinking a boat in frigid Alaska waters, crashing bush planes, throwing rocks at bears, and experiencing some of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth.

"Chance Is the Providence of Adventurers" offers a glimpse into the flavor of Alaskan life, provides a firsthand view of the wonders of untamed nature and wildlife, and demonstrates the results of taking a chance to change your life.

This is a seafaring story with multiple aspects. Information gleamed by the author is from 20] years of sea-logs, is a narrative or comments by the captain of an off coming watch on an ocean vessel whereas the author was a member. By multiple aspects, I refer to facts, that while the story is based on facts, especially the strange events, the remainder I have taken the privilege of a fictional book to deviate from the "rume line." I have inserted my sense of humor whenever possible, also from events that have occurred. I have been told my sense of humor is dry but I'm positive you will have a laugh or two As a disclaimer; I end the yarn by sailing through the horizon oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico. I was there for the event but on a power vessel with log entries and pictures to document my participation in the failed off-shore clean-up of the mess left to us by an old ally from Europe. What is not in the book is that I contracted a lung disease from this experience. Many local good men and women did also. Furthermore, some have passed, but my rendition in the book is accurate as to the conditions at sea with as much as possible, emotions withheld. I believe that both sailor and non will enjoy this yarn and possibly learn a few things about our precious water world.

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.