Event Title
Evaluating the Effectiveness of United States National Parks as Stewards for Conservation
Location
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Start Date
1-5-2014 9:00 AM
End Date
1-5-2014 10:00 AM
Project Type
Poster- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
This project is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of National Parks as stewards for conservation, specifically the effect of size, geographic region, and visitor rates on conservation effectiveness will be examined. A list of criteria was devised to help evaluate national parks effectiveness as a mode of conservation. Among the criteria considered are the total number of species, number of endangered species and number of invasive species.It is hypothesized that small parks with moderate visitation rates will have more species of concern per unit area than larger parks or parks with high visitation rates. It is also believed that southern parks will have more species overall because the climate is conducive to higher biological diversity. The results of this study will be helpful to National Parks for improving their conservation efforts.
Faculty Sponsor
Russ Cole
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Environmental Studies Program
CLAS Field of Study
Interdisciplinary Studies
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
227
Evaluating the Effectiveness of United States National Parks as Stewards for Conservation
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
This project is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of National Parks as stewards for conservation, specifically the effect of size, geographic region, and visitor rates on conservation effectiveness will be examined. A list of criteria was devised to help evaluate national parks effectiveness as a mode of conservation. Among the criteria considered are the total number of species, number of endangered species and number of invasive species.It is hypothesized that small parks with moderate visitation rates will have more species of concern per unit area than larger parks or parks with high visitation rates. It is also believed that southern parks will have more species overall because the climate is conducive to higher biological diversity. The results of this study will be helpful to National Parks for improving their conservation efforts.
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