National Park Service

Mount Rainier National Park Visitor Use Effects on Lichens and Bryophytes

Assessment

SBS contracted with GeomorphIS and the National Park Service’s Inventory and Monitoring Network to design and conduct an ecological study to research the effects of recreational visitor use on communities of lichens and bryophytes at four high-use areas across the National Park.

Lava Beds N.M. Cave Lichen Inventory and Visitor Impact (2021 –2022)

Planning, Survey

SBS botanists designed a lichen inventory in relation to visitor use and environmental conditions at caves in the Lava Beds National Monument.