The North Coast & Cascades Science Learning Network

Pikas are small furry mammals related to rabbits that live on steep rocky talus slopes. They are, unfortunately, in the direct path of danger caused by global climate change. This film shows the team at North Cascades National Park studying the pikas and talking about their work.

Tidepool coastal ecosystems will be among the first places to show impacts from sea level rise and climate change. This six-minute film shows Dr. Steve Fradkin, marine ecologist at Olympic National Park showing how ocean life is monitored along the coast. We see Fradkin's crew doing their work and explaining their motivation for doing this.

National Park Service policy aims to restore any animals missing from the parks due to human actions. The fisher is a weasel-family animal that was trapped to extinction for its beautiful fur by the 1930's in what is now Olympic National Park. Dr. Patti Happe, the park's wildlife biologist worked from 2008-2010 with a team of interagency partners to trap 90 of these animals in British Columbia and release them in the park. This video gives a feeling for the project and the people involved.

As the climate changes, many early signs will appear on the ocean shores. This 12 minute film takes us to Olympic National Park’s wild coast and follows marine ecologist Dr. Steve Fradkin as he studies the changing rocky intertidal zone.