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Boots, Boats And Copters Needed To Track Vegetation Patterns In Everglades National Park

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By NPT Staff - July 27th, 2016

To truly map the vegetation in Everglades National Park requires a “land, air, and sea approach.”

The latest video in the “Outside Science (inside parks)” series follows young scientists into the Florida wetlands as they use helicopters and airboats to track how the vegetation is changing in the park.

Every month in 2016, the “Outside Science (inside parks)” video series will showcase ways “the next generation is getting involved in park science.” This is the seventh episode released by the National Park Service and produced by students from Colorado State University. Previous videos chronicle:

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