Distance learning video about bears.

Distance learning video about mutualism.

Station Eleven of the Old Farm Virtual Tour

Can you guess what park unit this video is about. Watch Park Mystery Video #6. Answer and see if you guessed correctly!

Enjoy the park mystery series. Challenge yourself to find out what park the ranger's are talking about from a series of pictures and clues. Use your internet resources to help you find the right answer!

Hundreds of black bears make their home in Yosemite and seeing a wild bear is often the highlight of a trip to the park. Bears often remind us of ourselves, and the complex relationship between bears and humans has changed over time as...

Fire following flowers are those that germinate and bloom after a fire, covering the landscape in a beautiful but brief wildflower display that may not return until the next fire.

Botanist Martin Hutten, who was the former manager of Yosemite National Park's invasive plant program, is featured in this short video where he discusses invasive plants and their impact on Yosemite.

Cascades Diversion Dam, once located on the Merced River just west of Yosemite Valley, was removed in 2004 followed by re-vegetation and monitoring of the river channel. After 68 years of operation, the hydroelectric facility associated...

Station Six of the Old Farm Virtual Tour

These videos compliment the variety of water quality programs that occur in Acadia National Park. For teachers looking for good background information on water quality or those looking to attend the Floating Classroom field trip, this...

Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist and Assistant Professor of climate science at the University of Maine, discusses coring and "tasting" the ice age. National Park Service and Schoodic Institute staff assisted with coring in 2016.

Watch this video to find out the answer to Park Mystery Video #5!

Are you planning a visit to Acadia National Park? Before you get here, it's important to know the difference between an entrance pass for the whole park, and a vehicle reservation just to drive up to the summit of Cadillac Mountain. You...

Horsetail Fall is a small, ephemeral waterfall that flows over the eastern edge of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. For two weeks in February, the setting sun striking the waterfall creates a deep orange glow.

A talk by Craig Childs author, river guide, naturalist, field instructor in natural history, adventurer. Childs is a prolific writer, teacher, river guide, naturalist and original adventurer. His keen observations in nature flow through...

This 15-minute video provides an orientation to visiting Yosemite National Park.

Located on a prominent bend on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Siyeh Bend shuttle stop marks the transition point between the higher elevation sub-alpine vegetation and the forest of the East Side. Two popular day hikes depart from this...

Amid a dense forest with thick grass cover a mule deer nibbles at the ground (audio description). <b<br/>r/>

Glacier National Park

These videos compliment the variety of water quality programs that occur in Acadia National Park. For teachers looking for good background information on water quality or those looking to attend the Floating Classroom field trip, this...

Station Nine of the Old Farm Virtual Tour

Acadia is among the busiest and most beloved national parks in the United States. Growing crowds, increased pressures on existing park facilities, as well as conservation challenges can’t be remedied with quick fixes for today....

Last summer, in 2015, Yosemite's Parks in Focus program helped kids discover Yosemite through the eyes of their cameras.

Each spring the challenge of plowing the Going-to-the-Sun Road starts all over again. Join the Road Crew on a typical day in early June of 2008 as they work to clear the Rim Rock area, just west of Logan Pass.



CREDIT: Glacier...