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11200:00:00,820 --> 00:00:02,3203Am I looking at the right tree?4 52600:00:03,420 --> 00:00:04,3407That might help.8 931000:00:04,680 --> 00:00:05,96011Yeah, it's a ton of fun.12 1341400:00:06,020 --> 00:00:06,88015I really enjoy it.16 1751800:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,64019You know, you get out to these different places.20 2162200:00:09,100 --> 00:00:11,46023I was just going to be like, Matt, I might need your help.24 2572600:00:11,920 --> 00:00:17,00027Having the river and the gorge with all the rockiness, I just think is really neat.28 2983000:00:17,100 --> 00:00:21,66031And just like the diversity of trees and shrubs and things that you find here.32 3393400:00:22,100 --> 00:00:25,36035Hi, I'm Sammy Demers with Outside Science Inside Parks.36 37103800:00:25,540 --> 00:00:28,02039We're at New River Gorge, the newest national park.40 41114200:00:28,020 --> 00:00:33,82043Park scientists and interns here are combing the forest to keep an eye on all the plants that make this place so special.44 45124600:00:34,220 --> 00:00:36,68047It can be kind of messy on some days, so get ready.48 49135000:00:57,490 --> 00:00:59,49051Forests are really important to these parks.52 53145400:00:59,710 --> 00:01:03,71055And if we don't know what's happening in the forest, we can't manage them appropriately.56 57155800:01:03,810 --> 00:01:09,51059So going to these monitoring locations over time and really checking on what the forest is doing, how is it changing,60 61166200:01:09,910 --> 00:01:12,13063is important to inform the management in the parks.64 65176600:01:12,610 --> 00:01:16,11067We have a certain select number of plots that we visit every year.68 69187000:01:16,670 --> 00:01:17,67071And in those plots,72 73197400:01:17,790 --> 00:01:22,17075we look at the number of trees in the plot, how healthy the trees look,76 77207800:01:23,070 --> 00:01:29,43079whether there's any damage to the trees, any invasive species or things like that that could harm the trees.80 81218200:01:29,770 --> 00:01:31,41083We also look at regeneration.84 85228600:01:31,410 --> 00:01:37,53087So like what's coming up on the forest floor, what kind of seedlings are there, how tall they are, what species they are.88 89239000:01:38,010 --> 00:01:44,29091We also look at every sort of species within the plot, you know, record what's there.92 93249400:01:45,550 --> 00:01:47,49095Four and ten.96 97259800:01:47,790 --> 00:01:54,75099So we also will look at how tall the tree is, whether it's a canopy tree or a sub canopy tree.100 1012610200:01:54,750 --> 00:01:56,250103It's very tough in the rain to do.104 1052710600:01:56,910 --> 00:01:59,370107And after all that, we characterize the stand.108 1092811000:01:59,770 --> 00:02:01,410111How dense is the shrub layer?112 1132911400:02:01,410 --> 00:02:02,630115How open is the canopy?116 1173011800:02:02,910 --> 00:02:04,950119And so really getting a sense of what the forest is like.120 1213112200:02:05,470 --> 00:02:09,030123Yeah, sometimes those rainy days can be hard just because you're wet all day.124 1253212600:02:09,030 --> 00:02:16,350127But it's nice being out in the fields and getting to move around and do practical things instead of just sitting in an office all day.128 1293313000:02:16,350 --> 00:02:20,430131There's an oxydendron 42 6.4.132 1333413400:02:20,430 --> 00:02:27,310135And it's also really nice to know that, you know, you're trying to make a difference in keeping the forest how they were.136 1373513800:02:27,310 --> 00:02:29,270139And, you know, it's really neat.140 1413614200:02:29,270 --> 00:02:31,27014320.8.144 1453714600:02:31,270 --> 00:02:37,650147It's incredible to take young people out in the woods and help them discover all of the things that are out there.148 1493815000:02:37,650 --> 00:02:40,830151And it's always an adventure and we always see something new.152 1533915400:02:40,830 --> 00:02:45,030155And it's just really fun to share that with young people every summer.156 1574015800:02:45,030 --> 00:02:45,870159A lot of trees.160 1614116200:02:45,870 --> 00:02:52,230163A lot of my career has just been academic and like class the room learning with some excursions.164 1654216600:02:52,230 --> 00:03:00,570167And so I think actually getting more hands on experience with tree identification and getting to know different landscapes is really valuable.168 1694317000:03:01,130 --> 00:03:05,130171You go way off the trail in some of these places, have to cross the river.172 1734417400:03:05,130 --> 00:03:10,190175I know there's been plots where we have to like wait across the river in a real shallow section.176 1774517800:03:10,190 --> 00:03:12,910179We get over, we hike off a trail in the middle of nowhere.180 1814618200:03:13,190 --> 00:03:15,870183And then there's a really old house foundation there.184 1854718600:03:15,870 --> 00:03:20,750187And that's just really cool to see because you're like, who knows how many people even really know about it besides us.188 1894819000:03:20,750 --> 00:03:23,130191Even the hard days are fun.192 1934919400:03:23,130 --> 00:03:27,310195And if it wasn't fun while you were doing it, it has a fun story at the end.196 1975019800:03:27,310 --> 00:03:30,210199And it all goes to a greater cause.200 2015120200:03:30,210 --> 00:03:34,970203So even if we're wet or hot or tired, it's still an adventure.204 2055220600:03:34,970 --> 00:03:38,130207I totally thought there was like another one that came in and I was like, no, that's the same tree.208 2095321000:03:38,130 --> 00:03:40,470211I think it's really nice.212 2135421400:03:40,470 --> 00:03:43,470215Like it's something that makes me really happy to think about that.216 2175521800:03:43,470 --> 00:03:45,030219I can go and do science and a lot of really cool things.220 2215622200:03:45,030 --> 00:03:45,190223I think it's really nice. Like it's something that makes me really happy to think about that. I can go and do science and a lot of really cool things.224 2255722600:03:45,190 --> 00:03:47,490227I can go and do science and a lot of really cool things.228 2295823000:03:47,490 --> 00:03:50,490231Thanks for watching this episode of Outside Science Inside Parks.232 2335923400:03:50,490 --> 00:03:51,830235We'll see you next time.236 237