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Field Projects - National Park Service

The following statistics cover all trips made to North Cascades National Park and Mount Rainier National Park from 2002 to 2007.


Summary of Collections
Trip  Taxa  Species  Genera  Families  Collections  Specimens 
2002 NOCA, Colonial Creek  102 102 83 37 159 411
2002 NOCA, Ross Lake  184 180 128 51 274 720
2002 NOCA, Cascade Pass  172 167 107 41 319 778
2003 NOCA, Fisher Basin  145 145 88 34 211 447
2004 NOCA, McAlester Lake  108 107 73 30 138 313
2005 NOCA, Rennie Pass  153 151 91 32 193 425
2006 NOCA, Stehekin Valley  248 246 172 55 299 836
2006 NOCA, Dagger Lake  152 151 95 36 167 452
2007 NOCA, Copper Ridge  115 111 76 34 177 468
2004 MORA, The Palisades  108 107 73 30 162 316
2005 MORA, Tatoosh/Steven's  105 102 74 33 145 341
2006 MORA, Owyhigh Lakes  72 72 51 31 78 174
2006 MORA, Mowich Lake  136 133 96 39 147 396
2007 MORA, Crystal Lakes & Sunrise  100 99 65 26 127 332
ALL NOCA  632 615 279 71 1938 4850
ALL MORA  308 298 158 50 659 1559
TOTAL  724 678 301 74 2597 6409
(taxa and species estimates include hybrids and specimens identified only to genus)


Project Volunteers
Trip  WTU & NPS Staff  Volunteers  Volunteer Hours 
2002 NOCA, Colonial Creek  3 8 115
2002 NOCA, Ross Lake  5 7 315
2002 NOCA, Cascade Pass  7 13 564
2003 NOCA, Fisher Basin  2 8 320
2004 NOCA, McAlester Lake  3 7 280
2005 NOCA, Rennie Pass  3 8 260
2006 NOCA, Stehekin Valley  4 7 280
2006 NOCA, Dagger Lake  3 5 200
2007 NOCA, Copper Ridge  7 3 120
2004 MORA, The Palisades  6 5 100
2005 MORA, Tatoosh/Steven's  3 3 60
2006 MORA, Owyhigh Lakes  5 1 10
2006 MORA, Mowich Lake  2 8 240
2007 MORA, Crystal Lakes & Sunrise  4 3 78
ALL NOCA  17 49 2454
ALL MORA  11 18 488
TOTAL  25 60 2942
(Volunteer hours estimated based on 10 hour field days)
(Each individual person is counted only once in the totals)


New Park Records

One of the primary goals of WTU’s NOCA and MORA forays is to increase the percentage of each park’s flora that is vouchered in the two respective park herbaria. A significant number of the taxa collected on the forays represent such new voucher records.

Trip  # of new park records  % of taxa collected 
2002 NOCA, Colonial Creek  7 6.8%
2002 NOCA, Ross Lake  18 9.8%
2002 NOCA, Cascade Pass  20 11.8%
2003 NOCA, Fisher Basin  17 12.9%
2004 NOCA, McAlester Lake  17 15.7%
2005 NOCA, Rennie Pass  27 17.6%
2006 NOCA, Stehekin Valley  22 8.9%
2006 NOCA, Dagger Lake  11 7.2%
2007 NOCA, Copper Ridge  4 3.5%
2004 MORA, The Palisades  16 14.8%
2005 MORA, Tatoosh/Steven's  5 4.7%
2006 MORA, Owyhigh Lakes  18 25.0%
2006 MORA, Mowich Lake  25 18.4%
2007 MORA, Crystal Lakes & Sunrise  2 2.0%
ALL NOCA  137 21.7%
ALL MORA  66 21.4%
(% of taxa collected is calculated by dividing the number of new park records
collected on a trip by the total number of taxa collected on the trip)









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