The famous Blue Ridge Mountains as seen from Big Meadows on Skyline Drive.
On April 23, one day after Earth Day, we arrived at Big Meadows on Skyline Drive, part of the Shenandoah National Park. Climate change is a research priority for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Park Service (NPS), which manages all the national parks. Research partners from Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are studying how the seasonal timing of natural events is shifting due to climate change. The NPS
website informs us about ongoing work to monitor and study conditions in the park. These include: