Day 244: Visitors to Mount Rainier National Park should be aware that they may see researchers going about their work in sensitive off-trail areas. A wide range of scientific research projects are being done throughout the Park, including seismic monitoring, air and water quality sampling, rare plant and phenology studies, amphibian studies, documentation of lichens, monitoring of benthic species, glacier and stream studies and so on. In order to obtain a reliable cross-section of data, these scientists often must go where the public is not permitted. In this photo, we see one of the Park's nutritionists test-sampling the corms of Erythronium montanum (Avalanche Lily) for caloric value. Just a reminder: research data can be skewed by a single footfall. Please stay on trail.
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