Olympic National Park Seeks Volunteers for `Citizen-Science´ Marmot Monitoring Program
(WorldNews Environment)

Date: May 22, 2017 Contact: Penny Wagner, 360-565-3005 Olympic National Park is now accepting volunteer applications for the Olympic Marmot Monitoring Program 2017 survey season. Launched in 2010, the Olympic Marmot Monitoring Program employs teams of volunteers to visit designated survey areas within the park and gather timely and vital information about the Olympic marmot`s population presence and distribution. The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is an iconic species of the Olympic Peninsula. They are the official endemic mammal of the state of Washington, found only in the alpine meadows within the park and...