The natural resource stewardship program is the principle means through which the national park service NPS evaluates and improves the health of watersheds, landscapes, and marine and coastal…

The natural resource stewardship program is the principle means through which the national park service NPS evaluates and improves the health of watersheds, landscapes, and marine and coastal resources, sustains biological communities on the lands and waters in parks, and actively endeavors to improve the resiliency of these natural resources and adapt them to the effects of climate change to carry out and further this stewardship responsibility, NPS implements programs that encompass a broad range of research, operational, and educational activities by utilizing park personnel and contractor support or cooperative agreements for this project, california institute of environmental studies will assist channel islands national park with avian, wildlife, and habitat research, inventory and monitoring, and restoration actvities the project encompasses multilple efforts across all of the park islands including seabird and marine monitoring and restoration wildlife monitoring and recovery habitat restoration rare plant recovery and invasive species control actvities beneficiaries include the general public