NPS Mid-Atlantic Network Inventory and Monitoring Program and the Shenandoah National Park Biological Monitoring

EcoAnalysts has been contracted to analyze over 135 samples per year for the National Park Service Mid-Atlantic Network Inventory and Monitoring Program and the Shenandoah National Park biological monitoring programs. In addition to Shenandoah National Park specific samples, EcoAnalysts provides macroinvertebrate taxonomy for samples collected from 10 National Parks distributed from southern Pennsylvania to southern Virginia.

The Shenandoah National Park has been monitoring streams since 1986 years and EcoAnalysts is the first commercial lab to receive a contract for analyzing the park’s benthic samples. EcoAnalysts has worked closely with biologists and managers to ensure sample processing matches what has been previously done to identify and manage differences between analysts.