Excerpt from Fourth Annual Scientific Research Meeting: National Park Service, Southeast Region, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, June 16-17, 1978The Southeast Regional Research Program has developed to a present level of more than 100 ongoing research projects, through the direct involve ment of nineteen National Park Service scientists located in seven field units as well as contracts supervised by these scientists. These National Park Service supported researchers are investigating high priority problems identified by park management.The Uplands Field Research Laboratory was established at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Establishment of the lab has permitted the develop ment of Natural Science Research programs and projects which directly support the resources management programs of five upland parks: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Kings Mountain National Military Park, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Mammoth Cave National Park, and the Blue Ridge Parkway.The South Florida Research Center at Everglades National Park has developed over the past two years a diverse and complex program of research aimed at the solution of problems unique to southern Florida and four National Park Service areas: Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Monument, Big Cypress National Preserve and Fort Jefferson National Monument.The Coastal Field Research Laboratory has been established at National Space Technology Laboratories Bay St. Louis Mississippi, and provides direct research liaison with the five major coastal areas of the region: Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Canaveral National Seashore Gulf Islands National Seashore and Cumberland Island National Seashore. As well as several additional coastal historic areas.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.