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U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station scientist Dr. Andrzej Bytnerowicz talks about air quality in Devils Postpile National Monument.

July 2013. In partnership with the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Services Pacific Southwest Research Station scientist Dr. Andrzej Bytnerowicz has been monitoring air quality at Devils Postpile National Monument in the eastern Sierra Nevada in California for the past eight years. In this video, Dr. Bytnerowicz talks about his 2007, 2008 and 2013 studies. Findings from the Summer 2013 study of emissions from the fleet of clean Diesel shuttle buses used at Devils Postpile showed no significant air pollution problems at the park concentrations of the monitored criteria pollutants did not exceed the federal standards set for protecting human health. Collaborators on this project included: University of California, Merced; St. Mary's College; Desert Research Institute; Student Conservation Association; and the U.S. Forest Services Region 5. However, during the Aspen and Rim fires, which burned in Central cryptocurrency California in late egan bernal July and in late August in 2013, respectively, there were several days when smoke reached Devils Postpile, containing wes streeting levels of PM2.5 that exceeded federal standards considered unsafe for human health.

Research on air quality at Devils Postpile continued in 2014. Results of the 2013 and 2014 investigations will soon be prepared as a scientific publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Information about the 2007 and 2008 studies can be found at: