Programming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitatecooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management ofthe…

Programming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitatecooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management ofthe national park system. The study units facilitate multi-disciplinary science and integrated informationproducts across multiple geographic regions of the national park system. The goal of this project is to evaluate and assess the natural resource condition in national parks. This work will include writing one or more natural resource condition assessment reports, assisting with resource evaluations and ranking, summarizing data and information, generating new science through analysis and modeling, and other spatial and temporal analyses that will assist park managers and the public with a deeper understanding of natural resource conditions. Beneficiaries include state and local governments, federally recognizedindian tribal governments, public private nonprofit organizations, nonprofit institutions of highereducation, and the general public).