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

The Department of the Interior National Park Service Midwest Region awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945). The funding supports a collaborative effort between the University of Minnesota and the National Park Service to develop, refine, and implement machine learning tools for analyzing remote sensing data to inform science-based management of the National Park System. The project facilitates multi-disciplinary science and integrated information products across multiple geographic regions of the National Park System to support cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training.

Programming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitate cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the national park system. The study units facilitate multi-disciplinary science and integrated information products across multiple geographic regions of the national park system. This project initiates a collaboration between the university of minnesota (UMN) and the NPS to develop, refine, and support implementation of machine learning tools for analyzing remote sensing data for management response to forest health threats. Beneficiaries include state and local governments, federally recognized indian tribal governments, public private nonprofit organizations, nonprofit institutions of higher education, and the general public).