15.945: cooperative research and training programs of the national park system cesu networkprogramming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitate cooperative research,…

This $350,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service Northeast Region under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) will support a comprehensive network of Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESUs) to facilitate collaborative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the National Park System. Schoodic Institute of Acadia National Park will partner with the National Park Service, the University of Maine, and Native American tribes in Maine to integrate indigenous knowledge and science to manage climate-vulnerable cultural heritage resources in national parks. The project aims to produce multi-disciplinary science and integrated information products across the National Park System.

15.945: cooperative research and training programs of the national park system cesu networkprogramming 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. Schoodic institute will partner with NPS at acadia national park, the university of maine and federally recognized indian tribes in maine to integrate indigenous knowledge and science to manage climate vulnerable cultural heritage resources. Beneficiaries include state and local governments, federally recognized indian tribal governments, public private nonprofit organizations, nonprofit institutions of higher education, and the general public.