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 objective of this agreement is to use standard social science methods, including surveys, ethnographic interviews, and participant-observation to update baseline data for the 2024 study year on the customary and traditional uses of fish and wildlife by residents of the park s resident zone communities of chignik, chignik lake, chignik lagoon, and perryville. Beneficiaries include state and local governments, federally recognized indian tribal governments, public private nonprofit organizations, nonprofit institutions of higher education, and the general public).