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

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $661,152.38, was provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) federal grant program. The award supports the establishment of 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 recipient, Colorado State University, will develop a spatial geodatabase that includes sampling locations, monitoring data, and photographs for seven National Park units. Technical reports will be prepared for each park, providing guidance for NPS to continue the monitoring activities after project completion. The award aims to support state/local governments, tribal governments, non-profit organizations, and the public through this multi-disciplinary, integrated research and information product development.

Programming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitate cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform sciencebased management of the national park system. The study units facilitate multidisciplinary science and integrated information products across multiple geographic regions of the national park system. The recipient will develop a spatial geodatabase that includes all sampling locations, raw monitoring assessment datasheets, all vegetation and monitoring data in electronic form, photographs of monitoring locations, and summary reports for seven national park units. At the conclusion of the project, technical reports will be prepared for each park and these technical reports will detail all monitoring activities conducted and provide guidance for how NPS can continue monitoring activities initiated by the project after the project ends. Beneficiaries include state and local governments, federally recognized indian tribal governments, public private nonprofit organizations, nonprofit institutions of higher education, and the general public.