NPS Submissions

The Vegetation Mapping Project of Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve

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The Everglades National Park (EVER) and Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) vegetation mapping project is part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The CERP is a cooperative effort between the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program (VMI).

Tracking Snowmelt and the Onset of Wildfire Season in Alaska

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Alaska’s boreal forest burns every summer somewhere. To predict which areas are most susceptible to wildfire, managers assess fuel dryness and burnability using weather data collected at Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS). Managers must start gathering these data within just a few days after the snow has melted away from a weather station in the spring. But snow melts unevenly.