Parks and Protected Areas Conservation

Geospatial Analytics for the Fire Management Offices of the National Capital, Northeast, and Southeast Regions of the National Park Service

This award will advance National Fire Program decision-support systems of the Southeast, National Capital and Northeast Regions (collectively Eastern Regions) of the National Park Service(NPS) through innovative geospatial analytics. The project includes four components:

• Sifting through the Noise: Making Sense of the NPS’s Wildfire and Treatment Geospatial Data.
  • Explore the history of fire in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park
  • Fire Data Visualization Lecture by PhD student Nikki Inglis
• What Do We Protect? Supporting Fire Management by Protecting Natural, Cultural and Infrastructural Resources through Geodatabase Development and Visualization.
  • Fire Management in the Southeast’s National Parks: 2018
• Understanding the Wildland-Urban Interface and Risk to Property from Wildfire through Geospatial Data and Web-based Applications.
  • Custom geospatial tool helps better predict fire risk
  • Land change near U.S. parks and protected areas
• Curricula development and Web-map Training for NPS Fire Management Personnel