Map Validation at Organ Pipe Cactus NM.

The National Park Service intends to award a single-source justified cooperative agreement to the Tucson Audubon Society for the Map Validation at Organ Pipe Cactus NM project. The goal of this project is to partner with the recipient to support research internships with undergraduate-level students to conduct work related to vegetation mapping for management and planning purposes at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. The project objective is to complete a validation phase on the current map, and the final map product will be housed in a spatial database for use by park management. Key aspects of the project include: • Recruitment and hiring of two interns to conduct map validation • Provision of administrative oversight and biological expertise by the recipient • Completion of an in-office check of the map using geospatial software • Ground truthing, remapping, or collection of additional data as needed • Creation of a final map product for use by park management