Description
The National Park Service intends to award a single source cooperative agreement to the University of California San Diego for the project "Data Driven Analysis and Forecasting: A Partnership for Everglades Restoration Science". The project aims to develop empirical dynamic modeling tools to guide the National Park Service in selecting the best management practices and restoration actions for achieving the congressionally authorized goal of Everglades Restoration. The project will provide an opportunity for graduate-level training in ecosystem-scale restoration science and will apply modeling tools to a specific Everglades restoration-related project.
Key aspects of the project include:
• Developing open-source empirical dynamic modeling tools for analysis of complex non-linear systems
• Applying modeling tools to the formulation of NPS positions on specific Everglades restoration project features
• Providing an opportunity for graduate-level training in the new and important field of ecosystem-scale restoration science
• Creating empirical dynamic modeling tools specific to Everglades restoration efforts
• Applying these tools to a specific Everglades restoration-related project
• Educating management on the use of information from this approach