Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Deploy Automated Profiling Vehicle on Crater Lake

Project ID: J9W88030006

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: Oregon State University

Fiscal Year: 2003

Initial Funding: $5,500

Total Funding: $5,500

Project Type: Technical Assistance

Project Disciplines: Biological

National Park: Crater Lake National Park

Principal Investigator: Collier, Robert

Agreement Technical Representative: Buktenica, Mark

Abstract: Crater Lake National Park has in place a long-term monitoring program of biological data. There is need for higher frequency of data than is obtainable through routine monitoring, originally begun under an agreement between the NPS and the United States Geological Survey Biological Resources Division. The objective of this project is deployment of the Automated Profiling Vehicle, establishment of a communication system, and establishment of data download protocols. Final product was deployment of automated profiling vehicle.