Remote Sensing Assessments of Social Trails Fragmenting Subalpine Paradise Meadows

Project ID: P23AC01208

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: University of Washington

Fiscal Year: 2023

Initial Funding: $29,169

Total Funding: $29,169

Project Type: Research

National Park: Mount Rainier National Park

Principal Investigator: Halabisky, Meghan

Principal Investigator: Moskal, Monika

Agreement Technical Representative: Fallon, Beth

Agreement Technical Representative: Lofgren, Rebecca

Abstract: This project will test the accuracy of spatially explicit models of recreational impacts and compare methods for classifying human-caused disturbance from high resolution, multispectral imagery and lidar data. The work will focus on evaluating best analysis methods and updating the recreational impact inventory in Paradise meadows, Mount Rainer National Park (MORA).