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Exploring The Utility Of Small Unmanned Aerial System (Suas) Products In Remote Visual Stream Ecological Assessment, Alexandra D. Evans, Kevin H. Gardner, Scott Greenwood, Bruce Pruitt
Exploring The Utility Of Small Unmanned Aerial System (Suas) Products In Remote Visual Stream Ecological Assessment, Alexandra D. Evans, Kevin H. Gardner, Scott Greenwood, Bruce Pruitt
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Many restoration projects’ success is not evaluated (Roni & Beechie 2013; Nilsson et al. 2016), despite available conventional ecological assessment methods. There is a need for more flexible, affordable, and efficient methods for evaluation, particularly those that take advantage of new remote sensing and geospatial technologies (Hubbart et al. 2017). This study explores the use of illustrative small unmanned aerial system (sUAS) products, made using a simple structure-from-motion photogrammetry workflow, coupled with a visual assessment protocol as a remote evaluation and ecological condition archive approach. Three streams were assessed in the field (“surface assessments”) using the Stream Visual Assessment Protocol …
Acting Out Our Dam Future: Science-Based Role-Play Simulations As Mechanisms For Learning And Natural Resource Planning, Natallia Leuchanka Diessner, Catherine Ashcraft, Weiwei Mo, Cuihong Song, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Shannon Rogers, Kevin H. Gardner
Acting Out Our Dam Future: Science-Based Role-Play Simulations As Mechanisms For Learning And Natural Resource Planning, Natallia Leuchanka Diessner, Catherine Ashcraft, Weiwei Mo, Cuihong Song, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Shannon Rogers, Kevin H. Gardner
New Hampshire EPSCoR
Science often does not make its way into decisions, leading to a problematic gap between scientific and societal progress. To tackle this issue, our research tests a novel science-based negotiation simulation that integrates a role-play simulation (RPS) with a system dynamics model (SDM). In RPSs, stakeholders engage in a mock decision-making process (reflecting real-life institutional arrangements and scientific knowledge) for a set period. System dynamics models (SDMs) are visual tools used to simulate the interactions and feedback within a complex system. We test the integration of the two approaches with stakeholders in New England via a series of two consecutive …