DOI researchers at the UAS mission control station overlooking the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge

DOI researchers Mark Feller (NUSO) and Jeff Safron at the UAS mission control station overlooking the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge

The NUSO worked with the USFWS in June and August of 2014 to determine if UAS could be a more economical, less obtrusive, safer, and a more efficient and versatile means to survey American White Pelicans and other ground-nesting waterbirds.