AI-Powered Wildlife Monitoring on National Wildlife Refuges
Description
For whooping crane, traditional survey approach is to estimate population size by conducting 6 repeated surveys due to limits of human observer surveys. Surveys of waterfowl are experimental and looking to improve the accuracy of surveys and to obtain improved measures of population sizes.
Detailed example
Counts of migratory birds. For waterfowl, data can inform harvest management and provide spatially explicit abundance estimates. For whooping crane, goal is to monitor population trends.
AI / analytics pattern
Computer Vision: AI that processes and interprets visual data (e.g., images and videos).
Automation level / stage
b) Pilot – The use case has been deployed in a limited test or pilot capacity.
Expected benefit
Cost efficiency and improved data quality.
Controls / human review
ATO: No; PIA: Not published
Data needed
Imagery data is acquired by FWS aircraft and camera system