This month, EASA students received a check from the Association for
Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). The $1,000 grant will
support the collaboration of EASA and Natural Resource Pathway students
who are designing unmanned vehicles to collect agricultural and forestry
data.

“This is a huge honor and recognition of our pathway programs taking
our initial steps toward two pathway programs collaborating together
toward a common goal,” said MHS Assistant Principal Sean Burke.

The money was awarded to MHS to support efforts to combine the
Natural Resources Pathway with the EASA program in a collaborative
project to use UAV’s to gather data on forestry, agricultural and
possibly fishing industries in Yamhill County.

The AUVSI Cascade Chapter presented the check. This chapter
represents Oregon and Washington and is also doing some work in Alaska
and Hawaii.