[NASA DEVELOP Intro Clip]

(Start Music- The James Quintet -More Like Aqua Take 03)
[Fade to black, title screen pops up]

Title Screen: “ There’s Not a Lot of Ocelots: The Search for an Endangered Feline”
[Image: Jaguatirica ou Gato do mato by Ana Cotta, writing fades, image fades]	        

Scene 1

[Cut to door: “Texas & Arizona Ecological Forecasting Team” Daryl Ann Winstead, Christina Fischer, Kaushik Narasimhan]

NARRATOR: The Texas and Arizona Ecological Forecasting Headquarters.

[ Cut to shot of office, as  CHRISTINA, DARYL ANN, and KAUSHIK are working.]

NARRATOR: These sleuths use remote sensing and data analysis to help their clients get down to brass tacks when it comes to ecological mysteries. That’s Daryl Ann Winstead, she’s the team lead. There’s Christina Fischer analyzing data and that’s Kaushik Narasimhan, reading the newspaper.[Cut to close up of each person doing their various tasks.] It was an ordinary day, just like any other day… when suddenly there was a knock on the door. 

[Knock heard off-camera, everyone stops what they are doing and looks up. Cut to wide shot of AMBERLE in door frame.]
DARYL ANN: [Off Camera] Can we help you, miss?
[Cut to AMBERLE. She enters room, camera panning with her.]
AMBERLE: Well, yes, I think so. Um, my name’s Amberle Keith and well,  I was out looking for ocelots the other day, and… I couldn’t find any. I,... I went all to the places where you could find them, but it’s been turned to urban and to agriculture. Are they all gone? I mean that can’t be possible, can it?
KAUSHIK: No, ma’am, they aren’t, but ocelots are elusive felines and are quite rare.
AMBERLE: Where might I look?
CHRISTINA: Well ocelots in the United States tend to live in extreme southern Texas and Arizona, so that’ll be your best bet to start the search.
KAUSHIK: Even so, these places have changed significantly over time. Urban development and agricultural growth have encroached upon the ocelot habitat, which is closed canopy thornscrub bushes. 
DARYL ANN: Road development has been a significant impact on the ocelots and vehicular accidents remain a major threat to them.
CHRISTINA: Human encroachment has also been increasing since the early 1990’s. So you should focus from then until the present.
AMBERLE: Can you help me?
ALL DETECTIVES: Of course!

Scene 2

[Cut to newspaper article “Experts work to save ocelots” over KAUSHIK’s shoulder. Slow zoom to article.]
NARRATOR: The team knew this would be a difficult task to take on, but, luckily they had a couple of contacts in ocelot conservation who could help them get started. Dr. Michael Tewes has been studying ocelots and other wild cats for nearly 30 years.

[Cut to Skype interview with Tewes.]

TEWES: The main drivers for habitat loss for ocelots in, in Texas is, is the increasing human population and the, the development that comes along with that population. Some of the primary difficulties associated with ocelot conservation is the cost that would be involved to, to address the really important items. Items are creating more habitat, or habitat restoration and trying to reduce ocelot mortality from road kills, or ocelot underpasses. Both of these, uh, endeavors are very expensive and, and they have to be done in the right locations.

[Transition, slide to black]

Scene 3 

[Cut to screen shot of DEM in ArcMap.]

NARRATOR: Terra Aster based Global Digital Elevation Model data were downloaded from USGS Glovis to create stream networks [Cut to DARYL ANN on computer.] within the study area using ArcMap.
[Cut to screen shot of NDVI in ArcMap.]
Terra MODIS data were downloaded from the NASA LandWeb website to derive a Normalized Difference in Vegetation [Cut to CHRISTINA on computer.] Index. 
Landsat 8 OLI and Landsat 5 TM [Cut to screen shot of Landcover Classification in ArcMap.] data were downloaded from USGS Glovis and were corrected for top of atmosphere, and then used to run [Cut to KAUSHIK on computer.] a Maximum Likelihood Classification. 
These layers were used in [Cut to screen shot of R.] R Studio in a Maximum Entropy model to derive a suitable [Cut to CHRISTINA picking up map at printer.] habitat map. 
From this, habitat percent coverage [Cut to screen shot of Suitable Habitat Map.] and proximity to roads maps were created.

Scene 4

[Cut to AMBERLE in doorway. She walks in. Wide shot of team gathered around desk.]

AMBERLE: What did you find?
DARYL ANN: We just finished creating the maps where ocelots could be as well as how far they are from roads. 
KAUSHIK: Here you go, ma’am. [Hands envelop to AMBERLE. She opens the folder and looks at the products.]
[Cut to close-up of AMBERLE]
AMBERLE: This is the cat’s meow! Organizations such as the U.S. Fish & Wildlife can use this for conservation efforts and the Texas Department of Transportation can use this information for incorporating for crossing structures. Thank you so much! This can really mean the difference for the ocelots.
[Cut to close-up of CHRISTINA]
CHRISTINA: It’s not a problem, ma’am. It’s all in a day’s work. Now how about we all go grab a nice cup of joe?
[Cut to wide shot of everyone]
EVERYONE: Okay!
 
[Cut to shot of office door, everyone walks out. DARYL ANN turns off light as she leaves.]

NARRATOR: She may not have found her ocelot that day, but the Ecological Forecasting Team’s work would help ensure that researchers and conservationists can find and protect ocelots in the future. Helping in the preservation effort of this rare cat was all the satisfaction they needed. 

[Zoom to ocelot hiding in plant. Fade to black.]

[Cut to credits. End music.]

[Cut to closing DEVELOP clip]