Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Health of Restored Plant Communities in the Sunrise Campground

Project ID: UW-01-06

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: University of Washington

Fiscal Year: 2001

Initial Funding: $6,900

Total Funding: $16,259

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Biological

National Park: Mount Rainier National Park

Principal Investigator: Ewing, Kern

Agreement Technical Representative: Rochefort, Regina

Abstract: In the course of this project, the University will conduct a literature search of mycorrhizal associations of species commonly used in restoration, develop a research proposal and initiate a research project in the Sunrise Ecological restoration area to study the health of plants in the revegetated areas, propose functions or attributes that can be monitored to determine in the restored areas are functioning as adjacent pristine areas, and propose a list of monitoring variables. (Renumbered J9088010006.)

Deliverables: