March 20, 2026
Ecological Data Analysis to Inform Park Management
Project ID: P25AC00186 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $2,000,000 Total Funding: $2,000,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Statistical analyses and models from long-term data will improve our understanding of how landscapes respond to fires, flooding, and other natural disturbance will assist park managers in designing safety plans for emergency response. Development of reports and associated web content will be provided…
2025 Leadership, Coordination and Administrative Oversight for the PANO CESU
Project ID: P25AC00732 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $30,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project supports the fundamental administration and coordination actions of the Pacific Northwest CESU and furthers the broader implementation of the CESU Network across the country. The CESU fosters engagement among federal agencies and nonfederal partner institutions in collaborative natural and cultural resource…
March 3, 2026
Fire Refugia Monitoring and Applications
Project ID: 25-CS-11062756-372 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $140,027 Total Funding: $140,027 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Forest managers’ demand for digital (GIS -geographic information system) maps of current forest landscape conditions and how they are changing (near real-time) because of increasing wildfires has increased in recent years. Forest managers are interested in annual time-series of forest structure/composition maps, including…
Maintaining the Landscape Assessment Tool to Create Departure Mapping Used in Forest Planning and Management
Project ID: 25-CS-11062754-356 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $29,758.75 Total Funding: $29,758.75 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The increase in area and severity of wildfires in the Pacific Northwest in recent years has garnered intense interest by both the applied science and land management communities at local, state, and Federal levels. Landscape assessment of ecological disturbances such as fire has…
High Resolution Regional Meteorological Modeling
Project ID: 5-CS-11062752-321 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,000 Total Funding: $40,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Pacific Northwest Region of the U.S.Forest Service is required to manage smoke from burning of forest fuels on nationalforest lands to reduce the risk to public health, safety, and economic hardships. To do so, these smoke models require meteorological parameters which affect…
March 2, 2026
QC Portal SNOTEL/SCAN Data Estimation
Project ID: NR263A750023C001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $400,000 Total Funding: $400,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this agreement, between the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Oregon State University, is to further develop a near real time QC/data estimation capability for SNOTEL, SNOLITE, and SCAN networks operated by NRCS in the conterminous…
January 30, 2026
Ancient Landforms and Archaeological Potential off the Washington Coast
Project ID: M22AC00016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $550,000 Total Funding: $550,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Problem: Oral histories from Native American Tribes along the U.S. West Coast tell of places that once existed beyond the current coastline. Now submerged by rising post-glacial sea levels, evidence of these places may remain as submerged cultural landforms within the seafloor of…
‘Tag You’re It!’ Habitat Use of Whales of the U.S. West Coast and Hawai’i
Project ID: M22AC00022 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $272,322 Total Funding: $272,322 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The passage of the 2005 Energy Policy Act has increased interest in renewable energy development on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), and BOEM has already received five unsolicited applications to install floating wind turbines: two offshore Washington, one offshore Oregon, and one…
January 28, 2026
South Fork Boise River Secondary Channel Project-Bull Trout Critical Habitat
Project ID: R25AP00597 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $42,031 Total Funding: $42,031 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Background and Objectives The South Fork (SF) Boise River downstream of Anderson Ranch Dam provides critical habitat for the federally protected bull trout. The area is defined by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as Foraging, Migratory and Overwintering habitat. Current water management…
Yakima Basin Fish Benefits Survey
Project ID: R25AP00136 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $209,918 Total Funding: $209,918 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project addresses the need for assessing the economic benefits of federal water resources investments in the Yakima River Basin, Washington State, as required by The Principles, Requirements and Guidelines for Federal Investments in Water Resources (PR&G). Federal investments in the basin consist…
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