Project Database

“Qamani: Up the Coast, in My Mind, in My Heart” Iflupiaq Place Names, Vol. 2

Project ID: P15AC01014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $64,954 Total Funding: $64,954 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project will document Inupiaq place names and associated descriptions, stories and narratives for all the coastal areas of the Preserve. It will document past and present subsistence practices associated with those places and with aid in understanding changes in subsistence practices. In…

August 30, 2021

2012 George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship Program

Project ID: J8W07110030 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $369,990 Total Funding: $369,990 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS), the Department of Interior, and the President of the United States have sought to increase science-based resource management in NPS units to improve the understanding of park resources and incorporation of such information by park managers in making…

2014 Western Snowy Plover Nest Monitoring and Protection

Project ID: F14AC00547 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $60,000 [project-data-part-2]

2014-2019 Lapwai Basin Steelhead Density Monitoring

Project ID: R14AC00042 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $34,728 Total Funding: $175,992 [project-data-part-2]

2016 WSP Nest Monitoring & Protection

Project ID: F15AC00863 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $35,944 Total Funding: $80,944 [project-data-part-2]

2018 WSP Nest Monitoring & Protection

Project ID: F17AC00468 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $47,591 Total Funding: $47,591 [project-data-part-2]

2019 WSP Nest Monitoring & Protection

Project ID: F18AC00463 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $54,179 Total Funding: $54,179 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Monitor nesting activity, abundance and spatial distribution of western snowy plovers along the Oregon coast. Monitoring has been ongoing since 1990 and is required by the Recovery Plan for the Western Snowy Plover, Pacific Coast Population.

A Characterization of Specialty Wood Products Market in Southeast Alaska

Project ID: 13JV11261933067 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,929 Total Funding: $49,929 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The U.S. Forest Service and UAS will work collaboratively to characterize emerging forest product markets in southeast Alaska. This work will address important socioeconomic issues in the region, provide needed forest inventory information for new forest products, and support jobs for healthy rural…

A Comparison and Development of Methods for Estimating Sagebrush Shrub Biomass and Fuels

Project ID: L23AC00043 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,997 Total Funding: $24,997 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 22, 2024

A Cultural Landscape Inventory of the Chulitna River-Sixmile Lake Area at Lake Clark National Park and Preserve

Project ID: J8W07110016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $19,000 Total Funding: $87,310 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort to conduct consultation, planning, and completion of a Cultural Landscape Inventory (CLI) for the Chulitna River-Sixmile Lake area within Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (LACL). The Chulitna-Sixmile Lake cultural landscape is important to present-day Dena’ina and…

August 30, 2021

A Multi-agency Ethnographic Overview and Assessment of Associated Tribes for the Purpose of Developing Consultation Plans in Clark County Nevada

Project ID: J8W07070004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $290,000 Total Funding: $290,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project will develop an ethnographic overview and assessment for all federal lands in Clark County, Nevada that are managed by members of the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership (SNAP): BLM, NPS, USBR, USFWS, USFS. The study will identify American Indian tribes historically associated…

A Multi-Sensor Stream Monitor for Headwater Streams

Project ID: G16AC00316 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $42,998 Total Funding: $42,998 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this research is to produce a multi‐sensor stream monitor (MSSM) to measure and record water and air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, water pressure (depth of water which is converted to flow) and stream water conductivity.

A Multidisciplinary Traditional Use Study on Human Populations and Natural Resources for Point Reyes National Seashore

Project ID: J9W88040030 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $79,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Point Reyes National Seashore consists of approximately 71,000 acres of seashore, beaches, forested ridges and historic cattle ranches and dairies. Resident human populations consisted of American Indians at the time of initial Euro-American contact. Subsequently, the presence of various settlers and other newly…

A Pilot Study for the Integration of Regional Scale Risk Assessment and GAP Analysis

Project ID: 05096HS001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $69,371 [project-data-part-2]

A Regional Climate Analysis and Development of Climate Chapters for the Natural Resources Condition Assessments for Mount Rainier National Park and North Cascades National Park Complex

Project ID: J8W07110028 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $13,791 Total Funding: $13,791 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project involves the preparation of the climate chapters for the National Park Service (NPS) Natural Resources Condition Assessment (NRCA) for Mount Rainier National Park (MORA) and North Cascades National Park Complex (NOCA), and provides resources for the University of Washington (UW) Climate…

A Review of Sierra Nevada Lichen Data and Literature

Project ID: J9W88050011 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,000 Total Funding: $12,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Sierra Nevada Network (SIEN) parks (Devils Postpile National Monument, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Yosemite National Park) have a well-documented and diverse vascular flora, but relatively little is known about the non-vascular flora, in particular the lichen communities. Lichens are…

A Science Review of the Fire Regime Condition Class Concept, Methods and Applications

Project ID: J9W88040012 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $51,069 Total Funding: $51,069 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objective of this project is to develop a science-based, credible review of the concept, methods and applications of fire regimes and conditions classes (FRCC). Eleven scientists from across the country, representing different disciplines and organizations, will critique and provide recommendations for improvement….

A Special History Study for Lewis and Clark National Historical Park for the Purpose of Documenting Historic Properties within the Columbia-Pacific Region in Washington and Oregon

Project ID: J8W07070025 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $15,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service and the University of Washington will collaborate in the development of a Special History Study for the newly created Lewis and Clark National Historical Park located in the Columbia-Pacific region of Washington and Oregon. This document will identify historic…

A Special History Study for Lewis and Clark National Historical Park for the Purpose of Documenting Historic Properties within the Columbia-Pacific Region in Washington and Oregon

Project ID: J8W07080013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,500 Total Funding: $158,290 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Serivce and Portland State University will collaborate in the development of a Special History Study for the newly created Lewis and Clark National Historical Park located in the Columbia-Pacific region of Washington and Oregon. The resulting document will identify historic…

A Stable Isotope Approach to Understanding Contaminant Distribution in Food Webs of Stocked versus Fishless Montane Lakes

Project ID: P14AC01403 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,877 Total Funding: $7,877 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: High elevation lake ecosystems can serve as “canaries in the coal mine” to help understand the effects of anthropogenic stressors on food webs. High elevation lakes receive stress from both the atmospheric deposition of pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and stocking of…