Glacier Change in the Rocky Mountain West
Project ID: G13AC00360
Federal Agency: U.S. Geological Survey
Partner Institution: Portland State University
Fiscal Year: 2013
Initial Funding: $35,000
Total Funding: $148,135
Project Type: Technical Assistance
Project Disciplines: Biological
Principal Investigator: Fountain, Andrew
Agreement Technical Representative: Gagre, Daniel
Abstract: This cooperative agreement vill provide support for the project titled: ‘”Glacier Change in the Rocky Mountain West”. The overall goal is to of this project is to assess area changes of glaciers in the American West over the past century using historic maps, aerial and•ground-based photographs, and geologic vidence of glacier extent. By quantifying the changes in extent of numerous glaciers, we gain a statistically robust estimate of the change in glacier cover for the entire region. In addition we propose to acquire new aerial photographs, weather permitting, to obtain the current extent of glaciers against which previous changes can be compared.