Natural Resource Condition Assessments for Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park and San Juan Island National Historical Park
Project ID: J8W07080026
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Partner Institution: University of Washington
Fiscal Year: 2008
Initial Funding: $93,000
Total Funding: $93,000
Project Type: Research
Project Disciplines: Biological
National Park: Pacific West Region Washington
Principal Investigator: Hinckley, Thomas
Agreement Technical Representative: Davis, Chris
Abstract: This project will produce natural resource condition assessments for four parks in the North Coast and Cascades Vital Signs Monitoring Network, including Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve (EBLA), Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (FOVA), Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (LEWI) and San Juan Island National Historical Park (SAJH). Through compilation and synthesis of existing scientific data, information from multiple sources, and expert judgment from an interdisciplinary team of specialists, including faculty and students at the University of Washington, this project will characterize the conditions of park biological and physical resources at appropriate scale(s); define threats and stress factors and their relationship to identified resources; identify critical data gaps; and suggest data collection or resource investigations to address those gaps. Resource conditions, threatsand stressor factors will be evaluated and depicted spatially (as possible) to facilitate use of project findings in a wide variety of park decision and planning processes, including park reporting to the Department of Interior’s Strategic Plan land health goals.