Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Environmental History Research and Interpretation: Agricultural Land Use at Ebey’s Landing National Historic Reserve

Project ID: J9W88040023

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: University of Washington

Fiscal Year: 2004

Initial Funding: $29,500

Total Funding: $29,500

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Cultural

National Park: Ebey’s Landing NHR

Principal Investigator: Rottle, Nancy

Agreement Technical Representative: Luxenberg, Gretchen

Abstract: The purpose of this project is to conduct historical research, analyze information, and provide a descriptive narrative and illustrative maps depicting late 19th and early 20th Century agricultural land use practices on the three main prairies of the Reserve–Ebey’s, Smith, and Crockett prairies. This work is needed to assist management with the tools for preservation, management, and interpretation of the cultural landscape.

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