Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)


December 5, 2025

CESU Collaborative Ethnographic Research of Tribal Ancestral Homelands Situated within Red Rock and Sloan Canyon National Conservation Areas, Nevada

Project ID: L24AC00528 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $209,690 Total Funding: $209,690 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  The objective for this project is to conduct collaborative ethnographic research related to ancestral homelands situated within Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered Red Rock National Conservation Area (NCA) and Sloan Canyon NCA, Nevada. The Portland State University team will organize a Tribal…


Northern CA AIM Monitoring Support– 2025-2029

Project ID: L24AC00659 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $939,298 Total Funding: $939,298 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Objective(s): The Bureau of Land Management’s California Wildlife Program administers activities that support and maintain functioning wildlife habitats, developing, and implementing restoration projects, and the inventory and monitoring of priority habitats and species to track trends and use and California BLM in meeting…


NWCC Spatial Services-Enhancing Watershed Characterization Reporting System.

Project ID: NR253A750023C024 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $70,000 Total Funding: $70,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  The purposes of this agreement, between the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Portland State University (Recipient), are to 1) include additional geospatial data, such as fire disturbance, irrigation condition, soil hydrological characteristics, and land cover (e.g., vegetation) change,…


Indigenous Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge Certificate Support

Project ID: F25AC01415 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $44,490 Total Funding: $44,490 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  This project is a continuation of a previous project: “INDIGENOUS TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE CERTIFICATE SUPPORT” This award will support traditional uses and educational outcomes for Tribal and Native peoples and students in collaboration with Portland State University. These efforts align with…


Geospatial analysis and science synthesis support for environmental threat assessment for national forests in the western United States

Project ID: 25-JV-11261999-062 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $279,778 Total Funding: $279,778 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Background: National forests in the western United States are exposed to a range of intensifying stressors, including wildfires, droughts, insect outbreaks, and flooding. These environmental threats harm local and regional economies and threaten the wellbeing of communities located near national forests. Increased tree…


December 3, 2025

Effects of a silvicultural-based forest restoration treatment on the small mammal prey of key mesocarnivores and forest raptors.

Project ID: P25AC01024 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $31,550 Total Funding: $31,550 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Performance Goals – The goal of this study is to address a key knowledge gap identified by LAVO Resource and Fire staff following the implementation of Phase I of the Northwest Gateway Forest Restoration project (NWG). While quantitative data was collected and analyzed…


Vegetation Restoration and Fuels Treatments at Lava Beds National Monument

Project ID: P25AC00571 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $47,000 Total Funding: $47,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Performance Goals – This agreement will support Lava Beds National Monument’s ongoing post-fire rehabilitation efforts to restore native forbs, grasses, and shrubs to the landscape and reduce invasive plant species presence to increase wildfire resilience and meet NPS land management objectives. These goals…


December 2, 2025

Document Manhattan Project Scientific Advancements at Handford

Project ID: P25AC00500 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,969 Total Funding: $30,969 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Performance Goals The goal of this project is to enhance knowledge of and ability to share the complex scientific advancements made at Hanford during the Manhattan Project. This goal will be achieved through archival research, development of a literature review and research report,…


Manhattan Project National Historical Park Hanford Unit

Project ID: P25AC00365 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,401 Total Funding: $49,401 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Performance Goals The goal of this project is to research the lesser-known histories of the women who contributed to the Manhattan Project at Hanford. This goal will be achieved through archival research, oral history interviews, identification of primary source materials including oral histories,…


Coastline Ethnographic Landscape Study as a Baseline Document for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Management

Project ID: P25AC00524 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $28,046 Total Funding: $28,046 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Performance Goals – The goal of this project is to collaboratively document traditional and local knowledge about the Wrangell-St. Elias coastline and adjacent lands and, using this information, produce an Ethnographic Landscape Study – a baseline document describing human connections to this landscape…



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