August 30, 2021
Design and Development of an Access Database for Tracking MODIS Lake Ice Data for SWAN
Project ID: J8W07080006 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,193 Total Funding: $16,531 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service Southwest Alaska Network, headquartered in Anchorage, is interested in developing a Microsoft Access-based, single-user database to track lake ice data interpreted from MODIS satellite imagery. Currently, these data are tracked in an Excel spreadsheet with a separate worksheet for…
Vegetation mapping at Mount Rainier National Park
Project ID: J8W07080007 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $79,648 Total Funding: $169,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Institute for Natural Resources (INR) will collaboratively develop a vegetation map of Mount Rainier National Park with the North Coast and Cascades Network. The INR team will use automated image segmentation and classification techniques in combination with traditional vegetation mapping techniques to…
Compilation of Documents and Writing of a Book Documenting the History of the Establishment of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Project ID: J8W07080008 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,000 Total Funding: $5,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The establishment of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument from private lands in 1969 assured the protection of the area’s world-renowned paleontological resources. This action narrowly averted the impending destruction of the fossil beds from a planned housing development that was underway. Dr. Estella…
Preliminary Investigation of Water Quality Conditions in Garrison Bay
Project ID: J8W07080009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $6,985 Total Funding: $6,985 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Recent studies have documented significant declines of eelgrass Zostera marina in Garrison Bay and other harbors throughout the San Juan Islands. As recently as 1998, eelgrass beds in Garrison Bay were dense and extensive. However, annual surveys indicate eelgrass began to decline drastically…
Orthorectification of historic imagery for Nabesna Area, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Project ID: J8W07080010 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $14,018 Total Funding: $14,018 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project includes orthorectification and mosaicing of mid-1980’s Aerial High Altitude Program Color Infrared photos in the Nabesna, Alaska drainage area that is covered by existing IKONOS 2004 ortho and DEM products. Deliverables: Orthorectification of Historic Imagery for the Nabesna Area of Wrangell‐…
Archaeological Survey, Site Assessments, and Cultural Resource Management on San Miguel Island, California
Project ID: J8W07080011 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $54,901 Total Funding: $54,901 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is for a three-year program of archaeological reconnaissance, site condition assessments, and cultural resource management activities on San Miguel Island, California. Owned by the U.S. Navy and administered by the National Park Service as part of Channel Islands National Park. San…
Flight 93 Primary Interpretive Themes Project
Project ID: J8W07080012 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $20,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The NPS Flight 93 Memorial, The Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands, Portland State University, and University of Pennsylvania are collaborating under separate Cooperative Agreements to identify meanings ascribed to the Flight 93 Memorial by site visitors and the larger public. The…
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…
Visitor Attitudes Toward Management of the Denali Park Road: A Stated Choice Analysis
Project ID: J8W07080014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $64,545 Total Funding: $64,545 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Research conducted previously has identified a series of potential indicators and standards of quality for the visitor experience on the Denali Park Road. Indicators were identified in a series of interviews conducted with several types of Denali Park Road users. Standards of quality…
Community Histories of Otter Cove and Isle au Haut, Acadia National Park
Project ID: J8W07080015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $115,000 Total Funding: $127,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this Task Agreement is to facilitate cooperation between the National Park Service and the University of Washington in producing ethno-historical studies of two traditional use areas within Acadia National Park – Otter Cove (on Mt. Desert Island) and the island…
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