August 30, 2021
Identifying trophic level and isotopic signatures of Kittlitz’s murrelets and their prey in Icy Bay, Wrangell St-Elias National Park and Preserve
Project ID: J8W07080016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,205 Total Funding: $24,205 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Kittlitz’s Murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostrus; KIMU) is a small, poorly understood seabird endemic to the Alaskan coast and eastern Russia. Icy Bay, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, may support up to 14% of the world’s population of KIMU, with the highest density found in…
Visitor Management and Carrying Capacity at Cumberland Island National Seashore
Project ID: J8W07080017 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $18,860 Total Funding: $38,809 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this project is to gather information that will support application of the Visitor Experience Resources Protection framework to visitor management and carrying capacity decisions at Cumberland Island National Seashore. Principal Investigators from Clemson University and the University of Vermont will…
Acoustical Communication Conference and Workshops on the Impacts of Anthropogenic Noise
Project ID: J8W07080018 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $17,625 Total Funding: $17,625 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: NPS and seven other partners including the Acoustical Society of America will join Oregon State University to organize an international conference on animal communication with the purpose of integrating the latest scientific findings across a broad range of animal taxa. This scientific conference…
Support of the Klamath Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
Project ID: J8W07080019 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $25,000 Total Funding: $129,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Over the past five years the Klamath Network has been developing a partnership with Southern Oregon University to help each of us meet the goals and objectives of our programs. Through this partnership, the Klamath Network has obtained much needed administrative support while…
Process and Catalog Museum Archival Materials
Project ID: J8W07070015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,855 Total Funding: $32,200 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The vast majority of the museum archives at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site are not cataloged. This project, the processing and cataloging of the archival materials as well as the creation of finding aids, will make these materials more available to researchers as…
Public Policy Education Demonstration Project for Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks to Assess Community Understanding of Fire and Smoke Management
Project ID: J8W07070016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $39,820 Total Funding: $39,820 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This sociological study builds upon previous research conducted via Cooperative Agreement No. H8W07060001, Task Agreement No. J8W07060018. The Principal Investigator will interview up to thirty (30) individuals representing the following stakeholder groups: county and regional air quality regulators; county governments and agencies; chambers…
Develop High Resolution Climate Maps for Alaska, 1971-2000
Project ID: J8W07070017 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,375 Total Funding: $75,035 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This multi-phase project will produce high-resolution data sets for precipitation and temperature for the current 30-year climate normal period (1971-2000) for the state of Alaska. The distribution of single station measurements to a spatial grid will be accomplished using the Parameter-elevation Regressions on…
Orthorectification and Automation of KEFJ Landcover Mapping
Project ID: J8W07070018 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $75,000 Total Funding: $75,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will build a landcover mapping geographic information system (GIS) dataset from manually interpreted color infrared photography delineated under a separate agreement for Kenai Fjords National Park. Results will conform to a minimum national mapping accuracy standard of 1:63,360. This work will…
Service thermister/sediment trap mooring and calibrate temperature sensors
Project ID: J8W07070019 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $18,530 Total Funding: $18,530 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Oregon State University, in cooperation with Crater Lake National Park, maintains a year-round oceanographic style mooring in the deep basin of Crater Lake to study and monitor deep-water mixing. In addition to sediment traps for monitoring nutrient fluxes, eighteen deep-water temperature sensors (thermisters)…
Re-evaluation of The Island and Round Top Butte Natural Areas as Potential National Natural Landmarks
Project ID: J8W07070020 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $3,809 Total Funding: $3,809 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Natural Landmarks Program was established in 1962 by the Secretary of the Interior to encourage the preservation of the best remaining examples of the biological and geological features composing the nation’s natural landscape. Currently, there are 581 National Natural Landmark Program…
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