August 30, 2021
Preserve, Catalog, and Digitize Oral History, Video, and Film Collections of Yellowstone National Park- Student Internship
Project ID: P18AC01158 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $91,075 Total Funding: $91,075 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This collaborative agreement between Western Washington University (WWU) and the National Park Service (NPS) will assist Yellowstone National Park (YNP) to preserve, catalog, and digitize for security and access approximately 22,000 archival items. This nationally significant media collection documents a wide array of…
Condition Assessment of Bear Management and Indicators at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Project ID: P18AC01320 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $48,791 Total Funding: $48,791 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will conduct a condition assessment on SEKI bear management indicators to investigate changes over time and to examine both expected and previously unknown patterns and correlations. Management questions of interest for this study include: “Has bear management been effective within SEKI?…
Baseline Ecological Metrics and a Focused Condition Assessment of Mountain Lakes in the Pacific Northwest
Project ID: P18AC01330 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $60,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project to conduct a Focused Condition Assessment (FCA) to use physical, chemical, and biological data previously collected from 2008-2017 by the NCCN Inventory & Monitoring (I&M) Program from 20 NCCN mountain lakes and an additional 135 non-I&M NCCN mountain…
Integrated Fire and Weed Management Planning through a National Parks and Protected Areas Cooperative Studies Program at Oregon State University Cascades Campus
Project ID: P18AC01347 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $55,492 Total Funding: $231,390 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project to provide support for improved evidence-based decision-making about sagebrush and bunchgrass steppe management and restoration, with an emphasis on integrating both fire and exotic plant management with the emergent concepts of resilience and resistance. The focus of the…
Summer Visitor Use and Resource Monitoring at Focal Attractions and Trails in Yellowstone National Park
Project ID: P17AC00663 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,944 Total Funding: $24,944 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Annual visitation to Yellowstone National Park has increased by more than 40% since the early 2000’s, and has spiked in recent years with a dramatic increase of 21% from 2014-16. Research shows that parking capacity and road congestion in the most heavily visited…
Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
Project ID: P17AC00797 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $60,066 Total Funding: $60,066 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The NPS and SMUMN investigators will collaborate on conducting a Natural Resource Condition Assessment (NRCA) for Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (SAPU). This NRCA is focused on a subset of important park natural resources and resource management topics. SMUMN and NPS will collaborate…
Enable Public and Research Access to the Peter Misch Geology Collection through Cataloging and Interpretive Products
Project ID: P17AC01050 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $33,483 Total Funding: $33,483 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project addresses cataloging and interpretation of the Peter Misch Geology Collection, which is part of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex (NOCA) museum collection. The collection was received by NOCA from the UW Earth Sciences Department in 2003. The collection reflects…
Conduct Historic Preservation Field School to Assess and Stabilize the Lost Horse Mill, Joshua Tree National Park
Project ID: P17AC01127 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $195,327 Total Funding: $280,948 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Lost Horse Mill, in the Lost Horse Mining Historic District, consists primarily of a rock crusher that deposited crushed ore into a bin directly supplying a ten-stamp mill, and during its periods of operation (1893-1908 and 1930-36) processed ore extracted from the…
Mount Rainier and North Cascades National Parks Vegetation Inventory Map Product Development
Project ID: P17AC01143 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $121,864 Total Funding: $423,566 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A. Background As part of a national effort to develop baseline information on the status of existing natural resources, the NPS is developing vegetation maps for all the national park units in the North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN). The NCCN parks include…
Landscape Architecture Design Prescriptions for the Craters of the Moon Visitor Center Picnic Area
Project ID: P17AC01225 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,088 Total Funding: $9,088 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (CRMO) visitor center picnic area was originally designed in 1957. It was one of several green spaces designed as part of the NPS Mission 66. As part of this effort, lawns were planted around…
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