Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)


August 30, 2021

Supporting the Ocean Noise Reference Station Network with UnderwaterAcoustic Monitoring at Buck Island Reef National Monument

Project ID: P16AC00349 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $17,390 Total Funding: $263,827 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this collaborative project between NPS and OSU is to secure and maintain an Ocean Noise Reference Stations for NPS at NPSA and BUIS. Ofu Atoll at NPSA offers a unique opportunity because it is possibly the most remote site in…


Re-measuring the Effects of Heavy Metals on Vegetation in Cape Krusenstern National Monument

Project ID: P16AC00394 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $100,056 Total Funding: $181,981 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Statement of Purpose: 1) Research the effects of contaminants on vegetation in the area. 2) Continue monitoring vegetation and heavy metal distribution along the Cape Krusenstern National Monument section of DMTS. 3) Improve analysis techniques and develop methods to document change. 4) Educate…


Development of a Strategic Marketing Plan to Improve Concession Opportunities

Project ID: P16AC00701 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,988 Total Funding: $9,988 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The UW and NPS will collaborate in conducting market research and strategy development; the work will consist of three primary work streams: 1. Business opportunity analysis: The UW will assess how the NPS concession program currently operates and ways to make contracts more…


Completing Vegetation Mapping Products of Crater Lake National Park and Updating Vegetation Maps of Oregon Caves National Monument

Project ID: P16AC00848 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $155,759 Total Funding: $374,679 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: For the current project, SOU and KLMN will continue to collaborate to complete vegetation mapping at CRLA. A second objective is to update the ORCA vegetation map. After completion of the ORCA vegetation map in 2014, minor, but notable disparities were identified between…


Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve Harvest Surveys

Project ID: P16AC01044 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $120,812 Total Funding: $319,462 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project Description: This project is a joint effort between the NPS and the ADF&G that will generate information about community subsistence economies and collect data to estimate subsistence harvest by local community residents associated with Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. Community-based harvest reporting has…


Extending Alaska Region National Hydrography Dataset Editing Protocols and Data Production to Accommodate Wetlands and other Value Added Attributes

Project ID: P15AC00448 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $126,337 Total Funding: $605,374 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will be conducted in two phases. This Task Agreement funds Phase 1, but may be modified to add future phases, subject to the availability of funding and satisfactory progress of project work. Investigators from SMUMN and NPS staff will collaborate to…


Oligohaline Tidal Wetland Plant Community Restoration and Response to Changes in Tidal Flooding and Salinity

Project ID: P15AC00582 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,697 Total Funding: $7,697 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project between the Portland State University (PSU) and the National Park Service (NPS) to examine the composition of seed banks and seed bank emergence among common native and non-native dominant plant communities from tidally reconnected oligohaline wetlands in Lewis…


Nutritional Ecology of Brown Bears on the Coast of Katmai National Park

Project ID: P15AC00632 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $32,000 Total Funding: $32,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Nutritional resources drive brown bear survival, productivity, and population density. Abundance, availability, quality, and seasonality are all factors influencing energetic and protein economies of bears. While bears gain significant weight in fall to support costs of hibernation and cub production, spring is also…


Modeling the Effects of Heavy Metals on Vegetation in Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Noatak National Preserve

Project ID: P15AC00958 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $20,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Red Dog Mine haul road runs through the northern section of Cape Krusenstern National Monument and is used by trucks hauling lead and zinc concentrates to the Red Dog Port. As part of this transportation, fugitive dusts contaminated with lead, cadmium and…


Long-term Monitoring of Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) in the Upper Columbia Basin Network

Project ID: P15AC00967 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $14,048 Total Funding: $66,126 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaboration between the Upper Columbia Basin Network of the National Park Service and the University of Idaho to continue monitoring aspen stands in Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (CRMO). The aspen monitoring protocol was finalized in 2009…



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