August 30, 2021
Developing a Sage Grouse Long-term Monitoring Protocol for the Upper Columbia Basin Network
Project ID: P14AC01262 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $31,884 Total Funding: $31,884 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project between the University of Idaho (UI) and the National Park Service (NPS) to provide a comprehensive monitoring protocol for detecting and monitoring the status and trends of sage grouse in two Upper Columbia Basin Network (UCBN) parks: City…
Determining Moose and Wolf Population Estimates for the International Chisana Caribou Herd Management Plan
Project ID: P14AC01344 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $55,267 Total Funding: $55,267 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Chisana caribou herd is a small international herd that ranges across the Yukon-Alaska border. The herd’s calving and summer range is predominately within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve (WRST), while the winter range straddles the Alaska-Yukon border. After a long and…
An Ethnohistory Study for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Project ID: P14AC01349 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $28,122 Total Funding: $109,369 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort by the National Park Service (NPS) and Portland State University (PSU) to develop an Ethnohistory Study for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (JODA). The park was historically used and occupied by Native American communities from the…
Natural Resource Condition Assessment for the National Park of American Samoa
Project ID: P14AC01390 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $88,000 Total Funding: $88,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Investigators with the University of Vermont (UVM) and National Park Service (NPS) resource managers will collaborate in conducting a condition assessment of important focal resources at the National Park of American Samoa (NPSA). Project collaborators will work together in identifying and prioritizing resources…
Current and Historical Mercury Sources and Deposition to Remote Southeast Alaskan Lakes
Project ID: P14AC01393 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $8,250 Total Funding: $8,250 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: In this project, UAS and NPS will expand the temporal and spatial context for mercury (Hg) contamination in freshwaters of southeast Alaska by determining historical contaminant levels and sources from representative lake sediment cores. The project will employ cutting-edge technologies to identify patterns…
George Melendez Wright Initiative For Young Leaders in Climate Change
Project ID: P14AC01396 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $276,797 Total Funding: $973,946 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The NPS has clearly identified the need for diverse perspectives and innovative, interdiscipliniary approaches to address the challenges of climate change in the management of national parks and public lands. The NPS has also made it a priority to make parks and public…
A Stable Isotope Approach to Understanding Contaminant Distribution in Food Webs of Stocked versus Fishless Montane Lakes
Project ID: P14AC01403 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,877 Total Funding: $7,877 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: High elevation lake ecosystems can serve as “canaries in the coal mine” to help understand the effects of anthropogenic stressors on food webs. High elevation lakes receive stress from both the atmospheric deposition of pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and stocking of…
Supporting the Ocean Noise Reference Station Network with Underwater Acoustic Monitoring at the National Park of American Samoa
Project ID: P14AC01456 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,959 Total Funding: $15,959 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Underwater noise generated by anthropogenic activities (especially commercial shipping and seismic oil and gas exploration) is increasingly being recognized as a potential threat to marine life, especially marine mammals which are protected in the U.S. by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the…
Dissemination Strategies for Honoring Tribal Legacies in the Studies of Lewis and Clark: An Epic Journey of Healing
Project ID: P14AC01482 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,612 Total Funding: $137,362 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this project is to disseminate the “Honoring Tribal Legacies” handbook to education audiences the Natonal Park Service (NPS and the University of Oregon (UC) will collaborate to create and implement a strategy to provide training for faculty in teacher preparation…
Monitoring and Studying the Effects of Atmospheric Deposition and Other Water Quality Threats to Parks In the North Coast and Cascades Network
Project ID: P14AC01527 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $13,560 Total Funding: $48,118 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The mountain parks of the North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN) span a west to east precipitation gradient, from the very wet Olympic National Park (OLYM), to the drier Mount Rainier (MORA) arid North Cascades (NOCA) National Parks. This precipitation gradient is also…
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