Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)


August 30, 2021

Community & Visitor Use Plan for Silver Salmon Creek, Phase I

Project ID: J9W88050013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $8,650 Total Funding: $8,650 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Silver Salmon Creek is a tiny community on the coast of Lake Clark National Park & Preserve where over 2,000 visitors came last year to sport fish and view the many brown bears that walk among the anglers. Visitation has increased 44% in…


Assessment Of Coastal Water Resources and Watershed Conditions in and adjacent to Select Southwest Alaska National Parks

Project ID: J9W88050014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $88,928 Total Funding: $131,844 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The PIs will work closely with individual park and other designated NPS personnel to identify sources of data and other information describing the status of coastal water resources in Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park,…


Outreach Partnership for the Klamath Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

Project ID: J9W88050015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $28,635 Total Funding: $135,656 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Klamath Network is comprised of six National Park Service units in Southern Oregon and Northern California: Crater Lake National Park, Lava Beds National Monument, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, Redwood National and State Parks, and Whiskeytown National Recreation Area….


Assistance in completion of Phase III Monitoring Report and Vital Signs Protocol Development

Project ID: J9W88050016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,000 Total Funding: $347,305 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The work accomplished under this task agreement will assist in completion of the Upper Columbia Basin Network monitoring plan. The goal of this project is to provide technical assistance in all phases of the development of the Phase III report and vital signs…


Research to Support Visitor Management at Muir Woods National Monument, Alcatraz, and San Mateo Co. NPS Parkland Sites within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Project ID: J9W88050017 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $59,955 Total Funding: $59,955 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Gather information that will help guide management of visitor use at Muir Woods National Monument, Alcatraz & San Mateo County NPS Parklands, utilizing the Visitor Experience Resource Protection framework; complete refinement of a Muir Woods crowding simulation model; and, assist the park in…


Ethnographic Overview and Assessment for Huna Tlingit and Dry Bay Tlingit Cultures in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Project ID: J9W88050018 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $60,000 Total Funding: $60,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service requires that all parks within the system conduct baseline studies that describe the ethnographic resource of traditionally associated groups. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve will conduct an Ethnographic Overview and Assessment for the Huna Tlingit and Dry Bay…


Place Names and Landscape Stories: Documenting Dena’ina Place Names and Geography of the Southern Alaska Range

Project ID: J9W88050019 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $46,800 Total Funding: $125,948 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project will document Dena’ina (and other) place names of sites in and around Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. New and existing place names and related data will be entered into a databased designed for the project. Information will be verified by…


Determining Viable Methods to Monitor Landscape Patterns in National Park Service Units of the Northern and Southern Colorado Plateau Networks: Project to Support Monitoring Protocol Development.

Project ID: J9W88050020 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $124,945 Total Funding: $265,445 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Develop a set of methods that employ the use of remotely sensed data to monitor and determine changes in land use/land cover, vegetation pattern, vegetation condition, and disturbance patterns on and surrounding National Park Service lands on the Colorado Plateau. Methods development will…


Classification and Mapping of Wetland Vegetation Communities in Lassen Volcanic and Crater Lakes National Parks

Project ID: J9W88050021 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $47,050 Total Funding: $56,812 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: In 2005-2007, the Klamath Network Inventory and Monitoring Program will be conducting a wetlands inventory in Lassen Volcanic and Crater Lake National Parks. From these data, the Network would like to provide funding to scientists at Oregon State University to develop a wetland…


Food Web Effects of Lake Shoreline Development

Project ID: J9W88050023 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $17,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Development of lake shorelines is known to degrade water quality and habitat for aquatic organisms. Work under this Task Agreement is part of a larger collaborative project between the National Park Service and the University of Idaho to examine near-shore productivity and habitat…



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