August 30, 2021
Remote and Dispersed Visitor Counting Project
Project ID: J9088020039 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $25,880 Total Funding: $51,017 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Determine how best to count remote and dispersed visitors in Alaska’s units of the National Park System, and develop method(s) that can be routinely applied by the NPS in Alaska. Deliverables: Remote & Dispersed Visitor Use Estimation by Aerial Survey Transects (Final Report)
Alagnak Wild River Visitor Use Project #2
Project ID: J9088020040 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $140,000 Total Funding: $140,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Develop, prepare and complete the Alagnak Wild River corridor Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement.
Traditional Cultural Property Studies in Lower Glacier Bay
Project ID: J9088020043 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $60,000 Total Funding: $99,013 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Gather information pertaining to Bartlett Cove, Point Gustavus and Berg Bay, including historical, ethnographic and archaeological data, that will allow NPS to evaluate the three properties in terms of the National Register criteria for TCPs and if determined eligible, nominate them to the…
Air Toxics Ecosystem Monitoring Program
Project ID: J9088020045 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $138,596 Total Funding: $1,666,135 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The ATEMP program is designed to determine the presence and ecosystem impacts of trans-Pacific derived airborne toxins. This project is one part of the ATEMP program and will cover chemical analysis associated with all components (snow, water, sediments, plant and animal tissue) of…
NPS Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project – Fish Studies
Project ID: J9088020046 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $19,241 Total Funding: $364,675 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Perfect methods for the use of fish as an indicator of effects of ecosystem impacts of trans-Pacific derived airborne contaminants. Deliverables: The Fate, Transport, and Ecological Impacts of Airborne Contaminants in Western National Parks (USA) (Final Report)
Assessment of Reindeer Impacts to Lichen Ecosystems in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Project ID: J9088020047 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $11,000 Total Funding: $52,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Provide the data enabling a comprehensive reindeer management plan focusing on vegetation health, recovery and grazing practice reform. Lichen communities will be assessed along regional gradients of grazing, succession and landscape variables, allowing for landscape modeling of condition classes. Deliverables: Defining a Successional…
Airborne Contaminants in Vegetation and Soils in Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Project ID: J9088020048 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,430 Total Funding: $13,430 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Begin analysis and publication of results from airborne containment surveys. Deliverables: Spatial patterns of cadmium and lead deposition on and adjacent to National Park Service lands in the vicinity of Red Dog Mine, (Final Report)
Research to Support Application of the Visitor Experience and Resource Protection Framework at Zion National Park
Project ID: J9088020051 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $29,900 Total Funding: $59,225 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Gather information that will help support application of VERP to Zion NP. In particular, study objectives will focus on the four elements of the VERP framework that can benefit the most from empirical data: 1) Collecting baseline data on visitor use and associated…
Develop an Oceanic and Nearshore Research and Monitoring Database for the Southwest Alaska Network
Project ID: J9W88030001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $13,541 Total Funding: $13,541 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Produce a compilation database and document of marine research and monitoring project summaries for ongoing and planned biological and physical environment research in the area encompassed within the National Park Service’s Southwest Alaska Network.
Study of the Holocene Plant Fossil Record in the Upper Skagit Valley, Ross Lake National Recreation Area
Project ID: J9W88030002 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $67,500 Total Funding: $67,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: To characterize past climatic regimes and how these have affected local vegetation communities, a study of the Holocene plant fossil record is proposed. Several lake cores will be extracted from within the project area and analyzed for fossil pollen, plant macrofossils, charcoal, and…
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