August 30, 2021
Designing Curriculum to Honor Tribal Legacies in the Studies of Lewis and Clark: An Epic Journey of Healing
Project ID: J8W07100048 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $48,426 Total Funding: $187,446 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is collaboration to initiate curriculum development planning for the Lewis and Clark Tribal Legacy Project. It will create a framework for a curriculum to share through teacher workshops that integrates the legacy of tribes present for thousands of years in the…
Analysis of Persistent Cave Ice Resources for Lava Beds National Monument
Project ID: J8W07100050 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,020 Total Funding: $5,020 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Lava Beds National Monument (LABE) has perhaps the most celebrated caves containing ice in the United States. Previously 33 caves in the monument were known to contain persistent ice resources. Now, many are losing or have completely lost their ice resources. This is…
The Evaluation of Natural Areas in the Pacific West Region as Potential National Natural Landmarks
Project ID: J8W07100051 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,050 Total Funding: $32,238 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Natural Landmarks (NNL) Program was established in 1962 by the Secretary of the Interior to encourage the preservation of the best remaining examples of the biological and geological features composing the Nation’s natural landscape. Currently, there are 586 NNL Program sites…
Quantitative Forecasting of Above and Belowground Climate Change Impacts at Wind Cave National Park
Project ID: J8W07100052 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $38,618 Total Funding: $164,181 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Climate change impacts and the interactions between management decisions and natural resource responses present a strong need for tools that managers can use to guide future management strategies. In 2009, Wind Cave National Park (WICA) was used as a case study in a…
Administration of the 2011 George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship Program
Project ID: J8W07110001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $56,305 Total Funding: $294,906 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS), the Department of Interior, and the President of the United States have sought to increase science-based resource management in NPS units to improve the understanding of park resources and incorporation of such information by park managers in making…
Orthorectification of Historic Imagery for the Southwest Alaska Network
Project ID: J8W07110002 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $99,787 Total Funding: $177,272 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort between the Southwest Alaska Network (SWAN) of the National Park Service (NPS) and Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota (SMUMN) to build a geographic information system dataset from historic black and white, and color infrared photography acquired for…
Identifying the Causes of Landscape Change in the North Coast and Cascades Network Parks
Project ID: J8W07110003 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,520 Total Funding: $5,520 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project provides internship opportunities for students from Western Washington University (WWU) on a project to validate methods for monitoring landscape change in the parks of the North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN). NCCN is using remote sensing methods to develop maps of…
Trestle Stabilization Program at Golden Spike National Historic Site
Project ID: J8W07110004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $60,000 Total Funding: $60,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The School of Engineering at the University of Vermont (UVM) will participate with staff from the National Park Service (NPS) in a collaborative program of assessment, research, training, and stabilization of the Trestle #1 and Trestle #2 at Golden Spike National Historic Site…
Development of Sampling Designs and Statistical Approaches for Monitoring Status and Trends in Indicators of Riverbank Condition along the Merced River in Yosemite National Park
Project ID: J8W07110005 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,500 Total Funding: $9,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Yosemite National Park will collaborate with the University of Idaho (UI) in a technical assistance project to conduct an analysis of a set of visitor use and vegetation data focused on determining impacts to riverbank vegetation and bank stability along the Merced River…
Improving the Natural Resources Information System (NRInfo) Records and Holdings for Alaska’s Parks
Project ID: J8W07110006 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $99,991 Total Funding: $99,991 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Inventory and Monitoring Program of the National Park Service has made a long-term commitment to improving the access to historic documents pertaining to natural resources of all the parks in Alaska. This provides needed historic background information critical for more complete inventory…
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