August 30, 2021
Project Support for the Climate Change Collaboration (C3) Federal Forum
Project ID: J8W07100035 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,994 Total Funding: $9,994 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Preparing and responding to climate change and variability is a top issue of the federal government. To better integrate, organize, and focus the federal community’s effort in addressing climate change in the Pacific Northwest, the Climate Change Collaboration (C3) was launched in 2008….
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Badlands National Park
Project ID: J8W07100036 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $80,000 Total Funding: $80,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project provides an assessment of climate change vulnerability for the natural, cultural, and paleontological resources of Badlands National Park. The project will define the geographic and topical scope of key resource indicators, their projected change trajectory, and the potential impacts to resource…
Understanding 8,000 Years of Climate Change in Southwest Alaska through Archeofaunal Analyses
Project ID: J8W07100037 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $126,000 Total Funding: $280,436 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Archeofaunal collections are important repositories of unique natural and cultural resource scientific data spanning several millennia. This collaborative project will make information from Holocene faunal collections available to interdisciplinary researchers and resource managers as proxy records of resource response to environmental instability and…
Phased Assessment of Natural Resources Conditions for Big Bend National Park
Project ID: J8W07100038 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $32,226 Total Funding: $77,225 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project to conduct a three-phased, ecological assessment of natural resource conditions for Big Bend National Park (BIBE). This assessment will rely on existing scientific data from multiple sources, combined with best professional judgment from an interdisciplinary team of specialists,…
Developing a Database of Climate Sensitivities for Species in the North Coast and Cascades Network
Project ID: J8W07090030 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $99,649 Total Funding: $117,642 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Natural resource managers face an unprecedented challenge – how to plan and manage for local and regional effects of climate change. In the Pacific Northwest, temperatures and precipitation changes are affecting snowpack levels, hydrology, and disturbance regimes such as fire. These changes will…
Impacts of Climate Change to National Parks: Reaching New Audiences with the Message
Project ID: J8W07090031 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $11,748 Total Funding: $35,092 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this project is to engage the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group and the North Coast & Cascades Network (NCCN) parks in a series of public events where university researchers will interact one-on-one with National Park Service managers and the…
Enhancing Visitor Experience and Appreciation of Mount Rainier Archaeology through Excavations at Sunrise
Project ID: J8W07100001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $115,000 Total Funding: $115,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Department of Anthropology at Central Washington University (CWU) will collaborate with National Park Service (NPS) staff from Mount Rainier National Park (MORA) in a field-school based program of archaeological data recovery research, public interpretation, and site stabilization at a site on the…
Avifauna Inventory of the Alagnak Wild River
Project ID: J8W07100002 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $46,316 Total Funding: $46,316 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Southwest Alaska Network of the National Park Service is assessing status and monitoring long-term trends of key natural resources or “vital signs” in its five national park units, including Alagnak Wild River, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Katmai National Park and Preserve,…
Taxonomy and Specimen Management for the Elwha Biodiversity Pilot Project
Project ID: J8W07100003 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $34,922 Total Funding: $34,922 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: An earlier collaborative project engaged professional and citizen scientists in conducting biological surveys of invertebrates and non-vascular plants in Olympic National Park. Many thousands of insects, spiders, and plants were collected. Most of the insect material was sorted to taxonomic Order. Other material…
Stewardship Strategy and Development of National Hydrologic Data for the Alaska Region
Project ID: J8W07100004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,677 Total Funding: $333,137 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort between the Alaska Region of the National Park Service (NPS) and Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota (SMUMN) to develop a stewardship strategy for creating National Hydrologic Data (NHD), and to implement that strategy and create a US…
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