August 30, 2021
Providing PRISM Climate Surface Maps for Inventory and Monitoring Networks
Project ID: J8W07090026 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $19,500 Total Funding: $19,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Several National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring networks rely on PRISM digital climate surface maps as covariate data in the evaluation and interpretation of vital signs status and trend reporting and/or directly in the use of annual climate reports. PRISM stands for…
Effects of Fire Management on Carbon Sequestration in Sequoia Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks
Project ID: J8W07090027 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $56,400 Total Funding: $56,400 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) will collaborate with the University of Washington at Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park (SEKI) and Yosemite National Park (YOSE) to develop estimates of carbon pools sequestered above ground in trees, shrubs, and surface fuels. Existing plot data will…
Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park (SEKI) and Yosemite National Park (YOSE)
Project ID: J8W07090028 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $13,912 Total Funding: $13,912 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) North Coast & Cascades Research Learning Network (NCCRLN) will collaborate with experts in science writing and environmental journalism from Western Washington University (WWU) to populate a newly-created web site. The NCCRLN’s purpose is to encourage research in eight…
Upgrading Weather Station Collection System at Crater Lake National Park
Project ID: J8W07090029 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $21,522 Total Funding: $21,522 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Oregon State University (OSU), in cooperation with Crater Lake National Park (CRLA), maintains two weather stations at CRLA to monitor climate and study the impact of climate on the ecology of Crater Lake. These weather stations include a year-round floating weather buoy in…
Evaluate the Effects of Tourism on Traditional Activities, Alagnak Wild River
Project ID: J8W07080020 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $55,000 Total Funding: $148,410 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service and Portland State University will collaborate in the development of a study of possible visitor impacts on Native traditional activities in the Alagnak Wild River corridor, in south-central Alaska. This study will document historic and contemporary use of the…
Administrative Support of the Upper Columbia Basin Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Office
Project ID: J8W07080021 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $26,000 Total Funding: $139,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This Task Agreement defines a specific affiliation between the National Park Service and the University of Idaho for administrative and technical support in directing a cooperative program of research, inventory, and monitoring in the parks that constitute the Upper Columbia Basin Network (UCBN)….
A Study of Site Protection Options for Off-Reservation Resources along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Project ID: J8W07080022 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $22,000 Total Funding: $64,700 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) and Portland State University (PSU) will collaborate in the development of a project entitled ‘A Study of Site Protection Options for Off-Reservation Resources along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail (LECL).’ The NPS recognizes that many of…
Inupiat Landscapes and Architecture: preserving Alaska Native community histories
Project ID: J8W07080023 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $23,700 Total Funding: $58,306 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project combines applied social scientific research with educational outreach. The data to carry out the project comes from a recently completed study, June 2006, (Jolles, Principal Investigator), funded by the National Science Foundation’s Arctic Social Science Program. That study, Collaborative Research –…
Extent of Endocrine Disruption and Airborne Contaminants in Fish of Western and Alaskan National Parks
Project ID: J8W07080024 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $103,340 Total Funding: $124,490 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Results of recently-released Western Airborn Contaminants Assessment Project (WACAP) indicate, among other key findings, the presence of endocrine disruption in trouts (i.e., male and female reproductive structures in the same fish) of Rocky Mountain and Glacier National Parks (NPs). Documented also in these…
Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Project ID: J8W07080025 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $173,546 Total Funding: $181,254 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project provides an assessment of natural resource conditions for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Through compilation and synthesis of existing scientific and information from multiple sources, and expert judgement from an interdisciplinary team of specialists, the project: characterizes park biological and…
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