August 30, 2021
Natural Resource Condition Assessments for Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park and San Juan Island National Historical Park
Project ID: J8W07080026 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $93,000 Total Funding: $93,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will produce natural resource condition assessments for four parks in the North Coast and Cascades Vital Signs Monitoring Network, including Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve (EBLA), Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (FOVA), Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (LEWI) and San…
Corvid Abundance and Recreational Use in Pacific Northwest National Parks
Project ID: J8W07080027 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $50,877 Total Funding: $77,243 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Mount Rainer National Park General Management Plan (2001) directs park managers to evaluate visitor caused effects on natural resource conditions, among other things, as a means to establish thresholds for management actions. Establishing indicators of the condition of wildlife resources is a…
An Assessment of Temporal and Spatial Trends in Historical Climate Data for the Klamath Network Parks
Project ID: J8W07080028 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $61,401 Total Funding: $61,401 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Klamath Network comprises six National Park Service (NPS) unites in Southern Oregon and Northern California, including 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….
Forest management and climate change: A synthesis of genetic and silvicultural options for the Western U.S.
Project ID: J8W07080029 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $20,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this proposal is to evaluate how climate change will affect forest trees in the western United States, and then recommend genetic and silvicultural options for maintaining the adaptability, productivity, and value of western forests under a range of climate change…
Lewis & Clark National Historical Park – Vegetation Inventory and Herbarium Review
Project ID: J8W07080030 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $58,000 Total Funding: $58,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Through the Natural Resource Challenge in 1999, the National Park Service (NPS) launched an ambitious and successful natural resource inventory and monitoring (I&M) program nationwide. The inventory component of this program was dedicated to documenting the flora and fauna on NPS administered lands…
NPS Satellite Image Map Project
Project ID: J8W07090001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $17,743 Total Funding: $83,699 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: An initiative was launched in 2004 to create unit-wide, annotated, satellite image maps for all Alaska National Park units. The project is a collaboration between the NPS Alaska Region I&M Landcover Mapping Program, and the Alaska Regional Office GIS Team. Maps have been…
Copper Basin Community Harvest Assessment
Project ID: J8W07090002 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $80,567 Total Funding: $308,667 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Copper Basin Community Harvest Assessment provides up-to-date information on subsistence resource use by residents of one Copper Basin community by conducting a comprehensive subsistence survey, analyzing the resulting data, and preparing a report. Specialists from Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division…
Keane Wonder Mine Aerial Tramway Stabilitzation, Death Valley National Park
Project ID: J8W07090003 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $124,985 Total Funding: $124,985 [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 program of assessment, research, training, and initial stabilization of the aerial tramway at the Keane Wonder Mine. The Keane Wonder Mine…
Endophytes to Reduce Blister Rust Severity in Whitebark Pine at Crater Lake National Park, OR
Project ID: J8W07090004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,000 Total Funding: $17,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: To determine whether endophytes can increase resistance of whitebark pine to blister rust. This new technology could reduce the impact of white pine blister rust and, potentially, climate change on these high-elevation whitebark pine communities. CRLA NP whitebark pine stock will be used…
Pecos National Historical Park Ranch House Restoration Program
Project ID: J8W07090005 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $86,126 Total Funding: $86,126 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Six-week field school at which NPS, UVM and partner personnel are trained in historic preservation , specifically restoring the windows of the Forked Lightning ranch house. Historic wooden six-light casement windows (ca. 1925) survive on the primary façade of the ranch house building….
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