Project Database

Colonization, succession and exotic species invasion on sediment deposits associated with dam removal Olympic National Park—Western Washington University component

Project ID: J8W07070014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $6,184 Total Funding: $6,184 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The removal of two dams on the Elwha River in Olympic National Park, scheduled for 2009, will be among the largest planned dam removals in the world. Their removal presents a range of challenges for the science of river restoration. One of the…

August 30, 2021

Colonization, succession and exotic species invasion on sediment deposits associated with dam removal, Olympic National Park—Eastern Washington University Component

Project ID: J8W07070013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,245 Total Funding: $7,245 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The removal of two dams on the Elwha River in Olympic National Park, scheduled for 2009, will be among the largest planned dam removals in the world. Their removal presents a range of challenges for the science of river restoration. One of the…

Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit Recovery

Project ID: F19AC00267 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $66,270 Total Funding: $66,270 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funds under this award are to be used to continue ongoing recovery efforts for the endangered Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit. More specifically the work will achieve the following objectives: • Assisting with monitoring and surveys to document population establishment by having University of…

Columbia River Basin (CRB) Fish Monitoring and Evaluation Studies

Project ID: W912HZ-16-2-0013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $522,481 Total Funding: $3,340,966 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Task 1) Evaluation of salmon passage at an adult collection facility: The primary goal of this study is to gather information related to adult Chinook Salmon and steelhead attraction, entry and passage at Willamette Valley Project facilities. The 2016 study year will be…

Columbia River Fish Mitigation

Project ID: W912HZ-12-2-0004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $843,308 Total Funding: $6,550,096 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This analysis draws upon prior research, readily available data, and new research and data to develop and implement a monitoring/evaluation program for the Columbia River Fish Mitigation Program (CRFM). Research and monitoring results will be used to implement CRFM goals and adaptively manage…

Columbia River Fish Monitoring and Evaluation Studies

Project ID: W912HZ-13-2-0001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $818,881 Total Funding: $4,687,813 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this project is to continue assessing the potential to use rearing and husbandry techniques to reproduce juvenile Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, and steelhead, O. mykiss, from hatchery stocks that more closely emulate naturally-reared fish.These wild fish surrogates will serve as…

Combining Landsat and LiDAR Remote Sensing Data to Refine Fire Management Objectives for Forest Structural Heterogeneity in Yosemite National Park

Project ID: J8W07100018 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $68,150 Total Funding: $68,150 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project to use two types of remotely sensed data and field data to determine whether fire management projects and managed wildfires meet the Fire Management Plan objectives for forest “canopy gaps” in Yosemite National Park (YOSE). LiDAR data will…

Communicating Marine Science to Alaskan Communities through Discovery Labs

Project ID: P12AC15051 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $23,970 Total Funding: $70,622 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project between the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and the National Park Service (NPS) to effectively communicate current marine science and research issues to three Alaska Native communities that have both current and ancestral ties to the…

Community & Visitor Use Plan for Silver Salmon Creek, Phase I

Project ID: J9W88050013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $8,650 Total Funding: $8,650 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Silver Salmon Creek is a tiny community on the coast of Lake Clark National Park & Preserve where over 2,000 visitors came last year to sport fish and view the many brown bears that walk among the anglers. Visitation has increased 44% in…

Community Harvest Assessment Buckland Baseline Update

Project ID: P18AC00296 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $70,509 Total Funding: $115,594 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objective of this Cooperative Agreement is to update baseline data on the customary and traditional uses of fish and wildlife by residents of Buckland, AK. Buckland, located on the northern Seward Peninsula, is a predominately Iñupiat community whose subsistence use areas include…

Community Histories of Otter Cove and Isle au Haut, Acadia National Park

Project ID: J8W07080015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $115,000 Total Funding: $127,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this Task Agreement is to facilitate cooperation between the National Park Service and the University of Washington in producing ethno-historical studies of two traditional use areas within Acadia National Park – Otter Cove (on Mt. Desert Island) and the island…

Community-Specific Biogeochemical Responses to Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in Subalpine Ecosystems

Project ID: P14AC01577 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,781 Total Funding: $5,781 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Elevated anthropogenic nitrogen (N) emissions are causing higher rates of atmospheric N deposition (Ndep) that may saturate Cascade ecosystems with reactive N. Simultaneously, increasing global temperatures and altered circulation patterns generated by climate change are expected to strongly impact snow regimes in the…

Comparison of Non-invasive Survey Methodologies for the Burrow-nesting Seabirds

Project ID: F16AC00755 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $23,441 Total Funding: $23,441 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funds under this award are to be used to create a comparison of non-invasive survey methodologies for burro-nesting seabirds at the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The Service Will: • Provide data previously collected by refuge staff and partners for the comparison…

Comparison of Presettlement Vegetation and Fire Regimes with Current Patterns in Oak Woodlands and Shrublands of Southwest Oregon

Project ID: HAA077201 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $103,608 Total Funding: $134,754 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: HAA077201/0

Competitive Interactions between the Northern Spotted Owls and Barred Owls in Western Oregon

Project ID: J8W07060019 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $50,000 Total Funding: $145,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is designed to develop a better understanding of the competitive relationships between northern spotted owls and barred owls, including exploration of common resources and behavioral interactions. Researchers and managers are very concerned that the barred owls may be negatively affecting northern…

Compilation of Documents and Writing of a Book Documenting the History of the Establishment of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Project ID: J8W07080008 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,000 Total Funding: $5,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The establishment of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument from private lands in 1969 assured the protection of the area’s world-renowned paleontological resources. This action narrowly averted the impending destruction of the fossil beds from a planned housing development that was underway. Dr. Estella…

Compile a Marbled Murrelet survey database by combining existing databases into a similar line-by-line format and add new data.

Project ID: F10AC00113 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $26,226 Total Funding: $26,226 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this Agreement is to develop a state database that 1) creates a geospatialdatabase that will be appropriate for historic and Mure and will be compatible with current state and federalagency databases and 2) compile all historic data into the geospatial…

Complete Historic Structure Report of the Pinnacles Bear Valley School

Project ID: P17AC01228 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,500 Total Funding: $24,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A. Background The Bear Valley School on the east side of Pinnacles National Park (PINN) was constructed in the 1890s on land that was donated by the earliest American settler to homestead in this rural valley at the eastern foot of the Pinnacles….

Completing Vegetation Mapping Products of Crater Lake National Park and Updating Vegetation Maps of Oregon Caves National Monument

Project ID: P16AC00848 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $155,759 Total Funding: $374,679 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: For the current project, SOU and KLMN will continue to collaborate to complete vegetation mapping at CRLA. A second objective is to update the ORCA vegetation map. After completion of the ORCA vegetation map in 2014, minor, but notable disparities were identified between…

Completion of GIS Maps of Whitebark Pine Communities at Crater Lake National Park, OR

Project ID: P12AC10185 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $4,194 Total Funding: $4,194 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Whitebark pine is a keystone species which is disappearing from Crater Lake National Park (CRLA). This pine species forms pure stands in the upper subalpine zone where less hardy trees are unable to survive. Nearly half of the Park’s westside trees are dead…