Project Database

Condition Assessment of Bear Management and Indicators at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

Project ID: P18AC01320 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $48,791 Total Funding: $48,791 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will conduct a condition assessment on SEKI bear management indicators to investigate changes over time and to examine both expected and previously unknown patterns and correlations. Management questions of interest for this study include: “Has bear management been effective within SEKI?…

August 30, 2021

Condition Assessments of the First and Second Fort Bowie

Project ID: J8W07110027 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $205,125 Total Funding: $205,125 [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 research, documentation, assessment, training, and application of pilot treatments at the First and Second Fort Bowie. To preserve…

Conduct Engineering Assessment and Develop Options for Treatment of the Mission Church, Tumacacori National Historick Park

Project ID: P19AC00338 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $144,237 Total Funding: $144,237 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The assessment and evaluation will involve at least one undergraduate student enrolled in UVM’s School of Engineering to assist in all aspects of the work. In addition, the park will solicit local students to participate in select portions of the fieldwork. These students…

Conduct Field Schools to Assess and Stabilize the Evening Star and Bronze (Live Oak) Mines, Mojave National Preserve

Project ID: P13AC00923 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $184,999 Total Funding: $184,999 [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 research, documentation, assessment, training, and pilot treatment at the Evening Star and Bronze (Live Oak) Mines in Mojave…

Conduct Historic Preservation Field School to Assess and Preserve the Wall Street Mill, Joshua Tree National Park

Project ID: P23AC01585 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $195,326 Total Funding: $195,326 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will benefit the public by providing opportunities for volunteers and student assistants to participate in and be trained regarding the historic preservation efforts of a valued cultural resource. The participants will receive direct experience in all of the aspects of historic preservation…

January 17, 2024

Conduct Historic Preservation Field School to Assess and Stabilize the Lost Horse Mill, Joshua Tree National Park

Project ID: P17AC01127 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $195,327 Total Funding: $280,948 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Lost Horse Mill, in the Lost Horse Mining Historic District, consists primarily of a rock crusher that deposited crushed ore into a bin directly supplying a ten-stamp mill, and during its periods of operation (1893-1908 and 1930-36) processed ore extracted from the…

August 30, 2021

Conduct Historic Preservation Field School Training and stabilize Skidoo Mill at Death Valley National Park

Project ID: P23AC01548 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $924,267 Total Funding: $924,267 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will improve public safety for those visiting the Skidoo Mill. The preservation work will help mitigate current hazards by fixing or replacing compromised timbers and strengthening the mill in key areas to reduce the risk of structural collapse. The information produced and/or…

January 17, 2024

Conduct Hydrologic Assessment of Ebey’s Prairie, Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve

Project ID: J8W07060013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,000 Total Funding: $40,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This research utilizes available data and models to reconstruct original surface flow patterns, events and practices that have altered the flow regime over time, and provide an elementary integration of surface and groundwater modeling, for Ebey’s Prairie.

August 30, 2021

Conduct the Visitor Services Program and Visitor Survey Card project in units of the National Park System

Project ID: J8W07060002 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $342,400 Total Funding: $1,291,292 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) Visitor Service Project (VSP), part of the University of Idaho Park Studies Unit will conduct two types of visitor studies: in-depth and the Visitor Survey Card through this task agreement. Over 150 in-depth VSP visitor studies have been…

Conducting Fire Science Research in Southwestern Oregon

Project ID: HAF033F09 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $307,149 Total Funding: $307,149 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Fire Science Research Program was developed in response to growing concerns over the lack of scientific information relative to fire salvage, fuels management and the effects of wildfire on ecological processes and wildlife. This research proposal was developed to specifically address the…

Conducting Historic Preservation Field Schools to Assess and Stabilize the Silver Bell and Golden Bell Mines, Joshua Tree National Park

Project ID: P15AC01792 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $83,936 Total Funding: $83,936 [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 research, documentation, assessment, training, and pilot treatment at the Silver Bell and Golden Bell Mines in Joshua Tree…

Conservation Treatment of Museum Objects (BIHO Archeological Collection)

Project ID: J9W88040013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $15,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Nez Perce National Historical Park (NEPE) Curatorial section and the Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology will work together to assess the materials and physical condition of about 1,100 archeological artifacts from the collection of the Big Hole National Battlefield, a unit of NEPE…

Conserve Sage Grouse and Advance Sagebrush Habitat and Rural Community Health in Oregon

Project ID: 68-0436-17-027 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $100,000 Total Funding: $100,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Julie MacSwain

Constructing a sediment source and deposition history of Lake Ozette

Project ID: J9W88050001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,309 Total Funding: $100,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This study will improve understanding of conditions that existed in the lake prior to land use changes in the 20th century, and determine the magnitude of changes that have occurred in the watershed over the last 100 years. Deliverables: APPENDIX A: Seismic Profiles…

Continued Development of a National Biological Information Infrastructure Node for the Pacific Northwest (NBII)

Project ID: 01004HS005 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $111,500 Total Funding: $435,800 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This funding supports multiple projects. Project 1: Pacific Northwest Node Website maintenance and update; Project 2: Bureau of Land Management’s Density Management Study; Project 3: IHNV Salmon Virus Database; Project 4: The Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP)

Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit: Design and Validation of a Spatially Aware Variant of the BioSum Modeling Framework

Project ID: 22-JV-11261979-041 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $179,998 Total Funding: $179,998 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this agreement is to document the cooperation between the parties to Support collaboration between PSU and PNW RMA to improve forest inventory modeling of management alternatives, and their ecological and socio-economic outcomes, particularly concerning efforts to achieve resistance to stand-replacing disturbance…

July 15, 2023

Cooperative Recovery of Spalding’s Catchfly

Project ID: F17AC01045 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,054 Total Funding: $20,054 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funds under this award are to be used to improve the status of the Federally Threatened species Spalding’s catchfly (Silene spaldingii) within the Channeled Scablands portions of the species range. The goal of this project is to establish five additional viable subpopulations of…

August 30, 2021

Coordinating Alaska Hydrography Updates

Project ID: G19AC00040 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $209,034 Total Funding: $209,034 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal for this research project is to improve statewide surface water mapping in Alaska and to perform hydrography editing as efficiently as possible without duplication. Objectives include: • Coordinate and prioritize hydrography updates throughout Alaska. • Provide outreach, training and materials to…

Coordination of Monitoring Program for the Northern Semi-Arid Network and Completion of Phase I Report for Monitoring

Project ID: J9W88030003 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $75,000 Total Funding: $129,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this project is to coordinate the monitoring program for the Northern Semi-Arid Network for the fiscal year 2003 and to cooperatively write Phase I of the monitoring plan for the Northern Semi-Arid Network. Deliverables: Upper Columbia Basin Network Species of…

Coordination of Protocol Reviews for Inventory and Monitoring Long-Term Monitoring in the Pacific West Region

Project ID: J9W88040027 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,050 Total Funding: $502,682 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Pacific West Region seeks expert assistance from Professor Agee to function as the Protocol Review Coordinator and accomplish the coordination, tracking, oversight, and synthesis of blind peer reviews for protocols associated with Phase III of the networks’ monitoring plans over a several…