Project Database

Development of Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve

Project ID: P22AC00831 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $55,968 Total Funding: $55,968 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will contribute to greater public understanding of the cultural significance of one of the first publicly recognized cultural landscapes in the nation by sharing knowledge with the Ebey’s Landing Trust Board and the general public by producing a detailed site history…

May 17, 2023

Development of Cultural Resources Baseline Documentation at English Camp and American Camp, San Juan Island National Historical Park

Project ID: P20AC01113 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $104,520 Total Funding: $164,520 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Investigators from the UO and NPS staff will collaborate to accomplish the following objectives in two phases. This Agreement funds Phase 1 work, but may be modified to add future phases, subject to the availability of funding and satisfactory progress of project work….

August 30, 2021

Development of Dog Management Monitoring Program and Protocols for Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Project ID: P17AC01603 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $344,078 Total Funding: $344,078 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A. Background Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GOGA) contains more than 20 land and coastal units (Attachment A) within the urban San Francisco Bay Area. Management of domesticated dogs poses many issues in the San Francisco Bay Area, and within GOGA particularly. Some…

Development of Fertilizer Guides

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-31 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,000 Total Funding: $40,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Development of the following fertilizer (or nutrient management) guides: silage corn (Western Oregon), alfalfa (Inland PNW), pasture (inland PNW), and field corn (Inland PNW). All fertilizer guides will be made available on the OSU Extension Service website http://extension.oregonstate.edu/

Development of Genomics and Behavioral Assays for Understanding Neurotoxicity of Chemicals and Effects on Performance

Project ID: W912HZ-19-2-0042 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $69,998 Total Funding: $209,998 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this project is to link chemical exposure to behavioral outcomes that are suitable for modeling hazard assessment. Exposure to xenobiotic chemicals can exert neurotoxicity. There is an increasing pressure to reduce the use of animals in toxicity testing. To accomplish…

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

Project ID: J8W07090007 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $3,948 Total Funding: $3,948 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Whitebark pine is a keystone species that is disappearing from Crater Lake National Park. 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 or…

Development of Inventory and Monitoring Outreach Products for the Sierra Nevada network

Project ID: P14AC01585 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $11,046 Total Funding: $11,046 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Over the past decade, the parks within the Sierra Nevada Network (SIEN) have undergone numerous inventories and mapping projects which have provided new and useful information on a wide range of resources, such as small mammals, river hydrology, geology, climate, and vegetation. SIEN…

Development of Life-Stage Specific Population Dynamics Models for Lost River and Shortnose Suckers in the Upper Klamath Basin

Project ID: 2-05-FC-10-1192 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $99,498 Total Funding: $99,498 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Lost River Suckers, Deltistes luxatus, and shortnose suckers, Chasmistes brevirostris, are federally listed endangered species endemic to the Upper Klamath Basin of California and Oregon. Knowledge about the dynamics of the Lost River and shortnose sucker populations are essential for developing recovery strategies…

Development of Orthorectified Historic Imagery for Resource Assessments in the Central Alaska Network

Project ID: J8W07110015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $57,371 Total Funding: $57,371 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Central Alaska Network (CAKN) of the National Park Service (NPS) recognizes that climate change has the potential to significantly impact network parks. This is particularly true of interior units such as Yukon Charley Rivers National Preserve (YUCH) where the continental climate typically…

Development of Pacific Region Invasive Species Prevention Policy and Associated Technical Resources

Project ID: F15AC00718 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $33,842 Total Funding: $79,133 [project-data-part-2]

Development of Restoration Strategies for Low elevation Riparian Forests in the North Cascades

Project ID: J9W88030011 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $61,528 Total Funding: $61,528 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: North Cascades National Park (NOCA) includes four sites that may be suitable for outdoor classrooms or demonstration sites to illustrate restoration methods used in low-elevation forest, riparian forests. NOCA is interested in using these four sites as research sites and linking the research…

Development of Sampling Designs and Statistical Approaches for Monitoring Status and Trends in Indicators of Ecosystem Condition

Project ID: J8W07100041 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $47,000 Total Funding: $206,796 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) Inventory & Monitoring (I&M) networks within the Pacific West Region will collaborate with the University of Idaho (UI) in a technical assistance project to: 1) design and test robust sampling strategies to achieve sampling objectives of several monitoring…

Development of Sampling Designs and Statistical Approaches for Monitoring Status and Trends in Indicators of Riverbank Condition along the Merced River in Yosemite National Park

Project ID: J8W07110005 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,500 Total Funding: $9,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Yosemite National Park will collaborate with the University of Idaho (UI) in a technical assistance project to conduct an analysis of a set of visitor use and vegetation data focused on determining impacts to riverbank vegetation and bank stability along the Merced River…

Development of Sampling Designs and Statistical Approaches for Monitoring Status and Trends in Several Indicators of Habitat Quality in Yosemite National Park

Project ID: P12AC15053 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $8,000 Total Funding: $8,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Yosemite National Park will collaborate with the University of Idaho (UI) in a technical assistance project to conduct an analysis of sets of monitoring data focused on determining impacts to riverbank vegetation and meadow habitats in Yosemite National Park as well as the…

Development of sampling designs for long-term monitoring protocols for the Klamath, Mojave, Sierra Nevada, Upper Columbia Basin Network

Project ID: J8W07060004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $105,000 Total Funding: $498,725 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The funding provided supports National Park Service (NPS) collaboration with a postdoctoral statistician/biometrician/quantitative ecologist and a supervisory professor. The postdoctoral fellow will collaborate with the NPS Inventory & Monitoring (I&M) Network Coordinators in four Networks (Klamath, Mojave, Sierra Nevada, Upper Columbia Basin) to…

Development of Statistical Approaches and Sampling Designs to Address Applied Ecological Issues

Project ID: J8W07100042 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,236 Total Funding: $28,811 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this collaborative project is to provide statistical expertise in producing scientifically credible sampling objectives, sampling designs, and data analysis for parks within the North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN), and to provide educational opportunities for graduate students to work with…

Development of the Remote Area Soil Proxy Modeling Technique

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-10 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $135,145 Total Funding: $135,145 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project uses ArcGIS software to develop Remote Area Soil Proxy (RASP) modeling process.

Dexter Reservoir Water Quality Research and Evaluation Studies

Project ID: W912HZ-15-2-0008 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $28,389 Total Funding: $317,331 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Because of water quality changes in Dexter Reservoir Oregon (see Figure 1), the Corps of Engineers is seeking a study of this reservoir in order to explore opportunities for water quality improvement. This study consists of the following objectives: A review of the…

Digital Asset Management and Community Engagement to Enhance Understanding of Park Resources

Project ID: P23AC01206 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ 110,240 Total Funding: $110,240 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this project is to enhance the park’s knowledge and ability to share diverse stories of the Manhattan Project through community engagement, integrating information to learn from connected communities and archival resources into digital resources, and enhancing the park’s ability…

January 15, 2024

Digital Conversion of Denali Research Files

Project ID: J8W07100045 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $52,490 Total Funding: $111,840 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Denali National Park and Preserve (DENA) research administration archive has an extensive amount of historic research information including data, field reports, and project summaries from the early 1900’s through the late 1980’s. In many cases, these data include maps of study locations…

August 30, 2021