Project Database

Ecology of Mardon Skipper Butterflies

Project ID: HAF063N04 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $42,975 Total Funding: $48,975 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Objectives of the project are to investigate essential aspects of Mardon Skipper ecology to inform management and conservation of its habitat. Investigation includes oviposition behavior, nectar behavior and larval biology. (In 2006 BLM changed the task agreement number to L07AC14022.)

August 30, 2021

Ecology of Upper Klamath Lake Shortnose and Lost River Suckers

Project ID: 2-FG-81-0813 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $319,194 Total Funding: $319,194 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project attempts to understand the environmental variables responsible for variation mortality in early life stages of Lost River and shortnose suckers to implement the draft, “Monitoring plan for larval and juvenile suckers in Upper Klamath lake.” Goals are to monitor: (1) long-term trends…

Economic Assessment of the Ambler Mining District Road Access through Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve on Subsistence Users

Project ID: P14AC01653 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $115,000 Total Funding: $120,922 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The State of Alaska is proposing to create an industrial mining road through the Preserve section of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (GAAR). This is a collaborative effort between the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) and the NPS to develop…

Economic Assessment of the Stewardship Contracts on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Project ID: 18-JV-11261975-076 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,008 Total Funding: $40,008 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Document cooperative research on the economic benefits of stewardship contracts administered on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwest Washington.

Ecosystem Services and Cultural Heritage: Identifying Approaches to Integrated Resource Management within the National Forest System

Project ID: 18-JV-11261985-023 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $29,261 Total Funding: $29,261 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Conduct a collaborative research project on the identification and integration of cultural ecosystem services, namely cultural heritage, in the Forest Service’s ecosystem services management framework.

Ecosystem Services Valuation Pilot Study

Project ID: G10AC00053 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $60,000 Total Funding: $179,828 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project identifies valuation methods and tools that may be appropriate for use in decision-making for public land management within the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and identifies possible synergies of leverage points within the BLM’s decision-making process for public land management.

Ecosystem Services Valuation Pilot Study for the Moeb Master Leasing Plan

Project ID: G13AC00152 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $45,000 Total Funding: $99,602 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This effort is focused on: 1) the potential risk of surface and shallow groundwater resources becoming contaminated by mineral development activities, and 2) identifying the values at risk (i.e. such as steams, springs, and shallow aquifer wells) rather than quantitative estimation of contamination…

Educating Students on Wildlife Sampling Methods and Determining Prey Use of Mesocarnivores at Crater Lake National Park

Project ID: P18AC00651 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,767 Total Funding: $5,767 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Crater Lake National Park (CRLA or the Park) is home to a diversity of wildlife species that includes both eastern and western cascade species from high and low elevations. Each year, the NPS wildlife team at CRLA employs seasonal wildlife technicians to assist…

Effect of brush mastication on the below ground mycorrhizal community in a mixed hardwood chaparral

Project ID: J8W07060003 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $97,800 Total Funding: $97,800 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This proposal addresses an important local knowledge gap associated with fuels treatment. Much of the vegetation at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is a dense fire prone chaparral. Prescribed burns are limited by threat of wildfire and by narrow climatic conditions appropriate for burnings….

Effect of Fuel Amendments

Project ID: HAF063S02 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $15,000 [project-data-part-2]

Effectiveness of Physician-recommended Nature Prescriptions for Cardiac Rehabilitation in Diverse Human Populations Under Climate Change

Project ID: 23-JV-11261956-011 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $150,000 Total Funding: $189,588 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: We will examine the efficacy of “nature prescriptions”—physician-prescribed time in nature, including urban forests, ordered as part of patients’ care, with the goal of improving health outcomes following cardiac events such as myocardial infarction (heart attacks) and heart surgery. We will conduct a…

January 22, 2024

Effectiveness of thinning-and­ burning treatments on persistence of Northern Idaho Ground Squirrels

Project ID: F19AC00296 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $50,000 Total Funding: $50,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funds under this award are to be used to document whether thin-and-bum habitat treatments increase annual reproductive output, body mass, overwinter survival, or natal recruitment of Northern Idaho Ground Squirrels (NIDGS). Funding these positions is critical towards carrying out actions identified in the…

August 30, 2021

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…

Effects of Off-highway Vehicle Use on the Northern Spotted Owl

Project ID: 05-JV-11052007-028 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $144,007 Total Funding: $483,949 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Purpose of the project is to collaborate with the university, which will provide technical assistance to forest service biologists in determining the effects of off-highway vehicle (OHV) use on the northern spotted owl by measuring species response to OHVs at three different biological…

Effects of Silvicultural-Based Forest Restoration on Small Mammal Prey of Key Mesocarnivores and Forest Raptors

Project ID: P25AC01024 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $31,550 Total Funding: $31,550 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Performance Goals – The goal of this study is to address a key knowledge gap identified by LAVO Resource and Fire staff following the implementation of Phase I of the Northwest Gateway Forest Restoration project (NWG). While quantitative data was collected and analyzed…

December 3, 2025

Elwha River Revegetation 2013 – Plant Performance Study

Project ID: P13AC00833 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $4,950 Total Funding: $4,950 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project between the University of Washington (UW) and the National Park Service (NPS) to support monitoring in 2013 of the revegetation efforts in the former Lake Mills reservoir at Olympic National Park. Dam removal began in September 2011 in…

August 30, 2021

Enable Public and Research Access to the Peter Misch Geology Collection through Cataloging and Interpretive Products

Project ID: P17AC01050 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $33,483 Total Funding: $33,483 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project addresses cataloging and interpretation of the Peter Misch Geology Collection, which is part of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex (NOCA) museum collection. The collection was received by NOCA from the UW Earth Sciences Department in 2003. The collection reflects…

Encroaching Juniper and Sage-Grouse Monitoring

Project ID: L12AC20517 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,969 Total Funding: $124,967 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project entered with $24,969.

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…

Energetics, Survival, and Dispersal of Dall’s Sheep Rams Under Differing Harvest Management Strategies

Project ID: P14AC01780 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $57,713 Total Funding: $118,913 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Approximately 25-35% of Alaska’s Dali’s sheep population (Ovis clalli dali,) occurs within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (WRST). Protection of Dali’s sheep populations and habitat is specifically stated In WRST’s enabling legislation. Subsistence harvest of DalI’s sheep is allowed in the park…