Project Database

Evaluation of Genetic Structure Among Black Bear (Ursus americanus) in Kenai Fjords National Park and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Project ID: J9W88040005 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $56,950 Total Funding: $56,950 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The work proposed under this Agreement is designed to evaluate the genetic structure of the black bear population of Kenai Fjords National Park (KEFJ) and the Kenai Peninsula, AK for the Southwest Alaska Network (SWAN) Inventory and Monitoring Program. Deliverables: LANDSCAPE GENETICS OF…

August 30, 2021

Evaluation of the Effects of Barred Owls and Stand Characteristics on Spotted Owl Demography

Project ID: UW-01-24 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,691 Total Funding: $12,691 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this research project is to evaluate factors influencing spotted owl demography in Olympic National Park. Although spotted owls and their habitat have been protected in the Park since 1938, and although the spotted owl was listed as threatened in 1990,…

Evaluation of the Influences of Salvage and Salvage Intensity on Wildlife

Project ID: L07AC14736 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $179,400 Total Funding: $590,226 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a long-term collaborative study intended to improve salvage and restoration decisions in post-fire environments. Salvage of dead trees has been of particular interest because of the potential economic benefits of harvest activities, the influences of salvage on risk of future fire…

Examine a subset of a population of the Hawaiian duck, or Koloa maoli, living in and around Hanalei and Hule’ia National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) on Kaua’i.

Project ID: F12AC00760 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $34,428 Total Funding: $34,428 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Examine a subset of a population of the Hawaiian duck, or Koloa maoli, living in and around Hanalei and Hule-ia national Wildlife Refuges (NWR) on Kaua’i. Assess the physical condition of the animals and collect samples to screen for known important pathogens and…

Examine Effects of Spatial Landscape Structure, Composition, and Change on Population Size and Dynamics of Sage-grouse

Project ID: HAF053F18 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $70,000 Total Funding: $180,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: In 2009 BLM changed the project number to L08AC13564.

Expand Coastal Engineering Inventory to Provide Evaluations of Projects Potentially Impacting Natural Sediment Transport Processes

Project ID: J8W07110009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $110,895 Total Funding: $180,001 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Coastal Engineering Inventory project aims to inventory, catalog and map coastal engineering projects in and adjacent to coastal units of the National Park Service (NPS). The goal is to develop a greater understanding of the extent of coastal engineering modification along our…

EXTENDING ALASKA REGION NATIONAL HYDROGRAPHY DATASET EDITING

Project ID: P20AC00496 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $519,279 Total Funding: $590,781 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 29, 2024

Extending Alaska Region National Hydrography Dataset Editing Protocols and Data Production to Accommodate Wetlands and other Value Added Attributes

Project ID: P15AC00448 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $126,337 Total Funding: $605,374 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will be conducted in two phases. This Task Agreement funds Phase 1, but may be modified to add future phases, subject to the availability of funding and satisfactory progress of project work. Investigators from SMUMN and NPS staff will collaborate to…

August 30, 2021

Extent of Endocrine Disruption and Airborne Contaminants in Fish of Western and Alaskan National Parks

Project ID: J8W07080024 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $103,340 Total Funding: $124,490 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Results of recently-released Western Airborn Contaminants Assessment Project (WACAP) indicate, among other key findings, the presence of endocrine disruption in trouts (i.e., male and female reproductive structures in the same fish) of Rocky Mountain and Glacier National Parks (NPs). Documented also in these…

Exterior Redwood Preservation at Scotty’s Castle, Death Valley National Park

Project ID: J8W07070030 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,949 Total Funding: $90,835 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this project is to research methods to preserve historic exterior redwood at Scotty’s Castle in Death Valley National Park. This includes completing assessment of redwood conditions, literature review, completing laboratory testing, and installing field test samples. Contingent upon funding received,…

Factors influencing Bull Trout populations across multiple spatial scales in Idaho

Project ID: G21AC10155 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $235,577 Total Funding: $235,577 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 22, 2024

Fender’s Blue Butterfly Habitat Restoration

Project ID: HAA087301 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $116,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: To enhance recovery efforts for this endangered butterfly, project co-operators seek to better understand its biology. The project will assess behavioral use of Willow Corner by Fender’s blue butterfly, and map distribution of Kincaid’s lupine, and distribution and quality of nectar at Fir…

August 30, 2021

FES WESTERN ALASKA WETLAND MAPPING

Project ID: F20AC00288 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $285,000 Total Funding: $859,900 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:

January 29, 2024

Field Test of Plants and Fungi on Bioretention Performance Over Time

Project ID: F16AC00305 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $369,100 Total Funding: $369,100 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funds under this award are to be used to evaluate the effects of plants and fungi on toxicity, water 4uality and hydraulic properties of bioretention cells. The project will gain knowledge of whether plants and fungi help to remediate stormwater pollutants and nutrients….

August 30, 2021

Field-Mapping Glacier Extents at Mount Rainier for Hazard Recognition

Project ID: J8W07110010 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $44,979 Total Funding: $44,979 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service and Portland State University will collaborate in a field-based project to accurately map the spatial extent and status of the rapidly changing glacial ice on Mount Rainier. In particular, areas of active (moving) ice will be distinguished from stagnant…

Fine-scale Remote Sensing Applications to Support Vegetation and Fire Management Planning and Implementation at Lava Beds National Monument

Project ID: J8W07090017 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,000 Total Funding: $40,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This Task Agreement details the steps by which Lava Beds National Monument (LABE), and the University of Idaho (UI) will collaborate in developing fine-scale remotely sensed digital data layers of vegetation and fuels for LABE. These state-of-the-art spatial layers representing vegetation structural stages…

Fire Regimes, Forest Change and Restoration of Forested Plant Associations in the Middle Applegate Watershed, Medford District

Project ID: L11AC20137 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $60,000 Total Funding: $196,934 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: ATR: Genivieve Rasmussen, PI: John D. Bailey

Fisher (Martes pennanti) Scat Surveys

Project ID: HAA087101 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,000 Total Funding: $68,630 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project uses scat-detection dogs to locate fisher scats in areas of high probability where fishers have been observed, but not confirmed by photos or other hard evidence, and where the standard camera or track-set protocol is either infeasible or failed to confirm fishers….

FISHER HABITAT MODELING

Project ID: F21AC02335 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $140,000 Total Funding: $140,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: DECISION SUPPORT FOR FISHER RECOVERY: MODELING DISTRIBUTION, HABITAT, AND POTENTIAL POPULATION SIZE IN WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIAPROJECT ABSTRACTFISHERS (PEKANIA PENNANTI) ARE A MEDIUM-SIZED CARNIVORE OF CONSERVATION CONCERN IN PORTIONS OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION (U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 2016, 2020). FISHERS IN THE SOUTHERN…

July 15, 2023

Flight 93 Primary Interpretive Themes Project

Project ID: J8W07080012 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $20,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The NPS Flight 93 Memorial, The Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands, Portland State University, and University of Pennsylvania are collaborating under separate Cooperative Agreements to identify meanings ascribed to the Flight 93 Memorial by site visitors and the larger public. The…

August 30, 2021