Project Database

Establishment of the Upper Columbia Basin Network Inventory and Monitoring Program Support Office

Project ID: J9W88040002 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $10,000 Total Funding: $59,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This Task Agreement defines a specific affiliation between the NPS and the UI for administrative support in directing a cooperative program of research, inventory, and monitoring in the parks that constitute the Upper Columbia Basin Network Inventory and Monitoring Network. Specific research and…

August 30, 2021

Estimating Distribution Changes of At-risk Ranid Frogs in Western North America

Project ID: G23AC00137 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $68,244 Total Funding: $106,503 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this research project is to assist in accurate detection of threatened and invasive aquatic species and their pathogens. This work will inform management efforts and contribute to the understanding of changes in species assemblages from eradication efforts.

January 22, 2024

Estimating Forest Biomass with LiDAR

Project ID: NR190436XXXXC003 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $55,457 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Estimating forest biomass and stand structure via UAV mounted LiDAR and RGB/NIR. This amendment is a Net zero change to OTHER and 3 Net Zero

January 18, 2024

Estimating population size of humpback whales in southeast Alaska using modified mark-recapture models from a long-term sighting database of individually identified whales.

Project ID: J8W07070001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $8,676 Total Funding: $8,676 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Utilize photos from surveys of humpback whales in northern southeastern Alaska (primarily, Sitka Sound, Fredrick Sound, and Glacier Bay/Icy Strait) collected since 1993 to create a long term sighting history database of individually identified whales. The database will then be utilized to estimate…

August 30, 2021

Estimating risk to humpback whales from shipping: a comparative approach from Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, and Francisco Coloane Marine Protected Area, Chile

Project ID: P17AC01307 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $25,280 Total Funding: $25,280 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The overall objective of this effort is to improve the ability of each park to meet its management goals and best balance conflicting objectives by better understanding the risk of shipping to humpback whales. Specifically, the goal is to build quantitative modeling tools…

ESTIMATING VARIATION IN FOREST STRUCTURE AT MULTIPLE SCALES AND FOR MULTIPLE OWNERSHIPS; EFFECTS ON LANDSCAPE SIMULATION IN WASHINGTON STATE.

Project ID: 11JV11261975084 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $59,975 Total Funding: $88,718 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funding listed is total funding including any modifications.

Ethnographic Overview and Assessment for Devil’s Postpile National Monument and Sequoia-Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks

Project ID: P13AC01223 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $50,000 Total Funding: $135,845 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort by the National Park Service (NPS) and Portland State University (PSU) to develop an Ethnographic Overview and Assessment for three units of the NPS: Devil’s Postpile National Monument (DEPO), Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park (SEKI), and Yosemite National…

Ethnographic Overview and Assessment for Huna Tlingit and Dry Bay Tlingit Cultures in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Project ID: J9W88050018 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $60,000 Total Funding: $60,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service requires that all parks within the system conduct baseline studies that describe the ethnographic resource of traditionally associated groups. Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve will conduct an Ethnographic Overview and Assessment for the Huna Tlingit and Dry Bay…

Ethnographic Overview and Assessment of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

Project ID: P19AC00962 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,000 Total Funding: $88,999 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will advance the public understanding of the historic and contemporary activities and concerns of traditionally associated Native American tribal groups related to CRMO. The project will document the qualities and attributes of the tribal history and the cultural landscapes of CRMO…

Ethnographic Overview and Assessment of Pinnacles National Park

Project ID: P20AC00494 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $169,160 Total Funding: $169,160 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort by the NPS and PSU to develop an Ethnographic Overview and Assessment of PINN. The Ethnographic Overview and Assessment is a foundational baseline research report useful for reviewing and analyzing accessible archival and documentary data addressing resources…

Ethnographic Overview and Traditional Associations Study of Channel Islands National Park and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Project ID: P19AC01240 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $67,060 Total Funding: $178,313 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will advance the public understanding of the historic and contemporary activities and concerns of traditionally associated Native American tribal groups related to CHIS and SAMO. The project will document the qualities and attributes of the tribal history and the cultural landscapes…

Evaluate and Complete the Element Global Rankings (EGRs) and Element State Rankings (ESRs) for all the Survey and Manage (S&M) species in the 2001 S&M Record of Decision (ROD) for Oregon, Washington and California.

Project ID: HAF033F04 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $140,000 Total Funding: $142,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Oregon BLM has a need to have the S&M species that are listed in the 2001 ROD for the Amendments to the Survey and Manage, Protection Buffer, and other Mitigation Measures Standards and Guidelines for the Northwest Forest Plan analyzed for EGR…

Evaluate displacement of birds by recreational activities in Denali National Park

Project ID: P16AC00082 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $75,558 Total Funding: $179,005 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Total Amount of Task Agreement: $179,005 Cooperative Agreement Number Pl6AC00003 was entered into by and between the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, (NPS), and the University of Washington (UW) for the purpose of supporting the education mission UW by engaging a…

Evaluate Productivity and Abundance of Selected Salmonid Populations in Olympic National Park

Project ID: P14AC01774 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $66,975 Total Funding: $66,975 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Olympic National Park (OLYM) is home to 60 distinct populations of Pacific salmonids. Many of these populations are subjected to intensive harvest, from Alaskan commercial fisheries to in-river sport fisheries. Long term population viability is dependent upon science-based management objectives. OLYM has selected…

Evaluate the Effects of Tourism on Traditional Activities, Alagnak Wild River

Project ID: J8W07080020 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $55,000 Total Funding: $148,410 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service and Portland State University will collaborate in the development of a study of possible visitor impacts on Native traditional activities in the Alagnak Wild River corridor, in south-central Alaska. This study will document historic and contemporary use of the…

Evaluating Carbon Pools and Fluxes Using a DGVM with Prescribed Landuse: MCI Contribution to Land Carbon Project

Project ID: G12AC20214 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $149,726 Total Funding: $365,466 [project-data-part-2]

Evaluating Carbon Seq. Potential

Project ID: NR230436XXXXC008 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $500,000 Total Funding: $500,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A holistic, systems-based understanding of the different biophysical processes and land use management decisions influencing the capacity of the ecosystem to capture carbon and regulate gas fluxes.

January 19, 2024

Evaluating Flora and Avian Diversity in the Dalles Project for Special Status Species Protection

Project ID: W912HZ-18-2-0015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,000 Total Funding: $40,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: We will complete a comprehensive inventory and evaluation of the flora and avian biota, together with a delineation of the ecological communities, across the Dalles Project area (referred to as Project lands hereafter) as defined by the Army Corps of Engineers. Our study…

August 30, 2021

Evaluating Flora and Fauna Diversity in the John Day/ Willow Creek Project for Special Status Species Protection

Project ID: W912HZ-16-2-0031 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $284,968 Total Funding: $494,918 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: We will complete a comprehensive inventory of flora and fauna and delineate the ecological communities across the John Day/ Willow Creek Project area (referred to as Project lands hereafter), as defined by the Army Corps of Engineers. Our inventory will identify the presence,…

Evaluating Greater Sage-Grouse response to landscape-level removal of encroaching juniper

Project ID: 68-7482-16-527 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $100,154 Total Funding: $200,154 [project-data-part-2]