Project Database

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]

August 30, 2021

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]

Evaluating Impacts of a Pneumonia Epizootic and Potential for Disease Transmission Among Desert Bighorn Sheep Herds in and near Mojave National Preserve

Project ID: P14AC01636 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $157,625 Total Funding: $177,627 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Bighorn sheep are highly susceptible to pneumonia epizootics that can reduce bighorn population size by 50 to 100% and have lingering, adverse effects on lamb survival for years after the initial onset of disease. Desert bighorn sheep in and near Mojave National Preserve…

Evaluating Visitor Response to Interpretation at Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex and Spring Mountains National Recreation Area

Project ID: F20AC00096 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $18,019 Total Funding: $18,019 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 25, 2024

Evaluating Water Management Responses to Global Climate Change Using Coupled Hydrologic and Economic Models

Project ID: 09FC101428 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $37,000 Total Funding: $248,319 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The agreement enables water management agencies, as well as local water users, to combine insights gained from hydrologic modeling with those gained from modeling the economics of water supply and demand. It will allow them to evaluate both the hydrologic and the economic…

August 30, 2021

Evaluation and Establishment of Land Management Practices that will Enhance and Increase Habitat for the Federally Listed Fender’s Blue Butterfly

Project ID: HAF043N02 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,000 Total Funding: $15,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this project (a partnership between the Eugene District of the Bureau of Land Management and Washington State University) is to evaluate and establish land management practices that will enhance and increase habitat for the federally listed Fender’s blue butterfly.

Evaluation and Modification of the MIKE SHE Evapotranspiration Algorithm – Sprague River Basin

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-05 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $102,838 Total Funding: $102,838 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Technical objectives of the project are to: (1) recommend improvements in the evapotranspiration component for the MIKE SHE model, (2) incorporate agronomic crop, root zone and soil parameters to simulate irrigation water management, (3) incorporate nonagronomic crop, root zone and soil parameter to…

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…

EVALUATION OF LETHAL AND NON-LETHAL RAVEN MANIPULATION TO BENEFIT SAGE-GROUSE IN THE BAKER AND MALHEUR COUNTIES, OREGON”

Project ID: F22AC02313 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,623 Total Funding: $50,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:

January 31, 2025

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,…

August 30, 2021

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.

Examining Spatial and Temporal Carbon Sequestration and Tree Growth Across Alaska’s Forested Ecosystems

Project ID: 24-JV-11261918-076 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $247,123 Total Funding: $247,123 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:

January 7, 2025

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…

August 30, 2021

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