Project Database

Flora of the Pacific Northwest

Project ID: F17AC00978 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,100 Total Funding: $5,100 [project-data-part-2]

August 30, 2021

Floristic Inventory and Professional Flora for Lava Beds National Monument

Project ID: J9W88040029 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $25,000 Total Funding: $34,811 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Lava Beds National Monument is a small, semi-arid park in northeast California. A more comprehensive understanding of the floristic resources of the park is essential for the conservation and management of the parks natural resources. Since the park does not employ a permanent…

Flux and Fate of Carbon in Terrestial and Aquatic Ecosystems

Project ID: 13JV11261933068 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,999 Total Funding: $119,977 [project-data-part-2]

Food Web Effects of Lake Shoreline Development

Project ID: J9W88050023 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $17,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Development of lake shorelines is known to degrade water quality and habitat for aquatic organisms. Work under this Task Agreement is part of a larger collaborative project between the National Park Service and the University of Idaho to examine near-shore productivity and habitat…

Forest management and climate change: A synthesis of genetic and silvicultural options for the Western U.S.

Project ID: J8W07080029 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $20,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this proposal is to evaluate how climate change will affect forest trees in the western United States, and then recommend genetic and silvicultural options for maintaining the adaptability, productivity, and value of western forests under a range of climate change…

Forestry Technical Note Series

Project ID: NR220436XXXXC011 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $250,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Forestry Technical Note Series

January 19, 2024

Formation and Sustainability of Pool-riffle Sequences in Gravel-bed Streams

Project ID: R10AC10042 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $35,000 Total Funding: $35,000 [project-data-part-2]

August 30, 2021

Fort Davis National Historical Site Post Hospital Restoration Program

Project ID: J9W88050012 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $25,028 Total Funding: $159,187 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a three-week field school in which NPS, University, and partner personnel will be trained in Historic preservation and restoration skills using the Fort Davis Post hospital project as on-the-job training opportunity. Deliverables: The Fort Davis National Historical Site Post Hospital…

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Traditional Use Study

Project ID: P15AC01372 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $88,680 Total Funding: $104,951 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (FOVA) serves to protect and commemorate one of the most historically significant landmarks in the western United States. From 1825 through 1849, Fort Vancouver was the site of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s headquarters for all operations west of…

Foskett Speckled Dace Investigations, Lakeview District

Project ID: L10AC20526 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $19,997 Total Funding: $39,997 [project-data-part-2]

FOUN Cultural Landscape Report

Project ID: P17AC01394 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $74,700 Total Funding: $74,700 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project will create a Cultural Landscape Report for Fort Union National Monument (FOUN) in northern New Mexico. FOUN is a nineteenth century US military fort located along the Santa Fe Trail. The fort was in use from 1821 – 1891 and was…

Fueling Adaptation: Capacities and Gaps in Governance Networks within Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes to Engage in Shared Stewardship and Collaborative Wildfire Management

Project ID: 23-JV-11261940-106 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $857,240 Total Funding: $857,240 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Wildfires across the United States have resulted in rising ecological and social costs, with more homes and communities threatened by wildfire, as a result of a legacy of fire exclusion on the landscape, changing fuels and climate, and an expanding wildland-urban interface (WUI)….

January 22, 2024

Functional Assessment of Wetland/Riparian Communities in Crater Lake National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, and Oregon Caves National Monument

Project ID: J9W88040026 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $50,062 Total Funding: $90,062 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Crater Lake National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park , and Oregon Caves National Monument comprise a diverse assemblage of high elevation wetland and riparian habitats. Presently, little information essential for management is available concerning the distribution, condition, or trend of wetlands in these…

August 30, 2021

Genetic Monitoring of the Great Gray Owl in Yosemite National Park

Project ID: P22AC02370 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $37,590 Total Funding: $77,593 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Great gray owls (GGOs) are one of the rarest and most endangered birds in the state of California. With fewer than 200 individuals remaining, this Sierra Nevada endemic subspecies has a smaller population size than that of the California Condor. Yosemite National Park…

May 17, 2023

Genetic, Physiological, and Immunological Differences between Spring Chinook Salmon Reared in Two Different Water Sources

Project ID: 01004HS004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $20,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The UI Aquaculture Research Institute, in collaboration with USGS-BRD Columbia River Research Laboratory Staff, will produce and analyze microsatellite data from spring chinook salmon reared in groundwater and surface water. The project was designed to test effects of the hatchery (groundwater) and wild…

August 30, 2021

Geoarchaeological Context of the Mid-Holocene Human Occupation at the Frank Slaven Roadhouse Site, Yukon-Charley Rivers national Preserve, Alaska

Project ID: P14AC00787 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $14,965 Total Funding: $14,965 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objective of this Task Agreement, between Central Washington University (CWU) and the National Park Service (NPS), Is to provide new data on subsistence responses to mid-Holocene environments along the middle stretches of the Yukon River. For this, a team of NPS and…

Geodetic Glacier Mass Balances in the Pacific Northwest

Project ID: G15AC00529 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,005 Total Funding: $20,005 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objective of this project is to integrate observations from multiple image acquisition platforms into a coherent time series of glacier volume changes for a variety of sites in the Pacific Northwest, including South Cascade Glacier and the others in Washington State (e.g.,…

Geographical Information System (GIS) and Spatial Analysis Support for the Klamath Network Inventory and Monitoring Program

Project ID: J9W88040020 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $111,919 Total Funding: $438,029 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This Task Agreement will support spatial data acquisition and summary, spatial analysis, and preparation of maps, scientific documents, as appropriate, in support of the Klamath Network Inventory and Monitoring Program. Deliverables:

Geology training and interpretation in national parks

Project ID: J9W88040019 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $26,200 Total Funding: $31,200 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Development of model geology interpretive manuals, training sessions, and geology exhibit recommendations to improve the interpretation of geologic resources in national parks.

George Melendez Wright Climate Change Youth Initiative

Project ID: P12AC15026 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $349,000 Total Funding: $349,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) has clearly identified the need for science, adaptive management, mitigation, and communication related to climate change. The NPS has also made it a priority to make parks more personally relevant to the American public, strengthen and publicize the…