Project Database

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…

August 30, 2021

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…

FILLING THE GAPS IN SPALDING S CATCHFLY RECOVERY: POLLINATORS AND NONNATIVE PLANTS”

Project ID: F24AC00018 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $94,870 Total Funding: $94,870 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: SPALDINGS CATCHFLY (SILENE SPALDINGII) IS A FEDERALLY THREATENED PLANT ENDEMIC TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THERE ARE ONLY 139 KNOWN OCCURRENCES THROUGHOUT ITS RANGE, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF WASHINGTON, MONTANA, IDAHO, OREGON, AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. SPALDINGS CATCHFLY DEPENDS ON NATIVE GRASSLAND HABITAT WHICH IS DECLINING…

January 31, 2025

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…

August 30, 2021

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: $194,676 [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

Flora of the Pacific Northwest

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

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…

Forest Restoration and Research to Benefit Tinian Monarch and Protected Species on the Tinian Military Lease Area

Project ID: N40192-23-2-8004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $1,385,709 Total Funding: $1,736,309 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

February 5, 2025

Forestry Technical Note Series

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

January 19, 2024