Project Database

Joint Fire Science Project – Fuels Reduction Study under the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program.

Project ID: HAF033F10 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $134,881 Total Funding: $134,881 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Study the consequences of fire suppression treatments for native plant communities in oak woodlands, shrub lands and grasslands, working largely in the Applegate Valley Adaptive Management Area of the ARA using a combination of retrospective and prospective approaches.

August 30, 2021

Juniper Encroachment in the Lava Beds National Monument

Project ID: OSU-01-1 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $40,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Research study to determine the historic range and density of juniper within the Lava Beds ecosystem in order to guide fire management and historic landscape initiatives. The primary intent of this project is to address the following questions: 1) To what extent has…

Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR)

Project ID: NOAA1 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $594,000 Total Funding: $5,573,970 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR) was designated in 1999 and is located in Homer, Alaska. The Reserve is administered by the Alaska Center for Conservation Science, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), who is submitting this application for the FY15 federal…

Katmai coastal wolves and their role as predators in the nearshore ecosystem

Project ID: P20AC00672 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $158,236 Total Funding: $236,424 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 18, 2024

Katmai National Park and Preserve: An Ethnographic Overview and Assessment

Project ID: P23AC01432 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $126,600 Total Funding: $126,600 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

Keane Wonder Mine Aerial Tramway Stabilitzation, Death Valley National Park

Project ID: J8W07090003 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $124,985 Total Funding: $124,985 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The School of Engineering at the University of Vermont (UVM) will participate with staff from the National Park Service (NPS) in a program of assessment, research, training, and initial stabilization of the aerial tramway at the Keane Wonder Mine. The Keane Wonder Mine…

August 30, 2021

Kiana Family Networks Study

Project ID: J8W07060014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $130,000 Total Funding: $130,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Kiana Family Networks Project will document and analyze the interplay between subsistence activities and social networks in the Inupiaq community of Kiana, Alaska. This project, to be conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Subsistence and the Kiana…

Kipuka Vegetation Monitoring and Invasive Plant Treatments at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

Project ID: P21AC12350 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $99,300 Total Funding: $99,300 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Sagebrush steppe vegetation communities are believed to be one of the fastest degrading ecosystems in the west due to a variety of disturbances ranging from agriculture to wildfires. Although mostly covered by basalt lava flows, about 90% of the vegetation cover at Craters…

May 17, 2023

Klondike Goldrush National Historic Park Transportation Analysis Project

Project ID: J9088020009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,100 Total Funding: $9,100 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A collaborative landscape architecture charette – an intensive design workshop – to generate conceptual designs to articulate the “gateway” to Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park and the city of Skagway’s Historic District. Deliverables: Historic Transportation Resources in Skagway and Dyea (Final Report)

August 30, 2021

Kobuk Valley National Park Traditional Use Study, Native Villages of Kiana and Ambler

Project ID: P17AC00482 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $22,339 Total Funding: $122,915 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Kobuk Valley National Park (KOVA) is a unit of the NPS initially established as a national monument in 1978 and re-designated a national park through passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980. Totaling 1.7 million acres, the park…

Koloa maoli (Anas wyvilliana), or Hawaiian Duck

Project ID: F10AC00080 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,642 Total Funding: $180,747 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project seeks to initiate a conservation effort to remove Koloa-mallard hybrids from the popoulation of birds on Kauai and collect data on daily and seasonal movement by Koloa to inform how hybrid removal projects can be most effeciently designed.Koloa maoli (Anas wyvilliana),…

Land Conveyance Process Customer Satisfaction Survey

Project ID: HAF033H01 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $0 Total Funding: $0 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: There is pending legislation that if passed will allow for the conveyance of land to approximately 210 Native American Corporations in Alaska. If passed, this conveyance will take place 4 years earlier than originally planned. In order to get objective feedback on whether…

Landscape Analysis of Black Bear Distribution Patterns in Olympic National Park

Project ID: J9088020032 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $10,000 Total Funding: $69,920 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This study will describe broad-scale patterns in seasonal distribution and movements of black bears in OLYM prior to dam removal, and will assess methods of monitoring influences of salmon restoration on the park’s black bear populations Deliverables: BLACK BEAR DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS IN A…

Landscape Architecture Design Prescriptions for the Craters of the Moon Visitor Center Picnic Area

Project ID: P17AC01225 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,088 Total Funding: $9,088 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (CRMO) visitor center picnic area was originally designed in 1957. It was one of several green spaces designed as part of the NPS Mission 66. As part of this effort, lawns were planted around…

Landscape Change Detection in North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN) Parks in Support of NCCN Landscape Dynamics Monitoring

Project ID: P14AC01711 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,283 Total Funding: $78,867 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Oregon State University (OSU) and the National Park Service (NPS) will collaborate on a project to support landscape dynamics monitoring in the Pacific Northwest and in the North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN) parks. OSU has developed a change detection process, called LandTrendr,…

Landscape Change Detection with National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Networks in Support of Landscape Dynamics Monitoring- GLKN

Project ID: P17AC00585 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $59,379 Total Funding: $346,704 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objectives of this Agreement are to further development of change detection research using an existing methodology developed at OSU by Dr. Robert Kennedy termed LandTrendr. The two networks both utilize this approach as part of their respective longterm monitoring programs and rely…

Landscape Scenario Analysis Project

Project ID: HAF033F11 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $81,100 Total Funding: $429,550 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will develop a landscape modeling and analysis capability which will be used for the upcoming revision of the BLM resource management plans. (In 2009 BLM changed the project number to L08AC14460).

Landscape Scenario Analysis, Watmough Bay

Project ID: HAF043D03 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $13,560 Total Funding: $24,072 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Winter storm surges in Puget Sound have contributed to erosion of a portion of the archaeological site (45SJ280) along the beach at Watmough Bay on Lopez Island. Stabilization measures identified by BLM engineers are proposed to control erosion at the site. Before stabilization…

Lapwai Basin Fish-flow Studies

Project ID: R12AC11005 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $111,000 Total Funding: $384,277 [project-data-part-2]

Large Scale Groundwater Tracer Tests

Project ID: J9088020031 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,000 Total Funding: $51,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Complete a ground water tracer test study that quantifies ground water condition by tracking sub-surface flow paths back to their origins.