Project Database

Las Flores Ranch House Window and Door Restoration Program

Project ID: UVM-02-50 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $77,666 Total Funding: $109,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A program of research, training and implementation of the restoration of windows and doors at the Las Flores Adobe Ranch House. Deliverables: Las Flores Adobe National Historic Landmark Carriage House Stabilization Program 2003-2004 (Final Report)

August 30, 2021

Lassen Volcanic National Park Photograph Collection Inventory and Cataloging Project

Project ID: J9W88030020 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,000 Total Funding: $42,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will systematically organize the Lassen Volcanic National Park photograph collection and create a functional database and cataloging system for these photographs. The Park photograph collection consists of approximately 4,000 black and white historic photos with safety negatives and color photographs, 12,700…

Leadership, Coordination and Administrative Oversight for the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit

Project ID: P21AC12278 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $48,800 Total Funding: $129,217 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project supports the fundamental administration and coordination actions of the Pacific Northwest CESU and furthers the broader implementation of the CESU Network across the country, which fosters engagement among federal agencies and nonfederal partner institutions in collaborative natural and cultural resource science,…

May 16, 2023

Leadership, Coordination, and Administrative Oversight for the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (PNW CESU)

Project ID: P16AC01846 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $42,800 Total Funding: $206,447 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Investigators from UW and NPS staff will collaborate to accomplish the following specific objectives. 1. Facilitate communications among and correspondence with existing and potential partners, and with the CESU Network National Office. 2. Conduct strategic planning, and update the PNW CESU strategic plan,…

August 30, 2021

Leigh and String Lakes Visitor Use Study at Grand Teton National Park

Project ID: P17AC00106 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $463,485 Total Funding: $463,485 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: String and Leigh Lakes are located within Grand Teton National Park (GRTE). String Lake is a very popular area for recreational paddling, swimming/wading, picnicking, and day hiking. Leigh Lake is popular for recreational paddling, day hiking, and backcountry camping. GRTE staff has observed…

Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) of Crater Lake National Park

Project ID: P14AC01576 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,988 Total Funding: $9,988 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project between the National Park Service (NPS) and Oregon State University (OSU) to conduct three Lepidoptera surveys of Crater Lake National Park (CRLA) to generate new knowledge about Lepidoptera in Oregon. The Lepidoptera of CRLA are poorly known, although…

Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) of Crater Lake National Park

Project ID: P18AC01115 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $11,883 Total Funding: $11,883 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project between NPS and OSU to conduct three Lepidoptera surveys in CRLA to build on the previous study and expand the body of scientific information on Lepidoptera. The survey information will generate new knowledge about the distribution and relative…

Lesser Prairie Chicken Initiative

Project ID: 68-7482-16-533 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $701,040 Total Funding: $701,040 [project-data-part-2]

Lewis & Clark National Historical Park – Vegetation Inventory and Herbarium Review

Project ID: J8W07080030 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $58,000 Total Funding: $58,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Through the Natural Resource Challenge in 1999, the National Park Service (NPS) launched an ambitious and successful natural resource inventory and monitoring (I&M) program nationwide. The inventory component of this program was dedicated to documenting the flora and fauna on NPS administered lands…

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Forest Vegetation Management Plan

Project ID: J8W07060016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $28,000 Total Funding: $28,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project involves a site assessment of a newly expanded national park in Oregon to develop management direction on lands previously managed as industrial forest. The primary objective is to produce a forest management and monitoring plan for these lands that will identify…

Lichen Community Analysis for Environmental Monitoring

Project ID: P14AC01637 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $14,007 Total Funding: $14,007 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Lichen communities have been shown to be sensitive to changes in environmental pollution and climate change, making them good candidates for long-term monitoring of ecosystem conditions. Building upon prior efforts, a partnership among the National Park Service (NPS), the US Forest Service, and…

Lichen Inventory for the Southwest Alaska Network

Project ID: P12AC15015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $135,000 Total Funding: $211,882 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This Task Agreement will support an inventory of lichens in Lake Clark (LACL) and Katmai (KATM) National Parks and Preserves in a collaborative effort by the National Park Service (NPS) and Oregon State University (OSU). As part of this project, NPS and OSU…

Lichen Monitoring in Gates of the Arctic National Park

Project ID: J8W07100007 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $85,992 Total Funding: $120,720 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Lichen abundance and community composition are important components of vegetation monitoring in the Arctic Inventory and Monitoring Network (ARCN). Comprehensive lichen inventories that comprise the baseline data for long-term monitoring have been completed for 4 of the 5 National Park Service units in…

Lichen Survey

Project ID: UW-01-18 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,500 Total Funding: $7,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objectives of this project are to inventory the lichen community at Camp Muir in order to determine what species are present, which species are rare or haven’t been classified before, which species will be impacted by proposed construction activities, and what measures…

Lichen/bryophyte Habitat Analysis and Surveys in Eastern Oregon

Project ID: HAA087206 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $51,000 Total Funding: $51,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project will improve understanding of the lichen and bryophyte communities, in particular biological soil crusts, that occur on BLM and USFS lands in eastern Oregon and Washington. (In 2009 BLM changed the project number to L08AC13745).

Linking Genetic Data and Sighting Histories of Individual Humpback Whales in a Collaborative Database

Project ID: J8W07100015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $58,463 Total Funding: $58,463 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: In collaboration with Glacier Bay National Park (GLBA), the Cetacean Conservation Genetics Laboratory of the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University will conduct primary genetic analysis of 314 biopsy samples collected in southeastern Alaska and northern British Colombia during the SPLASH (Structure…

Locating and Protecting Tree Vole Sites

Project ID: HAF023F03 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $133,475 Total Funding: $133,475 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Identifying daily and seasonal activity patterns and movements of Red Tree Voles. The NFP is designed to provide habitat for late-successional forest species such as the red tree vole and at the same time provide commodity outputs for social and economic benefits. To…

Long Term Silviculture Management: 2005-2010

Project ID: HAF053D04 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $79,517 Total Funding: $479,034 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Stand Management Cooperative is a multi-agency growth and yield cooperative established in 1985. The main objective is to provide a continuing source of consistent, high-quality data on the effects of stand management practices on stand growth and yield, tree growth and yield,…

Long-term Monitoring of Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) in the Upper Columbia Basin Network

Project ID: P15AC00967 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $14,048 Total Funding: $66,126 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaboration between the Upper Columbia Basin Network of the National Park Service and the University of Idaho to continue monitoring aspen stands in Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (CRMO). The aspen monitoring protocol was finalized in 2009…

Longevity of bioretention depths for preventing acute toxicity from urban stormwater runoff

Project ID: F19AC00017 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $316,213 Total Funding: $316,213 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funds under this award are to be used to answer two important questions that the proposed research will address: 1) How long can the 60:40 bioretention soil media prevent toxic effects to aquatic animals, and 2) What soil depths are necessary to provide…