Project Database

Inventory, Monitoring, Education, and Research Partnership between the Klamath Network and Southern Oregon University

Project ID: P17AC01447 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $99,815 Total Funding: $348,116 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: NPS and SOU are both participants in the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), part of a nationwide network of similar units organized around biogeographical regions for the purpose of providing high-quality scientific research, technical assistance, and education through the linking of…

August 30, 2021

Investigate the Ecology of Resident Birds in relation to Climate Change in Interior Alaska

Project ID: P17AC00646 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $55,710 Total Funding: $146,553 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Resident birds in Alaska use a variety of strategies to survive a season of extreme cold temperatures and food scarcity. Many resident birds depend on stored food that they cache during the summer and fall to successfully survive the winter and nest in…

Investigating the Effects of Vessel Traffic on Marine Mammal Vocalizations in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Project ID: P15AC00332 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $275,709 Total Funding: $275,709 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Nearly all visitors to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve arrive via motor vessels, yet critical information is lacking on the impacts of vessel noise on marine mammal vocal behavior and the role of acoustic communication associated with vital functions. This information gap…

Investigating the Impact of River Regulation on Groundwater Supplies in the Western US.

Project ID: R13AC10003 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $23,336 Total Funding: $35,671 [project-data-part-2]

Investigating the Nisqually Glacier Outburst Flood Potential

Project ID: P13AC00992 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,975 Total Funding: $24,975 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service and the University of Washington will collaborate in a project to estimate the current and near-future outburst flood potential from the Nisqually Glacier and associated downstream hazards along the Nisqually River and the Longmire work area. Recent survey data…

Investigating the status, distributions, and habitat quality of rock-obligate species within national park units of the Cascade Range

Project ID: P24AC01376 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $15,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

October 28, 2024

INVESTIGATING THIAMINE DEFICIENCY COMPLEX IN THE UPPER KLAMATH BASIN

Project ID: F22AC01810 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $150,663 Total Funding: $205,160 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO CONDUCT AN INITIAL SURVEY OF THE UPPER KLAMATH BASIN (UKB) TO ASSESS SPATIAL AND SEASONAL PATTERNS OF AVAILABLE THIAMINE (VITAMIN B1), MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES, AND FISH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND POTENTIAL ISSUES FOR AQUATIC COMMUNITIES FOCUSED ON DISTRIBUTION…

July 15, 2023

Investigation of fish passage alternatives for the Willamette Valley Project with focus on the Middle Fork Willamette River

Project ID: W912HZ-19-2-0022 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $98,978 Total Funding: $990,997 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: MANAGEMENT PURPOSE: Estimate and compare the potential biological performance of fish passage alternatives for upstream and downstream fish passage at the Lookout and Dexter dam complex. Information will be used to determine the biological feasibility and preferred fish passage approaches to be carried…

August 30, 2021

IRA Cultural Resources at Risk Cemeteries and Burials Project

Project ID: P24AC02327 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $123,361 Total Funding: $123,361 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:

December 12, 2024

Is high severity fire causing the need to replant forests to save future wildlife habitat in Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks?

Project ID: P23AC02186 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $74,999 Total Funding: $74,999 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project uses field-validated airborne lidar data to evaluate post-fire vegetation trajectories and identify areas that are likely to convert to a non-forested state. This analysis will allow for target restoration management when applicable. YOSE’s forested ecosystems provide numerous ecosystem services to the public…

January 17, 2024

Japanese Knotwood population dynamics in Western Oregon Riparian areas.

Project ID: HAF033F07 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,943 Total Funding: $29,255 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will provide research information for improving effectiveness of weed control programs on both public and private lands. Management recommendations important for understanding expansion, contraction ad containment of Japanese knotweed will be provided to the BLM based on the project findings.

August 30, 2021

John Day Fossil Beds Rock Art Documentation

Project ID: P22AC02393 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $80,000 Total Funding: $80,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The primary goal of this project is to thoroughly document select rock art sites in John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (JODA). The National Park Service (NPS) will work collaboratively with Oregon State University (OSU) to achieve this goal. Rock art sites within…

May 17, 2023

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: $344,010 [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: $251,600 [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