Project Database

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…

August 30, 2021

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…

Lower Deschutes Limited Entry

Project ID: HAA087205 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,000 Total Funding: $12,000 [project-data-part-2]

Luminescence Dating at Menard Hodges Site

Project ID: P17AC00524 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $18,557 Total Funding: $18,557 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objective of this Agreement is to conduct luminescence analyses to date cultural events at Osotouy Unit of Arkansas Post National Monument (ARPO). This includes selection of existing samples, collection of new samples as appropriate; processing and analysis of pottery, daub, sediments. The…

Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest, version II

Project ID: HAA087203 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $30,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project updates and publishes a newer version of the book, “Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest,” and distributes copies of the new book to BLM and USFS. HAA087203/0A – changed the project number to L08AC13771).

Macronutrient Requirements and Intake of Polar Bears

Project ID: G18AC00328 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $47,000 Total Funding: $47,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this research is to improve the use of stable isotope-based approaches to estimate both diet composition and macronutrient intake in polar bears and to identify the optimal balance of protein and lipid intake. Objectives are to 1) obtain data on…

Maintaining the Landscape Assessment Tool to Create Departure Mapping Used in Forest Planning and Management

Project ID: 25-CS-11062754-356 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $29,758.75 Total Funding: $29,758.75 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  The increase in area and severity of wildfires in the Pacific Northwest in recent years has garnered intense interest by both the applied science and land management communities at local, state, and Federal levels. Landscape assessment of ecological disturbances such as fire has…

March 3, 2026

Maintaining the Landscape Assessment Tool to Create Departure Mapping Used in Forest Planning and Management

Project ID: 24-CS-11062770-383 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $29,759 Total Funding: $29,759 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:

March 31, 2026

MANA Lucinda Dogan CLR

Project ID: P21AC12011 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $70,000 Total Funding: $70,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 20, 2026

MANA Portici Cultural Landscape Report (CLR)

Project ID: P21AC11545 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $100,000 Total Funding: $100,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:

November 13, 2024

Management, Species, Collared Pika

Project ID: W911KB-20-2-8254 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $52,557 Total Funding: $52,557 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 22, 2024

Mapping and Reconstructing Wetland Surface Water Area, Snow Cover, and Vegetation Phenology in Mount Rainer National Park

Project ID: P22AC02402 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $19,999 Total Funding: $19,999 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this project is to prototype methods to map and reconstruct surface water hydrology of wetlands and ponds in Mount Rainier National Park (MORA or park). Additionally, UW and NPS collaborators will focus on landcover changes within wetland basins by mapping…

May 17, 2023

Mapping Exotic Weeds at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

Project ID: J9W88030004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $8,000 Total Funding: $8,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The primary objective of this task agreement is to develop an accurate ground verified map of the location and distribution of exotic weeds within Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area (LARO).

August 30, 2021

MAPR Cultural Landscapes Inventory for Tech Area 18

Project ID: P18AC00759 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $70,000 Total Funding: $70,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project will create a Cultural Landscape Inventory (CLI) for Tech Area 18 of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. A cultural landscape is a recognized cultural resource type by the National Park Service (NPS) and documentation follows guidance set forth by Section…

MAPR Cultural Landscapes Report for Tech Area 18

Project ID: P20AC00627 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $86,374 Total Funding: $86,374 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project National Historical Park. A cultural landscape is a recognized cultural resource type by the National Park Service (NPS). The CLR is used as a planning document for cultural landscape and will provide technical guidance following the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for…

Marine Benthic Habitat Mapping of the San Juan Island National Historical Park

Project ID: J8W07100016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $51,876 Total Funding: $51,876 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: In response to the U.S. National Park Service’s (NPS) interest to map the submerged lands within park boundaries and to understand the aquatic processes that play a role in the formation, distribution and disturbance of coastal and submarine resources in and around park…

MASTER MELITTOLOGIST BEE ATLAS PROGRAM IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST”

Project ID: F24AC01124 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $225,000 Total Funding: $225,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: OVER A 5 YEAR PERIOD OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY WILL INSTITUTE DIRECTED TRAINING FOR MASTER MELITTOLOGISTS TO CONDUCT STANDARDIZED INVENTORY AND MONITORING OF NATIVE BEE BIODIVERSITY IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES WITHIN THE PACIFIC REGION. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE REVIEW OF HISTORICAL DATA PRODUCTION OF NEW…

February 1, 2025

McCarthy Bear Project

Project ID: UI-01-1 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $45,000 Total Funding: $62,160 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 1)To gain an understanding of the type of bear/human conflicts that currently exist or may develop in the study area as a consequence of increased visitor use, home-site development, and facility development; 2)To document the general biological and behavioral characteristics of both the…

August 30, 2021

Measure Human Bacteroides Gene Counts in Alpine Lakes to Evaluate Visitor Use Impacts on Water Quality in Washington State National Parks

Project ID: P21AC11280 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $21,274.12 Total Funding: $85,622.11 [project-data-part-2] Performance Goals – Documentation of the improper disposal of human waste is common at high visitor use areas adjacent to surface water in National Parks in Washington State including Mount Rainier National Park (MORA). Nutrients from feces washed into lakes as a result of…

January 12, 2022

Medford Archaeological Field School

Project ID: HAA087405 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $20,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: In 2009 BLM changed project number to L08AC13454.

August 30, 2021