Project Database

NRCS NWCC Spatial Services – Watershed Characterization Modeling

Project ID: 68-3A75-11-8 02 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $180,083 Total Funding: $180,083 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Numbering changed, same project title and funding.

August 30, 2021

NRCS Stream Visual Assessment Protocol Part 2

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-16 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,312 Total Funding: $5,312 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Field analysis of changes proposed to the NRCS Stream Visual Assessment Protocol.

Nutrient Enrichment Critical Loads of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition for Aquatic Ecosystems in the Western U.S.

Project ID: P15AC01313 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,671 Total Funding: $49,671 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Nitrogen pollution threatens to alter protected ecosystems throughout the Western U.S., including wilderness, national parks, and national forests. Nitrogen released into air by cars and power plants, and into soil and water by agriculture, can be transported through the atmosphere and subsequently deposited…

Nutrient Management Guides

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-04 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $35,000 Total Funding: $90,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project develops, reviews and publishes nutrient management guides for the Mid-Columbia region of Oregon (eco-region 10C).

Nutrient Management Publications for Oregon NRCS Clientele

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-22 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $10,000 Total Funding: $10,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project develops an OSU Extension publication to meet NRCS needs for more accuate methods of predicting nitrogen availability and ammonia volatization from manure applications.

Nutritional Ecology of Brown Bears on the Coast of Katmai National Park

Project ID: P15AC00632 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $32,000 Total Funding: $32,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Nutritional resources drive brown bear survival, productivity, and population density. Abundance, availability, quality, and seasonality are all factors influencing energetic and protein economies of bears. While bears gain significant weight in fall to support costs of hibernation and cub production, spring is also…

NWCC PSU Basis Analysis FY21

Project ID: NR2074820007C001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $ [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Enhanced GIS tools for basin analysis for hydrologic and conservation planning use.

January 18, 2024

NWCC Spatial Services – Enhancing Basin

Project ID: NR223A750023C013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $70,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Enhance near-real time SNODAS daily snow water equivalent data in NWCC’s water supply forecasting to support hydrologic and conservation planning/modeling and enhance basin analysis tools.

NWCC Spatial Services – Fire Disturbance

Project ID: NR233A750023C017 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $70,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Integrate fire disturbance data in watershed analysis tools to support hydrologic water supply forecast modeling and determination in snow monitoring network expansion.

January 19, 2024

NWCC Spatial Services – Watershed

Project ID: NR213A750023C015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $70,000 Total Funding: $70,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Provide enhanced GIS tools and data for hydrologic and conservation planning use on the USDA-NRCS ArcGIS Online system.

January 18, 2024

NWCC Spatial Services – Watershed Analysis Internet GIS

Project ID: 68-7482-14-516 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $205,301 Total Funding: $205,301 [project-data-part-2]

August 30, 2021

O&C Railroad Buck Rock Tunnel

Project ID: L16AC00169 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $14,129 Total Funding: $79,129 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Support of the O&C Buck Rock Tunnel Project aligns with the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) cultural resource program, and directly contributes to our understanding ofthe archaeology and history of Southwestern Oregon. The Southern Oregon University Lab of Anthropology’s (SOULA) purpose and objective…

Occupancy dynamics of Northern Spotted Owls and Barred Owls in relation to ecological forest restoraion activies in southern oregon.

Project ID: F12AC01169 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,900 Total Funding: $24,900 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Conduct surveys throughout a proposed ecological forestry project area in southern Oregon during March – August 2013 and 2014 to document occupany and productivity for nothern spotted owls and occupancy of barred owls.

Occurrence, abundance and distribution of microplastics in alpine environments of Washington’s National Parks

Project ID: P21AC11511 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $13,427 Total Funding: $13,427 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will provide new information on the quantity, distribution and fate of microplastics in Pacific Northwest alpine environments. Thereby providing baseline data on an emergent issue and helping to define the extent of the problem. The project provides educational and employment opportunities…

May 16, 2023

Oligohaline Tidal Wetland Plant Community Restoration and Response to Changes in Tidal Flooding and Salinity

Project ID: P15AC00582 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,697 Total Funding: $7,697 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project between the Portland State University (PSU) and the National Park Service (NPS) to examine the composition of seed banks and seed bank emergence among common native and non-native dominant plant communities from tidally reconnected oligohaline wetlands in Lewis…

August 30, 2021

Olympic National Park National Register Nominations – Park Trail System

Project ID: J9088020015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,000 Total Funding: $5,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will revise the existing trail system history for Olympic National Park to include more information about the system’s shelters and any other relevant information. The project will complete the National Register documentation for the park’s trail system. Deliverables: Olympic National Park…

Olympic National Park Natural Resources Division Web Page

Project ID: J9088020017 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $14,000 Total Funding: $14,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this work is to design and implement a web page for the natural Resources Division of Olympic National Park. Upon completion, this web page would reside on a Department of Interior, NPS server. The goal of the web page is…

Olympic National Park Vegetation Inventory Map Product Development

Project ID: P15AC00990 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $29,767 Total Funding: $265,448 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: As part of a national effort to develop baseline information about the status of existing natural resources, the National Park Service (NPS) is developing vegetation maps for all the national park units in the North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN). This project continues…

On Shore Spatial Ecology of Polar Bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea and Baffin Bay

Project ID: G13AC00293 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $35,100 Total Funding: $35,100 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This cooperative agreement will provide support for the project titled: ‘”Onshore Spatial Ecology of Polar Bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea and Baffin Bay”. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) populations have varying strategies for coping with seasonal Sea ice formation and recession: bears in…

OR Biodiversity Information Center and Biological Conservation

Project ID: L16AC00164 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $124,166 Total Funding: $223,479 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Coordinate public biodiversity information within the State of Oregon: House and maintain rare and invasive species and plant community information in Oregon. Develop and maintain a program to engage citizen-scientists and students in rare plant, pollinator, wildlife or other at-risk species population monitoring…