Project Database

Monitoring Juvenile Salmon and Stream Temperatures in the Little Susitna Watershed

Project ID: F24AC00297 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $66,454 Total Funding: $66,454 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project Description: The overall objective of this project is to monitor the Little Susitna watershed for five consecutive years in order to understand baseline stream thermal regimes and how they support salmon populations and life stages. Collecting multiple years of temperature data would…

January 7, 2025

MONITORING POLAR BEAR GENETICS IN ALASKA”

Project ID: F24AC01757 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $50,250 Total Funding: $50,250 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO FACILITATE GENETIC AND GENOMIC MONITORING OF ALASKAS POLAR BEARS. THE OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: 1) CONDUCTING INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFICATION BY MICROSATELLITE GENOTYPING 2) VALIDATING A POLAR BEAR QPCR NUCLEAR DNA TEST AND SNP PANEL FOR POLAR BEARS IN ALASKA 3)…

February 3, 2025

Monitoring Precipitation Chemistry and Atmospheric Deposition at a High-Elevation Site in Mount Rainier National Park

Project ID: P19AC00717 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,800 Total Funding: $39,603 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will provide new information that quantifies the magnitudes and long-term changes of precipitation chemistry and associated deposition of major ions to a high-elevation, sensitive ecosystem within MORA. The project provides educational and employment opportunities for students to analyze the chemistry of…

August 30, 2021

Monitoring the Composition and Abundance of Zooplankton Communities in the Columbia River above Bonneville Dam

Project ID: G09AC00264 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $168,155 [project-data-part-2]

Monitoring upstream migration and potential causes of prespawn mortality in adult UWR Chinook, 2015

Project ID: W912HZ-15-2-0009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $475,931 Total Funding: $475,931 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The overarching goal of this study is to gain information on the relationships between upstream migration history, river environment, fish condition and disease expression, collection and outplant methods, and spawning success/pre-spawning mortality for adult Upper Willamette River (UWR) Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Information…

Monitoring Water Use by Carrot-Seed Crops in Central Oregon

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-28 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $11,108 Total Funding: $11,108 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is designed to compare the water use and level of soil oxygen deprivation for hybrid carrot seed crops in central Oregon using sprinkler and drip-tape irrigation. It will be useful information to the NRCS in their endeavors to reduce water use…

Moore Homestead Cultural Landscape Project

Project ID: J9W88050010 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $17,181 Total Funding: $17,181 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Historical research, design and implementation of the Moore Homestead Cultural Landscape in Skagway, Alaska. Project includes Research to increase basic knowledge and understanding of the specific plant materials utilized during the stated historic period of significance for the Cultural Landscape and acquisition of…

MORA National Historic Landmark District Preservation Planning Projects and Cultural Landscape Preservation Field School

Project ID: J9W88040004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $75,095 Total Funding: $172,181 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Conduct three Cultural Landscape Inventories of park roads, and two Cultural Landscape Reports of park developed areas, and a Cultural Preservation Field School.

Morphological Database: Oregon flora project

Project ID: HAA087208 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $54,000 Total Funding: $234,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project compiles data for plant familites for the preparation of a new flora for the State of Oregon. Interagency funding will be provided by both BLM and USFS throughout this agreement. (In 2009 BLM changed the project number to L08AC15061). HAA087208/0A – changes…

Mount Rainier and North Cascades National Parks Vegetation Inventory Map Product Development

Project ID: P17AC01143 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $121,864 Total Funding: $423,566 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A. Background As part of a national effort to develop baseline information on the status of existing natural resources, the NPS is developing vegetation maps for all the national park units in the North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN). The NCCN parks include…

Multi-Model Prediction Engine: Scaling

Project ID: NR223A750023C016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $230,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Multi-Model Prediction Engine: Scaling and Operational Prototyping (2022 – 2023) by Colorado State University supporting the management, analysis, and assessment of seasonal water supply forecasts.

January 18, 2024

Multi-Phase Project to Develop Research Strategies in Conservation Biology in the Skagit River Watershed – first phase: literature review & creation of annotated biblio

Project ID: J9W88040022 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $10,255 Total Funding: $10,255 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Initiate a literature review of research projects conducted within the Skagit River Watershed, identify priorities for conservation biology research in this geographic area, and provide a report of findings to the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission. Deliverables: Bibliography of Environmental Research Funded by the…

August 30, 2021

Mycorrhizal fungi in disturbed sites at Mt. Rainier National Park

Project ID: J9W88040033 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,001 Total Funding: $20,001 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Mycorrhizal diversity is impacted and intact forest ecosystems will be determined. Transects will be establish in several established low-elevation, forested front-country and backcountry camps where data on tree species diversity and density has been compiled Deliverables: Mycorrhizal fungi in disturbed sites at Mt….

National Historic Landmark Nomination Project: Mining and Transportation in the American West

Project ID: P25AC00923 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $84,008 Total Funding: $84,008 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Performance Goals – The National Park Service (NPS) National Historic Preservation (NHP) Programs support technical assistance to Federal agencies (excluding NPS), State, Tribal, and local governments and private proponents in the identification, evaluation, documentation, and designation of National Historic Landmarks (NHLs). The NHP…

November 21, 2025

National Water Quality Handbook, Part 606 (Pesticides)

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-15 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $46,200 Total Funding: $46,200 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Handbook will be the principal NRCS reference document for technical information and guidance in carrying out water quality responsibilities. This project develops Part 606 of the handbook, the part on pesticides.

August 30, 2021

Native Americans and the Pacific Northwest Environment

Project ID: J9088020012 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $30,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: An interdisciplinary study of the ways Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest managed their environment through agricultural and other practices in the national parks of the region prior to European contact. Deliverables: Report on Dates of Prehistoric Occupation at the Cedar Rock Preserve…

Native Plant Conservation Technical Support

Project ID: J8W07060017 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,191 Total Funding: $21,576 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: University of Washington and Rare Plant Care & Conservation (Rare Care) will provide technical support, guidance, and research to support the conservation of native plants and communities within North Coast and Cascades network parks. Technical support will include seed collection, seed storage, seed…

Native Plant Seed Increase

Project ID: P24AC00089 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $159,861 Total Funding: $159,861 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:

November 21, 2024

Natural History of Ahlstrom’s and Roose’s Prairies in Olympic National Park

Project ID: WWU-01-2 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,641 Total Funding: $12,641 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Evaluate the soil properties and vegetation distributions in and around Ahlstrom’s and Roose’s Prairies, Ozette region of Olympic NP, in order to identify their origin, changes in size through time, and the relationship between soil, vegetation, and land-use (specifically burning). (Renumbered J9088010029.)

August 30, 2021

Natural History of Ahlstrom’s and Roose’s Prairies in Olympic National Park

Project ID: J9W88040025 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $20,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will develop the Holocene climatic, vegetation, and cultural history of the Prairies near the Lake Ozette on the Olympic Peninsula. The prairies contain several non-forest ecosystems in a region boosting over 100 inches of rain annually and dense temperate rainforest vegetation….