Project Database

Place Names and Landscape Stories: Documenting Dena’ina Place Names and Geography of the Southern Alaska Range

Project ID: J9W88050019 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $46,800 Total Funding: $125,948 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project will document Dena’ina (and other) place names of sites in and around Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. New and existing place names and related data will be entered into a databased designed for the project. Information will be verified by…

August 30, 2021

Planning and Coordination Support for an Elwha Research Consortium

Project ID: J9W88040032 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $13,000 Total Funding: $13,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this project is to assist Olympic National Park to plan for a collaborative (multi-agency and university) research consortium as part of authorized Elwha River restoration. Two large dams on the Elwha River acquired by the NPS in the past few…

Plant Conservation – Citizen Science

Project ID: L16AC00161 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $19,853 Total Funding: $19,853 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Conserve genetic resources of Oregon native plants. Includes development of a Citizen’s Rare Plant Watch Program (Citizen’s Science).

Plant Conservation Program, Botanical Garden

Project ID: L11AC20305 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,000 Total Funding: $75,000 [project-data-part-2]

Plant Conservation, Oregon State Office – Rare Care

Project ID: L11AC20307 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $23,000 Total Funding: $195,999 [project-data-part-2]

Plant Materials Center Operation and Maintenance

Project ID: 68-0436-15-0041 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $26,345 Total Funding: $26,345 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Verifying if this is correct TA # and start/end dates Oregon State University, Crop & Soil Science Department anna.young-mathews@or.usda.gov

Plant-Pollinator Interactions in Montane Meadows at Mount Rainier National Park: Assessing Butterfly Distributions, Phenological Relationships, and Climatic Responses

Project ID: P15AC00987 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $10,000 Total Funding: $10,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Climate change is expected to result in changes in plant-pollinator interactions, but the severity of these changes is not yet clearly understood. This project will address both spatial and temporal effects of climate change on plant-pollinator interactions by studying butterfly and plant phenology…

PNW CESU Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Program Support

Project ID: J9088020020 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $22,603 Total Funding: $164,233 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Provide general program support for the NPS Research Coordinator for the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit at the University of Washington, College of Forest Resources. Deliverables: Big Hole Land Exchange Socio-Economic Study (Final Report) Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Newsletter Publication…

Pollinator Studies, Willamette Valley, OR

Project ID: W912HZ-19-2-0008 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $56,978 Total Funding: $201,970 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Conservation of endangered plants may rely on successful habitat management that includes protection of pollinators. Plants that rely on pollinators for sexual reproduction through seeds must have adequate pollinator populations available. Understanding the relationship between plants and pollinators may be key to long…

Pollinator Studies: Willamette Valley, OR

Project ID: W912HZ-19-2-0009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $55,995 Total Funding: $112,906 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Interactions with pollinators can be important drivers of reproductive success for rare and endangered plant species. Worldwide, the vast majority of land plants require an animal (usually an insect) to transfer pollen in order to reproduce (Ollerton et al. 2011). Studies measuring pollinator…

Population Assessment of Burbot Lota lota in Ptarmigan Lake and Morphological Characteristics of Rock and Ptarmigan Lakes

Project ID: P23AC01098 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $48,050 Total Funding: $48,050 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Performance goals: Establishing baseline data for burbot populations and habitat in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (WRST) upper Yukon River drainage Lakes.

January 18, 2024

Population Dynamics of Forest Carnivores in Denali

Project ID: P15AC01013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $34,732 Total Funding: $86,534 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objective of this agreement is to support a graduate student program of study through the University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. The project will use methods developed previously by the Principal Investigator to track the distribution, abundance, and habitat…

August 30, 2021

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOR URBANIZING REGIONS (ESUR) INTEGRATED GRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRAINEESHIP (IGERT) PROGRAM

Project ID: 11JV11261975080 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $51,300 Total Funding: $102,600 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funding listed is total funding including any modifications.

POTENTIAL MIGRATION OF TREE SPECIES IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA, AN INFORMATION SYNTHESIS

Project ID: 11JV11261917100 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $14,013 Total Funding: $39,347 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funding listed is total for this project, including any modifications.

Potential Social Impacts of Military Overflights in Selected Alaska Military Operations Areas

Project ID: UW-01-12 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $235,069 Total Funding: $326,970 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The three purposes of the Yukon Military Overflight Study (YMOS) are: 1) to systematically collect information pertaining to Air Force overflights that is suitable to evaluate the impact of such overflights upon human use and enjoyment of selected natural areas; 2) to determine…

Predicting Climate Change Threats to Key Estuarine Habitats and Ecosystem Services in the Pacific Northwest (Coos Bay/South Slough)

Project ID: G10AC00392 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $29,987 Total Funding: $29,987 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objective of this project is to develop the baselline climatic and biological information, models, and tools to predict the cumulative impacts of climate change on the habitats and ecosystem services of coastal estuaries of the Pacific Northwest.

Predicting Post-Fire Regeneration Needs

Project ID: HAF053F21 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $172,000 Total Funding: $347,513 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Purpose of project is to perform a study of post-fire regeneration, predicting post-fire regeneration needs: spatial and temporal variation. This study has been funded by the interagency Joint Fire Sciences Program through a competitive grants process, and includes federal collaborators from the BLM…

Predicting seed germination in the sediments of Lake Mills after removal of the Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River

Project ID: J8W07060006 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,642 Total Funding: $12,642 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The two dams on the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula will be removed in 2009, in an effort to restore native fisheries to the Elwha watershed. Glines Canyon Dam, the upper of the two dams and entirely within Olympic National Park, forms…

Predicting the Next High-Impact Insect Invasion: Elucidating Traits and Factors Determining Risk of Introduced Herbivorous Insects on North American Native Plants

Project ID: G16AC00065 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $50,000 Total Funding: $80,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this research is a continental scale study of high-impact insect invasions caused by genus specialists. Will examine the contribution of five types of drivers toward these impacts: (1) the insects’ and host plants’ evolutionary history, (2) the hosts’ defenses or…

Preliminary Investigation of Water Quality Conditions in Garrison Bay

Project ID: J8W07080009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $6,985 Total Funding: $6,985 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Recent studies have documented significant declines of eelgrass Zostera marina in Garrison Bay and other harbors throughout the San Juan Islands. As recently as 1998, eelgrass beds in Garrison Bay were dense and extensive. However, annual surveys indicate eelgrass began to decline drastically…