Project Database

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.

August 30, 2021

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…

OR/WA BIL CESU OSU Fine Fuels Management

Project ID: L24AC00563 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $515,132 Total Funding: $515,132 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:

November 15, 2024

OR/WA Cascade Siskiyou National Monument (CSNM) Long Term Invertebrate Monitoring

Project ID: L19AC00171 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,996 Total Funding: $7,996 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Objective(s): The Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument has one of the highest diversities of butterflies in North America. This biodiversity is one of the reasons for the creation of this monument. This project will support the protection or resource objects of importance as outlined by…

August 30, 2021

OR/WA CESU SageGrouse Threats Phase II

Project ID: L24AC00473 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $503,103 Total Funding: $503,103 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:

November 15, 2024

OR/WA CESU UW Rare Care Plant Conservation

Project ID: L22AC00182 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $156,240 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 29, 2025

OR/WA Conserving Oregon’s Fossil Heritage through Fossil Preparation

Project ID: L19AC00079 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $50,505 Total Funding: $50,505 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Objective(s): The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History (NMCH) will fund a qualified fossil preparator for nine months to stabilize, prepare, and curate fossils recovered from OR/WA BLM lands in the John Day and Crooked River Basins. Funding will also…

August 30, 2021

OR/WA Curation and Stewardship of Archaelogical Materials from the Inland Northwest

Project ID: L19AC00127 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $20,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Objective(s): The project is an ongoing partnership with the Washington State University (WSU) Museum of Anthropology (MoA) and is essential to ensuring Bureau of Land Management (BLM) museum collections currently held in trust by the Museum are safely housed, professionally curated, and available…

OR/WA Flora of the Pacific Northwest

Project ID: L20AC00236 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,224 Total Funding: $49,224 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will create a publicly accessible website for the Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd edition (Flora 2nd edition, hereafter) that will include the most current taxonomy and range of plant species in Washington and northern Oregon. This project assists the BLM…

OR/WA Grazing Season of Use Effects on Sagebrush-obligate Avian Habitat

Project ID: L19AC00084 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $48,094 Total Funding: $92,094 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Objective(s): There is limited research on the direct and indirect effects of livestock grazing regimes on sagebrush obligate birds in general, and more specifically in eastern Oregon. This research would improve BLM’s understanding of proper grazing management strategies that contribute to maintaining viable…

OR/WA Oregon Flora – Plant Diversity

Project ID: L20AC00280 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $30,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Objective(s): This project would result in the completion of the last volume of the three-volume Flora of Oregon and further development of a website for use by BLM and the public alike. This project would help the BLM meet the strategic goal of…

OR/WA Western Lily Studies, Coos Bay

Project ID: L20AC00025 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $18,000 Total Funding: $36,430 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Monitoring and augmentation of a reintroduced and natural population of the federally endangered western lily, the only populations on federal lands. This project would utilize science to identify best practices to manage land and water resources and adapt to changes in the environment. In…

July 15, 2023

ORBIC Western Snowy Plover Monitoring and Nest Protection

Project ID: L15AC00045 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $77,500 Total Funding: $336,500 [project-data-part-2]

August 30, 2021

Oregon Biodiversity Information Coordination: Relating landscape attributes to changes in lek attendance at multiple scales in Oregon

Project ID: L11AC20302 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $318,804 [project-data-part-2]