Project Database

Rehabilitation of Cedar Mesa Archaeological Collection

Project ID: HAF063N05 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $25,000 Total Funding: $55,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Under the terms of this agreement, Washinton State University provides for the care of and access to the artifacts, samples, and records resulting from the Cedar Mesa Project currently at WSU. The agreement provides for the rehabilitation of the collections pursuan to 36CFR…

August 30, 2021

Relation Between Overstory Density Management, Understory Planting and Long-Term Development of Stand Structures

Project ID: HAF033F12 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $133,806 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The ultimate objective of this study is provision of long-term demonstrations and published data bases for evaluating the array of consequences (positive and negative) of manipulating overstory, understory and reforestation toward development of late-successional habitat and forest conditions. The proposal has the limited…

Relocating Historic Populations of Sensitive and Rare Vegetation at Mount Rainier National Park

Project ID: P23AC02293 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $25,540 Total Funding: $25,540 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This work will 1) update sensitive vascular plant species lists for Mount Rainier National Park (MORA), 2) create a reference set of data for those species including habitats, known spatial locations and descriptive locations (without spatial data), 3) locate species in the field to…

January 18, 2024

Remediation of Polyethylene Mulch

Project ID: NR223A750008C006 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $500,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Development and implementation of physical and biological remediation of polyethylene mulch to improve soil health on grazing lands nationwide, benefitting US ranchers and consumers.

January 19, 2024

Remote and Dispersed Visitor Counting Project

Project ID: J9088020039 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $25,880 Total Funding: $51,017 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Determine how best to count remote and dispersed visitors in Alaska’s units of the National Park System, and develop method(s) that can be routinely applied by the NPS in Alaska. Deliverables: Remote & Dispersed Visitor Use Estimation by Aerial Survey Transects (Final Report)

August 30, 2021

Remote Sensing Assessments of Social Trails Fragmenting Subalpine Paradise Meadows

Project ID: P23AC01208 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $29,169 Total Funding: $29,169 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will test the accuracy of spatially explicit models of recreational impacts and compare methods for classifying human-caused disturbance from high resolution, multispectral imagery and lidar data. The work will focus on evaluating best analysis methods and updating the recreational impact inventory in…

January 15, 2024

Remote Sensing of Glaciers and Glacier Change in the American West

Project ID: G16AC00114 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $70,100 Total Funding: $101,100 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The primary objective is the calculation of volume change for as many glaciers as can image. To assess volume change remotely requires high resolution (~0.5m) stereo satellite imagery from WorldView from which digital elevation models (DEMs) are constructed using NASA‐Ames Stereo Pipeline software….

August 30, 2021

Renewable Energy for Electricity Generation for Alcatraz Island

Project ID: J8W07070009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $14,000 Total Funding: $14,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service will enter into a coordinated and cooperative research effort with the University of Washington for the purpose of discovering: 1. the extent and cost of power consumption on Alcatraz, 2. the location of current power consumption, 3. current renewable…

Renewable Energy Partnership Facilitation and Collaboration

Project ID: L11AC20174 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $71,445 Total Funding: $197,064 [project-data-part-2]

Replace deep-water weather buoy mooring and anchor in Crater Lake

Project ID: J8W07060012 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $6,372 Total Funding: $6,372 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Oregon State University, in cooperation with Crater Lake National Park, maintains a year-round floating weather buoy in the deepest part of Crater Lake to study the impact of climate on lake ecology. The mooring line below 60 feet and the anchor system that…

Research and Public Education on Yakutat Tlingit Traditional Cultural Properties at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Project ID: P16AC01857 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $120,000 Total Funding: $391,554 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will assist Portland State to accomplish that mission by supporting a faculy member that conducts ground-breaking anthropological and cultural landscape work.

Research on Cesar Chavez

Project ID: UW-01-27 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,500 Total Funding: $24,960 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service is documenting significant historic properties associated with Cesar Chavez and his influence on the agricultural labor movement in the Pacific West Region (CA, NV, WA, OR, ID) and Arizona for the purposes of identifying potentially eligible properties for listing…

Research on Freshwater Invertebrate Fossils from the Florissant Formation as Evidence for Eocene-Oligocene Climate Change

Project ID: J8W07100009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $10,000 Total Funding: $10,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Fossil clams, snails, and ostracods from the late Eocene Florissant Formation at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument will be examined morphologically to evaluate their taxonomy. Shell microsamples will be analyzed for stable oxygen and carbon isotopes to obtain geochemical proxies of environmental conditions…

Research on properties associated with desegregation and civil rights

Project ID: UW-01-07 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $10,000 Total Funding: $10,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service is documenting significant historic properties across the nation that are associated with the history of the Civil Rights Movement and Racial Desegregation in Public Education, two themes important in American history. The focus is primary on the African-American community…

Research to Support Application of the Visitor Experience and Resource Protection Framework at Zion National Park

Project ID: J9088020051 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $29,900 Total Funding: $59,225 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Gather information that will help support application of VERP to Zion NP. In particular, study objectives will focus on the four elements of the VERP framework that can benefit the most from empirical data: 1) Collecting baseline data on visitor use and associated…

Research to Support Visitor Management at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

Project ID: J8W07090014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,000 Total Funding: $130,986 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Overall purpose of project is to gather information that will help guide visitor management and resource stewardship in selected areas (Dyea and Chilkoot Trail) of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (KLGO). Special focus will be placed on commercial tours, NPS interpretive programs,…

Research to Support Visitor Management at Muir Woods National Monument and Muir Beach

Project ID: J9W88030012 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,000 Total Funding: $77,191 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Muir Woods National Monument and Muir Beach are managed by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). Both areas receive intensive public use, with more than one million people visiting Muir Woods and approximately 1/2 million people visiting Muir Beach annually. The GGNRA…

Research to Support Visitor Management at Muir Woods National Monument, Alcatraz, and San Mateo Co. NPS Parkland Sites within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Project ID: J9W88050017 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $59,955 Total Funding: $59,955 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Gather information that will help guide management of visitor use at Muir Woods National Monument, Alcatraz & San Mateo County NPS Parklands, utilizing the Visitor Experience Resource Protection framework; complete refinement of a Muir Woods crowding simulation model; and, assist the park in…

Reservoir Drawdown Study

Project ID: UI-01-2 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $30,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: To complete a hydrologic study that quantifies groundwater conditions in response to reservoir drawdown cycles and relate it to natural resource impacts from landslides. Idaho Water Resources Research Institute (IWRRI) at the University of Idaho will provide for the engagement of research, education…

Restoration of a Low-elevation Riparian Forest Ecosystem

Project ID: UW-01-14 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $27,247 Total Funding: $48,247 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The general goals of this research project are to restore a functioning low-elevation riparian forest, to better understand the severity and extent of current impacts, and to learn how to facilitate a long-term system restoration. The site has been functioning as a borrow…