Project Database

Parks as Labs: The Debut Newsletter of the North Coast and Cascade Learning Center

Project ID: J9088020014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $14,950 Total Funding: $14,950 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Create pilot newsletter to describe the Research and Education objectives of the Natural and Cultural Resource Challenge and North Cascades Learning Network. Contact PNW CESU or NOCA for pilot newsletter of Learning Network, and catalog of Learning Network

August 30, 2021

Past Beringian Cultural Exchange and Interaction: a Study of Ceramic Technology

Project ID: P18AC00488 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $152,824 Total Funding: $152,824 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objective of this Agreement is to support research at Portland State University (PSU) on “Past Beringian Cultural Exchange and Interaction: a Study of Ceramic Technology”. Shelby Anderson (PSU) will serve as the project Principal Investigator (PI). This project was selected for funding…

Past, current, and future effects of land-use on global biological nitrogen fixation

Project ID: G21AC10201 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $153,333 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:

January 30, 2025

Pasture Vegetation Monitoring in the Wood River Valley

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-18 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $120,000 Total Funding: $120,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project monitors and evaluates effects of conservation in the Wood River watershed, and compares options to aid in planning and implementing future grazing/rangeland management decisions.

August 30, 2021

Patterns in ungulate genetics in Glacier National Park

Project ID: G23AC00409 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $23,246 Total Funding: $23,246 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this research is to analyze existing ungulate genetic samples to identify individuals for genetic structure analyses and spatial capture-recapture estimates of goat and possibly bighorn abundance and trend.  Specific objectives include:  Develop and analyze genetic markers for mountain goats in a…

January 22, 2024

PECO Cultural Landscape Report

Project ID: P17AC01422 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $209,476 Total Funding: $209,476 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project will create a Cultural Landscape Report for Pecos National Historical Park (PECO) in northeastern New Mexico. The project will partner the NPS with the University of Oregon’s Department of Landscape Architecture. Colorado Mesa University (CMU) will act as a subcontractor (through…

August 30, 2021

Pecos National Historical Park Ranch House Restoration Program

Project ID: J8W07090005 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $86,126 Total Funding: $86,126 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Six-week field school at which NPS, UVM and partner personnel are trained in historic preservation , specifically restoring the windows of the Forked Lightning ranch house. Historic wooden six-light casement windows (ca. 1925) survive on the primary façade of the ranch house building….

Pecos National Historical Park Trading Post Restoration Program

Project ID: J8W07100008 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $88,662 Total Funding: $88,662 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a 6-week field school where the National Park Service (NPS), University of Vermont (UVM), and partner personnel will conduct a program of research, training, and implementation in the conservation and repair of historic exterior doors and windows at the Trading…

PERSISTENCE OF SMALL POPULATIONS OF BULL TROUT IN IDAHO SUB-ALPINE LAKES”

Project ID: F23AC02261 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,320 Total Funding: $57,599 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: BULL TROUT (SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS) ARE LISTED AS THREATENED UNDER THE US ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. ACROSS THE NATIVE RANGE OF BULL TROUT THERE IS CONCERN AS THEIR HABITAT REQUIREMENTS ARE DEGRADED. AS LOWER ELEVATION WATER BODIES WARM DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE BULL TROUT POPULATIONS WILL…

January 31, 2025

Phase 1: Buckland Family Networks Study

Project ID: J9W88030015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $26,926 Total Funding: $26,926 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Buckland Family Networks Project, Phase I, aims to document and analyze the interplay between subsistence activities and social networks in the Inupiaq community of Buckland, Alaska. This project, to be conducted in collaboration with the community and including partners ISER, ADF&G Division…

August 30, 2021

Phase 1: Buckland Family Networks Study

Project ID: J9W88030016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $32,788 Total Funding: $36,908 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Buckland Family Networks Project, Phase I, aims to document and analyze the interplay between subsistence activities and social networks in the Inupiaq community of Buckland, Alaska. This project, to be conducted in collaboration with the community and including partners ISER, ADF&G Division…

Phase II Inventory – Battle of Grave Creek Hill 1855, Medford District.

Project ID: L13AC00146 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $16,717 Total Funding: $16,717 [project-data-part-2]

Phased Assessment of Natural Resources Conditions for Big Bend National Park

Project ID: J8W07100038 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $32,226 Total Funding: $77,225 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project to conduct a three-phased, ecological assessment of natural resource conditions for Big Bend National Park (BIBE). This assessment will rely on existing scientific data from multiple sources, combined with best professional judgment from an interdisciplinary team of specialists,…

Phenology and Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest: Status and Resources for Management Decision Making

Project ID: G17AC00389 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $60,000 Total Funding: $60,000 [project-data-part-2]

Pika Monitoring through a National Parks and Protected Areas Cooperative Studies

Project ID: P18AC01062 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $85,639 Total Funding: $296,007 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: In this project, the OSU will coordinate pika monitoring, following the established UCBN pika monitoring protocol, at UCBN and KLMN parks, building on a multi-year collaboration that has sustained pika monitoring at four NPS sites. OSU will also implement pika protocol methods at…

Pikas in Peril: Multi-Regional Vulnerability Assessment of a Climate-Sensitive Sentinel Species

Project ID: J8W07100025 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $205,297 Total Funding: $364,573 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project between the National Park Service (NPS) and Oregon State University (OSU) for the purpose of studying the genetic connectivity of pika populations in five NPS units. OSU researchers will use individual and population-based genetic analyses to systematically estimate…

Pilot Project: Program Evaluations for Tribal Relocation Initiatives as Response to Climate Change

Project ID: A22AC00223 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $120,000 Total Funding: $120,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 25, 2024

Pilot Public Policy Education Demonstration Project to Refine and Improve the Smoke Management Plan for Yosemite National Park and Gateway Communities

Project ID: J8W07060018 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $6,000 Total Funding: $6,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This pilot sociological study involves interviews of selected participants and is designed to assess the range of concerns and issues that employees, gateway communities, and special interest groups have regarding fire ecology and fire management, particularly with regard to smoke management in Yosemite…

August 30, 2021

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…

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…