Project Database

Semi-volatile Organic Compounds in Pacific Treefrog Tadpoles and Lake Sediment from Yosemite National Park

Project ID: J8W07070006 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $22,245 Total Funding: $44,490 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Measure the concentrations of contaminants in Pacific treefrogs. Data will be used to test hypotheses regarding concentrations in the water, distance from contaminant sources, and relationships to losses of mountain yellow-legged frogs.

August 30, 2021

Semi-volatile Organic Compounds in Pacific Treefrog Tadpoles from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Project ID: J9W88050002 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $41,125 Total Funding: $81,247 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Measure the concentrations of contaminants in Pacific treefrogs to test hypotheses regarding concentrations in the water, distance from contaminant sources, and relationships to losses of mountain yellow-legged frogs.

Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park (SEKI) and Yosemite National Park (YOSE)

Project ID: J8W07090028 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $13,912 Total Funding: $13,912 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) North Coast & Cascades Research Learning Network (NCCRLN) will collaborate with experts in science writing and environmental journalism from Western Washington University (WWU) to populate a newly-created web site. The NCCRLN’s purpose is to encourage research in eight…

Service thermister/sediment trap mooring and calibrate temperature sensors

Project ID: J8W07070019 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $18,530 Total Funding: $18,530 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Oregon State University, in cooperation with Crater Lake National Park, maintains a year-round oceanographic style mooring in the deep basin of Crater Lake to study and monitor deep-water mixing. In addition to sediment traps for monitoring nutrient fluxes, eighteen deep-water temperature sensors (thermisters)…

Seward Peninsula Moose and Musk Oxen Population Survey

Project ID: P17AC00139 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $75,000 Total Funding: $100,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Seward Peninsula Moose and Musk Oxen Population Survey ins a cooperative project, to suvey muskox in GMU 22, 23SW and survey moose in GMU 22D and 22E andn Bering Land Bridge Natnioan Preserve (BELA) and share associated data.

Sheep Mountain Clovis Quest Archaeological Investigation, Burns District

Project ID: L10AC20524 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $14,925 Total Funding: $93,203 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: ATR: Scott Thomas, PI: Patrick O’Grady

Sierra Nevada Red Fox: Range, Habitat, and Occupancy Models

Project ID: P19AC00713 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $179,378 Total Funding: $329,677 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will provide new information to the public and the scientific community about the status, range, and habitat of the SNRF in YOSE and in the Central Sierra as part of a range-wide recovery effort for these rare foxes. NPS will use…

Silene Spaldingii Research and Monitoring, Spokane District, Oregon

Project ID: L10AC20525 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $80,000 [project-data-part-2]

Simulating Transpiration and Net Photosynthesis of Douglas-fir Stands in Panther Creek Watershed

Project ID: L11AC20051 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $65,000 Total Funding: $95,000 [project-data-part-2]

Sitka NHP Scholars-in-Parks Program

Project ID: P15AC01497 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $44,000 Total Funding: $44,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: University and its history department with material support and opportunities for student­ historians and recent graduates. The objectives are to develop a replicable, academically-focused and NPS-engaged history program that includes strong educational content aligned with NPS historical themes, immersive research experiences, and hands-on…

Smoot Hill Restoration

Project ID: F11AC00042 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $25,000 Total Funding: $25,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objective is to restore Palouse prairie habitat on approximately 60 acres of the Smooth Hill Reserve in Whitman County, WA, to a high-diversity, native strang of grass, forbs, and shrubs.

Snow, water, and forests: monitoring phenology and climate change impacts in mountain ecosystems of the National Parks of the Pacific Northwest

Project ID: J8W07070008 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,729 Total Funding: $9,729 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: North Cascades National Park and Mount Rainier National Park have some of the deepest snowpacks in the world. Deep snowpacks limit the length of the growing season but also supply water to sustain ecosystems through the dry summer. The phenology and life history…

Snowy Plover Monitoring and Nest Protection 2024-2029

Project ID: 1240BK23P4000 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $137,961 Total Funding: $137,961 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 29, 2024

Snowy plover monitoring studies

Project ID: F12AC00483 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $32,163 Total Funding: $32,163 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Conduct snowy plover monitoring studies, including banding and protection of nests.

August 30, 2021

Snowy plover monitoring studies, including banding and protection of nests.

Project ID: F13AC00582 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $30,000 [project-data-part-2]

Social Science Research, Recreation Visitor Satisfaction Surveys

Project ID: L15AC00067 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $130,000 Total Funding: $265,563 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: [Through WO Brandon Riley briley@blm.gov] To collaborate on and support technical guidance in the development, sampling plan, research methodology, data analysis, and data reporting related to the annual survey of recreational visitors to selected BLM units across the national system. Additionally the SESRC…

Society and National Parks in the 21st Century: A Dialogue with the NPS

Project ID: J9088020023 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $8,700 Total Funding: $8,700 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Organize and conduct a facilitated meeting recognizing and anticipating the potential regional, national, and international role of the National Park Service in the coming decades.

Soil contributions to watershed functions: Influence of basin characteristics on carbon and nutrient inputs to southeast Alaska streams

Project ID: PNW05JV11261933030 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,000 Total Funding: $40,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Land managers are increasingly called upon to manage at watershed scales but few integrative tools have been developed to assist managers in assessing management effects on whole basins. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is abundant in southeast Alaskan watersheds. DOM supports secondary production, alters…

Soil Moisture Regimes in the Western US

Project ID: NR213A750023C016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $169,299 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Soil Moisture Regimes in the Western U.S. Pacific Northwest

January 18, 2024

Soil-Climate Data and Soil Moisture Temperature Model Development Proposal

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-06 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $203,121 Total Funding: $397,370 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project makes use of SCAN (Soil Climate Analysis Network) data to create GIS-compatible data files digital maps. The information obtained will be used to create state and national maps of soil moisture similar to the PRISM climate maps.

August 30, 2021