Project Database

Archaeological Interpretation at Front-Country Sites in Death Valley National Park

Project ID: J8W07100034 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $63,973 Total Funding: $63,973 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort between the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) and staff from the National Park Service (NPS) to develop public interpretation for twelve front-country archaeological sites in Death Valley National Park (DEVA). The work…

August 30, 2021

Archaeological Overview and Assessment

Project ID: P20AC00159 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $152,949 Total Funding: $152,949 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 25, 2024

Archaeological Research Portland District, Willamette Valley Project, Oregon

Project ID: W912HZ-19-2-0001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $453,789 Total Funding: $453,789 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 19, 2024

Archaeological Survey, Site Assessments, and Cultural Resource Management on San Miguel Island, California

Project ID: J8W07080011 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $54,901 Total Funding: $54,901 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is for a three-year program of archaeological reconnaissance, site condition assessments, and cultural resource management activities on San Miguel Island, California. Owned by the U.S. Navy and administered by the National Park Service as part of Channel Islands National Park. San…

August 30, 2021

Archeological Overview and Assessment of Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Project ID: P20AC00204 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $131,556 Total Funding: $131,556 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 25, 2024

Archeological Overview and Research Design, Channel Islands National Park

Project ID: J8W07060007 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,000 Total Funding: $5,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this project is to write sections of the Channel Islands National Park Archaeological Overview in collaboration with the park and researchers in other institutions. Deliverables: CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK ARCHAEOLOGICAL OVERVIEW AND ASSESSMENT (Final Report)

August 30, 2021

Architectural Analysis of Historic American Camp Residences

Project ID: J9W88040024 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $34,310 Total Funding: $34,310 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Investigation of the Duplex Officers’ Quarters and Laundress’ Quarters at American Camp to assist the National Park Service in maintaining, restoring, and interpreting this historic military residence. The investigators will perform non-destructive and other investigation of the existing structure. The investigators will study…

Archiving Historic Bird Checklists from Southwest Alaska’s National Parks

Project ID: J8W07090019 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $45,000 Total Funding: $58,347 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Southwest Alaska Network (SWAN) of the National Park Service (NPS) is assessing status and monitoring long-term trends of key natural resources or “vital signs” in its five national park units, including Alagnak Wild River, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Katmai National Park…

ARE ALL TALL STRUCTURES THE SAME TO SAGE-GROUSE? DEVELOPING SITING AND MITIGATION GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNICATION TOWERS IN SAGE-GROUSE HABITAT”

Project ID: F21AC01174 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $89,456 Total Funding: $89,456 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 30, 2025

Arranging and Describing Archival and Manuscript Materials at Yellowstone National Park

Project ID: J8W07110026 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $164,914 Total Funding: $532,384 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This collaborative project between Western Washington University (WWU) and the National Park Service (NPS) will assist Yellowstone National Park (YELL) with processing backlog archival and manuscript records from YELL. Activities include preparing processing plans and implementing those plans by arranging collections, cataloging into…

August 30, 2021

Assess Possible Cruise Ship Impacts on Huna Tlingit Ethnographic Resources in Glacier Bay

Project ID: J8W07090011 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $25,000 Total Funding: $229,304 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Situated within Glacier Bay National Park (GLBA), Glacier Bay proper (GBP) represents an important component of the Hoonah Tlingit traditional territory. Glacier Bay is also a significant tourist attraction, most commonly visited by cruise ship passengers as part of larger Alaska cruise itineraries….

Assessing and projecting post-fire transitions and reburn dynamics in the western Cascades

Project ID: G24AC00198 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $33,981 Total Funding: $33,981 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 30, 2025

Assessing Climate Refugia and Connectivity for Desert Bighorn Sheep

Project ID: J8W07100030 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $341,882 Total Funding: $356,514 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Climate change has and will continue to have adverse effects on the population persistence of desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni). National Park Service (NPS) lands support a significant proportion of extant desert bighorns (at least 20% of range-wide population), and will play…

August 30, 2021

Assessing Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) Performance for Monitoring Applications

Project ID: G24AC00200 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,505 Total Funding: $49,505 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 30, 2025

ASSESSING HEAT AND DROUGHT STRESS IN UMTANUM DESERT BUCKWHEAT

Project ID: F24AC01497 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $69,974 Total Funding: $69,974 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: UMTANUM DESERT BUCKWHEAT (ERIOGONUM CODIUM) IS A FEDERALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES FOUND IN WASHINGTON STATE. IT ISKNOWN FROM ONLY POPULATION ON UMTANUM RIDGE, WHICH HAS SUBSTANTIALLY DECREASED IN SIZE OVER THE PAST SEVERALDECADES. IN 2023, ONLY 2,354 PLANTS WERE TALLIED, THE LOWEST SIZE RECORDED SINCE…

February 3, 2025

Assessing population numbers among isolated populations of the cephalopod genus Nautilus, with local fishery and market surveys

Project ID: 10170BJ001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $100,000 Total Funding: $100,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project to conduct field research on extant nautiloid cephalopods in the genus Nautilus (chambered nautilus, or nautilus) in two locations: Great Barrier Reef of Australia, near Lizard Island, a location with no history of nautilus fishing; and Tanon Straits, Philippine Islands, a location…

August 30, 2021

Assessing Pregnancy Rates and Stress Levels of Free-ranging Migratory Barren-ground Caribou in Northern Alaska

Project ID: P12AC15054 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $22,932 Total Funding: $31,097 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Many caribou herds across the Arctic are currently in decline. This is a collaborative project between the National Park Service (NPS) and the University of Washington (UW) to assess the physiological status of the Western Arctic Herd, the country’s largest herd. Dietary information…

Assessing San Juan Island Archaeological Resources from the Inside Out: Collections and Site Overview, Assessment and Research Design

Project ID: J8W07090012 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $57,988 Total Funding: $83,411 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: There are three main objectives for this project. The first goal includes amassing past and on-going research information (spatial data, archaeological interpretations, and assemblage descriptions) associated with sites and ethnography at San Juan Island National Historical Park (SAJH) to contextualize the archaeological history…

Assessing the Ecological Condition of Lakes in the North Cascades National Park Service Complex

Project ID: P16AC01065 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $29,218 Total Funding: $29,218 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort to assess the ecological conditions of selected NOCA lacustrine habitats, and contribute to the professional training of a WWU graduate student in limnological data collection and analysis. The focus of this project is on Ross Lake and…

Assessing the Effectiveness of Coar Areas for Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation: A Spatially-Explicit Demographic Approach Using Management and Resource Development Scenarios

Project ID: G13AC00359 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $48,175 Total Funding: $48,175 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This cooperative agreement will provide support for the project titled: ”Assessing the Effectiveness of Core Areas for Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation: A Spatially-Explicit Demographic Approach Using Management and Resource Development Scenarios”. The overall goal is to develop a population viability modeling framework to enable…