Project Database

Sonoran Desert Network Inventory and Monitoring Environmental DNA Analysis

Project ID: P22AC00993 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $90,475 Total Funding: $311,501 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Through collaborative research, establish baseline information on the occurrence of sensitive aquatic species, a wide-ranging endangered terrestrial mammal, an invansive predator, and two aquatic diseases in 43 perennial springs across 9 national parks in American Southwest. Project Objectives: 1. Collect 550 environmental DNA…

May 17, 2023

South Fork Boise River Hydrologic Modeling

Project ID: R12AC11025 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $141,520 Total Funding: $360,697 [project-data-part-2]

August 30, 2021

South Fork Boise River Sediment Study

Project ID: R14AC00011 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $17,132 Total Funding: $17,132 [project-data-part-2]

Southeast Alaska GIS Library, User Training Module Development, and Pilot Demonstration Project

Project ID: 701818T039 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $44,000 Total Funding: $79,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The overall goal of the project is to continue development (through collaborative efforts with regional entities) of a comprehensive GIS library and training module for Southeast Alaska that supports resource management, planning, and research activities, and is well documented and readily available to…

Southwest Seed Partnership

Project ID: P22AC00747 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $300,000 Total Funding: $348,132 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this Agreement is to assist the NPS and partners in the SWSP in implementation of the NSS and associated revegetation and ecosystem restoration efforts in order to ‘get the right seed, in the right place, at the right time’. This…

May 17, 2023

Spatial Analysis of Recreational Impacts in Mount Rainier National Park

Project ID: J8W07090020 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,000 Total Funding: $7,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Recreational use of national parks presents a complex challenge for park managers and resource specialists. Parks are directed to regulate the use of national parks while preserving natural processes and ecosystems for future generations in such a manner that leaves them unimpaired. The…

August 30, 2021

Spatial and Taxonomic Variation in Disease Resistance for Amphibians in Mount Rainier National Park

Project ID: J8W07110025 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $38,979 Total Funding: $38,979 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: In western North America, a disturbingly large percentage of native frogs and toads (anurans) have suffered severe declines and local extinctions including in our most pristine and remote reserves. Although some declines are the direct result of chronic and well known causal factors…

Spatial Quality Control System for the SNOTEL System and Climate Maps for the United States

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-07 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $150,000 Total Funding: $280,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project copmpletes the quality control of temperature data collected by the 700+ station SNOTEL network, addresses the quality control of precipitation collected by the SNOTEL network, and creates monthly and annual average maps of temperature and precipitation for the U.S. at 800-meter resolution…

Stabilization and Repair of the Bartlett Cabin, Pecos National Historical
Park

Project ID: P16AC01075 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $180,000 Total Funding: $180,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Background- The School of Engineering at the University of Vermont (UVM) proposes to participate with staff from the Pecos National Historical Park (PECO) and professional partners in a program of assessment, research, training, and stabilization of an historic homesteader cabin in the Glorieta…

Stakeholder Outreach and Research Communications Program

Project ID: J8W07070005 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $71,973 Total Funding: $71,973 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A determination of whether or not to increase cruise ship use in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (GBNPP) by as much as 32% above existing levels will rely upon guidance provided through scientific studies. A comprehensive research framework examining the potential effects…

Stand Management Cooperative

Project ID: L11AC20061 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $95,982 Total Funding: $240,314 [project-data-part-2]

Statistical Design and Analysis of Inventory and Monitoring

Project ID: UW-01-17 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $8,825 Total Funding: $17,691 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Inventory and monitoring are two essential steps in the development of a scientifically based resource protection strategy for the National Park Service. Data collection must be conducted in a statistically valid manner following a prescribed methodology. This project has been initiated to facilitate…

Statistical support for fish investigations in the Klamath Basin of Oregon and California.

Project ID: R12AC20012 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $156,725 Total Funding: $156,725 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will assist the recipient in accomplishing its public purpose by providing a technical review of the Klamath Irrigation Project’s possible impact to the native fish; particuarly, fish species that have been listed as threated under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in…

Stewardship Strategy and Development of National Hydrologic Data for the Alaska Region

Project ID: J8W07100004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,677 Total Funding: $333,137 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort between the Alaska Region of the National Park Service (NPS) and Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota (SMUMN) to develop a stewardship strategy for creating National Hydrologic Data (NHD), and to implement that strategy and create a US…

Stormwater Threats and Clean Water Solutions for Puget Sound Salmonids and their Habitats

Project ID: F16AC00071 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,075 Total Funding: $82,545 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funds under this award are to be used to assess the impacts of toxic stormwater runoff on Pacific salmonids and their habitats in urban and urbanizing watersheds ofPuget Sound. Moreover, the effectiveness of pollution reduction technologies (i.e., green stormwater infrastructure) as a strategy…

Stormwater Threats and Clean Water Solutions for Puget Sound Salmonids and their Habitats

Project ID: F17AC00469 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $16,426 Total Funding: $16,426 [project-data-part-2]

Strategic Approaches for Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment across the National Park System

Project ID: P15AC01248 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $80,000 Total Funding: $214,918 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The NPS Climate Change Action Plan (2012-2014) recognized the need for a plan to cover climate change vulnerability information gaps by identifying the development of a climate change vulnerability assessment framework as a priority action. In 2013-2014, National Park staff, led by NPS…

Stream Discharge and Water Balance in Alaska

Project ID: 15-JV-11261933-069 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,669 Total Funding: $74,504 [project-data-part-2]

Student Experience Program in Cultural Resource Management

Project ID: F16AC00236 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,546 Total Funding: $44,546 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funds under this award are to be used to provide student(s) with experience and training related to historic preservation legislation compliance and practices. Students will identify, describe, analyze and report on collection from Rock Creek Cave and associated field sites. The Service Will:…

Student Experience Program in Cultural Resomce Management

Project ID: F18AC00032 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,675 Total Funding: $61,824 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funds tmder this award are to be used to assist the Scrvic.c wih compliance on historic preservation legislation for Ha1t Mountain NWR and to provide experiential opportunities for America’s next generation of archaeologists and cultural resource managers. Specifically the present project is to…