Project Database

Provide Support in Oversight and Management of Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School

Project ID: P22AC01710 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $27,430 Total Funding: $27,430 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this Task Agreement is to provide the necessary management, operational and administrative support to develop and present jointly, at such places as may be agreed upon, an annual Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School (PNWFS or Field School), through which education…

May 17, 2023

Providing Anthropological Planning and Resource Management Assistance about Ethnographic Resources of Yosemite National Park

Project ID: P13AC01152 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $63,870 Total Funding: $246,673 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort by the National Park Service (NPS) and Portland State University (PSU) to address a number of planning and resource management tasks that require information about American Indian ethnographic resources in Yosemite National Park. These efforts are associated…

August 30, 2021

Providing Cultural Research Assistance to Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Project ID: J8W07110024 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,000 Total Funding: $67,150 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) and Portland State University (PSU) will collaborate in the study and documentation of several culturally significant sites in the Columbia-Pacific region of Washington and Oregon that are directly related to the mission of Lewis and Clark National Historical…

Providing PRISM Climate Surface Maps for Inventory and Monitoring Networks

Project ID: J8W07090026 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $19,500 Total Funding: $19,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Several National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring networks rely on PRISM digital climate surface maps as covariate data in the evaluation and interpretation of vital signs status and trend reporting and/or directly in the use of annual climate reports. PRISM stands for…

PSU-Tribal-Federal Collaborative Stewardship Practices

Project ID: F20AC11000 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,530 Total Funding: $7,530 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 25, 2024

Public Archaeology Field School Analysis, Archaeological Overview and Assessment, and Archaeology Outreach at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Project ID: P17AC01232 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $98,532 Total Funding: $145,746 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (FOVA) is an unparalleled archaeological laboratory, comprising the remains of Fort Vancouver, the ca. 1825-1860 regional headquarters and supply depot for the Hudson’s Bay Company, and Vancouver Barracks, the first (ca. 1849-2010) permanent U.S. Army post and command…

August 30, 2021

Public Archaeology Field School and Artifact Analysis

Project ID: P23AC01181 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $93,043 Total Funding: $93,043 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The primary goal of this project is to conduct a Public Archaeology Field School and complete analysis of resulting artifacts and data. The field school will provide an opportunity for students to learn archaeological field methods – including survey, testing, data recovery excavation, and…

January 15, 2024

Public Archaeology Field School and Associated Processing of Artifacts at Fort Vancouver National Historic Reserve

Project ID: J8W07060010 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $45,271 Total Funding: $150,207 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service, in partnership with Portland State University, Washington State University—Vancouver, and the Vancouver National Historic Reserve Trust, is planning to conduct the sixth annual archaeological field school at the Vancouver National Historic Reserve (VNHR) in Vancouver, Washington. The field school…

August 30, 2021

Public Education Regarding Site Protection Options for Off-Reservation Resources Along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail

Project ID: P13AC01146 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $20,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort by the National Park Service (NPS) and Portland State University (PSU) to publicly share and disseminate findings of a prior study by PSU, entitled “A Study of Site Protection Options for Off-Reservation Resources along the Lewis and…

Public Policy Education Demonstration Project for Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks to Assess Community Understanding of Fire and Smoke Management

Project ID: J8W07070016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $39,820 Total Funding: $39,820 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This sociological study builds upon previous research conducted via Cooperative Agreement No. H8W07060001, Task Agreement No. J8W07060018. The Principal Investigator will interview up to thirty (30) individuals representing the following stakeholder groups: county and regional air quality regulators; county governments and agencies; chambers…

Puget Sound Basin Air Pollution Model

Project ID: J9088020004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $10,000 Total Funding: $10,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objective of the Puget Sound Basin Air Pollution Model project is to educate the public on the ill effects of automobile emissions on national park resources through the development of three-dimensional animations of air pollutant flows in the Puget Sound Basin.

PYGMY RABBITS IN IDAHO: USING GENETIC ANALYSES TO ESTIMATE OCCUPANCY”

Project ID: F24AC01012 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $56,000 Total Funding: $56,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: THE PYGMY RABBIT IS A SAGEBRUSH-DEPENDENT SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN THROUGHOUT ITS RANGE.THE COLUMBIA BASIN DISTINCT POPULATION SEGMENT IS CURRENTLY LISTED AS ENDANGERED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA), AND RECENTLY, THE SPECIES WAS PETITIONED FOR RANGE-WIDE ESA LISTING. INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT DISTRIBUTION AND…

February 1, 2025

QC Portal SNOTEL/SCAN Data Estimation

Project ID: NR243A750023C016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $400,000 Total Funding: $400,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Further develop a near real time QC/data estimation capability for SNOTEL and SCAN networks to modernize QC and editing processes.

January 28, 2025

Quantification of Oregon Spotted Frog Population Dynamics in Response to Environmental Heterogeneity

Project ID: G20AC00432 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $66,000 Total Funding: $66,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this research is to provide high-quality demographic information for use by management agencies and other interested parties and to assess management actions. Specifically, this project has four objectives: 1. Quantify how seasonal survival of Oregon spotted frogs is relate to…

August 30, 2021

Quantifying and Communicating Uncertainty of Beach-Dune Evolution Models: The Development of an Event-to Interannual- to Decadal-Scale Model Testbed”

Project ID: W912HZ-20-2-0009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $99,892 Total Funding: $99,892 [project-data-part-2]

Quantifying Ecological Effects of Nonnative Fish on Headwater Streams at Crater Lake National Park

Project ID: P20AC01089 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $32,261 Total Funding: $32,261 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Investigators from OSU and NPS will collaborate to complete the following objectives: 1. Develop a study plan to collect ecological data from Annie Creek headwaters in streams with and without nonnative trout to address the effects of nonnative trout on stream ecological condition….

Quantifying Historical and Contemporary Carbon Sequestration in Forested Ecosystems of Alaska

Project ID: 23-JV-11261918-067 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $247,123 Total Funding: $260,254 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 22, 2024

Quantifying Lichen Community Composition, Nitrogen Content, and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Composition to Assess Nitrogen Critical Loads at North Cascades National Park Service Complex

Project ID: P18AC00927 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $61,908 Total Funding: $83,958 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: NPS staff located in NOCA, the NCCN I&M Program, the Pacific West Region, and the Air Resources Division will collaborate with WSU scientists to collect and analyze lichen data in order to: 1) determine the extent to which park lichens are being affected…

August 30, 2021

Quantifying relationships between remotely sensed riparian and upland wetland areas and stream temperature and flow in the upper Donner and Blitzen River basin

Project ID: G23AC00489 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $55,000 Total Funding: $55,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this research project is to integrate several scientific disciplines to develop an understanding of linkages among topography, vegetation, hydrology, and water quality. The data and models from this work will be used to quantify spatial heterogeneity of drought resilience and inform…

January 22, 2024

Quantitative Forecasting of Above and Belowground Climate Change Impacts at Wind Cave National Park

Project ID: J8W07100052 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $38,618 Total Funding: $164,181 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Climate change impacts and the interactions between management decisions and natural resource responses present a strong need for tools that managers can use to guide future management strategies. In 2009, Wind Cave National Park (WICA) was used as a case study in a…

August 30, 2021