Project Database

Restoration of a Low-elevation Riparian Forest Ecosystem

Project ID: UW-01-14 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $27,247 Total Funding: $48,247 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The general goals of this research project are to restore a functioning low-elevation riparian forest, to better understand the severity and extent of current impacts, and to learn how to facilitate a long-term system restoration. The site has been functioning as a borrow…

August 30, 2021

Restore Historic Landscape, Crater Lake National Park (Planning, Design & Material Estimates)

Project ID: J8W07070011 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,502 Total Funding: $24,502 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is aimed at restoring a designed landscape that corresponds with the boundaries of the Munson Valley Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places in December 1988. The nomination highlighted how the National Park Service strove to blend development…

Returning Paradise Meadows: Research to Inform Climate-Adapted High Elevation Meadow Restoration

Project ID: P24AC01517 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $125,000 Total Funding: $125,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 2024 Year-End-Brief: CESU_TA_P24AC01517_MORA_MeadowRestoration_Brief_202412 2025 Year-End Brief: CESU_TA_P24AC01517_MORA_MeadowRestoration_Brief_202512

December 6, 2024

Review and Evaluation of Travel Simulation Models for Planning and Management of Mount Rainier National Park

Project ID: J9088020022 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $15,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Review existing simulation models of recreational visitation, evaluate and recommend actions for the development and application of those models. Deliverables: Chapter 4: Case Studies of Simulation Models of Recreation Use (Final Report)

August 30, 2021

Review and Recommendations of Methods Suitable for Development of Synthetic Hydrographs for Ungauged Basins with National Parks of the north Coast and Cascade Network

Project ID: J9088020013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,436 Total Funding: $77,386 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Through a literature review, develop a better understanding of the characteristics of stream flow in basins in North Coast and Cascades network parks. Prepare a detailed study plan that addresses future work needed to apply models to park streams. Deliverables: A Process-Based Hierarchical…

Revision to the NRCS Engineering Field Handbook Survey Chapter – Global Positioning System (GPS) and Terrestrial Surveying

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-23 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,000 Total Funding: $5,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Develops chapter on GPS for incorporation into NRCS Engineering Field Handbook, part 650, chapter 1, Engineering Survey.

Riparian Area Vegetation Monitoring in the Sprague River Valley

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-20 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $13,530 Total Funding: $13,530 [project-data-part-2]

Riparian Area Vegetation Monitoring in the Wood River Valley

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-19 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $51,241 Total Funding: $51,241 [project-data-part-2]

Riparian Elevation Facilitation

Project ID: L11AC20173 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $36,000 Total Funding: $36,000 [project-data-part-2]

Riparian Mapping Project

Project ID: F12AC01044 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $20,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Riparian Mapping Project. The objective is to support shared conservation goals of the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC) partners.

Riparian Restoration Monitoring and Effectiveness Evaluation in the Sprague River Valley

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-09 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $23,281 Total Funding: $23,281 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project monitors and evaluates vegetation response in riparian-restoration projects in the Sprague River valley, and compares response to non-restoration sites to aid in planning efforts.

RMP Alternatives on Connectivity for Fender’s Blue Butterfly

Project ID: L13AC00017 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $34,000 Total Funding: $72,000 [project-data-part-2]

Roadway Clearing Proposal Research, Glendale Resource Area, Medford District

Project ID: L10AC20520 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $30,000 [project-data-part-2]

Routed Streamflow Projections for the Western US

Project ID: F14AC01194 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $22,338 Total Funding: $22,338 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funds under this award are to be used to produce historical and projected daily streamflow data for select 4th level Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC8) basins in the Western U.S. The Climate Impacts Group (CIG), University of Washington, Seattle will provide USFWS with averaged,…

Sage-Grouse Movement Analysis, Spokane District

Project ID: L15AC00042 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,206 Total Funding: $34,106 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: To study movement and behavior of sage-grouse in the Crab Creek and Moses Coulee Management Areas of eastern Washington.

Sagebrush Steppe Native Plant Materials Production

Project ID: F24AC01608 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $150,000 Total Funding: $318,750 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  This project compliments and builds upon WSSRI investment and capacity by expanding the production of diverse sagebrush ecotypes and forb plant materials to be ready for post-fire rehabilitation and recovery. The Sagebrush Steppe Plant Material Project to be funded through the Department of…

January 3, 2025

SageCon

Project ID: NR200436XXXXC004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $200,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Pacific NW CESU 68-3A75-16-501 SageCon technical coordination, web development, and coordinated decision support.

January 19, 2024

Salmon River Basin Cultural Ecosystem Services

Project ID: G23AC00413 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $34,000 Total Funding: $87,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  The goal of this research to understand intergroup differences in spatially assigned cultural ecosystem service composition and intensity in the Salmon River Basin (SRB), as well as perceptions of change related to those social values.  Achieving the following three objectives will support that…

January 22, 2024

Salmon River Geoarcheology

Project ID: HAF043F15 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $18,599 Total Funding: $163,715 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will establish a basis for understanding past human lifeways in the Lower Salmon River Canyon by collecting and interpreting data on the area’s archeological chronology, geoarcheological context and paleoenvironmental history. Data will be collected, studied and presented under an interdisciplinary program,…

August 30, 2021

Save Energy, Save Water Initiative Concept Paper

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-34 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $41,290 Total Funding: $41,290 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A work group consisting of agencies and organizations with interests in energy efficiency and water conservation in Oregon will work with Oregon State University to develop a marketing presentation for the Save Water, Save Energy in Oregon Irrigated Agriculture program.