Project Database

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…

August 30, 2021

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…

Assessing the Effects of Nitrogen Deposition on High-Elevation Plant and Soil Communities

Project ID: P12AC10794 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $82,800 Total Funding: $154,800 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Increasing levels of nitrogen (N) deposition have been identified as critical concerns for ecosystems worldwide. High-elevation plant communities are generally adapted to low soil resource supply and increases in N may result in significant changes in biomass and species composition. Understanding the effects…

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF INVASIVE ANNUAL GRASSES AND WILDFIRE ON NATIVE POLLINATORS WITHIN THE SAGEBRUSH STEPPE BIOME”

Project ID: F24AC00454 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $312,817 Total Funding: $312,817 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: PROJECT: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF BROAD-SCALE THREATS TO NATIVE POLLINATORS IN THE SAGEBRUSH-STEPPE ECOSYSTEMINSECT POLLINATORS PARTICULARLY NATIVE BEES ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN THE MAINTENANCE OF TERRESTRIAL PLANTAND ANIMAL COMMUNITIES, YET OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CONTEMPORARY THREATS INFLUENCE THIS GROUP AND THEPOLLINATION SERVICES THEY PROVIDE…

January 31, 2025

Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Vulnerable Coastal Cultural Resources

Project ID: P17AC00315 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $94,910 Total Funding: $94,910 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project “Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Vulnerable Coastal Cultural Resources” was developed and initiated by Western Arctic Parklands (WEAR) and Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (BELA) cultural resource management staff. The original intent of the project was to assess the…

August 30, 2021

Assessing the Social Organization of Forest Restoration in Northwest Forest Plan Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes: Industry, Workforce, Communities, and Well-being

Project ID: 23-JV-11261996-072 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $35,667 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Background: There is growing recognition that climate change and increasingly long and severe wildfire seasons demand that forest management respond by intensifying efforts to improve forest resilience and socio-ecological resilience overall (Long 2009; McWethy et al. 2019; Pritchard 2021). The task of restoring…

January 22, 2024

Assessing the Vulnerability of Species and Ecosystems to Projected Climate Change in the Pacific NW

Project ID: G10AC00520 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $61,256 Total Funding: $197,459 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: To develop effective adaptive management plans, conservation and natural resource managers need to know how climate change will affect the organisms and ecosystems they manage. To meet this need, we will model potential shifts in the distributions of at least 12 focal animal…

August 30, 2021

Assessing Use of Marine Derived Salmon in Wolf Diets Across Alaskan Parks

Project ID: J8W07100010 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $31,391 Total Funding: $94,625 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort to collect and analyze wolf guard hair samples (and selected prey samples) from recent and ongoing tracking or trapping programs across Alaska and from museum collections. Samples will be analyzed for the stable isotopes 13C and 15N….

Assessment of Coastal Water Resources and Estuarine Conditions in Selected National Parks of Southeast Alaska

Project ID: J9W88040016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $69,784 Total Funding: $90,124 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Project Investigators will collaborate with Park and NPS personnel to identify sources of data and other information regarding the status of coastal water resources in four National Parks in the Southeast Alaska region; assess the state of knowledge regarding coastal water resources…

Assessment of Coastal Water Resources and Estuarine Conditions in Selected National Parks of the Pacific Northwest

Project ID: J9W88040014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $105,663 Total Funding: $152,980 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project identifies sources of data and other information regarding the status of coastal water resources in four national parks in the Pacific Northwest region; assesses the state of knowledge regarding coastal water resources in these parks; identifies important biophysical factors and physical forcing…

Assessment Of Coastal Water Resources and Watershed Conditions in and adjacent to Select Southwest Alaska National Parks

Project ID: J9W88050014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $88,928 Total Funding: $131,844 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The PIs will work closely with individual park and other designated NPS personnel to identify sources of data and other information describing the status of coastal water resources in Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park,…

Assessment of Conservation Management Practices in Klamath River Basin

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-01 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $52,000 Total Funding: $52,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The NRCS land management questions under study by the UW include the quantification of hydrologic and water quality changes arising from application of conservation practices in irrigation method (primarily, switching from flood to sprinkler-based methods, forest management (e.g., thinning, juniper removal) and riparian…

Assessment of Pacific marten status in Olympic National Park: Are they headed to extirpation?

Project ID: P21AC12349 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $86,475 Total Funding: $86,475 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will generate a better understanding of the status of Pacific martens in the coastal region of Washington State, a species native to the Pacific Northwest and believed to be in risk of extirpation. The project results will aid federal, state, and…

May 16, 2023

Assessment of Persistent Organic Pollutant Concentrations in Select Freshwater Fish Species, Southwest Alaska Network Parks

Project ID: J8W07100027 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $46,530 Total Funding: $46,530 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The health and condition of freshwater fish in the Southwest Alaska Network (SWAN) parks is of vital importance for a variety of ecological, cultural, and economic reasons. Resident lake fish are a vital component of freshwater systems in southwest Alaska due to their…

August 30, 2021

Assessment of Potential for Improving ESA-listed Fish habitat Associated with Operations and Maintenance of the Corps Willamette Project

Project ID: W912HZ-11-2-0045 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $70,000 Total Funding: $70,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This analysis draws upon prior research, readily available data, and new research and data to develop and apply an approach to assess the potential effects and benefits for ESA listed fish and other native fish from modifying the Corps Willamette Project (WP) revetments,…

Assessment of Reindeer Impacts to Lichen Ecosystems in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Project ID: J9088020047 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $11,000 Total Funding: $52,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Provide the data enabling a comprehensive reindeer management plan focusing on vegetation health, recovery and grazing practice reform. Lichen communities will be assessed along regional gradients of grazing, succession and landscape variables, allowing for landscape modeling of condition classes. Deliverables: Defining a Successional…

Assessment of Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds in Fish from a High Elevation Lake in Yosemite National Park

Project ID: P13AC01175 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $21,000 Total Funding: $21,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Yosemite National Park (YOSE) was one of many parks, including Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI), sampled as part of the Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project (WACAP). Two SEKI lakes (Emerald and Pear), similar in elevation and exposure to westerly winds to…

Assessment of Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds in Fish from High Elevation Lakes in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Project ID: J8W07110031 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $38,070 Total Funding: $38,070 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI) was one of the eight primary parks intensively sampled as part of the Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project (WACAP). Two SEKI lakes (Emerald and Pear) were sampled for a suite of semi-volatile organic compounds (SOC) resulting…