Project Database

The Western Mountain Initiative: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Western Mountain Ecosystems

Project ID: G09AC00476 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $341,000 Total Funding: $481,000 [project-data-part-2]

August 30, 2021

The Western Mountain Initiative: Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Western Mountain Ecosystems

Project ID: G17AC00186 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $37,565 Total Funding: $37,565 [project-data-part-2]

Thermal Refuge for Cold Water Salmonids, Bird Track Springs Restoration Project, Oregon

Project ID: 140R8120P0066 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $128,221 Total Funding: $126,571 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Objectives Monitoring and modeling at Bird Track Springs restoration site are intended to pursue the following two objectives: Determine the potential for hyporheic flows to provide thermal refugia after stream restoration Compare hyporheic flows and hyporheic induced thermal refugia between pre and post…

January 22, 2024

Time Series

Project ID: 68-7482-09-531 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $70,000 Total Funding: $70,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: See NRCS web site for information about the National Water and Climate Center http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wsf/wsf.html

August 30, 2021

Togiak Salmon 1: Variation in Salmon Abundance at Togiak National Wildlife Refuge over the Past Three Centuries

Project ID: 101000J001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $30,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: We will develop a paleoecological research program to reconstruct the historical population dynamics of anadromous sockeye salmon within the Togiak National Wildlife Refuge of southwestern Alaska. Further, we will determine the degree to which aquatic productivity has responded to changes in salmon population…

Togiak Salmon 2: Variation in Salmon Abundance at Togiak National Wildlife Refuge over the Past Three Centuries

Project ID: 701816J984 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,000 Total Funding: $90,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Through this project, the USFWS will provide both financial assistance and personnel support to help enable the University of Washington to accomplish mutually desirable objectives of developing a paleoecological research program to reconstruct the historical population dynamics of anadromous sockey salmon within Togiak…

Tomales Bay Environmental History/Historic Resource Study

Project ID: J9W88030014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $8,005 Total Funding: $40,005 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will combine the traditional approach of a historic resource study, which tends to focus on the human histories of parks and their built environments, with the newer approach of environmental history, which studies the changing relationship between people and nature through…

Tongue River 2100: Future Tongue River streamflow estimates to enable Northern Cheyenne data-driven water management and planning

Project ID: G23AC00237 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,673 Total Funding: $38,278 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this research is to provide future flow volume and timing estimates for the Tongue River (TR) in support of data-driven water management by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe (NCT).

January 22, 2024

Tools, Techniques and Analyses for Landscape Change in National Parks

Project ID: P23AC02041 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $78,838 Total Funding: $306,483 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will promote a better understanding of landscape-scale processes related to disturbance and recovery in parks of the Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes region. The project leverages expertise in satellite-based change detection with an extensive long-term monitoring data set to produce results for…

January 17, 2024

Towards More Community-Informed Regulation: A Policy Implementation Analysis of Managing Wildfire Risk in Oregon 23-1-01-20

Project ID: L23AC00280 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $22,203 Total Funding: $22,203 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Problem Statement Understanding the role of policymaking and governance in mitigating risk and building preparedness is increasingly important and time sensitive as wildfires grow more costly, expansive, and damaging. Many researchers and managers agree that the governance structure of wildfire risk is complex…

January 21, 2026

Traditional Cultural Properties and Planning at Yosemite National Park

Project ID: P16AC01483 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $74,736 Total Funding: $191,193 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Investigators from PSU and NPS staff will collaborate to accomplish the following specific objectives. 1. Collaboratively assess the eligibility of potential TCPs within YOSE in light of National Register criteria (Bulletin 38 and related guidance), working in consultation with park­ associated tribes and…

August 30, 2021

Traditional Cultural Property Studies in Lower Glacier Bay

Project ID: J9088020043 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $60,000 Total Funding: $99,013 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Gather information pertaining to Bartlett Cove, Point Gustavus and Berg Bay, including historical, ethnographic and archaeological data, that will allow NPS to evaluate the three properties in terms of the National Register criteria for TCPs and if determined eligible, nominate them to the…

Traditional Use Study for Yosemite Valley and El Portal

Project ID: J9W88030024 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $74,500 Total Funding: $74,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Completion of a traditional use study following the review of existing data, the collecting of oral history, and the analysis of both data for Yosemite Valley and El Portal.

Traditional Use Study with the Native Village of Kiana for Kobuk Valley National Park

Project ID: P13AC01120 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $48,511 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is a collaborative effort to conduct consultation, planning, and completion of a Traditional Use Study (TUS) for Kobuk Valley National Park. The project focus is on the Kuuvangmiut community of Kiana, Alaska, one of six predominantly Inupiaq Eskimo communities with deep…

Traditional Use Study: An assessment of Caribou and other resources of cultural significance in Noatka, Alaska

Project ID: P18AC00238 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $16,025 Total Funding: $16,025 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objective of this Agreement is to complete a Traditional Use Study (TUS) for Noatak National Preserve to document Native subsistence practices relating to caribou and visitor effects on those practices, in partnership with Portland State University (PSU). This research will gather information…

Traditional Use Study: Ethnobotanical Traditions of the Unangax People in and around the Aleutian World War II National Historic Area

Project ID: P20AC00200 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $133,064 Total Funding: $133,064 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:

January 25, 2024

Traffic and Visitor Flow Assessment at Bandelier

Project ID: P25AC00918 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $47,997 Total Funding: $47,997 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  Performance Goals: The goal of this project is to quantify and evaluate visitor use at popular attraction sites and trails and in Bandelier NP. Project Objectives: Quantify inbound and outbound trail use along the Pueblo Loop Trail. Quantify use density measures, such as…

November 21, 2025

Training Workshop for Oregon USDA-NRCS Nutrient Management Planners

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-32 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $10,000 Total Funding: $10,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Workshop for professional development of NRCS field office staff, who will receive training in nutrient management planning.

August 30, 2021

TRANSITION OF THE CTS MITIGATION TOOL TO ARCPRO”

Project ID: F24AC01792 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $17,059 Total Funding: $17,059 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: THE PROPOSED WORK INCLUDES FINALIZING A VERSION OF THE TOOL THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH ARCPRO AND TO INSERT A FOR LOOP IN THE CODE THAT ENSURES THE PROGRAM PROPERLY DEALS WITH SHADING WHEN A POND IS ENTIRELY REMOVED. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CODE (E.G.,…

February 3, 2025

Transportation as a Barrier to Visiting National Parks by Communities of Color

Project ID: J8W07110032 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $98,256 Total Funding: $98,256 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Research has shown transportation to be a barrier to visitation to parks and public lands for many communities of color. Research that examines transportation issues for communities of color can assist parks in removing barriers to access, allowing parks to better engage traditionally…

August 30, 2021