Project Database

Understanding the interactions between cruise ships and humpback whales in and near Glacier Bay National Park

Project ID: J8W07080005 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $84,858 Total Funding: $157,580 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Glacier Bay National Park is pressed with the decision of whether or not to allow an increase in seasonal entries of cruise ships into the park. Of particular concern are the potential implications of increases in ship traffic on the humpback whales that…

August 30, 2021

Update a marble murrelet survey and nest-side database in Oregon.

Project ID: F13AC00159 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,000 Total Funding: $40,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Object is to provide this database for research, education and monitoring; and mulitple entities for public benefit.

Updating PRISM Climate Maps for Alaska (using 1981 -2010 data) and Developing Monthly Time Series Maps for Temperature and Precipitation

Project ID: P14AC01244 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $115,000 Total Funding: $115,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a multi-phase project between the Oregon State University (OSU) PRISM Climate Group and the National Park Service (NPS) to produce high.-resolution data sets for precipitation and temperature for the current 30-year climate normal period (1981-2010) for the state of Alaska, including…

Updating the Alaska Humpback Whale Collaborative Database

Project ID: J8W07100014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $26,139 Total Funding: $137,330 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: National Park Service (NPS) staff at Glacier Bay National Park (GLBA) and the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) will work together to update and maintain the collaborative “AK_Database” of humpback whale sightings and photographs, comprising data since the 1970s in southeastern Alaska. Under…

Upgrading Weather Station Collection System at Crater Lake National Park

Project ID: J8W07090029 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $21,522 Total Funding: $21,522 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Oregon State University (OSU), in cooperation with Crater Lake National Park (CRLA), maintains two weather stations at CRLA to monitor climate and study the impact of climate on the ecology of Crater Lake. These weather stations include a year-round floating weather buoy in…

Upper Kobuk River Community Harvest Surveys

Project ID: P23AC01195 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $408,672 Total Funding: $408,672 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 18, 2024

Upper Tanana Community Harvest Assessment

Project ID: P14AC00846 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $82,576 Total Funding: $150,368 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Tho Upper Tanana Community Harvest Assessment will provide up-to-date information on subsistence resource use by residents of Upper Tanana communities by conducting a comprehensive subsistence survey, analyzing the resulting data, and preparing a roport. The specific objective is to conduct a comprehensive harvest…

August 30, 2021

Upper Tanana Ethnographic Overview and Assessment

Project ID: J9W88040018 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $59,664 Total Funding: $86,276 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Upper Tanana Ethnographic Overview and Assessment will provide a broad synthesis of Upper Tanana cultural history, traditional territory, socio-political organization and cultural change over the last 100 years. This will be accomplished by synthesizing ethnographic literature and other previously collected material and,…

USDA NRCS 2019 NRI Data

Project ID: NR190211XXXXC001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $679,486 Total Funding: $896,231 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Collect specified inventory data – following current National Resource Inventory Grazing Land On-Site Data Collection Handbook.

January 22, 2024

USDA NRCS Capacity Building-Cost Share

Project ID: NR190211XXXXC002 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $74,066 Total Funding: $306,244 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  OBJECTIVES: Increase knowledge of soil health among farmers, conservationists and land managers within Idaho. Create soil health-related tools including case studies, demonstrations and a soil health curriculum to be used by other Extension educators around the state. Build relationships among stakeholders interested in…

Use Detection Dog Teams to Survey Wind Turbines for Bird and Bat Fatalities

Project ID: G18AC00119 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $166,756 Total Funding: $166,756 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this research is to increase the precision of mortality estimates at wind energy sites. The program has been providing detection dog teams on wind energy projects for the past 4 years with phenomenal success. The objective is to compare a…

August 30, 2021

Use of Scat-detection Dogs to Assess the Effects of Fuels Reduction on Fisher Habitat Use

Project ID: 06-JV-11272164-063 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $54,000 Total Funding: $137,907 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Project provides information on the effects of fules reduction treatments no fishers in the southern Sierra Nevada. The objectives of this pilot study are to obtain data on control sites and pre-treatment data on sites scheduled for treatment, and to assess the effectiveness…

USFWS PYGMY RABBIT GENETIC MONITORING

Project ID: F22AC02096 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $67,636 Total Funding: $102,636 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO USE GENETIC MONITORING TO PROVIDE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO THE USFWS, WDFW, AND COLUMBIA BASIN PYGMY RABBIT RECOVERY PROGRAM AND SCIENCE TEAM TO UNDERSTAND ANNUAL POPULATION STATUS AND PROPERLY MANAGE CAPTIVE PROPAGATION IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE RECOVERY….

July 15, 2023

Using Archival Digital Orthophotographs to Investigate the Effects of Fire Exclusion and Insect Outbreaks on Douglas-fir in Grand Teton National Park and Surrounding Areas

Project ID: P12AC15006 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,449 Total Funding: $9,449 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service and Oregon State University will collaborate on a combined field and remote sensing study of Douglas-fir forests in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Specifically, data on tree ages, stand structure, and fire history will be gathered from pre-identified locations of two…

August 30, 2021

Using Data and Models to Assess Impacts and Adapt to Climate Change: Handbood for Current and Future Stream Temperature

Project ID: G17AC00139 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $39,752 Total Funding: $71,373 [project-data-part-2]

Using eDNA Technology to Detect Amphibians in Yosemite National Park

Project ID: P15AC01599 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $10,500 Total Funding: $10,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaboration between Washington State University (WSU) and the National Park Service (NPS) to support efforts to conserve rare amphibian species and maintain intact healthy aquatic ecosystems at Yosemite National Park (YOSE). Many amphibians are cryptic, making them difficult to detect…

Using genetic and physiological markers to distinguish between populations of Dungeness crab from Yakutat, Juneau, and Sitka, AK

Project ID: W912HZ-14-2-0019 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $72,157 Total Funding: $72,157 [project-data-part-2]

Using LandTrendr to Characterize Land Cover Dynamics in Juniper Woodlands of Dinosaur National Monument

Project ID: J8W07100020 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $14,961 Total Funding: $29,922 [project-data-part-2] Deliverables: Landsat Imagery for Landscape Scale Change Detection and Trend Analysis – NCPN Application (Final Report)

Using LiDAR and Field Data to Map Fuel Characteristics at Mount Rainier National Park

Project ID: J8W07100017 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,962 Total Funding: $40,962 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) and the University of Washington (UW) will collaborate in developing fine-scale LiDAR data layers and methodology in a pilot fuel mapping project at Mount Rainier National Park (MORA). The LiDAR data will be used to link NPS field…

Using LiDAR Data to Assess Forest Structure and Fuels at Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve and at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

Project ID: P15AC01626 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,500 Total Funding: $20,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project between the National Park Service (NPS) and the University of Washington (UW) to explore methods for using airborne LiDAR data to improve existing regional fuel model mapping with additional information on forest overstory characteristics. NPS and UW will…