Project Database

Development of a Monitoring Protocol for the American Pika in Four Park Units

Project ID: J8W07090006 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $59,385 Total Funding: $116,545 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Crater Lake National Park, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Lava Beds National Monument, Lassen Volcanic National Park, and the Upper Columbia Basin Network (UCBN) Inventory and Monitoring Program will produce a comprehensive, peer-reviewed monitoring protocol for the American pika (Ochotona…

August 30, 2021

Development of a National Parks and Protected Areas Cooperative Studies Program on the Oregon State University Cascades Campus

Project ID: P15AC01598 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $7,990 Total Funding: $767,924 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Upper Columbia Basin Network (UCBN) of the National Park Service (NPS) will collaborate with Oregon State University (OSU) Cascades Campus to develop a national parks and protected areas cooperative studies program. This program will be housed within OSU Cascades’ Center for the…

Development of a Strategic Marketing Plan to Improve Concession Opportunities

Project ID: P16AC00701 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,988 Total Funding: $9,988 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The UW and NPS will collaborate in conducting market research and strategy development; the work will consist of three primary work streams: 1. Business opportunity analysis: The UW will assess how the NPS concession program currently operates and ways to make contracts more…

Development of a Training Course for Fire Regime Condition Class (FRCC) Assessment

Project ID: J9W88040001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,000 Total Funding: $134,487 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A web-based training course and matching CD-ROM will be produced to mass distribute tools for Fire Regime Condition Class (FRCC) Assessment. The audience for this interactive training will be federal employees working in fire and fuels management needing to understand FRCC assessment tolls…

Development of a Vegetation Map for Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Project ID: J8W07090009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $32,000 Total Funding: $42,344 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Oregon State University will collaborate with the North Coast and Cascades Network to develop a vegetation classification and vegetation map of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. The OSU team will use automated image segmentation and classification techniques in combination with traditional vegetation…

Development of a Visitor Use Monitoring Protocol for the Southwest Alaska Network

Project ID: J8W07060001 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $66,544 Total Funding: $102,810 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this research is to assist the National Park Service (NPS), Southwest Alaska Network (SWAN) in their efforts to gain a better understanding of current visitor use volumes and patterns and develop a system to monitor visitor use over time. This…

Development of an Online Irrigation Scheduling Advisory Program

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-02 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $50,965 Total Funding: $267,206 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The project is a cooperative effort involving Oregon State University, NRCS, Wy’East SCD, and USDA to develop an irrigation management advisory program for Oregon irrigators. The project provides decision-support tools for irrigation managers through a web-based package of software that provides irrigation managers…

Development of Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve

Project ID: P22AC00831 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $55,968 Total Funding: $55,968 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will contribute to greater public understanding of the cultural significance of one of the first publicly recognized cultural landscapes in the nation by sharing knowledge with the Ebey’s Landing Trust Board and the general public by producing a detailed site history…

May 17, 2023

Development of Cultural Resources Baseline Documentation at English Camp and American Camp, San Juan Island National Historical Park

Project ID: P20AC01113 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $104,520 Total Funding: $164,520 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Investigators from the UO and NPS staff will collaborate to accomplish the following objectives in two phases. This Agreement funds Phase 1 work, but may be modified to add future phases, subject to the availability of funding and satisfactory progress of project work….

August 30, 2021

Development of Dog Management Monitoring Program and Protocols for Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Project ID: P17AC01603 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $344,078 Total Funding: $344,078 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A. Background Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GOGA) contains more than 20 land and coastal units (Attachment A) within the urban San Francisco Bay Area. Management of domesticated dogs poses many issues in the San Francisco Bay Area, and within GOGA particularly. Some…

Development of Fertilizer Guides

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-31 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $40,000 Total Funding: $40,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Development of the following fertilizer (or nutrient management) guides: silage corn (Western Oregon), alfalfa (Inland PNW), pasture (inland PNW), and field corn (Inland PNW). All fertilizer guides will be made available on the OSU Extension Service website http://extension.oregonstate.edu/

Development of Genomics and Behavioral Assays for Understanding Neurotoxicity of Chemicals and Effects on Performance

Project ID: W912HZ-19-2-0042 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $69,998 Total Funding: $209,998 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this project is to link chemical exposure to behavioral outcomes that are suitable for modeling hazard assessment. Exposure to xenobiotic chemicals can exert neurotoxicity. There is an increasing pressure to reduce the use of animals in toxicity testing. To accomplish…

Development of GIS Maps of Whitebark Pine Communities at Crater Lake National Park, OR

Project ID: J8W07090007 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $3,948 Total Funding: $3,948 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Whitebark pine is a keystone species that is disappearing from Crater Lake National Park. This pine species forms pure stands in the upper subalpine zone where less hardy trees are unable to survive. Nearly half of the park’s westside trees are dead or…

Development of Inventory and Monitoring Outreach Products for the Sierra Nevada network

Project ID: P14AC01585 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $11,046 Total Funding: $11,046 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Over the past decade, the parks within the Sierra Nevada Network (SIEN) have undergone numerous inventories and mapping projects which have provided new and useful information on a wide range of resources, such as small mammals, river hydrology, geology, climate, and vegetation. SIEN…

Development of Life-Stage Specific Population Dynamics Models for Lost River and Shortnose Suckers in the Upper Klamath Basin

Project ID: 2-05-FC-10-1192 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $99,498 Total Funding: $99,498 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Lost River Suckers, Deltistes luxatus, and shortnose suckers, Chasmistes brevirostris, are federally listed endangered species endemic to the Upper Klamath Basin of California and Oregon. Knowledge about the dynamics of the Lost River and shortnose sucker populations are essential for developing recovery strategies…

Development of Orthorectified Historic Imagery for Resource Assessments in the Central Alaska Network

Project ID: J8W07110015 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $57,371 Total Funding: $57,371 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Central Alaska Network (CAKN) of the National Park Service (NPS) recognizes that climate change has the potential to significantly impact network parks. This is particularly true of interior units such as Yukon Charley Rivers National Preserve (YUCH) where the continental climate typically…

Development of Pacific Region Invasive Species Prevention Policy and Associated Technical Resources

Project ID: F15AC00718 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $33,842 Total Funding: $79,133 [project-data-part-2]

Development of Restoration Strategies for Low elevation Riparian Forests in the North Cascades

Project ID: J9W88030011 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $61,528 Total Funding: $61,528 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: North Cascades National Park (NOCA) includes four sites that may be suitable for outdoor classrooms or demonstration sites to illustrate restoration methods used in low-elevation forest, riparian forests. NOCA is interested in using these four sites as research sites and linking the research…

Development of Sampling Designs and Statistical Approaches for Monitoring Status and Trends in Indicators of Ecosystem Condition

Project ID: J8W07100041 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $47,000 Total Funding: $206,796 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) Inventory & Monitoring (I&M) networks within the Pacific West Region will collaborate with the University of Idaho (UI) in a technical assistance project to: 1) design and test robust sampling strategies to achieve sampling objectives of several monitoring…

Development of Sampling Designs and Statistical Approaches for Monitoring Status and Trends in Indicators of Riverbank Condition along the Merced River in Yosemite National Park

Project ID: J8W07110005 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,500 Total Funding: $9,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Yosemite National Park will collaborate with the University of Idaho (UI) in a technical assistance project to conduct an analysis of a set of visitor use and vegetation data focused on determining impacts to riverbank vegetation and bank stability along the Merced River…