Project Database

Idahoan’s Perceptions of Salmonid Recovery: Discrete Choice Experiments to Evaluate Acceptance of Management Options

Project ID: R23AP00298  [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $58,448 Total Funding: $58,448 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The public purpose of this agreement is to gather and assess Idaho resident’s perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes toward salmonid recovery in order to anticipate conflict and guide policy implementation. This will help the experts in salmonid recovery know how to accomplish salmonid recovery while…

January 19, 2024

Identification of Bat Roosts within John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon

Project ID: J9W88030007 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $30,891 Total Funding: $30,891 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The work proposed under this task agreement will enhance an ongoing National Park Service inventory of bats in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument by providing critical information on roost locations and habitat characteristics of those locations. This project will utilize radio…

August 30, 2021

Identification of rare plant populations within fuel reduction areas at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

Project ID: J9W88040011 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,000 Total Funding: $12,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The work proposed under this task agreement will enhance an ongoing National Park Service plant inventory for noxious weeds and plant species of special concern at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in northeast Washington. This project will utilize GIS mapping techniques to locate…

Identification of Ross Lake Social Science Needs

Project ID: J9W88030018 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $6,900 Total Funding: $6,900 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: In FY 2005, North Cascades Park Complex (NOCA) park managers and planners will begin work on a recreation management plan for the Ross Lake National Recreation Area. Information about visitors that is integral to an effective planning process is very limited. This project…

Identify key ground beetles species that feed on best slugs in no-till systems

Project ID: 68-0436-17-004 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $250,000 Total Funding: $250,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: cory.owens@or.usda.gov

Identify the Integrated Response of the Surface and Ground Water Hydrologic Systems to Climate Change

Project ID: 09FC101416 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $15,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will provide a basis for understanding probable consequences to water supply and flood risk as well as the probable effects to ecosystems. Simulated response, in the form of changes in ground-water recharge, baseflow and total river discharge, can then be applied…

Identify Vulnerable Populations of Dall’s Sheep in Alaska’s National Parks Using Climate Models

Project ID: P15AC01026 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $53,337 Total Funding: $102,864 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will support a region-wide analysis of Dall’s sheep habitat at multiple scales and resolutions and will assess vulnerability of populations based on climate forecasts for national parks in Alaska developed by the Scenarios Network for Alaska Planning (SNAP) combined with other…

Identify vulnerable populations of mountain goats

Project ID: P19AC00167 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,328 Total Funding: $24,328 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will use non-invasive genetic techniques to determine abundance, effective population size, and genetic population structure of mountain goats in portions of Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve (GLBA) and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (KLGO) to identify populations vulnerable to…

Identifying and Evaluating Refugia from Drought and Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest

Project ID: G16AC00434 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $137,395 Total Funding: $137,395 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objectives of this project are to: 1. Identify and map macro-scale from regional changes in temperature and hydrologic conditions (i.e. drought), using a diverse set of existing data (climate projections, topography, hydrology, soil characteristics, and remotely sensed data). 2. Explore spatial and…

Identifying Potential Barriers, Corridors, and Refugia for Species in the Face of Climate Change

Project ID: J8W07110014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $72,000 Total Funding: $236,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: In the coming century, climate change will result in shifts in the distributions of plants and animals. These range shifts are projected to significantly alter the flora and fauna of the National Parks. The movement of species in response to changing temperature, moisture,…

Identifying soil biological properties that change in response to either management or natural

Project ID: 68-3A75-17-449 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $100,000 Total Funding: $100,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: williams candiss; kenyon emmabelle

Identifying Spatial Metrics to Evaluate the Influence of Recreational Impacts on Ecosystems in Mount Rainier National Park

Project ID: J8W07110029 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,848 Total Funding: $24,848 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Parks are directed to regulate the use of national parks while preserving natural processes and ecosystems for future generations in such a manner that leaves them unimpaired. Social trails and campsites are two obvious signs of recreational use that are frequently recorded to…

Identifying the Causes of Landscape Change in the North Coast and Cascades Network Parks

Project ID: J8W07110003 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,520 Total Funding: $5,520 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project provides internship opportunities for students from Western Washington University (WWU) on a project to validate methods for monitoring landscape change in the parks of the North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN). NCCN is using remote sensing methods to develop maps of…

Identifying trophic level and isotopic signatures of Kittlitz’s murrelets and their prey in Icy Bay, Wrangell St-Elias National Park and Preserve

Project ID: J8W07080016 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,205 Total Funding: $24,205 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Kittlitz’s Murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostrus; KIMU) is a small, poorly understood seabird endemic to the Alaskan coast and eastern Russia. Icy Bay, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, may support up to 14% of the world’s population of KIMU, with the highest density found in…

Identity of Historical Lichen Specimens

Project ID: 23-JV-11261978-071 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,288 Total Funding: $6,369 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: While selecting material in the PSU Herbarium for the PNW Research Station’s lead isotope research, it became apparent that a set of 160 historical lichen specimens have not been examined for over 100 years. Mostly collected between 1881 and 1915, the specimens are potentially…

January 22, 2024

Illegal Dumping on Public Lands Database Project

Project ID: HAF043F13 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,275 Total Funding: $61,100 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will analyze illegal trash dumping on public lands. Implementation of this agreement will provide and educational component to the illegal household trash clean-up project currently underway on Eugene District lands located in the Mohawk area of the district. The end product…

August 30, 2021

Image interpretation and Classification of Land Cover Change in Lake Clark and Kenai Fjords National Parks between 1954 and 2009

Project ID: P12AC15013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,318 Total Funding: $49,318 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A variety of environmental drivers (e.g., climate change, human activities, successional processes) have the potential to visibly alter land cover in parks of the Southwest Alaska Network (SWAN). In Lake Clark (LACL) and Kenai Fjords (KEFJ), changes due to shallow lake drying, modification…

Impact of Soil Erosion on the Declining Sockeye Salmon Population in Lake Ozette, WA

Project ID: WWU-01-3 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,281 Total Funding: $12,281 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The objective of this research is to evaluate the impacts of land-use changes on the near-shore environment of the Lake Ozette watershed over the last 50 to 100 years. The population of sockeye salmon has declined substantially over the last four decades and…

Impacts of Climate Change to National Parks: Reaching New Audiences with the Message

Project ID: J8W07090031 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $11,748 Total Funding: $35,092 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this project is to engage the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group and the North Coast & Cascades Network (NCCN) parks in a series of public events where university researchers will interact one-on-one with National Park Service managers and the…

Impacts of Fire Management on Carbon Stock Stability in Yosemite and Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

Project ID: J8W07100026 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $11,190 Total Funding: $115,163 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Forest biomass on Sierra Nevada landscapes constitutes one of the largest carbon stocks in the state of California, and the stability of that carbon stock is tightly linked to fire and the ecological factors that drive fire regime. Recent research suggests that over…