Project Database

Investigation of fish passage alternatives for the Willamette Valley Project with focus on the Middle Fork Willamette River

Project ID: W912HZ-19-2-0022 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $98,978 Total Funding: $990,997 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: MANAGEMENT PURPOSE: Estimate and compare the potential biological performance of fish passage alternatives for upstream and downstream fish passage at the Lookout and Dexter dam complex. Information will be used to determine the biological feasibility and preferred fish passage approaches to be carried…

August 30, 2021

IRA Cultural Resources at Risk Cemeteries and Burials Project

Project ID: P24AC02327 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $123,361 Total Funding: $123,361 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Performance Goals The goal of this project is to provide recommendations for monitoring and condition assessment, adaptation planning, and technical assistance associated with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) for burial and cemetery sites within NPS parks, related programs, and…

December 12, 2024

Is high severity fire causing the need to replant forests to save future wildlife habitat in Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks?

Project ID: P23AC02186 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $74,999 Total Funding: $74,999 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project uses field-validated airborne lidar data to evaluate post-fire vegetation trajectories and identify areas that are likely to convert to a non-forested state. This analysis will allow for target restoration management when applicable. YOSE’s forested ecosystems provide numerous ecosystem services to the public…

January 17, 2024

Japanese Knotwood population dynamics in Western Oregon Riparian areas.

Project ID: HAF033F07 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,943 Total Funding: $29,255 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will provide research information for improving effectiveness of weed control programs on both public and private lands. Management recommendations important for understanding expansion, contraction ad containment of Japanese knotweed will be provided to the BLM based on the project findings.

August 30, 2021

John Day Fossil Beds Rock Art Documentation

Project ID: P22AC02393 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $80,000 Total Funding: $80,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The primary goal of this project is to thoroughly document select rock art sites in John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (JODA). The National Park Service (NPS) will work collaboratively with Oregon State University (OSU) to achieve this goal. Rock art sites within…

May 17, 2023

Joint Fire Science Project – Fuels Reduction Study under the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program.

Project ID: HAF033F10 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $134,881 Total Funding: $134,881 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Study the consequences of fire suppression treatments for native plant communities in oak woodlands, shrub lands and grasslands, working largely in the Applegate Valley Adaptive Management Area of the ARA using a combination of retrospective and prospective approaches.

August 30, 2021

Juniper Encroachment in the Lava Beds National Monument

Project ID: OSU-01-1 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $20,000 Total Funding: $40,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Research study to determine the historic range and density of juniper within the Lava Beds ecosystem in order to guide fire management and historic landscape initiatives. The primary intent of this project is to address the following questions: 1) To what extent has…

Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR)

Project ID: NOAA1 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $594,000 Total Funding: $5,573,970 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR) was designated in 1999 and is located in Homer, Alaska. The Reserve is administered by the Alaska Center for Conservation Science, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), who is submitting this application for the FY15 federal…

Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Capacity Building for BIL Land Acquisition and Restoration Projects

Project ID: NA25NOSX473C0079-T1-01 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $400,000 Total Funding: $400,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 15, 2026

Katmai coastal wolves and their role as predators in the nearshore ecosystem

Project ID: P20AC00672 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $158,236 Total Funding: $344,010 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

January 18, 2024

Katmai National Park and Preserve: An Ethnographic Overview and Assessment

Project ID: P23AC01432 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $126,600 Total Funding: $251,600 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: 

Keane Wonder Mine Aerial Tramway Stabilitzation, Death Valley National Park

Project ID: J8W07090003 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $124,985 Total Funding: $124,985 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The School of Engineering at the University of Vermont (UVM) will participate with staff from the National Park Service (NPS) in a program of assessment, research, training, and initial stabilization of the aerial tramway at the Keane Wonder Mine. The Keane Wonder Mine…

August 30, 2021

Kiana Family Networks Study

Project ID: J8W07060014 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $130,000 Total Funding: $130,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Kiana Family Networks Project will document and analyze the interplay between subsistence activities and social networks in the Inupiaq community of Kiana, Alaska. This project, to be conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Subsistence and the Kiana…

Kipuka Vegetation Monitoring and Invasive Plant Treatments at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

Project ID: P21AC12350 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $99,300 Total Funding: $99,300 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Sagebrush steppe vegetation communities are believed to be one of the fastest degrading ecosystems in the west due to a variety of disturbances ranging from agriculture to wildfires. Although mostly covered by basalt lava flows, about 90% of the vegetation cover at Craters…

May 17, 2023

Klondike Goldrush National Historic Park Transportation Analysis Project

Project ID: J9088020009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,100 Total Funding: $9,100 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A collaborative landscape architecture charette – an intensive design workshop – to generate conceptual designs to articulate the “gateway” to Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park and the city of Skagway’s Historic District. Deliverables: Historic Transportation Resources in Skagway and Dyea (Final Report)

August 30, 2021

Kobuk Valley National Park Traditional Use Study, Native Villages of Kiana and Ambler

Project ID: P17AC00482 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $22,339 Total Funding: $122,915 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Kobuk Valley National Park (KOVA) is a unit of the NPS initially established as a national monument in 1978 and re-designated a national park through passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980. Totaling 1.7 million acres, the park…

Koloa maoli (Anas wyvilliana), or Hawaiian Duck

Project ID: F10AC00080 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,642 Total Funding: $180,747 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project seeks to initiate a conservation effort to remove Koloa-mallard hybrids from the popoulation of birds on Kauai and collect data on daily and seasonal movement by Koloa to inform how hybrid removal projects can be most effeciently designed.Koloa maoli (Anas wyvilliana),…

Land Conveyance Process Customer Satisfaction Survey

Project ID: HAF033H01 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $0 Total Funding: $0 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: There is pending legislation that if passed will allow for the conveyance of land to approximately 210 Native American Corporations in Alaska. If passed, this conveyance will take place 4 years earlier than originally planned. In order to get objective feedback on whether…

Landscape Analysis of Black Bear Distribution Patterns in Olympic National Park

Project ID: J9088020032 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $10,000 Total Funding: $69,920 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This study will describe broad-scale patterns in seasonal distribution and movements of black bears in OLYM prior to dam removal, and will assess methods of monitoring influences of salmon restoration on the park’s black bear populations Deliverables: BLACK BEAR DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS IN A…

Landscape Architecture Design Prescriptions for the Craters of the Moon Visitor Center Picnic Area

Project ID: P17AC01225 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $9,088 Total Funding: $9,088 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (CRMO) visitor center picnic area was originally designed in 1957. It was one of several green spaces designed as part of the NPS Mission 66. As part of this effort, lawns were planted around…