Project Database

Comparison of Presettlement Vegetation and Fire Regimes with Current Patterns in Oak Woodlands and Shrublands of Southwest Oregon

Project ID: HAA077201 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $103,608 Total Funding: $134,754 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: HAA077201/0

August 30, 2021

Comparison of Wolf Densities and Diets Across the GMU 2 Island Complex

Project ID: CT 180000933 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $643,076 Total Funding: $643,076 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  For this project we propose to gain much-needed information about the dynamics of wolves in the island complex of GMU 2. We will apply methods recently developed and tested in our study system to obtain both wolf diet composition and individual genetic…

October 28, 2024

Competitive Interactions between the Northern Spotted Owls and Barred Owls in Western Oregon

Project ID: J8W07060019 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $50,000 Total Funding: $145,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is designed to develop a better understanding of the competitive relationships between northern spotted owls and barred owls, including exploration of common resources and behavioral interactions. Researchers and managers are very concerned that the barred owls may be negatively affecting northern…

August 30, 2021

Compilation of Documents and Writing of a Book Documenting the History of the Establishment of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Project ID: J8W07080008 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,000 Total Funding: $5,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The establishment of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument from private lands in 1969 assured the protection of the area’s world-renowned paleontological resources. This action narrowly averted the impending destruction of the fossil beds from a planned housing development that was underway. Dr. Estella…

Compile a Marbled Murrelet survey database by combining existing databases into a similar line-by-line format and add new data.

Project ID: F10AC00113 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $26,226 Total Funding: $26,226 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The purpose of this Agreement is to develop a state database that 1) creates a geospatialdatabase that will be appropriate for historic and Mure and will be compatible with current state and federalagency databases and 2) compile all historic data into the geospatial…

Complete Historic Structure Report of the Pinnacles Bear Valley School

Project ID: P17AC01228 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $24,500 Total Funding: $24,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: A. Background The Bear Valley School on the east side of Pinnacles National Park (PINN) was constructed in the 1890s on land that was donated by the earliest American settler to homestead in this rural valley at the eastern foot of the Pinnacles….

Completing Vegetation Mapping Products of Crater Lake National Park and Updating Vegetation Maps of Oregon Caves National Monument

Project ID: P16AC00848 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $155,759 Total Funding: $374,679 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: For the current project, SOU and KLMN will continue to collaborate to complete vegetation mapping at CRLA. A second objective is to update the ORCA vegetation map. After completion of the ORCA vegetation map in 2014, minor, but notable disparities were identified between…

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

Project ID: P12AC10185 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $4,194 Total Funding: $4,194 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Whitebark pine is a keystone species which is disappearing from Crater Lake National Park (CRLA). 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…

Condition Assessment of Bear Management and Indicators at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

Project ID: P18AC01320 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $48,791 Total Funding: $48,791 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will conduct a condition assessment on SEKI bear management indicators to investigate changes over time and to examine both expected and previously unknown patterns and correlations. Management questions of interest for this study include: “Has bear management been effective within SEKI?…

Condition Assessments of the First and Second Fort Bowie

Project ID: J8W07110027 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $205,125 Total Funding: $205,125 [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 collaborative program of research, documentation, assessment, training, and application of pilot treatments at the First and Second Fort Bowie. To preserve…

Conduct Engineering Assessment and Develop Options for Treatment of the Mission Church, Tumacacori National Historick Park

Project ID: P19AC00338 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $144,237 Total Funding: $144,237 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The assessment and evaluation will involve at least one undergraduate student enrolled in UVM’s School of Engineering to assist in all aspects of the work. In addition, the park will solicit local students to participate in select portions of the fieldwork. These students…

Conduct Field Schools to Assess and Stabilize the Evening Star and Bronze (Live Oak) Mines, Mojave National Preserve

Project ID: P13AC00923 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $184,999 Total Funding: $184,999 [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 collaborative program of research, documentation, assessment, training, and pilot treatment at the Evening Star and Bronze (Live Oak) Mines in Mojave…

Conduct Historic Preservation Field School to Assess and Preserve the Wall Street Mill, Joshua Tree National Park

Project ID: P23AC01585 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $195,326 Total Funding: $195,326 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will benefit the public by providing opportunities for volunteers and student assistants to participate in and be trained regarding the historic preservation efforts of a valued cultural resource. The participants will receive direct experience in all of the aspects of historic preservation…

January 17, 2024

Conduct Historic Preservation Field School to Assess and Stabilize the Lost Horse Mill, Joshua Tree National Park

Project ID: P17AC01127 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $195,327 Total Funding: $280,948 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Lost Horse Mill, in the Lost Horse Mining Historic District, consists primarily of a rock crusher that deposited crushed ore into a bin directly supplying a ten-stamp mill, and during its periods of operation (1893-1908 and 1930-36) processed ore extracted from the…

August 30, 2021

Conduct Historic Preservation Field School Training and stabilize Skidoo Mill at Death Valley National Park

Project ID: P23AC01548 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $924,267 Total Funding: $924,267 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project will improve public safety for those visiting the Skidoo Mill. The preservation work will help mitigate current hazards by fixing or replacing compromised timbers and strengthening the mill in key areas to reduce the risk of structural collapse. The information produced and/or…

January 17, 2024

Conduct Hydrologic Assessment of Ebey’s Prairie, Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve

Project ID: J8W07060013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,000 Total Funding: $40,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This research utilizes available data and models to reconstruct original surface flow patterns, events and practices that have altered the flow regime over time, and provide an elementary integration of surface and groundwater modeling, for Ebey’s Prairie.

August 30, 2021

Conduct the Visitor Services Program and Visitor Survey Card project in units of the National Park System

Project ID: J8W07060002 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $342,400 Total Funding: $1,291,292 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service (NPS) Visitor Service Project (VSP), part of the University of Idaho Park Studies Unit will conduct two types of visitor studies: in-depth and the Visitor Survey Card through this task agreement. Over 150 in-depth VSP visitor studies have been…

Conducting Fire Science Research in Southwestern Oregon

Project ID: HAF033F09 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $307,149 Total Funding: $307,149 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Fire Science Research Program was developed in response to growing concerns over the lack of scientific information relative to fire salvage, fuels management and the effects of wildfire on ecological processes and wildlife. This research proposal was developed to specifically address the…

Conducting Historic Preservation Field Schools to Assess and Stabilize the Silver Bell and Golden Bell Mines, Joshua Tree National Park

Project ID: P15AC01792 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $83,936 Total Funding: $83,936 [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 collaborative program of research, documentation, assessment, training, and pilot treatment at the Silver Bell and Golden Bell Mines in Joshua Tree…

Conservation Treatment of Museum Objects (BIHO Archeological Collection)

Project ID: J9W88040013 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $15,000 Total Funding: $15,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Nez Perce National Historical Park (NEPE) Curatorial section and the Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology will work together to assess the materials and physical condition of about 1,100 archeological artifacts from the collection of the Big Hole National Battlefield, a unit of NEPE…