Project Database

Demographic study analysis to re-evaluation the northern spotted owl survey protocol

Project ID: F19AP00386 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $18,128 Total Funding: $18,128 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funds under this award are to be used to analyze detection rates of northern spotted owls and to provide suggestions on how to update the survey protocol if needed.

August 30, 2021

Demographic and genetic monitoring of the endangered Sonoran pronghorn in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Mexico, and surrounding areas using fec

Project ID: P24AC00928 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $54,247 Total Funding: $54,247 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:

November 7, 2024

Density Management Study

Project ID: L11AC20056 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $50,000 Total Funding: $130,000 [project-data-part-2]

August 30, 2021

Deploy Automated Profiling Vehicle on Crater Lake

Project ID: J9W88030006 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $5,500 Total Funding: $5,500 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Crater Lake National Park has in place a long-term monitoring program of biological data. There is need for higher frequency of data than is obtainable through routine monitoring, originally begun under an agreement between the NPS and the United States Geological Survey Biological…

Deploy Automated Profiling Vehicle on Crater Lake 2004

Project ID: J9W88040008 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $17,781 Total Funding: $17,781 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Crater Lake National Park has in place a long-term monitoring program of biological data. There is need for higher frequency of data than is obtainable through routine monitoring, originally begun under an agreement between the NPS and the United States Geological Survey Biological…

Design and Development of an Access Database for Tracking MODIS Lake Ice Data for SWAN

Project ID: J8W07080006 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $12,193 Total Funding: $16,531 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The National Park Service Southwest Alaska Network, headquartered in Anchorage, is interested in developing a Microsoft Access-based, single-user database to track lake ice data interpreted from MODIS satellite imagery. Currently, these data are tracked in an Excel spreadsheet with a separate worksheet for…

Design and Validation of a Spatially Aware Variant of the BioSum Modeling Framework

Project ID: 22-JV-11261979-041 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $179,998 Total Funding: $195,699 [project-data-part-2] Abstract:  The purpose of this agreement is to document the cooperation between the parties to Support collaboration between PSU and PNW RMA to improve forest inventory modeling of management alternatives, and their ecological and socio-economic outcomes, particularly concerning efforts to achieve resistance to stand-replacing…

July 15, 2023

DESIGNING A DATABASE OF ECONOMIC INFORMATION RELATED TO NORTHWEST FOREST INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES

Project ID: 11JV11261975111 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $49,680 Total Funding: $102,050 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Funding listed is total funding including any modifications.

August 30, 2021

Designing a SNOTEL QC and Editing Portal

Project ID: NR213A750023C009 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $300,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Design a SNOTEL QC and Editing Portal

January 18, 2024

Designing Cover Crop Systems for E. OR.

Project ID: NR190436XXXXC005 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $ Total Funding: $250,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Designing Cover Crop Systems for Eastern Oregon

January 28, 2025

Designing Curriculum to Honor Tribal Legacies in the Studies of Lewis and Clark: An Epic Journey of Healing

Project ID: J8W07100048 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $48,426 Total Funding: $187,446 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This project is collaboration to initiate curriculum development planning for the Lewis and Clark Tribal Legacy Project. It will create a framework for a curriculum to share through teacher workshops that integrates the legacy of tribes present for thousands of years in the…

August 30, 2021

Designing Green Infrastructure to Improve Aquatic and Riparian Habitat in the Pacific Northwest

Project ID: 18-JV-11261975-082 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $10,000 Total Funding: $10,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Seattle University College of Science and Engineering (SU) and USDA Forest Service will work together to help students design a senior class project on green infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest. The mutual benefits of this agreement will highlight efforts by SU students and…

Detect Contaminant Accumulation in Western Pond Turtles to Assess Foothill Ecosystem Condition

Project ID: J8W07110021 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $59,572 Total Funding: $59,572 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The western pond turtle (Emys marmorata), California’s only widespread native turtle, has declined across much of its range and is now listed as a species of concern. Monitoring by the National Park Service (NPS) in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI) indicates…

Detecting invasive species using environmental DNA

Project ID: G23AC00532 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $150,000 Total Funding: $150,000 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goal of this research project is to develop and validate qPCR assays for invasive species that can be used for early detection. Additionally, to work on isothermal assays that can be used on site by managers to detect invasive species.

January 22, 2024

Determine Lamb Productivity and Survival in Reintroduced Bighorn Sheep Herd, Curecanti, NRA

Project ID: J9088020008 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $39,504 Total Funding: $52,724 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: Collect data on Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep in Curecanti National Recreation area and adjacent lands. Research objectives include: monitoring adult survivorship, monitoring lamb production and survival, monitoring condition of ewes and lambs, monitoring disease, assess genetic variability as a factor limiting population growth….

August 30, 2021

Determining if Managed Wildfires and Prescribed Fires Conserve Critical Habitat Structure for Pacific Fishers in the Southern Sierra Nevada

Project ID: P14AC01558 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $48,468 Total Funding: $48,468 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: This is a collaborative project between the National Park Service and the University of Washington to understand whether wildfire and prescribed fire conserve important, forest structure elements of Pacific fisher habitat in the southern Sierra Nevada. The Pacific fisher (Martes pennanti pacifica) is…

Determining Moose and Wolf Population Estimates for the International Chisana Caribou Herd Management Plan

Project ID: P14AC01344 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $55,267 Total Funding: $55,267 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Chisana caribou herd is a small international herd that ranges across the Yukon-Alaska border. The herd’s calving and summer range is predominately within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve (WRST), while the winter range straddles the Alaska-Yukon border. After a long and…

Determining Status of Surface Water Quality in Parks and Inventory and Monitoring Networks

Project ID: P22AC02406 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $79,196 Total Funding: $258,865 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The Inventory and Monitoring Networks (I&M networks) of the NPS were created to evaluate the status and trends of Vital Signs, these being indicators of ecological condition throughout the parks that are analogous to ‘vital signs’ of human health (e.g., blood pressure). Many…

May 17, 2023

Determining Status of Surface Water Quality in Parks of the Pacific West Region

Project ID: P16AC01362 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $31,476 Total Funding: $167,198 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The goals of the project are twofold: 1) to track the status of and identify potential impairment to water quality in PWR parks, and 2) to provide OSU students with opportunities to learn, perform, and evaluate water chemistry analyses on surface water samples…

August 30, 2021

Determining the Sensitivity of High Elevation Lakes in Mount Rainier, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks to Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition through Nutrient Enrichment Experiments

Project ID: P13AC00955 [project-data-part-1] Initial Funding: $61,464 Total Funding: $71,504 [project-data-part-2] Abstract: The 1977 Clean Air Act amendments require the National Park Service (NPS) to protect air quality and air pollution sensitive resources in mandatory Class I air quality areas, which include Mount Rainier (MORA), North Cascades (NOCA) and Olympic (OLYM) National Parks. To help…