Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Inventory and Assessment of Pollinators in the Northern Cascades Ecosystem

Project ID: J8W07070035

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: Western Washington University

Fiscal Year: 2007

Initial Funding: $43,759

Total Funding: $64,874

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Biological

National Park: Pacific West Region Washington

Principal Investigator: McLaughlin, John

Agreement Technical Representative: Kuntz, Robert

Abstract: The goals of this project are to conduct butterfly surveys in the NOCA and MORA; develop species lists for sub-alpine/alpine areas, and to initiate a volunteer-based, long-term monitoring program modeled after the successful Rocky Mountain National Park Butterfly Monitoring Program.