Natural Resource Condition Assessments for Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park and San Juan Island National Historical Park

Project ID: J8W07080026

Federal Agency: National Park Service

Partner Institution: University of Washington

Fiscal Year: 2008

Initial Funding: $93,000

Total Funding: $93,000

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Biological

National Park: Pacific West Region Washington

Principal Investigator: Hinckley, Thomas

Agreement Technical Representative: Davis, Chris

Abstract: This project will produce natural resource condition assessments for four parks in the North Coast and Cascades Vital Signs Monitoring Network, including Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve (EBLA), Fort Vancouver National Historic Site (FOVA), Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (LEWI) and San Juan Island National Historical Park (SAJH). Through compilation and synthesis of existing scientific data, information from multiple sources, and expert judgment from an interdisciplinary team of specialists, including faculty and students at the University of Washington, this project will characterize the conditions of park biological and physical resources at appropriate scale(s); define threats and stress factors and their relationship to identified resources; identify critical data gaps; and suggest data collection or resource investigations to address those gaps. Resource conditions, threatsand stressor factors will be evaluated and depicted spatially (as possible) to facilitate use of project findings in a wide variety of park decision and planning processes, including park reporting to the Department of Interior’s Strategic Plan land health goals.