The Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Museum of Northern Arizona under the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) to develop a program of archaeological research, technical assistance, and public education focused on cultural resources in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Specifically, the cooperative agreement requires...
This cooperative agreement between the National Park Service Intermountain Region and Northern Arizona University will provide $151,340 to support forest health research in Saguaro National Park from July 2022 through December 2024 under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System program (CFDA 15.945). The project aims to better understand the Rincon Mountains forest by studying aspen and Chihuahua pine, which are sensitive to climate and fire....
This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,148,375.74 from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program will support a collaborative project between the NPS and the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH Hilo) to expand upon previous research and documentation of cultural resources within the National Park System. The project will utilize remote sensing technologies to efficiently survey and document...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) will provide $130,000.00 to support an archaeological survey project along the Johns Canyon Road in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The project will be conducted by the University of New Mexico (UNM) and will include pre-planning research, inventory and site recording, data processing, and report production. The...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945), supports coordinated research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the National Park System. The $188,750 award to Northern Arizona University (NAU) facilitates multi-disciplinary science and integrated information products related to the resources of the National Park System....
This $937,213 cooperative agreement from the National Park Service will fund a research project conducted by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from July 2022 to September 2026. The goal is to investigate which elements of live and audience-centered interpretive experiences in the National Park System lead to more positive visitor outcomes. Over two phases, the university will develop consensus-based outcome measures, pilot test them, and conduct field research at multiple...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) provides $150,000 to Northern Arizona University (NAU) to analyze long-term ecological monitoring data and improve analytical methods to assess the impacts of climate change on grasslands and other ecosystems in the western United States. The key activities include: Analyzing natural resource monitoring data and providing...
This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program, supports research to assess the effects of wildfire and fire suppression activities on cultural resources within two National Park Service managed properties - Lava Beds National Monument and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. The $296,976.42 award, with a performance period from August 31, 2024 to...
The Museum of Northern Arizona will provide archaeological support services under a $100,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Intermountain Region. The award's purpose is to support off-road vehicle plan implementation and pin-anchoring pilot study monitoring at Page, Arizona from September 1, 2021 through December 31, 2025. The services will facilitate the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the...
Northern Arizona University will receive $390,528 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to reconstruct temperature and hydroclimate trends in the Southern Rocky Mountains over the past 2,000 years. The university will develop new temperature reconstructions using bristlecone pine samples from the Rio Grande Headwaters region, augmented with updated hydroclimate reconstructions. Researchers will address how temperature influences...