Assess synthesize and forecast stream gage discharge data relevant to national parks in the western U.S. This project will provide information that can be used as part of dashboards available to parks…

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $285,000 and issued by the National Park Service under the CFDA 15.954 Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program, funds the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative to assess, synthesize, and forecast stream gage discharge data relevant to national parks in the western United States. The project objectives include: 1) conducting analysis and synthesis of historic discharge data on free-flowing stream gages relevant to National Park Service lands; 2) coordinating with different National Park Service units to determine drivers, specific needs, and create hydrologic projections on a monthly timescale through the end of the century for a subset of high-priority streams using established climate and water balance models; and 3) communicating the results through peer-reviewed publications and providing reports to the National Park Service. This project will provide information that can be used as part of dashboards available to parks and enhance the National Park Service's capacity to assess climate change vulnerabilities of selected watersheds and determine appropriate adaptation strategies.

Assess synthesize and forecast stream gage discharge data relevant to national parks in the western U.S. This project will provide information that can be used as part of dashboards available to parks and enhance the NPS capacity to assess climate change vulnerabilities of selected watersheds and determine appropriate adaptation strategies. The objectives of this project include:1 conduct the analysis and synthesis of historic discharge data on freeflowing stream gages relevant to NPS lands throughout the western U.S. Intermountain and pacific west REGIONS2 coordinate with different NPS units to determine drivers specific needs and create hydrologic projections on a monthly time scale through end of century for a subset of highpriority streams using established NPS climate and water balance models 3 communicate results through peerreview publications as well as provide reports to the NPS.