To support coordinated cooperative research, technical assistance, education and training, and usable knowledge development to inform science-based management of the national park system

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) provides $305,250 to the University of Alaska Southeast to support research, technical assistance, education, and training initiatives related to the resources of the National Park System. The project will assess the extent and impact of harmful algal blooms in Glacier Bay National Park, focusing on their effects across multiple trophic levels through activities such as monitoring phytoplankton communities, analyzing toxin levels in marine bivalves, and measuring toxin concentrations in the scat of terrestrial predators like wolves and bears. The project will leverage existing monitoring efforts and support cultural education initiatives of the Hoonah Indian Association. Outcomes include a better understanding of harmful algal bloom dynamics, their ecological impacts, and implications for local wildlife and human health.

To facilitate multi-disciplinary science and integrated information products related to the resources of the national park system. To maintain a comprehensive network cooperative study units as will provide full geographic and topical coverage for research, technical assistance, and educational activities related to the resources contained in units of the national park system and their larger regions. This project will assess the extent and impact of harmful algal blooms in glacier BAY national park, focusing on their effects across multiple trophic levels. Activities include monitoring phytoplankton communities, analyzing toxin levels in marine bivalves, and measuring toxin concentrations in the scat of terrestrial predators like wolves and bears. The project will leverage existing monitoring efforts and support cultural education initiatives of the hoonah indian association. Outcomes include a better understanding of harmful algal blooms dynamics, their ecological impacts, and implications for local wildlife and human health.beneficiaries include state and local governments, federally recognized indian tribal governments, public private nonprofit organizations, nonprofit institutions of higher education, and individuals (including members of the general public).