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...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service's Conservation, Protection, Outreach, and Education program (CFDA 15.954) will provide $205,250 to the Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative (NRCC) to maintain and build upon the ClimateAnalyzer.org platform. The project will deliver weather data, hydrological monitoring, and water data analyses to inform park management and improve visitor experience in national parks. Key activities include evaluating projected changes in...
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 $3,866,668.00 in funding to Colorado State University (CSU) to support their I&M Networks program. The project will hire a team of data scientists for two years to assist with the management, quality control, visualization, and publication of long-term monitoring data from over 270 national parks. This data...
This $374,473 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program to Conservation Science Partners, Inc. supports a collaborative research project to investigate the impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems in National Park units. The key activities under this project include assessing trends and drivers of climate impacts on stream temperatures, estimating thermal...
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) program provides $130,300.00 to Colorado State University (CSU) to facilitate multidisciplinary science and integrated information products across the National Park System. The primary objectives are to: 1) research, identify, and digitize legacy water quality datasets to establish historic baseline...
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 obtain and analyze survey responses from visitors at National Park Service units and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuges to understand visitor perceptions of climate change. The $149,972 award to Northern Michigan University will guide visitor engagement and provide support for future investments...
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 federal Cooperative Agreement award for $228,133.00, provided by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program, will support several key objectives: Integrate climate change considerations into the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program (IMD) to provide climate exposure metrics and impact analyses to inform the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) and adaptation planning across the...
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 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System) provides $215,763 to the Center for Coastal Studies, Inc. to engage park partners and leverage professional expertise to answer ecological questions, address management needs, and provide information to park visitors and the general public. The project will further the understanding of water resource health and easily...