This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) provides $104,766.14 to the Ahtna Intertribal Resource Commission (AITRC) to identify the current distributions of harvestable fish species within Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. The project will map the locations of Arctic grayling, burbot, Dolly Varden, lake trout, rainbow trout, and whitefish to expand knowledge about these subsistence and...
This $501,878.11 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.946 Cultural Resources Management program), supports a broad range of cultural resource stewardship activities undertaken by the Hoonah Indian Association, a federally recognized tribal government in Hoonah, Alaska. The goal is to actively engage the tribe in collaborative stewardship of park resources and values, as well as strengthen the evolving relationship between the tribe and the National Park...
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 $165,000 to the University of Colorado to conduct research to inform science-based management of the National Park System. The project will utilize existing data to: (1) identify priority lakes for bioenergetics modeling, (2) generate lake temperature projections under future climate scenarios, and (3)...
The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $170,866 Cooperative Agreement under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946) to the Hoonah City School District in Hoonah, Alaska. The agreement, with a performance period from September 15, 2024 to January 30, 2026, will provide a framework for co-stewardship programs that encompass a broad range of research, operational, and educational activities focused on cultural resource stewardship. Key initiatives include developing and...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award in the amount of $200,000 was issued by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946). The award is part of an Alaska regional project focused on mitigating climate change impacts on subsistence users and improving food security through tribal-NPS co-stewardship arrangements. The primary awardee, Maniilaq Association, is a non-profit Alaska Native Corporation that will deliver a range of cultural resource...
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will support geologic resource management in Alaska's national parks under a $1.32 million cooperative agreement from the National Park Service. Awarded on July 15, 2021 and running through December 31, 2025, this funding through the NPS's Natural Resource Stewardship program will support the development of geologic resources inventory reports. As the principal means for NPS to evaluate and improve landscape and marine resources on lands and waters within...
This $305,250 federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued on May 10, 2025 by the National Park Service (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System), will support coordinated research, technical assistance, education, and training activities to inform science-based management of the National Park System. The award will facilitate multi-disciplinary science and integrated information products related to the resources of the National Park...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Park Service (NPS) through the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946), supports a comprehensive set of cultural resource inventory and preservation activities in Alaska. The $300,000 award, with a performance period from June 2024 to May 2029, tasks Washington State University (WSU) to: Conduct literature reviews and incorporate indigenous knowledge to guide cultural resource inventories across select alpine...
This $419,634 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944) will provide opportunities for youth to learn about the environment through research and stewardship activities at Acadia National Park and its surrounding ecosystems. The project, performed by the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park, will result in new knowledge to inform work on fish passage and habitat at other sites. Data and information from...
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...