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Id	Federal Agency	Federal Unit	Main Science	Project Title and Short Project Description	Priority
1	NPS	ABLI	Cultural	Develop Museum Collections Housekeeping Plan A written housekeeping plan for the museum collection should be developed to assist park staff in routinely monitoring for pest infestation, reducing levels of dust, dirt, and other contaminants. This plan would effectively address the needs of each ... View project request in detail...	High
2	NPS	ABLI	Cultural	Historic Resource Study - Boyhood Home Unit Contract to provide an Historic Resource Study for the Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek.... View project request in detail...	High
3	NPS	ABLI	Cultural	Phase I Archeological Survey: Boyhood Home Unit Conduct Phase I archeological survey of 114 acres at Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek. Conduct shovel testing of 57 acres as well as remote sensing survey of 3-4 acres near reconstructed Lincoln cabin and tavern. Goals of the survey would b... View project request in detail...	High
4	NPS	ABLI	Cultural	Historic Structure Report: Tavern Building, Boyhood Home Unit Prepare a Historic Structure Report for the Tavern Building at Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek.... View project request in detail...	High
5	NPS	ABLI	Cultural	Store Lincoln Boyhood Home Unit Artifacts Project involves permanent, long-term storage of approximately 800 artifacts on long-term loan from the Howard family. Artifacts would be stored in a secure, environmentally controlled area within a building to be selected within 20 miles or less of ... View project request in detail...	High
6	NPS	ABLI	Cultural	Provide Conservation Treatment for Museum Collection Provide conservation treatment to museum objects based on recommendations made by Collection Condition Survey completed 11/97. The final report determined that several of the objects were classified as high priority in terms of conservation. Other ob... View project request in detail...	Medium
7	NPS	ABLI	Cultural	Cultural Landscape Inventory (CLI) - Level I Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHS proposes to accomplish the Cultural Landscape Inventory (CLI) to identify, document, and nominate to the National Register of Historic Places, the significant landscapes, component landscapes and landscape features. ... View project request in detail...	Medium
8	NPS	ABLI	Social	Ethnographic Study: Boyhood Home Unit Prepare an ethnographic study for the Boyhood Home to guide park management and staff in making critical decisions concerning the interpretation, protection, and preservation of ethnographic resources.... View project request in detail...	Medium
9	NPS	ABLI	Cultural	Prepare Historic Structure Assessment Report for Sinking Spring & Storm Drain An Historic Structures Report for the Sinking Spring and the connected storm drain system would be completed. This study would include the history of these structures as well as descriptions and drawings that that will guide park management in making... View project request in detail...	Low
10	NPS	ABLI	Social	Computerize Lincoln Farm Association Records Data entry and computerization of the donor cards to the Lincoln Farm Association will provide readily accessible information for the casual visitor as well as professional research efforts. We envision that this information could be incorporated int... View project request in detail...	Low
11	NPS	ABLI	Physical	Conduct Hydro Study /Produce Topo/Land Use Map Sinking Spring/Basin Area Dye tracing be conducted by hydrologists to map the flow of groundwater in the suspected recharge area. Information concerning groundwater flow will permit the threats to be categorized according to the likelihood of occurrence and identify possible ... View project request in detail...	Low
12	NPS	ABLI	Biological	Conduct Wildlife Inventory Study Identification of wildlife; vertebrate and invertebrate species, and habitat diversity for animals that live in or utilize the park areas including the newly acquired Boyhood Unit. The inclusion of rare and/or endangered species is the primary object... View project request in detail...	Low
13	NPS	ABLI	Social	Update Administrative History Update park's Administrative History... View project request in detail...	Low
14	NPS	ABLI	Social	Study on Rural Life and Yeoman Farmers in Kentucky Prepare a study on rural life and yeoman farmers in Kentucky in the early 19th century as well as Lincoln-related tourism in the 20th century. Study will guide park management and staff in making the critical decisions concerning the interpretation a... View project request in detail...	Low
15	NPS	ABLI	Biological	Restore American Chestnut The primary goal of this project is to restore American chestnut to self-sustaining populations by locating suitable habitat and surviving resistant chestnut and planting blight resistant chestnut seedlings.... View project request in detail...	Low
16	NPS	ABLI	Biological	Restore American Elm This project will restore American elm to self-sustaining populations by locating suitable habitat and surviving resistant elms and planting DED resistant elm seedlings in these areas.... View project request in detail...	Low
17	NPS	ABLI	Social	Produce New Orientation Audio Visual Program This project proposes to produce a 10 minute orientation film for viewing in the Visitor Center. This film would explore Lincoln's birth and early life and relate how his early formative years influenced the life and worldview of the future President... View project request in detail...	Low
18	NPS	ANJO	Cultural	Prepare Historic Structure Report for 1908 Cemetery Lodge and Stable Prepare a Historic Structure Report (HSR) for the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Lodge and Stable structures. The HSR's will be written by qualified person(s) selected by and under the supervision of the Southeast Region's Division of Cultural Reso... View project request in detail...	High
19	NPS	ANJO	Social	Update Park Administrative History This project will pay for a historian to research and write an updated Administrative History of the park. The existing Administrative History was completed in 1971 and needs to be updated to provide park management and planners with up-to-date backg... View project request in detail...	High
20	NPS	ANJO	Cultural	Archival Cataloging This project will include cataloging and preservation of identified archives included in the 2000 Archival Assessment. A total of 262" linear inches of documents were identified as having continuing resource management value to the park. These inclu... View project request in detail...	High
21	NPS	ANJO	Cultural	Prepare Historic Structures Report for the Memorial Building and Tailor Shop Prepare a Historic Structures Report (HSR) for the Memorial Building and Tailor Shop. The HSR will be written by qualified person(s) selected by and under the supervision of the Southeast Regions' Division of Cultural Resources. ... View project request in detail...	High
22	NPS	APCO	Cultural	Catalog Archives Backlog This project will be carried out over two phases. The approx. 9,000 archival items to be cataloged during phase 1 include: 1. maps and drawings collection (approx. 3,000 items), 2. the park's Resource Management Records (approx. 3,000 items), and 3. ... View project request in detail...	High
23	NPS	APCO	Social	Research: Slaves And Free Blacks In Appomattox Co. Virginia Ca. 1861 -1865 The purpose of the proposed study is to expand the existing knowledge base regarding Slaves and Free Blacks in and around Appomattox County Virginia ca. 1840 to 1865. An emphasis shall be placed on research related to those directly associated with t... View project request in detail...	High
24	NPS	APCO	Social	Research & Write Administrative History of Appomattox Court House National Historical Park A park Administrative History will be researched and written documenting Appomattox Court House NHP's 67 years as a National Park. The project will require research in the park, within the local area, Philadelphia and Washington, DC. Oral history int... View project request in detail...	Low
25	NPS	BISO	Biological & Social	Develop Indicators and Standards to Manage Backcountry Resources The goal of this project is to develop resource and social indicators and standards to be used in the management of backcountry resources at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (Big South Fork). These indicators and standards will help ... View project request in detail...	High
26	NPS	BISO	Social	Video Production of the Prehistory of the Cumberland Plateau This film will be used to explain to the visitors at Big South Fork NRRA, other Cumberland Plateau parks, and to students at schools throughout the region, the prehistoric cultural heritage of the Upper Cumberland Plateau. This video will be produce... View project request in detail...	High
27	NPS	BISO	Social	Map Park Cemeteries and Graves To conduct ownership and tract research on approximately 22 cemeteries that may be privately owned inholdings. The cooperator will obtain copies of tax maps and research Will Books and tract files in order to determine cemetery ownership. The coopera... View project request in detail...	High
28	NPS	BISO	Physical	Ground-Water Resources and Water Quality Research for a National River Ground-water resources of the Big South Fork River and Recreational Area are used for public drinking water in the park and provide base flow to streams and springs that support the unique and important biota of the park, including five federally lis... View project request in detail...	High
29	NPS	BISO	Physical	Effects of Oil and Gas Operations on Ground-Water Quality of BISO The Big South Fork River and Recreational Area has the highest occurrence of oil and gas wells in the river basin of any of the Parks in the eastern United States. There are more than 300 oil and gas wells in the area. Oil and gas operations can resu... View project request in detail...	High
30	NPS	BISO	Biological & Physical	Restoration of Federally Listed Mussels and Water Quality Monitoring in a Heavily Coal Mined Area BISO was established to protect the last free-flowing segment of the Cumberland River on the Cumberland Plateau. The river is home to one of the most diverse freshwater mussel fauna in the United States and five mussels are federally listed as endang... View project request in detail...	High
31	NPS	BISO	Social	Index and Transcribe Oral History Tapes This project will index and transcribe oral history tapes contained in the park's vast collection, will provide assistance to park staff in constructing user files and upgrading archival files associated with the collection. Because of the unique dia... View project request in detail...	High
32	NPS	BISO	Cultural	Conduct Museum Fire Protection and Security Survey and Implement Plan A cooperator is needed who is familiar with curatorial objects/storage facilities, and is familiar with their needs to conduct a museum security and fire survey and write a plan for BISO. Once a plan has been written and produced, consult with Region... View project request in detail...	High
33	NPS	BISO	Cultural	Museum Collections Emergency Preparedness Plan A cooperator is needed who is knowledgeable of curatorial objects to conduct the DOI-required museum collections Emergency Preparedness Plan that would cover Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and her smaller sister park, Obed Wild and... View project request in detail...	High
34	NPS	BISO	Social	Develop Natural Resource Interpretation Information At Big South Fork NRRA This project will consolidate and translate the existing natural resource research reports, internal natural resource documents and resource summary reports for interpretation and education use. The park does not have a Comprehensive Interpretive Pla... View project request in detail...	High
35	NPS	BISO	Biological & Physical	Propagate and Augment Federally Listed Mussels in BISO The Park proposes to restore native mussel fauna that have been extirpated in free flowing reaches of the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River and to augment existing populations where natural reproduction occurs in low numbers. Reintroduction is u... View project request in detail...	High
36	NPS	BISO	Cultural	Develop and Implement Museum Housekeeping Plan Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (BISO)currently houses archival items and archeological, historical, biological and paleontological specimens in two storage and four exhibit facilities. BISO also assists in the care and storage of c... View project request in detail...	High
37	NPS	BISO	Biological	Exotic Plant Control in Biologically Sensitive Big South Fork Riparian Habitat An emerging exotic invasive plant infestation poses a significant threat to the riparian plant and aquatic resources of Big South Fork NRRA. The river and its associated riparian communities are the most critical natural resources in the National Are... View project request in detail...	High
38	NPS	BISO	Biological & Physical	Characterizing Cliffline Habitats and Recreational Climbing Impacts in Big South Fork River Gorge This proposal outlines the need for a survey of cliffline habitats and an assessment of existing and potential recreational climbing impacts at Big South Fork NRRA. The survey will include (1) examination of known climbing routes and comparison to no... View project request in detail...	High
39	NPS	BISO	Biological	Establishing Native Grasslands and Restoring Sandstone Glade Habitats We intend to convert 60 ha of old agricultural fields to native grasslands by 2007. The BISO Field Management Plan (under park review) identifies 48 field units, totaling 180 ha, to be converted from fescue-dominated fields to a more natural grassla... View project request in detail...	High
40	NPS	BISO	Social	Ethnographies, Phase II Phase II is the continuation of Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area's FY2004-funded Ethnography project (see PMIS project statement #68798). As the total requested in the original project was not received, Phase II will complete the pro... View project request in detail...	High
41	NPS	BISO	Biological	Augmentation and Expansion of Endangered Freshwater Mussel Populations in BISO Freshwater mussels are the most rapidly declining faunal group in the U.S., with over 72 percent of the species considered to be extinct, endangered or threatened. Historically, BISO supported over 50 species of freshwater mussels, and recent surveys... View project request in detail...	High
42	NPS	BISO	Cultural	Produce Conservation Copies of Significant Photographs and Lithographs Contract a photograph conservator to preserve original, significant Accessioned photographs, lithographs, and associated signed mattings that are currently on display in various buildings throughout the park and prepare them for storage. Also make pr... View project request in detail...	Medium
43	NPS	BISO	Physical	Using GIS to Assess Rare and Indicator Plant Patterns in the Big South Fork River Watershed The proposed project would capture and incorporate available rare/indicator plant and critical habitat data from the Big South Fork watershed into GIS for further analysis and planning. Mappable rare/indicator plant information from inventories, thes... View project request in detail...	Medium
44	NPS	BISO	Cultural	Catalog Backlog Archival Collections This is a multiyear project. Park archvies and manuscript collections will be accessioned, arranged and cataloged into the Automated National Catalog System (ANCS+). The park will request proposeals from universities that have archival studies progra... View project request in detail...	Low
45	NPS	BISO	Biological	Develop Long-Term Mussel Monitoring Program The ultimate goal of this program is to restore federally listed species to the point where they can be removed from the federal register (endangered species list) and to provide baseline data to compliment the parks water quality monitoring program ... View project request in detail...	Low
46	NPS	BISO	Physical	Impact of upstream water-quality degradation on BISO The water resources of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area have been affected by degraded water quality of the streams and rivers that enter the area. The watershed of the Big South Fork River has been affected by long-term land-use... View project request in detail...	Low
47	NPS	BISO	Biological	Integrate Bird Data for Park Management Abstract BISO has 10 years of migratory and breeding bird survey data in hard copy form. This data should be organized and entered into a computer database for future use and safe keeping. With all the breeding and migratory bird data entered into a ... View project request in detail...	Low
48	NPS	BLRI	Biological	Restore Endangered Plants at Devil's Courthouse Natural Area One of the most unique habitats along the Blue Ridge Parkway (and in the Southern Appalachians) is a high elevation rock outcrop known as Devil's Courthouse. This massive granite gneiss rock outcrop was opened to the public in 1958 and has become a p... View project request in detail...	High
49	NPS	BLRI	Social	Ethnographic Overview and Assessment A professionally qualified ethnographer will produce a report identifying communities traditionally associated with the Blue Ridge Parkway. The report will summarize and synthesize existing ethnographic information on the present and recent cultures ... View project request in detail...	High
50	NPS	BLRI	Cultural	Complete a Cultural Landscape Report for the Saunders Farm A Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) as the primary treatment document for historic landscapes will be undertaken at the Saunders Farm, a historic designed landscape within the Blue Ridge Parkway boundaries. This landscape was acquired in 1942 and const... View project request in detail...	High
51	NPS	BLRI	Cultural	Survey and Study of African-American Burial Ground Perform comprehensive field survey, to include ground-penetrating radar, as well as documentary research on African-American burial ground that lies partly on Blue Ridge Parkway property. Two contracts would be issued, one for the archeological compo... View project request in detail...	High
52	NPS	BLRI	Social	Appalachian Education Initiative This is a joint project shared by both the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway (the parks). The parks are seeking funding to strengthen their education initiatives in the far-western counties of Jackson, Swain, and Haywood,... View project request in detail...	High
53	NPS	BLRI	Cultural	Complete a Cultural Landscape Report for the Harris Farm A Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) as the primary treatment document for historic landscapes will be undertaken at the Harris Farm, a historic designed landscape within the Blue Ridge Parkway boundaries. This early 20th century dairy farm landscape wa... View project request in detail...	Medium
54	NPS	BLRI	Cultural	CONSERVATION TREATMENT OF ARTIFACTS Obtain needed treatments by professional conservators. Correct storage/exhibit deficiencies identified by the conservator. Follow recommendations made in the parks approved Collection Condition Survey. High priority objects identified in the Collecti... View project request in detail...	Low
55	NPS	BLRI	Biological	EVALUATE RELATIONSHIP BETEEWN DECLINE OF GRAY'S LILY AND HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS Locate and check populations of Gray's lily, delineate wetlands, and characterize habitat (canopy, wetland, soils, associated plants, age structure (seedling, intermediate, mature), reproduction (seed set, reproduction in the past, health of seed cap... View project request in detail...	Low
56	NPS	BLRI	Biological	EVALUATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CREATION/MAINTENANCE OF PARKWAY VISTAS ON THE ENDANGERED NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRRELS Assess the level of fragmentation caused by BLRI vistas at the landscape, class, and patch levels using a spatial analysis program. We will use telemmetry to determine how northern flying squirrels move in and around BLRI vistas. This information wil... View project request in detail...	Low
57	NPS	BLRI	Biological	Eradicate Exotic Plants in Rare Plant Habitat at Craggy Gardens and Mt. Pisgah This project proposes to eliminate exotic plant species from more than 100 acres of the park's most significant high elevation habitats--Craggy Gardens and Mt. Pisgah. Removal of exotic plants would return each site to near-natural conditions and wou... View project request in detail...	Low
58	NPS	BLRI	Biological	Establish Long-Term Monitoring of Imperiled Forest Communities This project will gather valuable baseline information about forest communities that are poised on the verge of large-scale destruction. The effect that these destructive events will have on forest health, diversity, and vegetation composition is unk... View project request in detail...	Low
59	NPS	BLRI	Biological	Assess Habitat Quality for the Endangered Bog Turtle The elements of this study are to: (1) characterize bog turtle habitat based on vegetation, soils, and hydrology, as well as some climatic factors (ground surface temperature, water temperature, solar radiation), (2) attempt to determine from maps an... View project request in detail...	Low
60	NPS	BLRI	Cultural	Complete a Cultural Landscape Report for Humpback Rocks Mountain Farm A Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) as the primary treatment document for historic landscapes will be undertaken for the Humpback Rocks Mountain Farm, a historic designed landscape within the boundaries of the Blue Ridge Parkway. This landscape was acq... View project request in detail...	Low
61	NPS	BLRI	Cultural	Complete a Cultural Landscape Report for the James River and Kanawha Canal A Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) as the primary treatment document for historic landscapes will be undertaken at the James River and Kanawha Canal, a historic designed landscape within Blue Ridge Parkway boundaries. This landscape was acquired in th... View project request in detail...	Low
62	NPS	BLRI	Cultural	Complete a Cultural Landscape Report for the Johnson Farm A Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) as the primary treatment document for historic landscapes will be undertaken at the Johnson Farm, a historic designed landscape within Blue Ridge Parkway boundaries. This landscape was acquired in the 1940s and const... View project request in detail...	Low
63	NPS	BLRI	Cultural	Complete a Cultural Landscape Report for Mabry Mill A Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) as the primary treatment document for historic landscapes will be undertaken at Mabry Mill, a historic designed landscape within the Blue Ridge Parkway boundaries. This landscape was acquired in 1939 and consists of ... View project request in detail...	Low
64	NPS	BLRI	Cultural	Complete a Cultural Landscape Report for Rockcastle Gorge A Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) as the primary document for historic landscapes will be undertaken at Rockcastle Gorge, a historic designed landscape within the Blue Ridge Parkway boundaries. The landscape was acquired in the 1930s and consists of ... View project request in detail...	Low
65	NPS	BOWA	Cultural	Backlog Cataloguing of Archeology This project will involve cataloging the entire archeology backlog of 287 artifacts at Booker T. Washington NM (BOWA). The project will include updating an inventory at BOWA, extracting information from existing inventories and field records to provi... View project request in detail...	Medium
66	NPS	BOWA	Physical	Stabilize Creek Bank Along Jack-O-Lantern Branch Trail Rocks would be selectively placed on the creek bank where the creek runs close to and parallel with Jack-O-Lantern Branch Heritage Trail (JOLB). The installation of 2,100 linear feet of these rocks will aid in the stabilization of the creek bank from... View project request in detail...	Low
67	NPS	BOWA	Social	Complete Phase II of Audio-Visual Program Funding will be used to complete production of a new audiovisual program using current technology and recent scholarship. This project will implement an automated Digital Video Disc system and a captioning system for hearing-impaired visitors and tho... View project request in detail...	Low
68	NPS	BOWA	Cultural	Prepare Landscape Treatment Plan Booker T. Washington National Monument (BOWA) preserves the birthsite of the noted educator and orator who was born into slavery in 1856. Beyond the significance of this 224-acre property for its association with Washington's birth, this NPS unit is ... View project request in detail...	Low
69	NPS	BOWA	Social	Update Administrative History This project would have a historian research, write, and publish an update to the park's administrative history. Technology now exists to make this a living document as well using video for on- or off-site interviews. The park has a 50,000-piece arch... View project request in detail...	Low
70	NPS	CARL	Social	Research and Prepare Park Management History (Administrative History) This project will result in an approved Administrative History for the park. The document will detail the history of the park, including the events leading up to its creation and development, major management issues, and NPS responses to those issues... View project request in detail...	High
71	NPS	CARL	Cultural	Catalog and Describe Carl Sandburg's Archives Carl Sandburg's legacy includes more than 170,000 archival and manuscript items in our museum collection that range in date from the 1830s - 1960s. These archive collections document the lives and careers of both Carl Sandburg and his wife, Lilian St... View project request in detail...	High
72	NPS	CARL	Physical	Digitize Sandburg Photographs and Civil War Atlas The museum collection contains over 6,000 historic photographs of Carl Sandburg and his family. These photographs are the most used aspects of our collection. They are often requested for publication and exhibition. This project would digitize photog... View project request in detail...	High
73	NPS	CARL	Cultural	Research and Prepare Historic Structure Report for Barn Complex The large barn complex attracted the Sandburgs to acquire Connemara in 1945. The barn complex includes four adjacent/attached structures: main barn, horse barn, silo, and milk house; and a cluster of related buildings including: cow shed, shaving she... View project request in detail...	High
74	NPS	CARL	Cultural	Prepare Main House and Barn HABS Documentation Carl Sandburg Home NHS was established in 1968 to preserve the last home of poet, biographer and folk singer, Carl Sandburg. As part of this preservation, NPS staff maintain the numerous historic structures and interpret the life and works of Carl Sa... View project request in detail...	High
75	NPS	CARL	Cultural	Reproduce Historic Textiles for Exhibition in Main House The historic furnished Main House is the focal point of Carl Sandburg Home NHS as more than 50,000 visitors tour it annually, see the Sandburg's original furnishings, and experience the way they lived. The textile layer of the house, especially rugs ... View project request in detail...	High
76	NPS	CARL	Cultural	Reproduce Certificates, Photographs, Letters, and Envelopes for Installation in Main House The Museum Collection at CARL includes many original paper objects such as certificates, letters, and envelopes which are currently on exhibit at the Main House in the Farm Office where Mrs. Sandburg did work for her dairy business and in Mr. Sandbur... View project request in detail...	High
77	NPS	CARL	Biological	Delineate and Restore Granitic Rock Outcrop Boundary Granitic dome outcrops are one of the geologic features at the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. Forest encroachment has gradually changed the view from the domes since the inception of the park in 1968. One of these rock outcrops is long an... View project request in detail...	High
78	NPS	CARL	Social	Develop and Print Informational Site Brochures Targeting Underserved Communities and Visitors Develop a series of brochures highlighting aspects of Sandburg that will be more attractive to current and potential park guests. An example might include a trail guide with selections of Sandburg's poetry and narration that reflect his love of natur... View project request in detail...	High
79	NPS	CARL	Social	Develop and Produce an Interactive CD ROM for Children and Teachers The development of an interactive CD-ROM by a nationally certified teacher/contractor and the production of such by professional film makers and child actors and actresses, would provide for greater learning opportunities for students throughout the ... View project request in detail...	Medium
80	NPS	CARL	Social	Enter Middle School Curriculum onto the World Wide Web This project will allow for universal access to Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site's classroom activities. The activities have been designed by teachers, tested by teachers and are useful in any multidisciplinary classroom setting. The electro... View project request in detail...	Medium
81	NPS	CARL	Cultural	Produce Photopoint Photographic Documentation of CARL Viewshed and Features Carl Sandburg Home is a national historic site with a cultural landscape representing the 1950-1960's. There is limited photographic documentation of many of these assets. The project proposes that strategic photopoints be selected, and their locatio... View project request in detail...	Medium
82	NPS	CARL	Biological	Prepare an Inventory and Management Plan for Low Elevation Granitic Domes at CARL The initial step for this project would entail a systematic survey of all known granitic dome communities within the boundaries of CARL. The survey shall include a list and relative abundance of all herbaceous and woody plants, lichens, and bryophyte... View project request in detail...	Low
83	NPS	CARL	Social	Edit and Print "Something About Sandburg" Middle School Education Teacher Packets The existing draft version of "Something about Sandburg" Middle School Education program is a curriculum-based education program aligned with the North Carolina and South Carolina state curriculum goals for Language Arts and Social Studies. The draft... View project request in detail...	Low
84	NPS	FODO	Cultural	Inventory Archeological Resources The park seeks cooperative assistance from the Archeology Departments of area universities in association with the following projects: 1) Baseline data collection of all park cultural earthworks; 2) Topographic survey and GPS mapping of all cultural ... View project request in detail...	Low
85	NPS	FODO	Cultural	Develop Cultural Landscape Report for Fort Donelson River Batteries Fort Donelson proposesd to accomplish a Cultural Landscape Report, Part One: Site History, existing conditions and analysis and evaluation, and Part Two: Treatment Recommendations for the River Batteries. The report will provide the park with a detai... View project request in detail...	Low
86	NPS	FODO	Social	Replace existing Audio/Visual Program and Equipment at the Visitor Center This request is for the development, video taping and production of an audio visual program for Fort Donelson's visitor center. A new AV production would accomplish a variety of benefits by heightening visitor understanding, providing continuity in t... View project request in detail...	High
87	NPS	FODO	Social	Replace the Dover Hotel Audio Visual Program The Dover Hotel is a historic structure and is the original building where the surrender meeting occurred between Generals Buckner and Grant on February 16, 1862. An adaptive restoration of the old hotel was completed in 1979, and the structure was o... View project request in detail...	Low
88	NPS	FODO	Cultural	Process and Catalog Museum Collection Archives at Fort Donelson This project is to initiate and complete the backlog cataloging of 88 LF of historic archives, manuscripts and resource management records at Fort Donelson National Battlefield (1930's - 1990's). ... View project request in detail...	High
89	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	Map Historic Roads The historic roadways need to be accurately mapped and cross sectioned. Overlays are needed to provide a Geographic Information System picture of the establishment and evolution of the transportation system through the park. These roadways include ea... View project request in detail...	High
90	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	Historic Structures Preservation Guides Hensley Settlement Produce Individual Structure Assessment Reports and a Historic Structure Preservation Guide for National Register structures at Hensley Settlement.... View project request in detail...	High
91	NPS	CUGA	Biological	Determine Blackside Dace-Beaver Relationship Interaction between the beaver, a formerly extirpated species now reestablishing itself in CUGA, and the blackside dace, a Federally threatened species, may be resulting in the decline of the dace population. State regulatory agencies have urged remo... View project request in detail...	High
92	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	Catalog Park Archival Holdings This is a multi-year project which is to contract a professional archival technician or hire a term appointment for at least four full year to catalog archival materials into CUGA's museum collection and enter the information into the ANCS+ database,... View project request in detail...	High
93	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	Catalog Park Archival Holdings, Phase II Phase two of a two-phase project is to contract a professional archival technician for one full year to catalog archival materials into CUGA's museum collection and enter the information into the ANCS+ database, under the direction of the park Cultur... View project request in detail...	High
94	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	Conduct Archeological Sites Inventory for Entire Park, Phase I of IV Year 1 of 4. Develop an archeological sites inventory for approximately 20% of the remaining 65% of parklands in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. The project would be the first year of a four-year, park-wide project to inventory prehistoric a... View project request in detail...	High
95	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	Conduct Archeological Sites Inventory for Entire Park, Phase II of IV Year 2 of 4. This is a phased project designed to inventory Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. This second year of the project will develop an archeological sites inventory for approximately 20% of the remaining 65% of parklands in Cumberland G... View project request in detail...	High
96	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	Conduct Archeological Sites Inventory for Entire Park, Phase III of IV Year 3 of 4. This is a phased project designed to inventory Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. This third year of the project will develop an archeological sites inventory for approximately 20% of the remaining 65% of parklands in Cumberland Ga... View project request in detail...	High
97	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	Conduct Archeological Sites Inventory for Entire Park, Final Phase of IV Year 4 of 4. This is a final phase of a four-phase project designed to inventory Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. This final year of the project will develop an archeological sites inventory for approximately 5% of the remaining 65% of parkla... View project request in detail...	High
98	NPS	CUGA	Physical	Investigate the Occurrence and Origin of Acidic Surface Water Abstract Recent water-quality monitoring results of surface streams in the Cumberland National Historic Park have shown a decrease in pH levels. Aquatic populations are showing adverse signs from the low pH water; brook trout are no longer found in t... View project request in detail...	High
99	NPS	CUGA	Social	Produce Administrative History Produce comprehensive Administrative History including the early park years, Job Corps development, Federal Highway Administration/NPS construction of the $280,000,000 Tunnel and approach roads, rehabilitation of the historic Gap, and other improveme... View project request in detail...	Low
100	NPS	CUGA	Biological	Survey the Park for Threatened & End. Species Complete a two year survey or study for all Federal threatened and endangered species of the entire park during all seasons of the year. Local university could be used for this project.... View project request in detail...	Medium
101	NPS	CUGA	Biological	Survey Bogs To determine the importance of these wetland systems a complete biological and ecological inventory is needed. This should include vascular and non-vascular plants as well as vertebrate and invertebrate animals. A detailed hydrological study should a... View project request in detail...	Medium
102	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	Produce Historic Furnishing Report The Historic Furnishings Report would address appropriate preservation requirements of both objects and historic structures when objects are on exhibit or in storage in historic structures. It would document furnishings that are exhibited in their as... View project request in detail...	Medium
103	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	Produce Historic Resource Study Produce a Historic Resource Study (HRS), that would serve as the primary document to identify and manage the historic resources in the park. As a baseline research report, the HRS would provide a historical overview of the park and identify and evalu... View project request in detail...	Medium
104	NPS	CUGA	Biological	Control Exotic Invasive Vegetation Abstract The recently completed Gap Rehabilitation Project and new trail work associated with it have created approximately 30 acres of disturbed area. Most of that area was immediately revegetated with native grasses, forbs, and trees. However, beca... View project request in detail...	Medium
105	NPS	CUGA	Biological & Physical	Develop Geo-Referenced Database to Inventory Wetlands at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Information on the location and characterization of riparian and wetland habitats in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is limited. This project would produce an inventory and assessment of wetland function (biotic, hydrologic, cultural) of ripa... View project request in detail...	Medium
106	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS BACKLOG Funding through the Cumberland Gap Tunnel Project should be provided to properly catalog, curate, and maintain these objects.... View project request in detail...	Low
107	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	Baseline Inventory of Cultural Resources in Gap Cave A baseline inventory of potential cultural and historical resources must be performed in Gap Cave. Use of the cave predates Woodland Indian era, and has continued as a place of refuse, shelter, storage, and entertainment. Recorded history dates back ... View project request in detail...	Low
108	NPS	CUGA	Cultural	Catalog Cultural Resource Objects There have been numerous accessions to the CUGA musuem that have not been cataloged. Many of these objects are not eligible for special "backlog catalog" funding. Some objects are on loan to institutions. The museum collection needs the attention of ... View project request in detail...	Low
109	NPS	GRSM	Social	Prepare Historic Landscape Mgt. Plan Cades Cove Ecol/lm Hist. This project will prepare a detailed report documenting the Ecological and Land Management History of Cades Cove. The detailed report and analysis of the human impacts to the natural environment will be documented by a written description and site ma... View project request in detail...	Medium
110	NPS	GRSM	Cultural	Conduct Archeological Survey Cades Cove Archological ID Study The Archeological Identification Study will consist of a systematic survey of the Cades Cove Historic District to locate historic and prehistoric sites and to determine the need for more intensive studies (i.e., Archeological Evaluation Study). This ... View project request in detail...	High
111	NPS	GRSM	Cultural	Conduct Archeological Survey Archeological Overview/Assessment The Archeological Overview and Assessment is a research report that the park will use in determining the requirements for additional archeological research. It is based upon a thorough examination of existing records, documents and reports. The writt... View project request in detail...	Medium
112	NPS	GRSM	Cultural	HRS for Roads and Trails at GRSM Roads and road traces from the early 19th century up to the creation of the park need to be evaluated for National Register eligibility. The park also has more than 600 miles of trails, many of them created or improved by the CCC in the 1930s that al... View project request in detail...	High
113	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Assess Exotic Pest Impact On Old-Gowth Forest There is an imperative need to identify, map, and rate the degree of human disturbance in the old-growth cove hardwoods, northern hardwoods, pine-oak, and mixed mesic hardwood forests in the park. The identification of old growth requires groundtruth... View project request in detail...	High
114	NPS	GRSM	Physical	Reclaim Abandoned Mine Sites Eagle Creek and Sugar Fork Mines were mined for copper until they were shut down after the flooding of Fontana Dam in 1944. The mines have many hazardous features that worsen through time. The Eagle Creek mine workings are particularly extensive: doc... View project request in detail...	High
115	NPS	GRSM	Cultural	Complete Historic Structure Preservation Guide for Historic Structures Prepare a Historic Structures Preservation Guide (HSPG) for the Park's 100+ log and frame structures to provide technical guidance to resource management and maintenance personnel in making critical decisions concerning the stabilization, protection ... View project request in detail...	High
116	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Complete Natural Resources Inventory and Atlas Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an 800 square mile, internationally known reserve, acclaimed for its temperate biodiversity. There are approximately 450 species of vertebrates in the Park, of which 9 are federally listed, 25 are state listed a... View project request in detail...	High
117	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Biological Assistance to Facilitate Recovery of Two Federally Protected Fish Species Abstract Duskytail darter (endangered) and spotfin chub (threatened) are both federally protected species extirpated from Abrams Creek, Great Smoky Mountains Park (GRSM), due to a flawed 1956 management action. Because of the limited range of each sp... View project request in detail...	High
118	NPS	GRSM	Cultural	Provide Resources for Backlog Cataloging An ongoing Agreement between GRSM and the University Of Tennessee has produced a collection of Oral Histories and thier transcriptions for the Park's Archives. A catalog backlog has resulted, due to the pace of the initiative, and the number of peopl... View project request in detail...	High
119	NPS	GRSM	Social	Prepare Historic Landscape Mgt. Plan Roaring Fork H.D. This project will prepare a detailed report documenting the history of the Roaring Fork Historic District. The detailed report and analysis of the human impacts to the natural environment will be documented by a written description and site maps. A c... View project request in detail...	High
120	NPS	GRSM	Cultural	Assess and Preserve Park Archival Holdings Restore and preserve Based upon the results of the archival collections survey a contractor or cooperator will locate and identify historic photographs, slides, and oral histories. There is a high demand for access to these items by researcher, visitors, etc. These items... View project request in detail...	High
121	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Survey Indiana Bat Maternity Colonies to Assess Population Status and Effects of Management Actions Two caves within Great Smoky Mountains National Park serve as hibernacula for Indiana bats. The Indiana Bat Recovery Plan identifies the need for additional information concerning summer distribution of the Indiana bat in the southern part of its ran... View project request in detail...	High
122	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Biological Communities Within Threatened Beech Gaps of the Southern Appalachian Mtns. Beech gaps are one of the most unique communities within the southern Appalachians. Beech forests throughout the region have been decimated by an exotic insect-pathogen complex that causes high rates of mortality. As beech trees die physical conditio... View project request in detail...	High
123	NPS	GRSM	Physical	Impact of Acid Deposition During Storm Events on Water Quality and Trout in the GRSM. Acid deposition is suspected of causing trout loss in multiple stream reaches, but current water quality monitoring does not conclusively show impact of acid deposition on water quality because current water quality monitoring program focus on baseli... View project request in detail...	High
124	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Rare Lepidoptera Survey for Gypsy Moth Management Abstract: The non-native gypsy moth is near to but not yet within the boundaries of the Park. Once established gypsy moth will defoliate Park trees and some will die as a result. Some gypsy moth management methods could impact known rare lepidoptera ... View project request in detail...	High
125	NPS	GRSM	Biological & Physical	Ozone Pollution Damage to Growth and Physiology of Native Trees and Wildflowers in GRSM The purpose of this project is to gain significant knowledge and understanding of the impacts of ozone pollution on selected tree and wildflower species in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The objectives of the study will be addressed through 1) ... View project request in detail...	Low
126	NPS	GRSM	Social	Develop GIS Base Map for Park Cultural Resources This project will consist of the transfer and updating of old base maps into the GIS format. New information on historic, archeological, ethnographic and cultural landscapes will be documented on separate GIS layers. All information will be keyed to ... View project request in detail...	High
127	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Provide Plan to Control Exotic Plant Invasion Associated with Horse Use in the Park's Backcountry In 1999, a survey of all backcountry horse campsites, along with 24 hiker-only campsites, was completed to document the introduction and dissemination of exotic plant species by horses. At each campsite, surveyors documented the presence of exotic pl... View project request in detail...	High
128	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Privet Control in the Culturally Significant Hazel Creek and Deep Creek Watersheds Approximately 10 contiguous acres of the exotic shrub privet are growing at two locations in the Park, Deep Creek and Hazel Creek. Techniques for control have been developed, but implementation requires a concentrated effort initially and several yea... View project request in detail...	High
129	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Survey of Federally Endangered Rock Gnome Lichen (Gymnoderma Lineare) In GRSM and BLRI Rock gnome lichen populations have declined, and some have been extirpated, due to a variety of threats, including rock climbing, hiker trampling, over-collecting, and the decline of Fraser fir stands. The USFWS has reported only 35 populations total... View project request in detail...	High
130	NPS	GRSM	Physical	Park-Wide Monitoring and Modeling Tool for "Total" Atmospheric Deposition of Mercury At GRSM Results from the Mercury Deposition Network (MDN) and monitoring of mercury (Hg) concentrations in fish at GRSM show that wet deposition is elevated and that Hg is accumulating in the Park's fisheries. Under outside funding we developed the first dry... View project request in detail...	High
131	NPS	GRSM	Physical	Accuracy Assessment Of New GRSM Digital Vegetation Map A new state-of-the-art digital vegetation map of GRSM was recently completed. Because of the Park's large size (over 500,000 acres) and ecological complexity, mapping required the development of many new and innovative techniques. Before the new map ... View project request in detail...	High
132	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Population Dynamics Of White-Tailed Deer At Cades Cove, GRSM Historically, white-tailed deer numbers in the Cades Cove area of GRSM have been high. Over the last 15 years, however, relative abundance estimates have decreased in spite of the fact that numbers are increasing throughout the eastern United States.... View project request in detail...	Medium
133	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Conduct an Assessment of Cerulean Warblers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park In partnership with college or university researchers, this project will assess a national highest priority species, the Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea), throughout the National Park. This project will provide information for park management on ... View project request in detail...	Low
134	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Develop baseline for mychorrhizal populations and potential microbial control agents for HWA Little is known about the mychorrhizal populations associated with hemlock, but these fungi may be an important factor in surviving hemlock woolly adelgid. Since mychorrhizae assist in uptake of nutrients and water, they may play a role in efficacy o... View project request in detail...	High
135	NPS	GRSM	Biological	Restore Rare Wetland Habitats Invaded by Exotic Plants GRSM contains more than 1600 vascular plant species, over 20 percent (315 species) are considered to be exotic. Their spreading throughout the park impacts native species' diversity, abundance, and habitat function. Among GRSM's most diverse communit... View project request in detail...	High
136	NPS	LIRI	Cultural	Continue Prehistoric Archeological Survey of Blufflines Although a variety of prehistoric and historic archeological resources are known to Little River Canyon NP, to date, there still remain large portions of the Preserve that lack surveys for archeological resources. Unfortunately, many of the previousl... View project request in detail...	High
137	NPS	LIRI	Physical	Occurrence and Distribution of Wastewater Organic Compounds and Bacterial Coliphages in Little River The Little River is an Outstanding National Resource Water, a Wild and Scenic River, and a home to three T&E species and several endemic invertebrates. For years interpretive media at the park has implied that the Little River is 'pristine and virtua... View project request in detail...	High
138	NPS	LIRI	Physical	Development of a Geo-Referenced Database to Identify and Inventory Wetlands at LIRI This project will develop a geo-referenced database that consists of information about each wetland, including an assessment of the wetland's biotic and abiotic functions and values, and management recommendations for the resource.... View project request in detail...	Medium
139	NPS	LIRI	Cultural	Survey for Museum Collections Conduct a Survey for Museum Collections at many locations and document searches conducted. Specify the places known and potential resources to be searched by subject matter experts. ... View project request in detail...	High
140	NPS	MACA	Physical	ID & Plug Unused Water Wells & Other Holes An inventory of dug or drilled water wells and the many other holes drilled into the cave system is needed. A determination of appropriate mitigative actions for each hole should then be developed. In some cases there may be some historic significanc... View project request in detail...	Low
141	NPS	MACA	Social	Conduct Visitor Experience Resource Protection (VERP) Carrying Capacity Study The essential elements that visitors on cave tours feel constitute a quality experience will be determined. These elements will then be used as a framework to alter tour sizes and other elements to meet visitor needs and expectations. The addition of... View project request in detail...	High
142	NPS	MACA	Physical	MITIGATE WATER QUALITY IMPACTS OF SINKHOLE RUNOFF Although most urban and roadway development plans in karst terranes have failed to account for the extreme vulnerability to contamination, methods have been developed to better protect the aquifer through sinkhole drainage design. As the majority of ... View project request in detail...	Low
143	NPS	MACA	Social	Research and Write MACA Administrative History This project would develop an approved Administrative History for Mammoth Cave National Park. ... View project request in detail...	Low
144	NPS	MACA	Cultural	Archeologically Inventory Historic Sites Inventory 600 plus historic archeological sites through a scientifically based sampling strategy. Prepare national register nominations for eligible sites. Develop protection strategies for those resources identified as particularly vulnerable to van... View project request in detail...	Low
145	NPS	MACA	Cultural	Conduct Prehistoric Archeological Survey-Buffline Carry out archeological survey and testing in those areas prioritized in the `Archeological Overview and Assessment` and in areas which have been recently determined to contain sites. This testing should include determining and mapping site limits, p... View project request in detail...	Medium
146	NPS	MACA	Cultural	Conduct Archeological Testing For NR Eligibility Conduct archeological testing at the approximately 480 prehistoric and 600 historic archeological sites to obtain basic data required to evaluate significance and update site monitoring and protection plan. ... View project request in detail...	Low
147	NPS	MACA	Cultural	Conduct Archeological Survey - Mgt. Zones Conduct archeological resource inventory and evaluation of significance within the park's developed zones. Utilize this information to plan park activities which do not impact these resources.... View project request in detail...	Medium
148	NPS	MACA	Cultural	Create Cultural Resource Database Inventory of park cultural resources and compilation of a cultural resources database will be completed. Crucial components of the database will include a List of Classified Structures and the Cultural Sites Inventory. Funding sought will support exp... View project request in detail...	Low
149	NPS	MACA	Cultural	Inventory and Documentation Of Historic Structures Project will pay travel expenses and a portion of salary cost for historians to update the List of Classified Structures and prepare National Register of Historic Places Documentation. Historians survey historic structures in the park, update LCS dat... View project request in detail...	Low
150	NPS	MACA	Cultural	Study Prehistoric Cave Glyphs (C-14 and Ethno) Research and document prehistoric cave glyphs. Utilizing advanced C-14 dating methods such as AMS, date one or more of these resources to establish if they are prehistoric or not. Ensure contamination issues, such as the possibility of prehistoric ca... View project request in detail...	Low
151	NPS	MACA	Biological	Restoration Of Native Warm-Season Plant Communities A diversity of native warm-season grasses and forb species provide quality wildlife forage habitat and are integral components of healthy ecosystems such as tallgrass prairies. Unfortunately, most tallgrass prairie habitat has been reduced by 97% in ... View project request in detail...	Low
152	NPS	MACA	Physical	Reconstruct Paleo-Climate and Vegetation History Analysis of carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in the calcite of stalagmites will be conducted. Carbon isotopes will yield information on dominant vegetation types such as forest, savanna, or prairie, and oxygen isotopes will provide data on average te... View project request in detail...	Medium
153	NPS	MACA	Physical & Cultural	Prepare Cultural Base Maps For Historic & Prehistoric Structures Enter data from ongoing baseline inventory projects into Geographic Information System. Prepare a map for each of the major resource categories such as cemeteries, homesteads, prehistoric sites, etc.... View project request in detail...	Low
154	NPS	MACA	Cultural	Photo-document and Research Cave "Rock Art" (Graffitti) and "Rock Monuments" Photo-document and research cave "rock art" (commonly referred to as graffiti) and "rock monuments" which are found throughout Mammoth Cave and other park caves. Archeologists speculate that some of these markings on the cave walls and ceilings date ... View project request in detail...	Medium
155	NPS	MACA	Social	Develop Oral History Progam Continue seeking funnding for interviews from the State Oral History Commission. Explore other funding avenues, and establish an Oral History Program based on all funding sources. Consider a Mammoth Cave Folklore project similar to the one at the Blu... View project request in detail...	Low
156	NPS	MACA	Physical	Document Oil, Gas, and Water Wells and Cisterns Document oil, gas,and water wells, and cisterns to NPS-28 standards as they are discovered. Study ways to handle the safety hazards, while protecting their historical value.... View project request in detail...	Medium
157	NPS	MACA	Social	Research the History of Park and Park Resources Establish a professional historic research program. Work with academic institutions to develop MOU's with graduate programs. Utilize the graduate schools to conduct research into the primary source materials, including oral history respondents.... View project request in detail...	Low
158	NPS	MACA	Physical	Develop Presettlement Landscape GIS Layer Survey notes will be transcribed and entered into the park's GIS. Point locations of witness trees and surveyor comments will be converted to UTM, Zone 16. Attribute fields will be developed to hold text and species information that will maximize the... View project request in detail...	Low
159	NPS	MACA	Physical	Cave Airflow Mapping Modeling and Management Cave Airflow Mapping, Modeling, and Management Abstract Airflow in the Mammoth Cave System is understood in only the most general terms, yet the condition of endangered species habitat, ancient organic archeological artifacts, and historic saltpeter ... View project request in detail...	Low
160	NPS	MACA	Physical	Correlate Water Quality with Evolving Land Use As the majority of the groundwater recharge area for Mammoth Cave lies beyond park boundaries, water quality is and will remain, the most significant resource threat to the park. Groundwater flow properties combine to create a hydrologic system in wh... View project request in detail...	Medium
161	NPS	MACA	Physical	Contaminants Assessment of Cave Aquatic Biota Water from beyond park boundaries transports organic and inorganic contaminants into the habitats of aquatic cave life. These contaminants include Triazine-class, Metolachlor, and Alachlor herbicides plus metals such as cadmium, copper, lead, and zin... View project request in detail...	High
162	NPS	MACA	Social	Groundwater: A Vital Resource (Middle School Curriculum) This project will provide funding for the following: 1.) Publication of the final phase of Mammoth Cave National Park's K-8 educational curriculum. This phase consist of the 6-8th grade section. 2.) Teacher stipends to align the curriculum with the K... View project request in detail...	Medium
163	NPS	MACA	Physical	Evaluate Effects of Air Pollution Deposition on Soils and Plant Communities at Mammoth Cave NP Abstract Acid deposition impacts on Mammoth Cave National Park soil and plant community is unknown. Identifying the critical loads or pollutant levels for adequately protecting park resources (i.e., soils, vegetation, surface waters) from sulfur and ... View project request in detail...	High
164	NPS	MACA	Physical	Restoration of Echo River Passage in Mammoth Cave A cave tour walkway in the Echo River passage of Mammoth Cave has been abandoned since the 1980's, and over time has been in a state of steady decay. Creosote compounds leaching from the walkway have contaminated the Echo River aquatic ecosystem, ren... View project request in detail...	High
165	NPS	MACA	Biological	Reintroduction of the Showy Lady's-Slipper Orchid within Mammoth Cave National Park Abstract Establishment of a self-sustaining population of Cypripedium reginae the showy lady's-slipper orchid, within Mammoth Cave National Park is the primary goal of this proposal. Cypripedium reginae once flourished within the boundaries of Mammot... View project request in detail...	High
166	NPS	MACA	Physical	Evaluation of Mercury Bioaccumulation in the Green River Ecosystem This project will examine the fate and transport of mercury, a persistent toxin, in Mammoth Cave National Park's (MCNP) aquifer system and its potential impacts on associated organisms. Contaminant transport in a karst system can be quite rapid and e... View project request in detail...	High
167	NPS	MACA	Biological	Restoration of American Butternut in Four NPS Units Currently, American butternut populations within these two parks are being devastated by the exotic fungus Sirococcus clavigigenti-juglan-dacearum. The disease causes multiple branch and stem cankers with a characteristic black color. Death is caused... View project request in detail...	High
168	NPS	MACA	Biological	Restoration of American Elm in Eastern National Parks ABSTRACT: American elm (Ulmus Americana) was a dominant bottomland forest tree species in the eastern United States before populations were devastated by the introduction in 1930 of the fungal pathogen Ophiostoma ulmi, which causes Dutch elm disease ... View project request in detail...	High
169	NPS	MACA	Biological	Restore the Kentucky Lady's-slipper Orchid in MACA and CUGA Description Reestablish a self-sustaining population of Kentucky lady's-slipper orchid within Mammoth Cave and Cumberland Gap National Parks. Cypripedium kentuckiense once flourished in the southeastern states of Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgi... View project request in detail...	Medium
170	NPS	MACA	Biological	Restoration of American Chestnut in Eastern National Parks American chestnut was the dominant tree in eastern forests before populations were devastated by the exotic fungal pathogen, Cryphonectria parasitica, which causes chestnut blight. By the 1950's, American chestnut had been reduced to < 1% of the orig... View project request in detail...	High
171	NPS	MACA	Biological	Restoration of Tall Grass Prairie ABSTRACT: Mammoth Cave National Park is located in the physiographic region known as the Pennyroyal Plateau, which historically supported two million acres of tall grass prairie. MACA possessed one of the most diverse segments of this tall grass prai... View project request in detail...	Low
172	NPS	MACA	Physical	Assessing the Impacts of Mercury Bioaccumulation in Four National Park Units Abstract: This project will examine the fate and transport of mercury (a persistent toxin) in four National Park�s aquatic ecosystems and its impacts on listed species. Contaminant transport in a karst system (Limestone based surface geology) is rapi... View project request in detail...	High
173	NPS	MACA	Physical	Detailed (Functional Scale) Wetland Inventory and Mapping at Mammoth Cave National Park Abstract MACA, like parks throughout the country, was mapped by the USFWS as part of the National Wetlands Inventory (NWI). Although this layer of information is part of the park's GIS, it is of limited use for resource management issues. The problem... View project request in detail...	Medium
174	NPS	MACA	Biological	Ginseng and goldenseal plant communities protection Abstract Thirty-two ginseng and goldenseal plant poaching events have occurred at MACA since 1995. Of these, over 50% have occurred within the past two years. In 2000, over 1,740 goldenseal plants and 270 ginseng roots were confiscated by rangers. In... View project request in detail...	High
175	NPS	MACA	Biological	Hemlock Germplasm Conservation and Species Reintroduction in Eastern National Parks Eastern hemlocks are being devastated by the exotic Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA), and in jeopardy of extinction. HWA occupies 75% of hemlock's natural range, rapidly migrating west. 80% of Shenandoah hemlocks have suffered mortality. In 2002, HWA inv... View project request in detail...	High
176	NPS	MACA	Cultural & Social	A Peek Into the Past: The Archeology of the Mammoth Cave Area This project will develo thef curriculum to educate students about the pre-historic people who inhabited the Mammoth Cave area anywhere from about 8,000 years ago up to about 2,000 years ago. The curriculum will investigate the everyday lives of thes... View project request in detail...	Medium
177	NPS	MACA	Social	Update and Reprint of Park Curriculum This project will reprint and update of all four sets of Mammoth Cave National Park?s curriculum. The four sets of curriculum are: Making Connections K-3; Making Connections, grades 4-5; Making Connections grades 6-8; Paleontology of Mammoth Cave Nat... View project request in detail...	Medium
178	NPS	MACA	Biological	Delineate Dioxin Contamination and Assess Biotic Risk in the Green River During FY01-02, four sediment samples were taken in FY02 for dioxin analysis. All four were positive for congeners OCDD and one positive for 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD. All four sites are immediately upstream of the park and will enter the park via the Gree... View project request in detail...	High
179	NPS	MACA	Biological	Assess Ecology of the Green River Prior to Romoval of Lock and Dam 6 Abstract A dam and its impoundment often degrade a river ecosystem by altering flow, modifying sediment transport, reducing water quality, and disrupting the movements of biota. Conversely, dam removal can also affect physical, chemical, and biologic... View project request in detail...	High
180	NPS	MACA	Biological	An Assessment of Mercury in Salamanders along a Gradient in the Eastern United States The project would examine mercury accumulation in stream-dwelling salamanders in parks along a gradient in the eastern U.S. encompassing the Southeast, National Capital and Northeast regions of the NPS. Specific project objectives are to 1) examine a... View project request in detail...	Medium
181	NPS	MACA	Physical	Biomonitoring Air Quality in Mammoth Cave National Park with Epiphytic Lichens The atmospheric transport of pollutants observes no managerial boundaries. It is well known that common anthropogenic air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide (SO2), ammonia (NH3), ozone (O3) and acidic deposition, can adversely impact natural ecosystem... View project request in detail...	High
182	NPS	MACA	Biological	Environmental Modeling and Management for Protection of Endangered Bats in Mammoth Cave Bat Conservation International has verified that historic bat populations in Mammoth Cave would have numbered in the millions, and could have been the largest bat hibernation site in the world. Habitat alterations in the cave are a major factor in th... View project request in detail...	High
183	NPS	NERI	Biological	Evaluate impacts of exotic trouts on New River Gorge National River tributary stream ecosystems The general objective is to determine differences in stream ecosystems based on the presence or absence of exotic trouts("treatment"). Specific objectives include noting treatment differences in fish, invertebrate, and periphyton community structure.... View project request in detail...	High
184	NPS	NERI	Biological	Control Exotic Plants Threatening Rare Species and Native Habitats This project would control aggressive exotic plants invading a 7 mile stretch of the New River riparian zone from Coal Run to Southside Junction. This area was chosen as a test for several reasons: it contains several rare plants and old growth ripar... View project request in detail...	High
185	NPS	NERI	Biological	Determine Impacts of Two Fishery Management Methods on Stream Ecosystems The primary objective is to describe the impacts of different management strategies on adjacent stretches of the same stream. The upper section is managed as a put-and-take fishery, while the lower is managed as catch-and-release. Glade Creek will be... View project request in detail...	High
186	NPS	NERI	Biological	Determine Diets of Exotic Trout in New River Gorge Tributary Streams The objective of this study is to determine the direct impacts of exotic trouts on native fish communities and stream ecosystems of New River Gorge National River. This will be accomplished by obtaining stomach samples from trout in three streams, an... View project request in detail...	High
187	NPS	NERI	Social	Grandview Wayside Exhibits Design, development and production of interpretive waysides and orientation panels in the Grandview (old state park) area of New River Gorge NR.... View project request in detail...	Low
188	NPS	NERI	Physical	Assess Aquatic Habitat in New River Tributaries The objective of this study is to evaluate the geomorphic and hydrologic characteristics of seventeen streams tributary to the New River within New River Gorge National River (NERI), and to provide a landscape framework to evaluate water quality and ... View project request in detail...	High
189	NPS	NERI	Biological	Inventory Lizards in New River Gorge National River Biological Inventories will be conducted to determine which lizard and skink species occur within the NERI. Inventories in this proposal are designed to reveal species richness, relative species abundance, range and distribution of species, and habit... View project request in detail...	High
190	NPS	NERI	Biological	Inventory Rattlesnake Hibernacula in New River Gorge National River Inventories will be conducted to determine the abundance and distribution of rattlesnake hibernacula within New River Gorge NR. Inventories will be conducted in the uplands along New River and its major tributaries within the park.... View project request in detail...	High
191	NPS	NERI	Cultural	Prepare Richmond-Hamilton Farm Historic Structures Report The project will entail the preparation of a comprehensive Historic Structures Report (HSR) for the Richmond-Hamilton Farm, which is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places as part of a larger multiple property listing emph... View project request in detail...	Medium
192	NPS	NERI	Cultural	Prepare Prince Brothers General Store Historic Structures Report The project will entail the preparation of a comprehensive Historic Structures Report (HSR) for the Prince Brothers General Store, which is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places emphasizing the railroad, coal mining, and ... View project request in detail...	High
193	NPS	NERI	Cultural	Prepare Richmond-Hamilton Farm Cultural Landscape Report The project will entail the preparation of a Cultural Landscape Report (CLR) for the Richmond-Hamilton Farm, which is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. Its submission for inclusion to the National Register may be proposed as part... View project request in detail...	Medium
194	NPS	NERI	Biological	Inventory Woodland Raptors & Nocturnal (Owl & Nightjar) Species within NERI, BLUE and GARI Diurnal raptors, owls, and nightjars are typically undersampled in bird monitoring programs. Consequently, little information on presence, abundance, or distribution is available on these species within the Gauley River National Recreation Area (GARI... View project request in detail...	High
195	NPS	NERI	Biological	Inventory of Woodland Songbirds Within the Bluestone NSR, Gauley River NRA, & New River NR Inventory of woodland songbird populations on the Gauley River National Recreation Area (GARI) and the Bluestone National Scenic River (BNSR) was identified as a high priority need by the NPS resource manager for these parks. An additional need ident... View project request in detail...	High
196	NPS	NERI	Biological	Conduct Inventory of Turtles and Hellbenders Biological Inventories will be conducted to determine which turtle species occur within the NERI. Inventories in this proposal are designed to reveal species richness, relative species abundance, range and distribution of species, and habitat types. ... View project request in detail...	Medium
197	NPS	NERI	Cultural	Prepare Archeological Predictive Model Prepare an archeological model for predicting the location of prehistoric archeological sites in the New River Gorge National River (NERI), Gauley River National Recreational Area (GARI), and Bluestone National Scenic River (BLUE). Model will be deve... View project request in detail...	High
198	NPS	NERI	Biological	Determine Sources of Fecal Bacteria in New River Gorge National River High densities of fecal bacteria is NERI's #1 priority water resource issue. These bacteria indicate potential health risks to >200,000 park visitors each year. Determining sources of these bacteria is critical to improving park water quality, aquati... View project request in detail...	Medium
199	NPS	NERI	Biological	Inventory of Bat Communities at NERI, GARI, and BLUE Inventory community composition, relative abundance, distribution, and foraging and roosting habitat of bats in the NERI, GARI, and BLUE using a variety of techniques and analytical tools.... View project request in detail...	High
200	NPS	NERI	Biological	Inventory Fishes in Bluestone National Scenic River The objective of this project is to document at least 90% of the fishes living in Bluestone National Scenic River.... View project request in detail...	High
201	NPS	NERI	Biological	Microbial Reconnaissance of New River Gorge National River Objectives: 1.) develop & test methods of collecting representative water samples for analysis of indicator bacteria and pathogens, 2.) relate pathogens to indicator bacteria, 3.) determine best type of indicator for predicting pathogens, and 4.) doc... View project request in detail...	High
202	NPS	NERI	Biological	Historical Fisheries Data Mining The objective of this action is to develop a database of historical fishery information for the New, Bluestone, and Gauley Rivers. Sources of existing historical data on fish communities will be determined by contacting the West Virginia Department o... View project request in detail...	High
203	NPS	NERI	Physical	Assess Riparian Conditions in NERI, BLUE and GARI The goal of this project is to use BLM's Process for Assessing Proper Functioning Condition (PFC) to classify park streams as "proper functioning," "functional at-risk," or "nonfunctional" through a coordinated review of existing literature and tacti... View project request in detail...	High
204	NPS	NERI	Physical	Investigate Effects of River Regulation on Rare Plant Communities Estimates will be made of flood discharges and frequencies that presumably inundated Appalachian River Flatrock communities before the New River was regulated (1939). Measurements of stream-channel geomorphology at the communities will enable compute... View project request in detail...	High
205	NPS	NERI	Physical	Determine Traveltime and Dispersion of a Conservative Solute for the Gauley River in GARI Dye-tracer (Rhodamine WT) techniques will be used to understand the traveltime and dispersion characteristics of the Gauley River within Gauley River National Recreation Area. The following relations will be developed to assist river managers in asse... View project request in detail...	High
206	NPS	NERI	Biological	Baseline Survey of Terrestrial Invertebrates Conduct a baseline survey of terrestrial invertebrates in New River Gorge National River, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and Bluestone National Scenic River. Survey to include relative abundance, distribution, species diversity, and habitat v... View project request in detail...	High
207	NPS	NERI	Biological	Inventory and Map Invasive Plant Species Inventory and map invasive plants within the New River Gorge National River (70,000 acres) Gauley River National Recreation Area (11,000 acres), and Bluestone National Scenic River (3,400 acres). Inventory strategies will be based on established exot... View project request in detail...	High
208	NPS	NERI	Cultural	Paleontology Resource Inventory The objective of this phase of the project is to initiate the process of identification of paleotological resources on NERI, GARI and BLUE. This project will require the oversight of a paleontologist through all phases of resource identification. The... View project request in detail...	Medium
209	NPS	NERI	Social	Evaluate the impacts of hunting on park resources Literature review of the ecological impacts of hunting to assess the direct and indirect effects on the biological intergrity of New River Gorge National River.... View project request in detail...	High
210	NPS	NERI	Biological	Control Exotic Plants This project would control aggressive exotic plants invading sensitive habitats in the riparian zone parkwide. ... View project request in detail...	Low
211	NPS	OBRI	Physical	Sediment transport, geomorphology, and habitat assessment along the Obed Wild and Scenic River Evaluate the geomorphic stability of the Obed Wild and Scenic River, emphasizing the size, location, composition, evolution, and vegetation structure of alluvial surfaces. Evaluate sediment transport characteristics using existing data. Meeting the s... View project request in detail...	High
212	NPS	OBRI	Physical	Ground-Water Resources and Water Quality of Obed Wild and Scenic River Ground-water resources of the Obed Wild and Scenic River area provide base flow to streams and springs that support the unique and important biota of the park. However, the ground-water resources have not been defined. The ground water of the area ca... View project request in detail...	High
213	NPS	OBRI	Physical	Water Quality Degradation of Tributary Streams of OBRI The purpose of this project is to create a water-quality baseline of the Fox and Elmore Creek basins that can be used to estimate the effects that small headwater impoundments have upon downstream water quality. ... View project request in detail...	High
214	NPS	OBRI	Social	Develop New Orientation Film for Park Obed Wild and Scenic River is in need of a professionally produced orientation video for the park visitor center. The existing slide show and narrative were produced by in-house personnel over a decade ago, and is outdated and of inferior quality bot... View project request in detail...	Medium
215	NPS	OBRI	Social	Develop a Brochure on the Wild and Scenic River Act This project will develop an informational brochure on the WSRA and the management practices of the NPS. This brochure will allow the park to distribute accurate and factual information and dispel fears about the intentions of the government. This pr... View project request in detail...	High
216	NPS	OBRI	Biological	Investigate the Potential Reserve of Threatened or Endangered Aquatic Insect Species A comprehensive inventory and assessment of aquatic insects at OBRI is needed to properly manage the aquatic resources of the park. ... View project request in detail...	Medium
217	NPS	RUCA	Social	Russell Cave Interpretive Visitor Center Movie This project is for a new interpretive movie for the Russell Cave visitor center. This movie is a visitor orientation to the cultural, natural, and historical resources found here. The film will be approximately 20 to 30 minuets long, and will be pro... View project request in detail...	High
218	NPS	RUCA	Cultural	Russell Cave Archeological Survey The park is 90% unsurveyed for archeological and cultural resources. Russell Cave National Monument was created to protect and interpret the archeology in the cave shelter. This park should have a complete archeological survey since the park is only ... View project request in detail...	High
219	NPS	RUCA	Biological & Physical	Cave Resources Inventory Russell Cave National Monument contains 6 or more caves. Currently the all underground resources are closed to public access because biological surveys of the cave identified at least 3 endemic species. Only one of these three are known from other ca... View project request in detail...	High
220	NPS	STRI	Physical	Document Utility Rights of Ways on Park Lands To research park and county records and titles to determine which properties within the authorized boundary have utility rights-of-way (ROW), and the locations and extents of those ROW's. A written report will be prepared documenting the research res... View project request in detail...	Low
221	NPS	STRI	Cultural	Cultural Landscape Report - Fortress Rosecrans To perform research and develop a cultural landscape study and develop a Cultural Landscape Report and plan for managing the remaining Fortress Rosecrans earthworks and the interior and exterior spaces. The report should include recommendations for p... View project request in detail...	High
222	NPS	STRI	Social	Develop Wayside Exhibit Plan For Battlefield, Improve Interp & Vis Experience Develop and Install wayside exhibits to interpret the battlefield.... View project request in detail...	Low
223	NPS	STRI	Cultural	Produce a Cultural Resources Base Map This project would produce a cultural resource base map for Stones River National Battlefield. The project would perform the necessary research and organization of exisiting cultural resource reports to produce a base map of the park and privately he... View project request in detail...	Low
224	NPS	STRI	Biological	Produce Battlefield Vegetation Map Produce vegetation map of Stones River National Battlefield.... View project request in detail...	Low
225	NPS	STRI	Cultural	Produce Cultural Landscape and Historic Structure Reports for Hazen Brigade Monument To conduct the research necessary to document the condition of the historic stuctures (Monument, Cemetery Wall, and Headstones) and cultural landscape associated with the Hazen Brigade Monument with oversight by park management. ... View project request in detail...	High
226	NPS	STRI	Biological	Privet Removal and Replanting at Significant Civil War Battlefield Site The purpose of this project is to reduce invasive exotic species at Stones River National Battlefield and plant natives where exotics have been treated. We will focus on a 15 to 25 acre area adjacent to Stones River. T... View project request in detail...	Low
227	NPS	SHEN	Physical	Determine Role of Fire In Mid-Appalachian Hardwoods To understand forest ecology as it relates to fire so that we can implement an effective fire management program. ... View project request in detail...	Medium
228	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Determine Role Of Fire In Regeneration of Table Mountain Pine Develop and implement a research project, within the boundaries of the park, to study the effects of fire upon the specific pitch-table mountain pine community.... View project request in detail...	High
229	NPS	SHEN	Social	Conduct Special History Studies Research on industry in the park and Shenandoah Valley; Civil War action within the park boundary; and agricultural practice in the Blue Ridge mountains will funded and conducted to augment the Park's historic information base, a program that will gr... View project request in detail...	Low
230	NPS	SHEN	Physical	Conduct Air Resource Mgt Prog -- Live Camera Pursue installation of a multi-positional live camera that can be aimed at various scenes with and outside Shenandoah National Park, and include a link to the World Wide Web. ... View project request in detail...	High
231	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Monitor Fauna -- Shenandoah Salamander (T&E) The Shenandoah salamander (Plethodon shenandoah) was added to the Federal list of endangered species in 1989. This animal is known �only� from five populations in three high elevation areas, and is endemic to the Park. Its habitat is relatively dry, ... View project request in detail...	High
232	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Manage Brook Trout Fishery The trout fishery in Shenandoah National Park, comprised of approximately 50 identified trout streams, is one of the Park's few legally harvestable resources. Recreational trout fishing is an important Park experience for many visitors. Native brook ... View project request in detail...	Low
233	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Monitor Hard Mast Production Mast surveys are vital in determining the amount of available mast for wildlife consumption and the amount of potential oak regeneration in a given year. To address these needs, a improved mast survey needs to be developed. ... View project request in detail...	Low
234	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Interpret Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Impacts Creation of a new wayside at Limberlost Trail is needed to interpret this drastically different area where two hundred + year old dead and dying hemlocks had to be cut down to ensure visitor safety on this very popular trail. ... View project request in detail...	High
235	NPS	SHEN	Social	Complete Transcription of Park Oral Histories Thirty three oral history tapes conducted by park staff over the past ten years will be transcribed.... View project request in detail...	Low
236	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Study Population Dynamics of White-tailed Deer Past deer research and recent Shenandoah National Park monitoring strongly suggests that there are four main areas of deer abundance in SNP. The study objectives are to 1) estimate the number and density of deer, 2) determine age-specific survival r... View project request in detail...	Medium
237	NPS	SHEN	Social	Prepare Administrative History Shenandoah National Park has no official approved Administrative History. A typescript draft of one was submitted by Darwin Lambert in 1979, but corrections requested were not made and the document was never approved or published. This project would ... View project request in detail...	Medium
238	NPS	SHEN	Physical	Develop Park-Wide Episodic Acidification Vulnerability Map One of the largest resource-management problems faced by Shenandoah National Park is air quality, in particular acid rain and its effects on streamwater quality. Baseflow streamwater chemistry is influenced by bedrock geology, but during acidic preci... View project request in detail...	Medium
239	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Document Deer Impacts to Big Meadows Rare Plant Community Past research and recent Shenandoah NP monitoring indicate that the Big Meadows Area (BMA) is an area of high deer density.The goal of this project is to erect ten 15m by 15m exclosures to 1) document the impacts of deer on native plant communities a... View project request in detail...	High
240	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Gather & Store Eastern Hemlock Seed for Species Preservation and Site Recovery Eastern hemlock forest stands are rapidly declining in health and vigor due to hemlock woolly adelgid impacts. This project would gather hemlock cones to preserve seed for future outplanting and restoration efforts. The cone collection, seed renderin... View project request in detail...	High
241	NPS	SHEN	Physical	Assess the Hydrology of the Sensitive Wetland System at Big Meadows Project will determine variations in the amount of water stored in the regolith and bedrock beneath Big Meadows, to measure seasonal changes in the lateral extent of the meadow wetland, and to develop simple models to express the components of the wa... View project request in detail...	High
242	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Assess Vegetation Colonization of Flood Damaged Areas Following Invasive Species Control This project will describe patterns of vegetation re-colonization on areas of the Rapidan and Staunton River watersheds scoured by large debris flows in 1995. A comprehensive vegetation survey with transect-based measurements of density, frequency, a... View project request in detail...	High
243	NPS	SHEN	Biological & Social	Identify and Assess Cliff Resources and Visitor Use, Develop and Implement Cliff Management Planning The cliff and outcrop areas of Shenandoah National Park (SHEN) are some of the largest in the region and contain myriad significant vegetation communities and rare plant and animal populations. Intense use of these areas by hiking, climbing and campi... View project request in detail...	High
244	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Inventory Terrestrial Invertebrates A preliminary, synoptic survey of terrestrial invertebrate species (primarily insects and spiders) would be completed. A variety of field trapping and gathering techniques would be used over a three year period. Data would be gathered documenting spe... View project request in detail...	Low
245	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Restore Native Plant Composition In and Adjacent to Panorama-to-Sperryville Powerline This project would reinstate native vegetation in and adjacent to the 5.5-mile electric powerline right-of-way corridor known as the Luray-to-Sperryville line. The first year would focus on exotic invasive plant control. Native seed and planting stoc... View project request in detail...	High
246	NPS	SHEN	Cultural	A Survey of the Cryptogams of Shenandoah National Park: Data Mining, Prioritization, and Inventory Cryptogams such as mosses, fungi, and lichens are ubiquitous within Shenandoah National Park (SHEN). They are found in countless habitats ranging from the splash zones of waterfalls, to the dry rock outcrops on the park's highest peaks. Not only do t... View project request in detail...	Low
247	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Complete an Inventory of Fungi at Shenandoah National Park A synoptic survey of fungi found at Shenandoah with emphasis on macrofungi. Data would be gathered documenting species presence, distribution, and in limited cases perhaps abundance.... View project request in detail...	Low
248	NPS	SHEN	Physical	Prepare Geologic Maps for Shenandoah National Park Geologic maps of Shenandoah National Park would be prepared. Empahsis would be placed on development of both bedrock and surficial maps. Limited information on geologic hazards and karst/cave resources may be developed if initial investigations dicta... View project request in detail...	Low
249	NPS	SHEN	Physical	Investigate Road Runoff Effects Abstract Non-point source pollution, in particular road runoff, has the potential to adversely affect natural resources in Shenandoah National Park, including water quality and associated flora and fauna. The park hosts an average of 1.8 million visi... View project request in detail...	High
250	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Conduct Inventory of Small Mammals, Bats and Mustelids A park-wide survey of specific groups of mammal species including rodents (mice, rats, voles and squirrels); insectivores (shrews and moles); bats (resident and transient species); and mustelids (weasels, skunks, mink and otter). The principal objec... View project request in detail...	Low
251	NPS	SHEN	Physical	Perform Cumulative Analysis of Multiple Air Pollution Sources Project will perform a cumulative modeling analysis of the effects of multiple existing and proposed air pollution sources on Class I air quality related values and increment (allowable increases in new emissions growth) at SHEN. ... View project request in detail...	High
252	NPS	SHEN	Biological	Assess Effects of Human Activities & Recreational Use on Bacteria Concentrations in SHEN Streams Fecal contamination of streams has become a problem of national scope and significance; however, few investigations have been directed towards streams in national parks. With approximately 1.8 million visitors each year, Shenandoah National Park is s... View project request in detail...	Medium
253	NPS	SHEN	Social	Develop and Implement a Curriculum-based Program on the Civilian Conservation Corps This project is for the development and implementation of a new curriculum-based program on the history and significance of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) at Shenandoah National Park. The program will target middle school students and consist ... View project request in detail...	High
254	NPS	SHEN	Physical	Conduct Parkwide Spring Inventory Approximately 850 springs and seeps have been identified throughout Shenandoah National Park. Little is known about the these springs and seeps throughout the park, and research to date has concentrated only on ground water quality and residence time... View project request in detail...	Medium

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