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We present here a cumulative list of all current and past projects associated with the CW CESU. The projects are organized by federal funding agency, then by university/research institution. The most recent project appears first on the list. Information provided includes the project title, principal investigators, funded amount, dates of the project, and available reports (individual project summaries or final reports).
     
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Last updated: April 17, 2007
National Park Service

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Funding Agency
Report
Research Institution
Investigators

Project Title

Dates
Award Amount

NPS No UMCES Stylinski National Capital Region Partners with the UMCES MSGP Teacher Enhancement and Retention Program (mod 6/03,7/04 & 7/05) 8/02-7/07 115,000
NPS No UMCES Gates Birds of Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve - ten year analysis

9/02-6/03 9,832
NPS No UMCES Morgan Assessment of fish movement at Dam #4, Potomac River
(mod 3/04)
12/02-12/04 85,000
NPS No UMCES Gates Bat Inventory of the National Capital Region National Parks(mod 6/03) 4/03-12/05 118,724
NPS No UMCES Engelhardt & Lyon A Vascular Plant Inventory Plan for Three Parks of the National Capital Region (mod 9/03) 4/03-12/05 99,958
NPS No UMCES Townsend & Eshleman Determine impact of restricted water flow on the federally endangered dwarf wedge mussel (mod 7/06) 6/03-6/05 50,000
NPS No UMCES Hilderbrand & Kayzak Aiding management by assessing condition & identifying stressors of aquatic resources in National Capital Region (mod 7/04, 4/05, 7/06) 7/03-12/07 221,753
NPS Yes UMCES Seagle & Engelhardt Should we restore Dyke Marsh? A management dilemma facing George Washington Memorial Parkway (mod 7/04, 7/06) 7/03-9/10 159,000
NPS
No
UMCES
Stylinski
Parks, Pollinators and Habitats Workshop(mod 9/04 transfer to UMCP)
9/03-8/06
0
NPS
No
UMCES
Townsend & Gardner
Development of remote sensing protocols for long term monitoring of parks in the National Capital Region (mod 8/04)
9/03-12/06
207,958
NPS No UMCES Hilderbrand & Kayzak Baseline water resource inventory to support aquatic & watershed management activities in National Capital Region parks (mod 7/04, 7/06) 8/03-8/06 93,595
NPS No UMCES Hilderbrand & Boward Inventory & Monitoring for water resources in the National Capital Region parks (mod 8/06) 8/03-9/08 75,752
NPS No UMCES Engelhardt A sedge, grass, and rush inventory of National Capital Region parks (mod 9/05) 7/04-12/07 60,873
NPS No UMCES Gardner & Townsend Conceptual model development for the National Capital Region Inventory & Monitoring Program 7/04-12/05 71,792
NPS No UMCES Gates Inventory of bat community composition at four National Park units in Pennsylvania (mod 6/05) 7/04-12/06 100,021
NPS
No
UMCES
Townsend & Gardner
Development of remote sensing protocols for long term monitoring of parks in the Appalachian Highlands Network (mod 5/07)
8/04-12/08
84,213
NPS
No
UMCES
Engelhardt
Grasslands Habitat Conservation & Restoration Workship in the NCR
8/04-8/06
28,000
NPS No UMCES Gates Bat community composition of National Park Units in coastal MD & VA (mod 9/06) 3/05-9/08 121,237
NPS No UMCES Dennison Conceptual syntheses & health status of National Parks within the National Capital Region 3/05- 8/06 48,946
NPS No UMCES

Hilderbrand,
Townsend & Lellis

Discovery of remnant populations of the endangered dwarf wedgemussel using GIS habitat analysis (mod 7/06) 6/05-12/08 69,000
NPS No UMCES Lookingbill & Gardner Development of an information navigation system for the National Capital Region Inventory & Monitoring Program (mod 4/07) 7/05-12/07 74,143
NPS No UMCES Dennison Providing tools to facilitate synthesis & assessments of National Parks of the National Capital Region 7/05-12/06 106,473
NPS No UMCES Gates Habitat preferences of birds wintering in restored grasslands of the Mid-Atlantic region (mod 8/06) 7/05-12/08 10,385
NPS No UMCES Gates The effect of cell towers on birds & bats at Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC 4/06-9/10 145,805
NPS No UMCES Engelhardt Research Supporting Evaluation & Restoration of Dyke Marsh (mod 8/06) 9/04-9/08 55,578
NPS No UMCES Gates Determine presence or absence of endangered bat species in Indigo Tunnel (mod 9/06) 9/06-12/08 29,798
NPS No UMCES Garnder Data analysis & communication enhancement for the CW CESU 12/06-9/08 11,992
NPS No UMCES Lookingbill Enhanced wetland inventory for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park 2/07-9/07 14,975
NPS No UMCES Lookingbill Connectivity Monitoring proof of Concept at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park 6/07-12/08 11,731
NPS
No
UMCES
Gates
Biological Inventories of Newly Acquired Lands of Richmond National Battlefield Park (RICH) 08/07-12/09 $33,415
NPS
No
UMCES
Gates
Habitat Preferences of Birds wintering in Restored Grasslands of the Mid-Atlantic Region
08/07-12/08
$7,900
NPS
No
UMCES
Lookingbill
Evaluation Potential National Natural Landmarks (NNL)
08/07-9/10
$30,000
NPS
No
UMCES
Carruthers
Assessment of Natural Resources and Watershed Condition of Rock Creek Park (ROCR) National Capital Region (NCR)  
9/07-12/08
$30,000
NPS
No
UMCES
Lookingbill
Integrative Scorecards for Using NPS Monitoring Data to Report Park Status and Trends  
9/07 - 12/09
$39,762
NPS
No
UMCES
Gates
Bat Swarming Surveys at Stickpile and Kessler Tunnels, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park  
9/07 - 12/08
$29,000
Total $2,348,028

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University of Maryland — Frostburg State University
Funding Agency
Report
Research Institution
Investigators

Project Title

Dates
Award Amount

NPS No FSU Raesly, Kazyak & Hilderbrand Inventory and Biological Monitoring of Fishes in National Parks of the National Capital Region

3/02-12/05 70,457
NPS No FSU Barry Proposal to Conduct Mammal Surveys in George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Thomas Stone National Historic Site & Colonial National Historical Park (mod 6/02, 8/02 & 1/05) 9/01-9/06 158,207
NPS No FSU Raesly Aiding management by assessing conditions & identifying stressors of aquatic resources in the National Capital Region parks (mod 8/04) 7/03-8/06 26,247
NPS No FSU Raesly Baseline water resource inventory to support aquatic & watershed management activites in NCR parks )mod 8/04) 11/03-8/06 6,365
NPS No FSU Raesly Inventory & monitoring protocols for water resources of NCR parks 10/03-12/05 3,726
Total $265,002


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University of Maryland, College Park
Funding Agency
Report
Research Institution
Investigators

Project Title

Dates
Award Amount

NPS No UMCP Owens Certificate in Archeological Interpretation

10/02-12/05 40,000
NPS Yes UMCP Lamp Assessing Aquatic Environmental Association & Ecological Vulnerability (mod 6/04)

5/02-8/04 22,264
NPS No UMCP Shackel Development of cultural library for use by researchers & park and regional staff (mod 10/03) 9/02-9/05 50,000
NPS No UMCP Russek-Cohen Statistical analysis of vegetation data collected during 1990-1995 and 2000-2002: Possible impacts of white-tailed deer

8/02-9/03 5,750
NPS
No
UMCP
Mallow & Sullivan
Urban Forestry Internships (mod 4/03,1/04, 8/04)
4/03-9/09
137,075
NPS No UMCP Shackel Thomas Farm Archeological Identification & Evaluation Study, Monocacy National Battlefield, MD
4/04-2/05
100,000
NPS No UMCP Berlin Marshall Hall Historical Resource Study
3/04-10/05
58,000
NPS No UMCP Inouye Threat Assessment for a Rare Endemic Plant (Ownbey thistle) Resulting From Non-Target Herbivory by Introduced Biological Control Weevils (Larinus planus & Rhinocyllus conicus) in Dinosaur National Monument 8/04-12/05 4,500
NPS No UMCP Sicilia Cultural Resources Internship at George Washington Memorial Parkway (mod 1/05) 6/04-10/04 8,500
NPS No UMCP Shackel Update to Archeological Sites Inventory - George Washington Memorial Parkway 8/04-8/06 25,000
NPS No UMCP Stylinski & Inouye Parks, Pollinators & Habitats Workshop (mod 9/04 transfer from UMCES) 9/03-8/06 30,000
NPS No UMCP Shackel Thomas Farm archeological compliance, Monocacy National Battlefield, MD 6/05-12/06 40,000
NPS No UMCP Shackel Arched Overview & Assessment of the NPS Thomas Stone National Historic Site 9/05-9/07 56,000
NPS No UMCP Marose Review of the Management of NPS Agricultural Lands with Focus on IPM 8/05-7/07 10,000
NPS No UMCP Shackel MRCE Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Collection Internship 10/06-9/08 61,000
Total $648,089


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George Mason University
Funding Agency
Report
Research Institution
Investigators

Project Title

Dates
Award Amount

NPS No GMU Lawrey Protecting resources in the National Capital Region by detecting air quality effects

10/02-9/05 99,422
NPS Yes
GMU Bradley Inventory of vascular plants of Prince William Forest Park of the National Capital Region

8/02-12/05 19,047
NPS No GMU Yang Natural resources writing and web design fellowship (mod 9/03 & 8/04) 9/02-8/06 88,226
NPS No GMU Jones, Bartoldus, Tiner, Stein, Pruitt, Nutter & Assoc., Farmer Summary Compendium of Watershed Condition Assessment (WCA) Methods (mod 8/05) 10/03-8/06 282,200
NPS No GMU Parker Development of a Spatially Explicit Participatory Model to Explore Anthropogenic Off Site Threats to Resources of the Potomac Gorge ?? -09/10 130,000
NPS No GMU Parker Potomac Gorge Site Conservation Plan Implementation: Science & Outreach (Mod 8/05, 7/06) 8/02-9/07 11,000
NPS No GMU Edwards Carnivores of Prince William Forest Park Community Structure & Conservation Concerns 4/06-9/09 9,900
NPS No GMU Jones Spotlight on National Park Resources in the National Capital Region ???-9/08 2,636
NPS No GMU Daniels Qualitative Analysis of Public Comments on the National Mall & Memorial Parks Management Plan 2/06-9/09 46,981
Total $689,412


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University of Virginia
Funding Agency
Report
Research Institution
Investigators

Project Title

Dates
Award Amount

NPS No UVA Bluestone Prepare administrative history of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (mod 8/04)

6/02-12/04 45,000
NPS No UVA French, Barton, Walker & Troutman Booker T. Washington National Monument: Historic Resource Study; Booker T. Washington Elementary School and segregated education in Virginia (mod 4/04) 9/02-12/03 40,000
Total $85,000

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Pennsylvania State University
Funding Agency
Report
Research Institution
Investigators

Project Title

Dates
Award Amount

NPS No PSU Brewer Socioeconomic Atlas Project 6/03-6/05 57,130
NPS No PSU To be assigned Restoration of the American Chestnut to National Parks (mod 4/02) 9/01-9/06 50,000
NPS No PSU Saunders & Miller Development of a CD ROM distribution index for the NPS Technical Information Center (mod 7/04) 10/03-01/05 10,000
NPS No PSU Taylor Yosemite Valley Fire History (mod 9/05) 8/04-9/05 26,175
NPS No PSU Hawkins & Brant