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Western National Parks Association is proud to support scientific research in national parks by granting research funds to qualified individuals and institutions. The funds support a wide range of projects, from archeological surveys and erosion control studies to recording oral histories and reintroducing endangered wildlife. For more information, contact research@wnpa.org.

To review current projects, click on the headings to sort by park, investigator, and subject, or use the project search function below by entering a key word or exact phrase.
Project: Name/Site
An Inventory of the Scorpions of Wupatki National Monument:
W. David Sissom
Entomology
2009
Analysis of Historic and Prehistoric Artifacts from 2004-2006 Archeological Survey and Testing on New Lands, Tumacacori National Historical Park:
Jeremy Moss
Archeology
2008
Archival research regarding Free State leader James Montgomery: For more information, view the following research file:
Todd Mildfelt, David Schafer
Archival and Historical Studies
2010
Aztec Ruins Ceramic Provenance and Raw Materials Study: For more information, view the following research file:
Lori S. Reed
Archeology
2010
Catalogue Existing Collection of Genealogical, Photographic and Oral History Research Database Material for Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site:
Craig Moore
Archival and Historical Studies
2009
Characterizing Under Surveyed Microbial Mat Communities in the Lava Tubes: For more information, view the following research file:
Diana Northup
Entomology
2010
Complete Architectural History for the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument: For more information, view the following research file:
Larry Nordby
Archival and Historical Studies
2010
Discrimination between State Project Water and Native Water Sources in Santa Monica Mountains Streams and Creeks:
Barry Hibbs
Geology
2008
Do exotic species limit the recovery options for the endangered Mohave tui chub?: For more information, view the following research file:
Craig Stockwell
Entomology
2010
Documentation of Flora Species at Tavasci Marsh: For more information, view the following research file:
Patricia West
Botany
2010
Eruption History of Sunset Crater Volcano: A Proposed Study of the Fissure Eruption that Produced Sunset Crater:
Sarah L. Hanson
Geology
2008
Euphorbia terracina on native plants of the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area: For more information, view the following research file:
Christy Brigham
Botany
2010
Experimental evaluation of hybridization risk between endangered Mohave Tui chub and non-native arroyo chub:
Craig Stockwell, Steve Paramenter
Select a Subject
2008
Footprints of the Ancestors: Community Based Research at Keet Seel:
George Gumerman IV, Kelley Hays-Gilpin, Miguel Vasquez
Archival and Historical Studies
2007
Genetic Analysis of the endemic(?) Island Loggerhead Shrike:
Mary Ashley
Ornithology
2009
Identifying Technological Styles within Spanish Colonial Caramics: Investigating the Formation of Social Identity at the San Antonio Missions: For more information, view the following research file:
Steve Tomka
Archival and Historical Studies
2010
Investigating Ancient Dynamics by Studying Salado Ceramics and Obsidian:
Patrick Lyons
Archeology
2006
Lead Exposure Monitoring in California conders using lead concentration and stable isotopic analysis of flight feathers:
Donald Smith, Daniel George
Ornithology
2009
Linking Resource Managers to Research Scientists: A Pilot Project in Mentoring for Improved Science Communication in National Parks - Yr. 1 of 2:
Courtney Conway
Select a Subject
2009
Lone Woman Research for "Connecting Youth to Natinal Parks via Award Winning Children's Literature" Project: For more information, view the following research file:
Susan Morris
Archival and Historical Studies
2010
Measuring prevalence of anticoagulant poisons in small mammal populations in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area:
Seth P.D. Riley
Mammalogy
2007
Monitoring Cave Cimate Changes:
Cami Pulham
Geology
2009
Monitoring the removal of the non-native slider turtle (Trachemys scripta) and evaluating its effects on the native Sonoran mud turtle (kinosternon sonoriense) at Montezuma Well (Montezuma Castle National Monument) Yr. 2 of 2:
Jeff Lovich, Charles Drost
Herpetology
2008
Monitoring the Saguaro Population in Saguaro National Park - Yr. 1 of 2:
Meg Weesner
Botany
2009
Monitoring the Saguaro Population in Saguaro National Park: Continuing a 70-year tradition (Phase II): For more information, view the following research file:
Meg Weesner
Botany
2010
Obsidian Sourcing at Ancestral Pueblo Sites, Bandelier National Monument: For more information, view the following research file:
Rory Gauthier
Archival and Historical Studies
2010
Population structure and individual growth rates of organ pipe cactus (Stenocereus thurberi):
Alberto Burquez Montijo
Botany
2007
Post Livestock Grazing Vegetation Trends: Re-establishment of Long-Term Plots: For more information, view the following research file:
Ron Hiebert, Charles Schelz
Botany
2010
Recent and Historical Influence of Anthropogenic Activities in Great Basin NationalPark: Evidence from Lake Sediment and Water Geochemistry: For more information, view the following research file:
Bryan Mark, David Porinchu, Jason Box
Archival and Historical Studies
2010
Strontium (Sr) isotope analysis and provenance of construction wood at Wupatki Pueblo (NA 405):
Mark Elson, Michael Ort
Mammalogy
2005
The Bryophyte Flora of the Big Thicket National Preserve, Hardin, Tyler, and Polk Counties, Texas:
Paul Davison, Dale Kruse
Botany
2008
The Bryophyte Flora of the Big Thicket National Preserve, Hardin, Tyler, and Polk Counties, Texas, Yr. 2 of 3:
Dale Kruse, Paul Davison
Botany
2009
The Bryophyte Flora of the Big Thicket National Preserve: Hardin, Tyler, and Polk Counties, Texas (Yr. 3): For more information, view the following research file:
Paul G. Davison
Botany
2010
The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Chaco Culture NHP, Stabilized Ruins and Landscape Alterations:
Lynne Sebastian
Archival and Historical Studies
2009
The Use of Arthropods as Ecological Measures of Desert Spring Health Classifications:
Mark Whalon
Entomology
2009
Visitor Voices: Testing Interpretive Theory, Assessing Interpretive Outcomes & Improving Interpretive Practice in the Intermountain Region of the National Park Service - Yr. 3:
Theresa Coble
Archival and Historical Studies
2007
Visitor Voices: Testing Interpretive Theory, Assessing Interpretive Outcomes & Improving Interpretive Practice in the Intermountain Region of the National Park Service Yr. 4:
Theresa Coble
Archival and Historical Studies
2008

 

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