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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
A.D. 1064? A pilot study of archaeological tree-ring samples to search for persistent visible evidence of the eruption of Sunset Crater:
Jeffrey Dean, David Street, Mark Elson
Archeology
2006
Adaptive Research on Effective Control of Buffelgrass at Saguaro National Park:
Dana Backer, Don Swann
Botany
2008
Age Determination of Lava Flows at Wupatki National Monument:
Sarah L. Hanson
Mammalogy
2007
Analysis of Historic and Prehistoric Artifacts from 2004-2006 Archeological Survey and Testing on New Lands, Tumacacori National Historical Park:
Jeremy Moss
Archeology
2008
Analysis of Pershable Artifacts from Four Stabilization Excavation Projects at West Ruin and East Ruin, Aztec Ruins National Monument:
Laurie Webster, Gary Brown
Archeology
2008
Archeological Investigation of Pigeon's Ranch:
Emily Brown
Archeology
2008
Assessing Yellow-billed cuckoo habitat requirements through the use of radiotelemetry:
Gary Nabhan, Matthew Johnson, Jennifer Holmes
Ornithology
2005
Assessment of Insects, Especially Moths (Lepidoptera) at White Sands National Monument:
Eric H. Metzler
Entomology
2008
Chetro Ketl and Talus Unit Data Collections:
Frances Joan Mathien
Archeology
2007
Connectivity of Carnivore Populatons between Arizona National Parks:
John Koprowski, Margaret Rheude
Mammalogy
2006
Contemporary Climate History and Climate Change Impacts in Great Basin National Park:
Jason Box, David Porinchu, Bryan Mark
Mammalogy
2007
Determining an Acceptable Gate Configuration for a Colony of cave myotis in Wildhourse Mine:
David Dalton, Sandy Wolf
Ornithology
2008
Discrimination between State Project Water and Native Water Sources in Santa Monica Mountains Streams and Creeks:
Barry Hibbs
Geology
2008
Effects of Prescribed Fire on a Snake Predator and its Lizard Prey:
George Middendorf, Matt Goode
Fire and Its Effects
2004
Effects of small mammals on post-fire vegetation recovery in the Mojave Desert - Yr. 1:
Paul Stapp
Fire and Its Effects
2006
Eruption History of Sunset Crater Volcano: A Proposed Study of the Fissure Eruption that Produced Sunset Crater:
Sarah L. Hanson
Geology
2008
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
Forgotten Casualties of War: A Historical Research Prospectus for Fort Scott:
Rosemary Frey
Archival and Historical Studies
2007
Investigating Ancient Dynamics by Studying Salado Ceramics and Obsidian:
Patrick Lyons
Archeology
2006
Measuring prevalence of anticoagulant poisons in small mammal populations in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area:
Seth P.D. Riley
Mammalogy
2007
Mission 2000:
Lynda M. Romero
Archival and Historical Studies
2007
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):
Jeff Lovich, Charles Drost
Herpetology
2008
Outstanding Waters Designation: Data Collection & Analysis of Water Quality Parameters:
Matt Malick
Geology
2008
Paths to Understanding Collaborative Research on the Zuni-Acoma Trail, El Malpais National Monument:
Michael Adler
Archival and Historical Studies
2005
Population structure and individual growth rates of organ pipe cactus (Stenocereus thurberi):
Alberto Burquez Montijo
Botany
2007
Population Viability Analyses of the Sonoyta Mud Turtle:
Peter Holm, Richard Kazmaier
Herpetology
2008
Protecting Riparian Resources through Hydrological Monitoring:
Don Swann
Mammalogy
2007
Quantify contribution of soil-water percolation to flow at Apache Spring, Fort Bowie:
Colleen Filippone
Mammalogy
2005
Remote Sensing Studes for Research and Resource Management at Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Culture National Historical Park:
W.H. Wills
Geology
2008
Reproductive and Physiological Fitness in Rare and Common Dudleya Species:
Paul Wilson
Botany
2006
Salinas Contribution to the Study of Long-Term Coupled Socioecological Change in the Southest and Northern Mexico:
Katherine A. Spielmann
Archival and Historical Studies
2007
Stable Isotopic Fingerprinting of Lead Sources to California Condors in Pinnacles National Monument:
Donald Smith, Jim Petterson
Ornithology
2007
Strontium (Sr) isotope analysis and provenance of construction wood at Wupatki Pueblo (NA 405):
Mark Elson, Michael Ort
Mammalogy
2005
The Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Point Bennett, San Miguel Island:
Todd Braje, Jon Erlandson
Archeology
2008
The Bryophyte Flora of the Big Thicket National Preserve, Hardin, Tyler, and Polk Counties, Texas:
Paul Davison, Dale Kruse
Botany
2008
Vegetative characterizations of spring ecosystem microhabitats in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area:
Denine Schmitz
Botany
2008
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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