Pacific Northwest CESU

Links

National Park Service

Technical Representative:

Chris Lauver

Research Coordinator, PNW CESU Pacific West Region

Box 352100, University of Washington

Seattle, WA, 98195-2100

206-685-7404

Key Education, Research, and Technical Assistance Needs

Research

· Strengthen partnerships with the academic and scientific communities to promote research that enhances the management of protected natural areas and heritage sites

· Develop more collaborations with agency and university partners (projects, expert workshops, etc.) to define science and planning needs in response to climate change

· Develop adaptation strategies for coping with climate change

· Research and training in conservation of global species and environmental pollution

· Develop interagency interdisciplinary research, technical assistance, and education programs that integrate cultural and natural resource concerns and that provide avenues of communication between disciplines.

Technical Assistance

· Develop efficient ways to monitor the vital signs of natural systems

· Develop effective ways of sharing natural system monitoring information so that these data are useful to the surrounding agencies and communities outside the parks

· Training in restoration ecology

Templates and Instructions

NPS Template--Task Agreement (MS Word doc)

NPS Sample Budget for Task Agreement (MS Word doc)

NPS Template--Modification for Additional Funding to Task Agreements (MS Word doc)

NPS Template--Modification for No-cost Actions to Task Agreements (MS Word doc)

FY12 submittal deadline in NPS Pacific West Region for all task agreements and modifications (cost and no-cost extensions for TAs ending before Oct. 1, 2012) to the Research Coordinator is June 29, 2012. NPS PWR Memo re: FY12 TA & mod submittal deadline (pdf)

NPS Pacific West Region brief on administrative steps for processing task agreements and modifications NPS PWR CESU Brief on Administrative Steps to Processing (pdf)

For project planning information, please see the page Starting a Project on this website.

NPS Projects

National Park Service website

Map and links for National Parks within the PNW CESU region,
and links to more information on NPS research needs

University of Washington