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GLNF CESU Projects with National Park Service

Project Partners:

Antioch University New England

Cornell University

Great Lakes Commission

Indiana University

Michigan State University

Michigan Technological University

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Northern Michigan University

Science Museum of Minnesota

State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Stephen F. Austin State University

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (GLNF-CESU Host)

University of Notre Dame

University of Toledo

University of Vermont

University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

West Virginia University

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Antioch University New England

• Human and Environmental Dynamics at Cape Krusenstern, Alaska

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Cornell University

• Human dimensions of highly pathogenic avian influenza: understanding perceptions of risk and identifying implications for developing effective communications messages
• Understanding the human dimensions of human-wildlife habituation: developing knowledge for interventions to foster positive interactions between people and wildlife

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Great Lakes Commission

• Water Resource Management Plan for Isle Royale National Park

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Indiana University

• Civic Engagement of Neighboring Communities - Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
• Goose Pond and Bee Hunter Wetlands History Project
• Historic Synthesis/Context Study for Cultural Resources at Isle Royale National Park
• Native American Graves Protection and Reputation Act (NAGPRA) Collections Research and Consultation Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
• Statue of Liberty National Monument Historic Resource Study
• Study the Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants on Invasibility of Panne Vegetation by Invasive Plants
  • Cheryl Nazareth Thesis 2008: Invasive Species And Panne Ecosystems: The Effects Of Atmospheric Pollution

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Michigan State University

• Assessment of Water Resources and Watershed Conditions in and Adjacent to Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
• Contingency Planning for Invasive Species and Diseases in the National Park System
  • Final Report: Invasive Species Contingency Planning: Phase 1
• Developing a Systems Thinking-Based Training Method for Management of Wildlife Diseases
• Development of the Great Lakes Natural Resource Gateway
  • Final Report
• Estimating Economic Impacts of Heritage Areas
  • Economic Impacts Website
  • Summary Report: Economic Impacts of National Heritage Areas; Summary Results from Seven National Heritage Area Visitor Surveys
• Money Generation Model 2 (MGM2) Revisions and Reporting
  • MGM2 Website
• Social Science Research Review: Economic Significance of National Parks and Other Public Lands
  • Economic Impacts Website

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Michigan Technological University

• Analyze Water Isotopes to Determine Impacts of Burning in Mesic Bur Oak Forest
• Assessing the Keys Ranch Historic District
  • Final Report: An Inventory and Assessment of the Historic Cultural Assemblage at Keys’ Desert Queen Ranch, Joshua Tree National Park, California.
• Determination of Eligibility to the National Register of Historic Place of the Old and New Dormitories Within the Mission 66 Headquarters Development on Mott Island and Isle Royale National Park
  • Final Report, including map and figures
• Determination of Genetic Diversity and Restoration Potential of the Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) in the Lake Superior Watershed
  • Canadian Journal of Botany 2006 Article: Genetic Diversity and Distribution of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae) in the western Lake Superior basin
  • Great Lakes Research and Education Center News Brief: The Cutting Edge
  • Semi-Annual Report fy2004
  • Semi-Annual Report fy2006
• Determine invasion status and ecological impacts of an exotic zooplankter in Great Lakes parks
• Determine the Impacts of Aluminum Toxicity and Calcium Loss on Threatened High-Elevation Spruce-Fir
• Development of a Long-Range Education Plan for Keweenaw National Historical Park
  • Keweenaw National Historical Park Long-Range Education Plan 2005-2010
• GIS Project Support for Isle Royale National Park (ISRO) and Keweenaw National Historic Park (KEWE)
• Isle Royale Institute Parks As Classrooms Project: Join the Pack
• Isle Royale National Park Institute Agreement
  • The Isle Royale Insitute website
  • Isle Royale Institute: State of the Institute 2006
  • Booklet: Leave No Trace - Outdoor Skills and Ethics
• Isle Royale Electronic Research Library
• Mapping the Coal Creek Historic District, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, AK
• Mulitcriteria Risk Models and Management Studies for Invasive Plants at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore: Development, Validation and Implementation
• A Predictive Model for Exotic Plant Species for the Great Lakes Network of the US National Park Service
• Protocol Narrative and Standard Operating Procedures for Monitoring Moose within National Parks in Southwest Alaska
• Supporting emergency treatment of ballast water to prevent the spread of VHS 
• Wolf and Moose Population Monitoring, Isle Royal National Park
  • The Wolves and Moose of Isle Royale website
  • Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale 2003-2004 Annual Report
  • Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale 2004-2005 Annual Report
  • Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale 2005-2006 Annual Report
  • Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale 2006-2007 Annual Report

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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

• Scanning, Georeferencing, and Mapping the 1927 Photography Set for Voyageurs National Park
• Minnesota Land Cover Classification System Update for MISS and lower SACN

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Northern Michigan University

• Develop Geoarchaeological Inventory of Specifc Lakeshore Landforms - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
• Examine resident and coaster brook trout response to exotic salmonid removal in Sevenmmile Creek and conduct stream creel survey at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

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Science Museum of Minnesota (St. Croix Watershed Research Station)

• Analysis of Water Quality Trends and Current Conditions in Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
• Biomonitoring Prospects for Diatoms and Paleolimnology in the Western Great Lakes National Parks
• Demonstration of a Method to Restore Prairie on Sites with High Susceptibility to Spotted Knapweed
• Establishing Sites for Monitoring Water Quality on Large Rivers
• Monitoring Water Quality Using Diatoms in Surficial Lake Sediments
• Monitoring Water Quality in Wadeable Streams of National Park Units of the Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network

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State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry

• Advise for the Development of the General Management Plan for Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites
• Amended National Register Documentation for the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
• Cultural Landscape Report for Battery Weed, Gateway National Recreation Area
• Cultural Landscape Report for Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Part II: Treatment
• Cultural Landscape Report for the Roger Williams National Memorial
• Cultural Landscape Report for the Nelson House Gardens, Colonial National Historical Park
• Complete Hedge Management Plan for Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
• Conduct Inventory of Historic Tree Plantations
• Develop a Viewshed Management Plan for the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Sites
• Developing an Ecological Monitoring Program for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (NETN)
  • Appalachian Vital Signs Report (pdf)
• Developing Indicators of Ecological Integrity: A Monitoring Plan for the National Park Service NETN
  • Monitoring Plan, Vital Signs
• Development of Terrestrial and Related Monitoring Protocols for High Priority NETN Vital Signs: Phases I, II, and III
  • Northeast Temperate Network Phase II Report
• Indiana Dunes White-Tailed Deer Spotlight Survey Analysis
• Monitoring Ecological Integrity of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail: Forest Health and Phenology Vital Signs
• Monitoring Ecological Integrity of Forest Ecosystems: Evaluation and Implementation of the NETN Forest Condition Protocol
  • Forest Condition Monitoring Protocol (pdf)
• Prepare a Cultural Landscape Report for Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg National Battlefield
• Prepare a Cultural Landscape Report for Ellwood Manor, Fredricksburg/Spotsylvania National Military Park
• Provide Ongoing Technical Assistance for Cultural Landscapes in National Parks
  • 2008 Final Report pdf
• A Summary of Existing Monitoring Programs Relevant to Parks with the Northeast Temperate Network
  • Appendix H: Monitoring Programs Adjacent to NE Temperate Network Parks (pdf)
• Support Preparation of Cultural Landscape Inventories in Northeast Region
• Workshop to Develop Long-term Monitoring Protocols for Forest Ecosystems at Acadia National Park
  • Forest Condition Monitoring Protocol - including Acadia (pdf)

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Stephen F. Austin State University

• Borders, Frontiers & Trade Routes: Linking Visitors to Bent's Old Fort NHS through Interpretive Wayside Design

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University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• Oxygen Depletion as a Symptom of Eutrophication in Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway: A Historical Investigation Using Sediment Chironomid Assemblages
  • Poster - Documenting the history of oxygen depletion in Lake St. Croix, Minnesota, using Chironomidae remains in the sedimentary record (pdf)
• A Website and Data Server for the NPS (NETN)
  • NE Network Website
  • Network Search Page

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University of Minnesota (GLNF-CESU Host)

• 2006 Analysis Fund Project: "A Comparison of Recent and Historic Landcape Changes by Beaver Activity in Voyageurs National Park, 1927-2003"

• Aerial Monitoring of Radiotagged Northern Yellowstone Elk Calves
  • Final Report: Multi-Trophic Level Ecology of Wolves, Elk, and Vegetation in Yellowstone National Park: Elk Calf Mortality Study
  • Article in Yellowstone Science: Yellowstone Elk Calf Mortality Following Wolf Restoration - Bears Remain Top Summer Predators

• Analysis of Landbird Monitoring data for National Parks in the Great Lakes Network
• Apostle Islands Historic Land Cover
• Archive Ecological Data and Vegetation Images from Long-Term Studies at Isle Royale National Park
• Assessment and Development of Water Quality Monitoring Protocols for Park Units in the National Parks Service Great Lakes Network
• Benthic Invertebrate ID for Lake Level Project at Voyageurs National Park
• Building Outreach Capacity for the Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network
• Classify Critical Aquatic Habitat for the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
  • Project Report - Aquatic Habitat Classification on the St. Croix
    National Scenic Riverway
  • St. Croix Appendices
• Community-Agency Trust Relationships: Comparison Within and Across Selected NPS Units
  • The Ozark National Scenic Riverways: An Examination of Trust between Natural Resource Agencies and Local Communities
  • Community-Agency Trust Presentation
• Community-Agency Trust Relationships: Voyageurs National Park
  • Voyageurs National Park 2005 Community Trust Study
• Conference, Workshop, and Meeting Support for Research, Technical Assistance, and Education Information Sharing Between Natural Resource Managers and GLNF-CESU Partners
  • Western Great Lakes Research Conference Proceedings 2005
  • Western Great Lakes Research Conference Proceedings 2006
• Controls on the Rate and Volume of Sediment Movement Through and Out of Impoundments During Dam Removal
• Demography and Disturbance History across the Ponderosa Pine-Lodgepole Pine Ecotone in the Southern Cascade Range
• Developing a System for Monitoring Land Use and Land Cover Change in and Around National Parks of the Great Lakes Region
• Development of Landbird Monitoring Protocols for the Great Lakes Network Parks
• Development of Monitoring Protocols to Assess Impacts of European Earthworm Invasions
  • Study Report: Assessing the impacts of European earthworm invasions in beech-maple hardwood and aspen-fir boreal forests of the western Great Lakes region
• Development of a Restoration Prioritization Tool for Invaded Habitats in National Parks
  • RRAT Phase II Report
• Development of stream survey methodology for estimating Harlequin Duck abundance and distribution in Glacier National Park, Montana
• Evaluating the Habitat and Water Quality of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway using a Chironomidae Community Survey
• Gastropod Survey of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
  • Aquatic Snails in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway Poster
• Identify and Map Scenic St. Croix Valley Resources
  • Attractiveness in the St. Croix Valley:
    An Analysis of Perceptual Judgment and Landscape Dimensions

• Identify Research, Technical Assistance, and Education Needs in National Parks in the Great Lakes Northern Forest Biogeographic Region
  • Great Lakes Northern Forest - Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
• Improve Limited Knowledge of Ecology and Population Status of Threatened Canada Lynx in Voyageurs National Park
• Inventory of the Distribution and Abundance of Invasive Non-Indigenous Plants and Rare Plants at Two Riverine National Parks in the Great Lakes Network
  • Final Report: Distribution and Abundance of Invasive Non-indigenous Plants and Rare Plants at Two Riverine National Parks in the Great Lakes Network
• Mississippi National River and Recreation Area Video Project - Phases I and II
• Pilot Fieldwork (2006) for Monitoring Amphibians in National Parks of the Great Lakes Network
  • Erik Beever Presentation: Detectability and occupancy of anurans in protected areas of the western Great Lakes
• A Predictive Study of Use Impacts on the Denali Park Road

• Sampling Design and Protocol Development for the Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Networ
  • Final Product: NPS-I&M-GLNK Vital Signs Monitoring Website
• Survey Bark Beetles at Grand Portage National Monument
• Total and Methyl Mercury Analysis of Crayfish at Voyageurs National Park 
  • Study Report: Mercury Levels in Crayfish from Voyageurs National Park
• Updating Freshwater Mussel Collection, Literature, and Databases for Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network Park Units
  • Final Report: Mollusk Survey of the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway and other National Park Service (NPS) Waterways in Minnesota (pdf)
• Vegetation Characterization and Conifer Regeneration Strategies for the Grand Portage National Monument

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University of Notre Dame

• Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway Understanding Fish Habitat History  In The Namekagon River – Cold Water Zone

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University of Toledo

• Digital Geomorphic and Hydrogeomorphic Maps of Assateague National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia
• Research Expertise Catalog of Biological Programs
  • CESU Expertise Search Engine

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University of Vermont

• Aquatic Biodiversity, Community Composition and Ecosystem Processes in Gates of the Arctic Park and Preserve and the Noatak National Preserve: Phase 2
• Assessment and Determination of Transportation-Related Aspects of Carrying Capacity for Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park
  • Project Reports: Annotated Bibliography
• Develop Archaeology Overview and Assessment for Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
  • Final Product: Executive Summary
• Evaluation and Implementation of the Northeast Temperate Network Water Quality and Quantity Monitoring Protocol
• A Predictive Study of the Impacts on the Denali Park Road: support analysis and management of carrying capacity
• Research to Support Application of the VERP Framework at Acadia National Park
• Thermokarst Distribution and Characterization in the National Park Service Arctic Network (ARCN)

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University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

• Characterization of Mercury Contamination of Aquatic Food Webs in Lagoons in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

  • Final Report: Elevated Methylmercury in Water and Aquatic Food Webs in Lagoons in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Lake Superior) (pdf)

• Inferring Critical Nitrogen Deposition Loads to Alpine Lakes of Western National Parks and Diatom Fossil Records
• Inventory Prehistoric Archeological Resources
• Monitoring and assessing methylmercury and organic pollutants in aquatic organisms at six national parks

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University of Wisconsin-Madison

• 1983-2005 Lichen Elemental Studies in the National Park Service Great Lakes Network
• Determine Paleo-Fire Regime as a Basis for Native Plant Community Restoration
  • Evaluation of streamflow and sediment discharge into Founders Pond (pdf)
  • Paleo-Environmental Investigations of a Cultural Landscape at Effigy Mounds National Monument (pdf)
  • Sediment accumulation rates in Founders’ Pond (pdf)
• Inventory of Forest Structure and Diversity at Effigy Mounds National Monument Within the Heartland Network Inventory and Monitoring Program
• Reciprocal Interactions Between Bark Beetles and Wildfire in Subalpine Forests: Landscape Patterns and the Risk of High-severity Fire
• State of Knowledge and Future Monitoring of White-Tailed Deer Browsing Impacts in the Great Lakes Network
• Wildlife Habituation: An Annotated Bibliography and Workshop Symposium
  • Products: Annotated Bibilography (pdf) and the Symposium Proceedings (pdf)

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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

• Assessment Of Natural Resource Conditions For Isle Royale National Park
• Assessment of Natural Resource Conditions for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
• Assessment of Water Resources and Watershed Conditions in and Adjacent to Pictured Rocks and Apostle Islands National Lakeshores
  • Final Reports

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West Virginia University

• Administrative History: New River Gorge National River
• Control and Evaluation of Morrow's Honeysuckle to Promote Woodcock and Other Wildlife on the Fort Necessity National Battlefield
• Combining a Pairwise Comparison Approach and Statistical Analysis to Aid Land Conservation in the Northern Neck, Virginia
  • Final Report
• GIS Mapping Support for the NPS Civil War - 150th Anniversary Website
• NRAC 300: Development of Fire History Spatial Data Layers for the NRGNR
• Development and Implementation of an American Woodcock Habitat Management Plan for Fort Necessity National Battlefield
• Evaluating Vital Signs for Monitoring Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network
  • Conceptual Models and Vital Signs Monitoring
• Increasing Walking at the C&O Canal National Historical Park: An intervention focused on local employees
• Investigations of Riverscour Communities in the New River Gorge National River: Establishing Baselines for Monitoring
• Long-Term Hemlock Ecosystem Monitoring at New River Gorge National River and Gauley River National Recreation Area
• Scan, Georeference, and Mosaic Historic Aerial Photography for the New River Gorge National River

Great Lakes-Northern Forest CESU
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University of Minnesota
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St. Paul, MN 55108

Phone: 612-624-0734
Fax: 612-625-5212
Email: glnfcesu@umn.edu

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