North Atlantic Coast CESU

North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit

Natural Resources Research

Cultural Research

Natural Resource Conservation Service

Natural Resources Research Projects

Project title	Status	Project number	Principal Investigator	Partner University	Products
A synthesis of coastal geomorphology and processes, Gateway National Recreation Area	Active	141	Michael DeLuca	Rutgers	.
Analysis of benthic invertebrate occurrence, community structure, and correlation with submerged aquatic vegetation beds at Assateague Island National Seashore	Complete	97	Clement Counts	UMES	.
Application of federal environmental monitoring and remote sensed datain support of the goals of the North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit	Complete	2	Norman Rubinstein	URI	1, 2
Assessment of coastal vulnerability at Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Ste and Kaloko-Honokohau National Historic Park, Hawaii	Active	133	Jon Boothroyd	URI	.
Assessment of natural resource conditions for Boston Harbor Islands National Park, Cape Cod National Seashore, and Saugus Ironworks National Historic Site: and Research opportunities catalogue for Boston Harbor Islands National Park	Active	142	Peter Vaux	U Maine	.
Assessment of Natural Resource Conditions for Minute Man National Historical Park (Massachusetts)	Active	130	Mary Jane James-Pirri	URI	1
Assessment of natural resources and watershed conditions for NY-NJ area coastal national park units (FIIS, GATE, SAHI)	Complete	123	Anne McElroy	SUNY-SB	.
Assessment of natural resources and watershed conditions in and adjacent to Acadia National Park	Complete	120	Peter Vaux	U Maine	1, 2
Assessment of nutrient loading in coastal ecosystems: Assateague Island National Seashore	Complete	3	Scott Nixon	URI	1, 2, 3, 4
Assessment of spatial scale for mammalian carnivore communities in Northeastern Parks	Complete	58	Thomas Husband	URI	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Assessment of trends in contaminant inputs and cultural eutrophication in Cape Cod National Seashore and Acadia National Park	Complete	7	John King	URI	.
Assist in the habitat evaluation process for the Fire Island to Montauk Point reformulation	Complete	67	Norbert Psuty	Rutgers	.
Bay shoreline physical processes at Fire Island National Seashore: White Paper	Complete	34	Karl Nordstrom	Rutgers	1
Building a GIS database to support GMP development at Cedar Creek and Belle Grove NHP, Virginia, Phase I	Active	124	Roland Duhaime	URI	.
Cape Cod hunting environmental impact statement: development of an ecological impact analysis and assessment of the hunting program at Cape Cod National seashore	Complete	45	Curtis Griffin	U Mass	.
Certify bird species listings for avain inventory conducted at parks throughout the Northeast Temperate Network	Complete	60	Peter Paton	URI	1, 2
Characterize rocky interitdal shorelines at newly acquired Navy Bas lands, Acadia National Park	Active	122	Susan Brawley	U Maine	.
Coastal ecosystems education and research project	Complete	110	Margaret Leinen	URI	.
Coastal fellow support: Restoration studies, Cape Cod National Seashore	Complete	114	Sheldon Pratt	URI	.
Coastal marine recreation at Biscayne and Dry Tortugas National Parks - Understanding the ecological attitudes, behavior, and knowledge of park visitors	Active	136	David Loomis	U Mass	.
Collaborative evaluation of the present and historic sediment dynamics of Jamaica Bay, NY (Gateway National Recreation Area)	Complete	90	Steven Goodbred	SUNY-SB	1, 2, 3
Communicating natural resource issues and topics with the media	Complete	53	J. delaHarpe	URI	1, 2
Conference follow up meetings and presentations on "Managing landscape character in coastal communities	Complete	102	.	U Mass	.
Creating the knowledge-base for a General Management Plan for Fire Island National Seashore	Complete	25	Peter August	URI	1, 2, 3
Creation of a GIS-based automated shoreline analysis toolbox	Complete	14	Peter August	URI	1, 2, 3, 4
Database development and program support for NCBN	Complete	20	Charles LaBash	URI	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Database development and program support for the Northeast Coastal Barrier Network and the National Capitol Region Network	Complete	84	Charles LaBash	URI	.
Deer population report, 1991-1994, for Acadia National Park	Complete	119	Daniel Harrison	U Maine	.
Description of the coastal processes affecting Long Island's South Shore beaches - A booklet to increase public understanding	Complete	93	Jay Tanski	SUNY-SB	1
Developing a Diatom Calibration Dataset for Mapping Critical Loads of Atmospheric N and S in the Rocky Mountains	Active	132	Jasmine Saros	U Maine	. .
Developing Natural resource and social sciences research opportunities catalog for the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area (NYC)	Complete	121	John Waldman	CUNY	1, 2
Development and synthesis of marine and terrestrial natural resource inventory and monitoring projects for the National Park Service, Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network	.	151	Peter Paton	URI	.
Development and synthesis of marine and terristrial natural resource inventory and monitoring projects for the National Park Service, Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network	.	128	Peter Paton	URI	.
Development of a coastal bird monitoring protocol for Boston Harbor Island National Park Area	Complete	127	Peter Paton	URI	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Development of a coastal geopmorphic monitoring protocol	Complete	44	Norbert Psuty	Rutgers	1
Development of a natural resource stewardship strategy for Boston Harbor Islands national park areas	Active	138	Peter Vaux	U Maine	.
Development of historical topographical modeling of the beach/dune system in Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network Parks: ASIS, CACO, FIIS, and GATE	.	148	Jon Boothroyd	URI	.
Development of salt marsh change detection protocol using remote sensing techniques	Complete	37	Y.Q. Wang	URI	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Ecological dynamics of macroalgal and cyanobacterial blooms in East Harbor Lagoon, Cape Cod National Seashore, MA	Complete	135	Carol Thornber	URI	1, 2
Ecological Evaluation of research sites studied by the UM-NPS CRU in the 1970's and 1980's on human impacts in coastal habitats of National Seashores	Complete	79	Paul Godfrey	U Mass	.
Education Program on Coastal Dynamics Sandy Hook Unit GNRA	Complete	46	Norbert Psuty	Rutgers	.
Effects on Cape Sable seaside sparrow demography	Complete	64	Julie Lockwood	Rutgers	.
Efficient surveillance, natural transmission dynamics, and targeted management of West Nile Virus in mosquitoes and birds	Complete	4	Roger LeBrun	URI	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Eightmile River instream flow study	Complete	106	Piotr Parasiewicz	U Mass	.
Enhancing a 3-D network and Estuarine elevation models at Cape Cod National Seashore using real-time kinematic GPS and LIDAR	Complete	129	Peter August	URI	1
Enterprise Geographic Information Systems (EGIS) investigations: New technologies in GeoSpatial data development, application design, and enterprise-based distribution	Active	147	Peter August	URI	. .
Enterprise Geographic Information Systems (EGIS) Investigations: New technologies in geospatial data development, application design, and enterprise-based distribution	.	152	Charles LaBash	URI	.
Environmental Contaminants	Complete	9	Barbara Cooper	Rutgers	.
Evaluate relationships between water quality, seagrass habitat, and fish populations, Assateague Island National Seashore	Complete	51	Scott Nixon	URI	1, 2, 3
Evaluating ecosystem responses to restoration of the Saugus Iron Works NHS tidal wetlands through research and long-term monitoring	Active	137	Mary Jane James-Pirri	URI	.
Feasibility of sampling surf-zone fishes in National Seashore waters	Complete	33	David Bengtson	URI	1, 2
Forest management plan for Morristown National Historic Park	Complete	108	William Patterson	U Mass	1
GIS map & Database Project; National Natural Landmarks, Northeast Region-New England cluster	Complete	112	Peter August	URI	1
GIS support for natural resource condition assessments at Cape Cod NS, Boston Harbor Islands NRA, and Saugus Ironworks NHS	Active	143	Peter August	URI	.
GIS support for natural resource condition assessments within the Northeast Region of the National Park Service	Complete	117	Peter August	URI	1, 2
GIS technical support	Complete	32	Charles LaBash	URI	.
GIS technical support for all parks in the Northeast Region and LIDAR analysis at Jamaica Bay	Complete	154	Charles LaBash	URI	.
GIS technical support for Fire Island National Seashore	Complete	61	Charles LaBash	URI	.
High-resolution bathymetric and backscatter mapping in GATE: Component A and B	Complete	150	Roger D. Flood	SUNY-SB	.
Historic sediment processes and paleoenvironmental history of Great South Bay, New York	Complete	109	John King	URI	1
Historic structure update and determination of eligibility, National Park Service at Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site	Complete	72	Mitch Mulholland	U Mass	.
Human impacts on the geomorphological processes, Fire Island National Seashore: a white paper	Complete	77	Norbert Psuty	Rutgers	1
Hydrodynamic assessment of estuarine restoration of Pilgrim Lake, Moon Pond, and Salt Meadow, Truro, Ma	Complete	27	Malcolm Spaulding	URI	1
Impacts of beach scraping and artificial dune creation on the natural resources of Fire Island National Seashore-PhaseI: seasonal mapping of the subaerial beach and foreshore	.	126	Peter August	URI	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Impacts of shoreline change on park infrastructure at the Sandy Hook Unit, GNRA	Active	5	Norbert Psuty	Rutgers	1, 2
Implementing long-term monitoring in salt marsh communities within the Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network of the National Park Service	Complete	17	Mary Jane James-Pirri	URI	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Increasing Local and Visitor Physical Activity through Media Messages: A Specialized Benefits-Based Management Application at Acadia National Park	Complete	131	Jessica. Leahy	U Maine	.
Influnece of geologic framework on shoreline retreat rates, Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia	Complete	99	Douglas Levin	UMES	.
Inventory and monitoring at the Cape Cod National Seashore: benthic macrofauna	Complete	18	Sheldon Pratt	URI/CACO	.
Inventory and monitoring of benthic marcofauna at Cape Cod National Seashore	Complete	115	Sheldon Pratt	URI/CACO	.
Inventory of macroalgae at Cape Cod National Seashore	Complete	113	Carol Thornber	URI	1, 2, 3, 4
Investigate bayside erosion at Fire Island National Seashore Erosion at Fire Island National Seashore	Complete	42	Karl Nordstrom	Rutgers	.
Investigate bluff erosion at three sites in Acadia National Park	Complete	94	Joseph Kelley	U Maine	1, 2
Long-term, seasonal, and storm-related shoreline change trends in the Florida Gulf Islands National Seashore	Complete	118	Peter August	URI	1, 2
Managing the fisheries resources of Fire Island National Seashore	Complete	92	David Conover	SUNY-SB	1, 2, 3
Marine habitat mapping, pilot study, Fire Island National Seashore, National Park Service	Complete	155	John King	URI	.
Marine Protected Areas and the Northeast National Park Service	Complete	15	Virginia Lee	URI	1
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site historic resource study	Complete	13	Lee Richards	U Mass	.
Modeling of National Park Service visitation trends	Active	145	Timothy Tyrell and John Burkett	URI	.
Monitor and assess native plant restoration and treatments	Active	146	David Ehrenfeld	Rutgers	.
Monitoring estuarine condition at FIIS	.	149	Brad Peterson	SUNY-SB	.
Monitoring spawning horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, within Cape Cod National Seashore	Active	140	Mary Jane James-Pirri	URI	1, 2, 3, 4
Monitoring the shore changes at the Critical Zone and Gunnison Beach, Sandy Hook, GNRA: Phase II	Complete	69	Norbert Psuty	Rutgers	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Monitoring the success of salt marsh restoration by evaluating trophic relationships: a multiple stable isotope approach	.	6	Mary Jane James-Pirri	URI	1, 2, 3, 4
North Atlantic Coast CESU research and technical support for coastal National Parks	Complete	48	Mary Jane James-Pirri	URI	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
North Atlantic Coast CESU statistics workshop for NPS resource managers and biologists	Complete	49	Mary Jane James-Pirri	URI	1, 2, 3
Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network Ecological Inventory and Monitoring Program Assistance	.	153	Peter Paton	URI	.
Nutrient loading to the Sieur de Monts Spring, Acadia National Park	Complete	95	Andrew Reeve	U Maine	1, 2, 3
NY/NJ Bight Oceans Initiative: Facilitating a workshop to create a seamless network of protected areas	Complete	144	Michael DeLuca	Rutgers	1
Operating budget, North Atlantic Coast CESU at the University of Rhode Island: FY05 funding	Complete	12	Peter August	URI	.
Operational Costs in the Department of Natural Resource Science to support duty stationed personnel	Active	81	Peter Paton	URI	.
Pilot study to inventory amphibians, reptiles, mammals and selected bird species at Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area in the Northeast Temperate Network	Complete	76	Peter Paton	URI	1, 2
Post conference documentation and proceedings: "Endless summer-mamaging landscape character in coastal communities	Complete	100	.	U Mass	.
Preliminary assessment of fish utilization of the waters adjacent to the Cape Cod National Seashore	Complete	111	David Bengtson	URI	.
Proposal to conduct topographic survey and to establish volume data for marsh restoration experiment, Big Egg Marsh, Jamaica Bay	Complete	31	Norbert Psuty	Rutgers	.
Provide technical assistance regarding coastal processes in the Northeastern Coastal Parks	Complete	22	Norbert Psuty	Rutgers	.
Radiometric dating of a sediment core from Town Cove, Nauset Marsh, Massachusetts	Complete	19	James Quinn	URI	.
Recent and short-term sediment processes in the Great South Bay, NY: implications for habitat conservation and restoration	Complete	89	Steven Goodbred	SUNY-SB	.
Relationships among barrier island processes, sea level rise, and maintenance of salt marsh habitat at Fire Island National Seashore	Complete	11	John King	URI	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Restoration of Jamaica Bay salt marsh, Gateway National Recreation Area	Complete	88	Steven Goodbred	SUNY-SB	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Restoration of salt marsh habitat at the Fire Island National Seashore Wilderness Area: Studying physical and ecological functions of mosquito ditches and presenting a restoration plan	Active	139	Mary Jane James-Pirri	URI	.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site General Management Plan - Cultural resources/affected environment	Complete	43	.	U Mass	.
Sediment and benthos at the proposed ferry dock site, Sandy Hook Unit, Gateway NRA	Complete	86	Norbert Psuty	Rutgers	.
Shinnecock Inlet monitoring	Complete	91	Henry J. Bokuniewicz	SUNY-SB	.
Shorebird and waterbirds at Cape Cod National Seashore	Complete	28	Scott McWilliams	URI	1, 2, 3, 4
Shoreline monitoring at the Barrett Beach and the Sailors Haven Marinas, Fire Island National Seashore	Complete	83	Norbert Psuty	Rutgers	.
Student internship at Assateague Island National Seashore	Complete	96	Theodore Mollett	UMES	.
Support scientific sessions and special publications honoring Dr. James R. Allen	Complete	30	Norbert Psuty	Rutgers	1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Surveys of freshwater ponds at Assateague Island National Seashore	Complete	10	Douglas Levin	UMES	.
Technical assistance in website development and enhancement for coastal National Parks	Complete	50	Charles LaBash	URI	.
Testing variables for monitoirng estuarine nutrient enrichment within North Atlantic Parks	Complete	21	Scott Nixon	URI	1, 2, 3
Vegetation monitoring at capped artesian wells, Fire Island NS	Complete	36	Keith Killingbeck	URI/GATE	1
White paper on oceanside geomorphology and processes, Fire Island National Seashore	Complete	35	Norbert Psuty	Rutgers	1, 2

Cultural Research Projects

Project title	Status	Project number	Principal Investigator	Partner University
Archeological sites management information system, database development and backlog	Complete	56	Rod Mather	URI
Carns site monograph, Archeological investigations at the Carns site, Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts	Complete	57	William Turnbaugh	URI / CACO
Complete Analysis and Evaluation of Fort Tilden Cultural Landscape, Gateway National Recreation Area	Active	164	George Curry	SUNY-ESF
Construct an archeological overview and assessment for Saint Gaudens National Historial Site, Cornish, New Hampshire	Complete	70	Mitch Mulholland	U Mass
Developing web-based curricula featuring the Springfield Armory's role in America's industrialization, Springfield Armory National Historic Site, Springfield , Massachusetts	Complete	105	David Hart	U Mass
Document and preserve the cultural landscape of Cape Cod National Seashore	Complete	101	Jack Ahern	U Mass
Document and preserve the cultural landscape of Cape Cod National Seashore, Phase 2	Complete	103	.	U Mass
Eight Mile River cultural landscape study - Phase II	Complete	73	Scott Jackson	U Mass
Ethnographic overview and assessment Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Complete	71	Cathy Stanton	U Mass
Ethnographic Study of Polish Americans, Salem Maritime NHS	Active	163	Cathy Stanton	U Mass
Evaluation of the effectiveness of the Fire Island approach to federal/local zoning and land use management	Complete	80	R. Platt	U Mass
Implement GATE NER ASMIS CAP	.	160	Rod Mather	URI
Implement Phase I CACO NER ASMIS CAP	Complete	162	Rod Mather	URI
Implement Phase I of NER Corrective Action Plan for the Archeological Sites Management Information System (ASMIS) at the Cape Cod National Seashore	Complete	134	Rod Mather	URI
Implement Phase II CACO NER ASMIS CAP	Active	161	Rod Mather	URI
Mission 66 contextual study	Complete	104	Ethan Carr	U Mass
Office of Strategic Services (OSS) training camps in Prince William and Catoctin National Parks during World War II	Complete	52	John Chambers	Rutgers
Produce Archeological Overview and Assessment, Boston Harbor Islands	Complete	159	Mitch Mulholland	U Mass
Produce Archeological Overview and Assessment, Martin Van Buren	.	156	Mitch Mulholland	U Mass
Produce Archeological Overview and Assessment, Saint Gaudens	Complete	158	Mitch Mulholland	U Mass
Produce Archeological Overview and Assessment, Springfield Armory	Complete	157	Mitch Mulholland	U Mass
Provide Technical Assistance for Cultural Landscapes in National Parks	Active	165	George Curry	SUNY-ESF
Research and Evaluate of Marin Headlands Cultural Landscape, Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Active	166	George Curry	SUNY-ESF
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site National Register documentation	Complete	107	Marla Miller	U Mass

Natural Resource Conservation Service Projects

Project title	Status	Project number	Principal Investigator	Partner University	Products
Controlling nitrate pollution from agriculture and rural sources in Rhode Island to protect groundwater and coastal waters	Active	NRCS_2	Art Gold	URI	.
Host the Rhode Island farm bill forum	Complete	NRCS_6	Peter August	URI	1
Provide technical assistance to landowners with the development and implementation of pest management plans	Complete	NRCS_8	Richard Cassagrande	URI	.
Rhode Island rapid watershed assessment (RWA) of the Wood-Pawcatuck River and western Narragansett	Complete	NRCS_3	Peter August	URI	1, 2
Rhode Island rapid watershed assessment (RWA)-Phase II	Complete	NRCS_4	Peter August	URI	.
Technical assistance for completing the subaqueous soil data collection for Ninigret Pond and initial work in Narragansett Bay	Complete	NRCS_7	Peter August	URI	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Technical assistance for pest management in Rhode Island	Complete	NRCS_5	Richard Cassagrande	URI	.
Technical assistance to complete the subaqueous soil survey data collection for priority areas in Rhode Island	Complete	NRCS_1	Peter August	URI	.

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