What We Learn
WNPA-funded Research
Western National Parks Association wants the public to know the history, issues, and solutions that come from the research that we support with grants. That’s why we provide engaging stories about what scientists are discovering at the more than 70 national parks that we partner with.
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Meadow and Lake-Sediment Based Reconstructions of Holocene Fire Histories for Sub-Alpine and Montane Ecosystems in Great Basin National Park
Great Basin National Park
Blue Point Pyrgulopsis: Population Density, Distribution, and Sensitivity to Exotic Fishes
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Little Springs Volcanology and Archaeology Project: Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Honoring Tribal Legacies: Primary Sources for Use in Interpretation and Education along the Lewis and Clark Trail
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Dendrochronological Investigation of the Samuel E. Johnson Farmhouse at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park
Assessing Interpretive Outcomes in the Intermountain Region (Year 2)
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Distribution, Abudance, Habitat Use, and Breeding Ecology in the Verde River Watershed of Arizona
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Monitoring the Removal of the Non-Native Slider Turtle and Evaluating its Effects on the Native Sonoran Mud Turtle at Montezuma Well (Year 1)
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Testing the Efficacy of Acoustic Lures on Western Bat Species
Montezuma Castle National Monument
Association of Prehistoric Human Habitation with Springs and Wetlands in the Mojave Desert
Mojave National Preserve
Effects of Small Mammals on Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery in the Mojave Desert (Year 1)
Mojave National Preserve
Dark-Sky Measurements at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
