The National Park Service, National Capital Region (NCR) will soon be looking to hire a permanent GS-12 Regional Hydrologist based in Washington DC. The Regional Hydrologist serves as the senior advisor in hydrology with a focus on both urban and rural systems for 12 parks throughout Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington DC. The hydrologist […]
Request for Letters of Interest: Historic Resource Study of African American Communities on the Antietam Battlefield & in Sharpsburg Project Title: Historic Resource Study of African American Communities on the Antietam Battlefield & in Sharpsburg Project Budget: $77,812 (this is the total compensation for the principal investigator(s), RAs, Section 508 Compliance, travel, and research expenses) […]
The partners of Second Century Stewardship have announced the Request for Proposals for fellowships to support research in Acadia National Park in 2023. Second Century Stewardship is a partnership of Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park and the National Park Service, and seeks to advance conservation and ecosystem science, support management of park resources, and […]
Solicitation for Chesapeake Watershed CESU Cooperator to Recommend Effective Student/Teacher Engagement with National Parks about the Potomac Watershed Goal: Determine most effective way to engage students in the DMV region (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia) in learning about the Potomac Watershed through national parks. This effort will be funded by the National Park Service. […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Notice of Funding Opportunity – MENTOR-Bat Program Notice of Funding Opportunity Number: F22AS00398 Deadline for Submissions – 09 September 2022 Eligibility – public and private institutions of higher education; non-profit non-governmental organizations; multi-national secretariats; foreign national and local government agencies; for-profit organizations; individuals; and U.S. territorial governments; Project Title – MENTOR-Bat […]
By Dr. Dan Filer, CHWA CESU NPS Research Coordinator 2022 is shaping up to be one of the strongest years yet for the Chesapeake Watershed CESU Research Network! We are coming off the highpoint of our 2021 renewal with the launch of our brand new, five-year strategic plan. This plan, which involved several iterations of […]
By: Katie Kline, UMCES-AL Following last year’s renewal as the host institution for the Chesapeake Watershed (CHWA) CESU Research Network, the Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES-AL) along with National Park Service (NPS) Research Coordinator, Dr. Dan Filer, developed a new strategic plan to help guide CHWA CESU priorities […]
By: Katie Kline, CHWA CESU Database Manager Dr. Laurie Miroff from Binghamton University’s Public Archeology Facility (PAF) recently received funding through the Chesapeake Watershed (CHWA) CESU Research Network to lead a new project associated with the Urban Archeology Corps (UAC) program in the Hudson Valley region of New York state. The UAC is a national […]
By Megan Nortrup, National Park Service Riversides scoured by constant flooding. Thin soils on top of rock beds. Some habitats are so stressful, only a few species have adapted to them and can survive. But in adapting to these tough conditions, these specialized plants (some are “edaphic” and are restricted to certain soil conditions) don’t […]
Randall Mason, a professor in the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation and a team of students from the University’s Weitzman School of Design have been working with the National Park Service (NPS) to document the Lincoln Memorial’s physical history as part of a longer-term research initiative called the Urban Heritage Project. They’ve […]
