Copy of research PI First PI Last Project Title P I E-Mail P I Affiliation Name Name Jonathan Achuff Monitoring of Tyndall Glacier and Other Park [email protected] Black Spruce, Inc. Glaciers Ruth Alexander Resource and Impact Study of Longs Peak in [email protected] Colorado State University University RMNP Dave Augeri Carnivore Complex Dynamics in the Rocky [email protected] Denver Zoo Mountain National Park Ecosystem Laurie Baeten The assessment of spleen as an alternate [email protected] Colorado State University University tissue for hunter-harvest surveillance for chronic wasting disease. Dan Baker Evaluation of Methods for Managing Elk [email protected] Colorado State University University, Population Health and Abundance in Rocky NPS-BRMD, Colorado Division of Mountain National Park Wildlife Robert Baker Evolution and Development of Mimulus [email protected] University of Colorado, Boulder guttatus shoot architecture Jill Baron Effects of Increased Nitrogen Deposition on [email protected] Colorado State University University Subalpine Forest Growth (NREL)/USGS Jill Baron Long-term Ecological Research and [email protected] Colorado State University University Monitoring in Loch Vale Watershed. (NREL)/USGS Jason Beason Monitoring Colorado Birds [email protected] Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Merav Ben-David Population Survey for River Otters in the [email protected] University of Wyoming Rocky Mountain National Park James Benedict Paleoenvironmetal significance of spruce [email protected] trees melting from an ice patch above timberline in the Mummy Range, Rocky Mountain National Park Jennifer Blakesley Mexican Spotted Owl Surveys in Rocky [email protected] Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Mountain and Great Sand Dunes National Parks William Bowman Critical Loads of Atmospheric N Deposition in [email protected] University of Colorado, Boulder Alpine Vegetation in Rocky Mountain and Glacier National Parks. Richard Bray Rocky Mountain Butterfly Project [email protected] Rocky Mountain National Park Michael Britten Wetland and Riparian Area Vital Sign [email protected] NPS-I&M Monitoring Protocol Design and Implementation Jim Bromberg Modeling the distribution of cheatgrass [email protected] Colorado State University University (Bromus tectorum) in RMNP Bret Bruce National Water Quality Assessment Program - [email protected] Colorado State University University South Platte River Basin Surface-Water Trends Robert Brunswig Paleoenvironmental Baseline Research and [email protected], University of Northern Colorado Long-term Climate Change Modeling in [email protected] Rocky Mountain National Park Ansel Bubel Assessing the contribution of mineral licks to [email protected] Rocky Mountain National Park Big horn Sheep nutrition in RMNP Kristin Bunte Percent surface fines in pool tail crests: [email protected] Colorado State University University assessment of the PIBO methodology and comparison with pebble counts and subsurface samples Lance Carpenter Nrtheast Regional survey to determine CDOW occupancy and dectectability rates for marmots and pika using a spaitally-balanced sampling frame (pilot protect) Stanley Church Evaluation of the Aquatic and Riparian [email protected] EPA Geochemical Environment--task 7 of the Central Colorado Assessment Project (see USGS project descripitons at http://minerals.cr.usgs.gov/projects/colorado_ assessment/index.html) Jordan Clayton Evaluating a process-oriented tool for gravel- [email protected] Georgia State University bed river restoration David Clow Water, Energy, and bioeochemical Budgets [email protected] USGS David Clow Assessment of N saturation and episodic [email protected] USGS acidification status in RMNP David Clow Monitor atmospheric deposition of nitrogen [email protected] USGS and sulfur in Rocky Mountain National Park using Ion Exchange Resin collectors Page 1 Copy of research PI First PI Last Project Title P I E-Mail P I Affiliation Name Name David Clow Establishing Critical Loads of Nitrogen in the [email protected] USGS Rocky Mountains Theresa Coble Visitor Voices: Testing Interpretive Theory, [email protected] Stephen F. Austin State University Assessing Interpretive Outcomes and Improving Interpretive Practice in the Intermountain Region of the National Park Service, Year Four of a Four Year Project Jeffrey Collett Rocky Mountain NP Noy Tracer Study: [email protected] Colorado State University University formerly ROMANS - Rocky Mountain Aerosol Nitrogen Study: formerly Fate and Origin of Nitrogen and Sulfur Along the Colorado Front Range and Rocky Mountain NP David Cooper Study the Effectiveness of a New Fence [email protected] Colorado State University University Design that Excludes Elk and Moose but Allows the Movement of Other Wildlife David Cooper Data collection in Lulu City Wetland to guide [email protected] Colorado State University University wetland restoration design David Cooper Baseline data collection to evaluate willow [email protected] Colorado State University University response to the construction of a fence to exclude elk David Cooper Distinguishing the Hydrologic Regimes and [email protected] Colorado State University University Vegetation of Fens and Wet Meadows in the Rocky Mountains Casey Davidson Experts, the Public, and the Environmental [email protected] Colorado State University University Impact Statement: Procedural Structures and Participatory Boundaries. P. Davis Using Cosmogenic 10 Be to Test the Age of [email protected] Bentley College Thompson Possible Younger Dryas Moraine at Sky Pont Catherine Driscoll Genetic analysis of Bighron Sheep Herds [email protected] University of Colorado, Boulder within Rocky Mountain National Park James Elser Effects of nitrogen deposition on phosphorus of freshwater zooplankton Frederick Engelman Hummingbird Research Project [email protected] Rocky Mountain National Park Nancy Gobris Survey of aspen cavity trees and cavity nesting birds on the elk winter range of eastern Rocky Mountain National Park Betsey Goodrich Firewood Movement across state line by [email protected] Colorado State University University National Park Visitors Bob Gresswell Landscape-scale effects of wildfire on aquatic systems in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado Robert Hallock Mycoblitz: An inventory of Rocky Mountain National Park Rich Hansen Survey of non-native and native Cirsium spp. [email protected] USDA-APHIS for presence of the eriophyiid mite, Aceria anthocoptes, a potential biological control agent for the control of Canada thistle Brian Heinold The search for the rare mayfly, Ephemerella [email protected] Colorado State University University apopsis, in RMNP Edward Hoover Transmission and Prevention of Chronic [email protected] Colorado State University University Wasting Disease Mary Jane Howell Inventory of Eumycetozoa in Rocky Mountain [email protected] Rocky Mountain National Park National Park Don Hunter Mountain Lion Ecology in Rocky Mountain [email protected] USFWS National Park George Ingersoll Rocky Mountain Snowpack chemistry [email protected] USGS Water Resources Division Monitoring Jason Janke Field Investigation of Permafrost Distribution [email protected] University of Colorado - along Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain Boulder/INSTAAR National Park Amanda Jeter Timber Creek Campground: A Landscape [email protected] University of Colorado, Denver Architectural Perspective on change through Time Pieter Johnson Linking land use, biodiversity, and amphibian [email protected] disease Page 2 Copy of research PI First PI Last Project Title P I E-Mail P I Affiliation Name Name Janet Johnson Birds in forested landscapes: Olive-sided Eagle Rock School flycatcher & hermit thrush at Rocky Mountain National Park Kenneth Kaliski Modeling the Effects of Alternative [email protected] Resources Systems Group, Inc. Transportation on Resource Protection and Visitor Experiences in Rocky Mountain National Park Stephanie Kampf Hillslope contributions to snowmelt runoff in [email protected] Colorado State University University Rocky Mountain headwater basins Rebecca Kao The range expansion of cheatgrass (Bromus [email protected] Colorado State University University tectorum) to high elevations Sabrina Kleinman Possible changes in soil structure resulting [email protected] NAU and Colorado State University from nitrogen deposition University Cori Knudten Attainable Heights: The Cultural Importance [email protected] Colorado State University University of Longs Peak Robert Kohut Evaluation of implementation of methodology [email protected] Cornell University presented in the National Park Service Field Ozone Injury Assessment Handbook (This is a new study) Ann Komara Images of Rocky Mountain National Park [email protected] University of Colorado, Denver Matthew Kondratieff Applied fluvial geomorphology [email protected] CDOW Mason Kulbaba Breeding system in Polemonium brandeger [email protected] University of Manitoba Sunil Kumar Advanced Species Models: Developing and [email protected] Colorado State University University testing predictive maps and custom models for invasive species Steve Lawson Modeling the Effects of Alternative [email protected] Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Transportation on Resource Protection and