Research and Development Office

Douglas Clark

This person is no longer with Reclamation.

Contact Information: Bureau of Reclamation Research and Development Office, (303) 445-2125, research@usbr.gov

Research Funded by the Science and Technology Program

Douglas Clark began doing research for the Science and Technology Program in the 2004 fiscal year, with funding provided by the program as recently as the 2017 fiscal year. Projects were funded under the Science and Technology Program research topics Water Resource Data Analysis and Water Marketing.

The following research projects were funded in whole or in part by the Science and Technology Program. Douglas Clark is listed as the principal investigator, or primary researcher. Click the project's title to view more information.

Developing and Maintaining a Community of Interest Dedicated to the Potential Uses of Near Remote Sensing and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Technologies within the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) to Reduce Costs and Add Technical Capacity

Project ID: 3823
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2015 - 2017
Research Results:

• Developing and Maintaining a Community of Interest Dedicated to the Potential Uses of Near Remote Sensing and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Technologies within the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) to Reduce Costs and Add Technical Capacity (final, PDF, 309KB)
• Developing and Maintaining a Community of Interest Dedicated to the Potential Uses of Near Remote Sensing and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Technologies within the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) to Reduce Costs and Add Technical Capacity (final, PDF, 309KB)

Fostering Data Stewardship Best Practices in Reclamation

Project ID: 3840
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2015 - 2017
Research Results: Training Materials for Data Management in Reclamation (final, PDF, 1.9MB)

Improving Reclamation's Capacity to Disseminate Information and Receive Feedback

Project ID: 2055
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2015
Research Results: Two-Way Communications With Stakeholders (final, PDF, 1.2MB)

Exploring Potential Uses of Near Remote Sensing and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Technologies in Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) Science, Engineering, and Operations to Reduce Costs and Add Capabilities

Project ID: 3734
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2012 - 2014
Research Results:

• Reclamation Annual UAS Report: Fiscal Year 2012 (interim, PDF, 689KB)
• Exploring Potential Uses of Unmanned Aerial Systems to Support Reclamation’s Mission (final, PDF, 689KB)
• Using Unmanned Aerial Systems to Monitor Sediment Flow (final, PDF, 689KB)

Pilot Testing Data Stewardship Processes on River Restoration and Hydrologic Data Sets

Project ID: 3760
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2013 - 2014
Research Results:

• Survey of River Restoration Programs Concerning Data Stewardship Successes and Challenges (interim, PDF, 648KB)
• Pilot Testing Data Stewardship Processes (final, PDF, 648KB)
• Managing Datasets for Monitoring, Evaluating, and Decisionmaking (final, PDF, 648KB)

Scoping Tools for Water Conflict Management

Project ID: 1380
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2014
Research Results:

• Managing Disputes over Science: Contested Factors (final, PDF, 744KB)
• Manual for Managing Disputes Over Science (final, PDF, 744KB)

Examining the Utility of Unmanned Vehicle Technology to Map Topography

Project ID: 4926
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2012 - 2013
Research Results:

• Aerial Missions with Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems to Monitor Sediment Flow and Changing Topography Resulting from the Removal of Dams on the Elwha River (final, PDF, 1.9MB)
• Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (final, PDF, 1.9MB)

Tools for Managing of Disputes over Science in the Bureau of Reclamation

Project ID: 6641
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2013
Research Results:

• Implementation of the Endangered Species Act on the Platte River Basin: Summary of an Interview with Dr. Curtis Brown, Platte River Study Manager (final, PDF, 275KB)
• Managing Disputes Over Science: Contested Factors (final, PDF, 275KB)

Data Management and Data Stewardship in Reclamation

Project ID: 3789
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2011 - 2012
Research Results: Survey of the Reclamation Research Community Concerning Data Stewardship Practices (final, PDF, 473KB)

Research and Development of a Comprehensive Guide of Tools for Management of Diverging Science in Reclamation Water Allocation Decisions

Project ID: 7645
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2011
Research Results:

• Resolving Disputes over Science in Natural Resource Agency Decionmaking (final, PDF, 229KB)
• An Exploration of Bureau of Reclamation Approaches for Managing Conflict over Diverging Science (final, PDF, 229KB)
• Finding Ways to Solve Water Conflicts in the West (final, PDF, 229KB)
• Managing Diverging Science in Reclamation Water Allocation Decisions (final, PDF, 229KB)

Examining the Use of Adaptive Management Workshops to Foster Collaboration

Project ID: 9132
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2008 - 2010
Research Results:

• Development of an Adaptive Management Workshop Manual to Assist in the Prevention and Management of Water Resource Conflicts (final, PDF, 418KB)
• An Adaptive Management Workshop Manual to Assist in the Prevention, Management, and Resolution of Water Resource Conflicts, Version I (final, PDF, 418KB)
• An Adaptive Management Workshop Manual to Assist in the Prevention, Management, and Resolution of Water Resource Conflicts (final, PDF, 418KB)

Reclamation Biological Resources Data Management: Developing an Enterprise Approach

Project ID: 1713
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2008 - 2010
Research Results:

• Stewardship of Bureau of Reclamation Mission-Critical Resources Data (interim, PDF, 90KB)
• Appendix A: Phases in the Reclamation Data Lifecycle to be Addressed in the Data Acquisition and Management Plan (DAMP) (interim, PDF, 90KB)
• FAQs for the Data Stewardship Policy (final, PDF, 90KB)

Research and Development of a Comprehensive Guide of Tools for Management of Diverging Science in Reclamation Water Allocation Decisions

Project ID: 7515
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2008 - 2010
Research Results:

• An Exploration of Bureau of Reclamation Approaches for Managing Conflict over Diverging Science (final, PDF, 1.1MB)
• Resolving Disputes over Science in Natural Resource Agency Decisionmaking (final, PDF, 1.1MB)

Western Water Institutional Solutions: Identification, Development, and Application of Institutional Solutions for Western Water Problems

Project ID: 147
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2006 - 2010
Research Results:

• Institutional Solutions for Water Resource Conflicts, a Forum for Reclamation Managers: Workshop Summaryu (final, PDF, 166KB)
• Institutional Solutions for Water Resources Conflicts, A Forum for Reclamation Managers, Workshop Survey Summary (final, PDF, 166KB)
• Focus Groups on Water Conflict and Collaboration, Upper Colorado Region, September 2006 (final, PDF, 166KB)
• The WWIS Network Collaboration: An Analysis of the Social, Economic, and Biophysical Environments Supportive of and the Historic Trends in Conflict and Cooperation in the Bureau of Reclamation’s Upper Colorado Region 1970-2005 (final, PDF, 166KB)
• Water Conflicts in the Upper Colorado Region - Phase I (final, PDF, 166KB)
• An Investigation of Incentives and Disincentives for Conflict Prevention and Mitigation in the Bureau of Reclamation’s Water Management (final, PDF, 166KB)
• Sharing Water, Building Relations: Managing and Transforming Water Conflict in the US West Instructor's Manual (final, PDF, 166KB)
• Sharing Water, Building Relations: Managing and Transforming Water Conflict in the US West (Participant Workbook) (final, PDF, 166KB)
• Understanding Incentives and Disincentives for Conflict Prevention and Mitigation: A Case Study Examination of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Response to the Endangered Silvery Minnow in the Middle Rio Grande Basin (final, PDF, 166KB)

Western Water Information Network (WWIN)

Project ID: 1201
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2004 - 2007
Research Results:

• Summary Report: Western Water Information Network Project (final, PDF, 1.6MB)
• The Western Water Information Network (WWIN) (final, PDF, 1.6MB)

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