Survey for Emergency Habitat Expansion/Improvement and Unknown Archaelogical Sites

Post Date

May 26th 2011

Application Due Date

June 2nd 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

E11AC00398

CFDA Number(s)

15.946

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Cultural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This is a "Notice of Intent" of a single source task agreement award to the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN under the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). The cooperator for this project was chosen because of the unique ability. The PI was chosen due to the extensive experience and long research history in the specific project area (Bighorn Canyon NRA) and throughout the region. The PI provides volunteer support capacity and brings as part of an organized archaeological field school. This PI technical expertise is archaeological site identification, evaluation, and analysis with an emphasis on geospatial and geoarchaeological techniques.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $40281

• Award Range:

  $None - $40281

Grant Description

University of Memphis researchers will conduct a Class III pedestrian inventory with evaluation of archaeological resources at Bighorn Canyon NRA (BICA). The project will be conducted as part of the NPS System-Wide Archaeological Inventory Program (SAIP). The project will provide cultural resources training opportunities for participants from the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Tribes as part of a Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) development initiative led by the Tribal cultural committees, BICA, and the University of Memphis.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  Tonya Bradley
  Contract Specialist
  Phone 402-661-1656

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Help Desk

• Agency Email Address:

  tonya_bradley@nps.gov