Post-1955 Properties Stewardship Plan and National Register of Historic Places Evaluations | P17AS00683

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The opportunity titled "Post-1955 Properties Stewardship Plan and National Register of Historic Places Evaluations" (Funding Opportunity Number P17AS00683) is a National Park Service (NPS) cooperative agreement focused on modern-era cultural resources at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (GLCA). The core purpose is to develop a structured stewardship and resource management plan for cultural resources dating from after 1955 that are located within, or managed by, GLCA, and to complete National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility evaluations for a selected subset of those resources. In practical terms, the project is meant to help the park systematically understand, document, and make informed management decisions about its post-1955 historic properties, including determining which resources may qualify for formal recognition and protection under NRHP criteria.

The planned stewardship document is intended to function as a comprehensive framework rather than a simple inventory. It will establish a historic context specifically for post-1955 cultural resources, meaning it will explain the relevant historical background, events, developments, and patterns that shaped the Glen Canyon area during the late 20th century and beyond. It will also identify and clarify the significant facets of post-1955 history and the major themes in American history that are represented in the Glen Canyon landscape during that period. This emphasis on themes and context is important because NRHP evaluations depend heavily on linking a property to broader historical patterns, significant events, important persons, distinctive design or construction, or the potential to yield important information.

A major deliverable of the plan is the identification of actual and potential post-1955 property types associated with GLCA. Property types are categories of resources that share common physical characteristics and historical associations, such as recreational infrastructure, visitor facilities, water-management-related features, transportation elements, administrative buildings, engineered landscapes, or other built-environment and cultural features that emerged after 1955. By defining property types, the plan helps the park treat similar resources consistently, anticipate what kinds of resources may exist but have not yet been documented, and prioritize research and management actions.

The plan also sets out the methodology for evaluating these post-1955 property types for NRHP eligibility. That includes describing how the park will apply NRHP criteria and integrity considerations to resources from this time period, which can be especially important for newer properties that may not fit older assumptions about what "historic" looks like. Alongside eligibility, the plan will describe how property types will be evaluated for their level of significance. This generally supports decision-making about stewardship priorities by distinguishing resources of higher interpretive, historical, architectural, engineering, or cultural value from those of more limited significance, and by providing a defensible rationale for treatment recommendations.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary funding action using a cooperative agreement, categorized under "Science and Technology and other Research and Development" with CFDA number 15.945. The eligible applicants listed are public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, indicating that the work is intended to be carried out with an academic partner capable of applied cultural resource research, historic context development, and NRHP evaluation work. The expected number of awards is one, with an award ceiling of $36,095, suggesting a focused, targeted scope of work rather than a large multi-year program.

Finally, the notice explicitly states it is not a request for applications and is instead a public notice of NPS intent to fund the project activities without competition. That means the NPS had already identified the recipient or intended partner at the time of posting, and the announcement primarily serves transparency and compliance purposes rather than soliciting proposals from the broader public. The posting date is August 17, 2017, and it is issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

• The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Post-1955 Properties Stewardship Plan and National Register of Historic Places Evaluations" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.945.
• This funding opportunity was created on Aug 17, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by This Funding Announcement is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service (NPS), intention to fund the following project activities without competition.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $36,095.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.

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