Description
The National Park Service intends to award a single source justified cooperative agreement to the Great Basin Institute (GBI) for the project "Paleontological Resources of the Lower Colorado Region, Lake Mead NRA". The project aims to better understand the scope and extent of paleontological resources on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation lands along the lower Colorado River in California, Arizona, and Nevada. The project will involve developing a scientific research permitting process, conducting a comprehensive literature review, building a database, and drafting a preliminary paleontological resources report. The project will be conducted with a GBI Research Associate paleontologist who will collaborate with NPS and USBR personnel.
• Develop a scientific research permitting process
• Conduct a comprehensive literature review
• Build a database for geospatial data, paleontological locality data, and museum records data
• Conduct museum visits to determine the location of legacy collections and arrange for cataloging and long-term loan agreements
• Conduct limited field visits to classify geologic units and ground truth fossil localities
• Draft a preliminary paleontological resources report