Description
The National Park Service intends to award a single source justified cooperative agreement to Conservation Legacy for a landscape project to renew the grounds of Brotherton Field at Chickamauga Battlefield. The project aims to restore historic split rail fences, cannons, and monuments, and to reclaim the park's 1863 setting. The crew will perform various landscaping tasks, including removing invasive plants and small trees, and preserving historic cannons and monuments. The project will provide park visitors with a glimpse of the landscape as it was 156 years ago.
• Restore several hundred yards of historic split rail fences
• Preserve 8 Civil War era cannons and 5 stone monuments
• Remove invasive plants and approximately 50-75 small pine trees from the site
• Rehabilitate historic fence lines around Brotherton Field
• Remove mulched walking path and landscaping from around Brotherton Cabin