Description
The National Park Service intends to award a single source justified cooperative agreement for the Conservation Legacy Cultural Landscapes Program Resource Assistant project. The project aims to put America's youth to work protecting, restoring, and enhancing important cultural and natural resources. The assistant will work on cultural landscape management and preservation, including documenting heritage trees, developing a treatment plan for invasive species, and tracking progress using GIS technology. The project will run from August 19, 2019, to March 28, 2020.
• The project is a collaborative effort between the National Park Service and Conservation Legacy.
• The assistant will gain important personal and professional skills while building a lifelong connection to the outdoors and caring for nationally significant cultural and natural resources.
• The project promotes greater public and private participation in historic preservation programs and activities.
• The project builds resource stewardship ethics in its participants.
• The National Park Service will provide financial assistance, project direction, and ongoing training and education to the assistant.