Opportunity Information: Apply for P17AS00397
This funding opportunity, issued by the Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS), is a discretionary cooperative agreement focused on protecting vulnerable cultural resources at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. The project is framed as a joint effort between NPS staff at Casa Grande Ruins (often abbreviated as CAGR) and a University of Arizona (UA) team, with the work centered on improving the long-term preservation of archaeological sites that are largely located in the monument's backcountry. The grant notice is presented as a "Notice of Intent," which typically signals a planned or targeted award approach rather than an open, multi-competitor funding round, and the posting indicates a single expected award with an award ceiling of 1 (as listed in the source data).
The project has two main objectives. The first objective is to create a baseline Preservation Plan covering a total of 60 archaeological resources: 59 backcountry sites plus the standing architecture of Compound A, which is described as a front-country site. Compound A includes delicate historic adobe surfaces dating to around A.D. 1350, and the plan is intended to address deferred maintenance needs for these fragile materials. In practice, a baseline preservation plan usually serves as a foundational document that captures existing conditions, identifies threats and preservation priorities, outlines treatment approaches, and establishes consistent guidance for future maintenance and intervention. Here, the plan is meant to bring structure and consistency to preservation work across a large set of dispersed sites, many of which likely face different exposure levels and risk profiles.
The second objective is to develop and implement Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Treatment Recommendations specifically for the 59 backcountry sites. These recommendations are driven by recent condition assessments that have already identified pest-related risks, and the project is not just about writing guidance but also about acting on it. IPM in archaeological and cultural resource contexts generally emphasizes prevention, monitoring, targeted treatment, and minimal impacts to the resources themselves, rather than broad or routine pesticide use. The notice highlights pest impacts as one of the biggest threats to backcountry cultural resources at the monument, which underscores why IPM is positioned as a central deliverable rather than a secondary task.
A significant part of the on-the-ground preservation work described involves backfill maintenance and erosion-related treatments. The UA team will work alongside CAGR preservation staff to maintain backfill levels at five identified archaeological sites, recognizing that maintaining appropriate backfill can be a key protective measure for exposed archaeological features. In addition, backfilling preservation treatments will be focused at four named backcountry maintained archaeological sites (the Ballcourt, B, C, and G) as well as at Compound A. Beyond backfill, the opportunity describes additional preservation treatments aimed at both IPM needs and the management of rills and gullies. These erosion features are attributed to water flowing over site surfaces and have been identified at 54 backcountry archaeological sites, indicating that surface hydrology and runoff are widespread, recurring issues across the monument's backcountry.
Overall, the grant is oriented toward practical, field-informed preservation planning plus targeted interventions to slow deterioration. It explicitly identifies the two dominant threat categories to backcountry resources at Casa Grande Ruins as pest impacts and surface erosion, and it ties proposed work products and treatments directly to those threats. Administratively, the opportunity is listed under CFDA 15.945 (Natural Resources), uses a cooperative agreement instrument (implying substantial federal involvement during the project), and was created on June 19, 2017 with an original closing date of June 29, 2017.Apply for P17AS00397
- The Department of the Interior, National Park Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent: Backcountry Preservation Plan, Casa Grande Ruins National Monument" 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 Jun 19, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 29, 2017. (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 $1.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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