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 a Task Agreement against an existing Master Agreement.
The Recipient is a member of the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps
Program who was awarded a Master Cooperative Agreement P15AC00027 allowing SEEDS to participate in specific tasks, and can provide the necessary activities involved in this particular task while providing an effective outcome for NPS and the objectives of this stewardship/youth development project.
This project will assist Keweenaw National Historical Park Heritage Sites and other park partners with preservation and maintenance activities involving cultural landscapes, historic structures, and museum collections.
The work crew will consist of six youth crew members who will work a total of eight weeks during the 2017 summer season.
The crew will be supervised by a crew leader who will work a total of ten weeks providing a week of preparation and a week of close-out activities.
Projects will expose crew members to various aspects of heritage preservation and include:
vegetation removal, minor repairs and maintenance, interior and exterior painting, interior cleaning tasks, and care of museum collections.
The work crew will be advised by the park’s historical landscape architect, historical architect, museum archivist, and museum curator.