Opportunity Information: Apply for L16AS00025
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- The Bureau of Land Management in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BLM CO-North Park Ute Trail Cultural Landscapes Study Project." and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.238.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2016-01-26.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-03-28. (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 $75,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offered a discretionary funding opportunity titled "BLM CO-North Park Ute Trail Cultural Landscapes Study Project" (Funding Opportunity Number L16AS00025) to support an ongoing cultural resources research effort in North Park, Colorado. Structured as a cooperative agreement, the project focuses on natural resource-related work with a strong cultural heritage component, aiming to build a more complete and defensible understanding of the region's traditional cultural and archaeological landscape.
At its core, the program is a systematic research initiative that combines several standard cultural resource management and archaeological research methods. A major component is cultural inventory, meaning organized field and records-based work to locate, identify, and formally document cultural resources across the North Park area. These resources can include archaeological sites, historic-era features, artifacts, and other evidence of past human use that contribute to understanding travel corridors and broader cultural landscapes associated with the Ute Trail and related traditional use of the area. The inventory work is intended to ensure that cultural resources are identified and recorded in a consistent way that supports long-term management decisions.
Beyond identification and documentation, the opportunity emphasizes evaluative testing of recorded resources. Evaluative testing generally refers to targeted investigations used to determine a site's characteristics, integrity, research potential, and likely significance. This step helps distinguish between resources that are limited in information value and those that can substantially improve understanding of the area's cultural history and landscape use. The program also includes selective archaeological excavations, implying carefully chosen, limited excavations designed to answer specific research and management questions rather than broad or extensive digging. These excavations are meant to refine interpretations, establish chronologies, and clarify how particular sites and features relate to the wider landscape and traditional travel or use patterns.
The opportunity was open to unrestricted eligible applicants, meaning there were no special eligibility limits stated in the posting. BLM anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of $75,000. The funding instrument type was a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates substantial involvement by the federal agency during the project, such as collaboration on research design, field methods, reporting expectations, or coordination with broader land management goals. The original closing date for applications was March 28, 2016, and the opportunity was created on January 26, 2016. The listing referenced CFDA number 15.238, associated with BLM assistance programs.
Overall, the grant opportunity supported a collaborative effort to document and better understand cultural resources in North Park through inventory, testing, and selective excavation, producing information that can inform both archaeological knowledge and practical stewardship of culturally important landscapes on public lands.
FAQs: BLM CO-North Park Ute Trail Cultural Landscapes Study Project (L16AS00025)
What is the name of this funding opportunity?
The funding opportunity is titled "BLM CO-North Park Ute Trail Cultural Landscapes Study Project."
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is L16AS00025.
Which federal agency is offering this opportunity?
This opportunity was offered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
What type of funding is this (grant vs. cooperative agreement)?
The funding instrument type is a cooperative agreement.
What does it mean that the award is a cooperative agreement?
A cooperative agreement typically indicates substantial involvement by BLM during the project. Based on the posting, that involvement can include collaboration on research design, field methods, reporting expectations, and coordination with broader land management goals.
What is the main purpose of the project?
The project supports an ongoing cultural resources research effort in North Park, Colorado, with the goal of building a more complete and defensible understanding of the region's traditional cultural and archaeological landscape, including travel corridors and broader cultural landscapes associated with the Ute Trail.
Where does the project take place?
The work focuses on North Park, Colorado.
What kind of work does the project support?
The project is a systematic cultural resources and archaeological research initiative that combines cultural inventory, evaluative testing of recorded resources, and selective archaeological excavation.
What is "cultural inventory" in the context of this opportunity?
Cultural inventory refers to organized field and records-based work to locate, identify, and formally document cultural resources across the North Park area in a consistent way that supports long-term management decisions.
What kinds of cultural resources might be included in the inventory?
The posting indicates resources can include archaeological sites, historic-era features, artifacts, and other evidence of past human use that contributes to understanding travel corridors and cultural landscapes related to the Ute Trail and traditional use of the area.
What is "evaluative testing" and why is it included?
Evaluative testing refers to targeted investigations used to determine a site's characteristics, integrity, research potential, and likely significance. It helps distinguish between resources with limited information value and those that can substantially improve understanding of the area's cultural history and landscape use.
Will excavation be part of the work?
Yes. The opportunity includes selective archaeological excavations, described as carefully chosen and limited excavations designed to answer specific research and management questions rather than broad or extensive digging.
What is the intent of the selective excavations?
According to the posting, the selective excavations are meant to refine interpretations, establish chronologies, and clarify how particular sites and features relate to the wider landscape and traditional travel or use patterns.
How many awards did BLM expect to make?
BLM anticipated making one award.
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The award ceiling listed was $75,000.
Who was eligible to apply?
The opportunity was open to unrestricted eligible applicants, meaning no special eligibility limits were stated in the posting.
What was the application deadline?
The original closing date for applications was March 28, 2016.
When was the opportunity posted/created?
The opportunity was created on January 26, 2016.
Is there a CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
Yes. The listing referenced CFDA number 15.238, associated with BLM assistance programs.
What is the broader outcome BLM was seeking from this work?
The project aims to produce information that informs archaeological knowledge and supports practical stewardship and long-term management of culturally important landscapes on public lands in North Park.
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