Notice of Intent: Documentation and Assessment of Conditions and Treatments â¿¿Phase 2 | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

Notice of Intent: Documentation and Assessment of Conditions and Treatments - Phase 2 is a National Park Service cooperative agreement opportunity focused on advancing preservation planning for Fort Union National Monument by building directly on ongoing Phase 1 research (referenced under Agreement number UPE-23/P15AC01619). The core idea is to move from documenting and understanding the site to applying that knowledge in a practical way: developing and piloting a risk analysis approach that can guide future stabilization, maintenance, and monitoring decisions across the monument's historic ruins. The project is grounded in the reality that Fort Union's adobe architecture has long been exposed to harsh environmental stresses, and that those stresses are increasingly important to consider in a changing climate.

The work proposed for Phase 2 centers on expanding detailed investigations of the standing ruins. A key component is reconstructing the treatment history of the site by identifying and locating earlier conditions and interventions using archival sources, including written records and historic photographs. This archival tracking is meant to clarify what materials and methods were used previously, where they were applied, and how those areas have performed over time. By linking documentation to specific locations on the ruins, the project supports more informed decisions about what has worked, what has failed, and what unintended consequences may have resulted from earlier preservation efforts.

Alongside the archival research, the project calls for a broad assessment of present-day conditions across major material types at the site, specifically adobe walls, plasters, and associated brick and stone masonry elements. This is described as a general condition assessment rather than an exhaustive, wall-by-wall engineering study, suggesting an emphasis on identifying patterns, vulnerabilities, and common deterioration modes that can be tracked over time. The intent is to connect observed damage and material change to the site context, including exposure, construction details, and environmental factors, so that the resulting information is useful for day-to-day preservation management rather than being purely academic.

The central deliverable is the development and testing of a risk analysis on a representative section of Fort Union, with the explicit goal of turning that pilot into a rapid, site-wide monitoring program. In practice, this means the project is expected to define and trial a method for identifying where the highest risks are, what the likely threats are, and how quickly conditions may change, then translating that into a monitoring approach that staff can apply across the entire site. The emphasis on "rapid" monitoring signals a need for a scalable approach that can be repeated regularly, supports prioritization, and helps direct limited maintenance resources toward the areas and issues most likely to drive loss of historic fabric.

A defining feature of the opportunity is its focus on studying conditions and past treatments "in real time" within the context of changing climatic conditions. Fort Union's ruins already exist in an extreme environment characterized by frequent daily and seasonal temperature swings, repeated wet-dry cycles, and freeze-thaw events. These stressors are particularly relevant to earthen and lime-based materials, which can crack, soften, erode, delaminate, or lose cohesion under repeated moisture and temperature cycling. By explicitly framing the work around climate-related impacts, the project underscores that preservation strategies need to be resilient under ongoing environmental variability, not just suited to historic average conditions.

Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, offered as a cooperative agreement within the Natural Resources activity category (CFDA 15.945). Eligible applicants include public and state controlled institutions of higher education, with additional eligibility provisions indicated in the original notice. The opportunity was structured for a single expected award with a stated funding ceiling of $66,225. The overall aim is to support the National Park Service and its CESU partner in creating an evidence-based, practical framework for assessing risk and guiding preservation and maintenance decisions at Fort Union National Monument.

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