A. Performance goals - the agreement between the national park service and azcc is designed to provide young adults with training and to address maintenance of historic resources at chiricahua…

The National Park Service awarded Conservation Legacy $208,533.28 under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) on September 1, 2022 to provide historic preservation services at Chiricahua National Monument and Fort Bowie National Historic Site in Willcox, AZ through March 2023. Conservation Legacy will utilize its Arizona Conservation Corps to address deferred maintenance on the historic Stafford Cabin at Chiricahua, including replacement of deteriorated logs, application of lime and adobe mortar, and interior/exterior preservation work. Crews will also apply new lime encapsulation to Indian Agency ruins and complete minor trail work at Fort Bowie. The project aims to provide young adults with hands-on training in historic preservation maintenance within the National Park System.

A. Performance goals - the agreement between the national park service and azcc is designed to provide young adults with training and to address maintenance of historic resources at chiricahua national monument and fort bowie national historic site.b. Project objectives - the project is designed to provide young adults participating in azcc's indigenous program with an opportunity to learn and receive hands on training in various aspects of management and historic preservation within the NPS system. A particular focus will be on recruiting and engaging young people from culturally affiliated tribal communities on these projects, including those from the tohono o'odham nation. If for some reason, an indigenous crew cannot be filled due to a lack of applicants, then a non-indigenous crew will be obtained for this project.summary of project specific activities:the indigenous crew (5 members+ 1 leader) will assist for 6 hitches, each hitch is 8 days (including travel to and from the monument, and 1 educational day per hitch) in a variety of projects at chiricahua national monument (chir) and fort bowie national historic site (fobo). Project work at chir will include addressing deferred maintenance on the historic stafford cabin. Preservation work will adhere to the secretary of interior standards of historic preservation for historic building preservation. Work will include replacement of historic deteriorated logs within the cabin structure, learning the technique of placing lime mortar and adobe mortar, techniques on the proper ways to add non-historic board and batten material to historic board and batten material, learning RE-pointing techniques on a historic fireplace, learning the proper materials and techniques to use to address integrated pest management (IPM) for a historic structure, and painting the historic cabin. Pperformance goals including milestones and expected outcomes:september 2022- mobilize on site and begin preservation work at fobo indian agency ruins to include removal of existing lime encapsulation.october 2022- begin applying new lime encapsulation to indian agency ruins, lime encapsulation will be completed by the middle of november.november 2022- continue with lime encapsulation until complete, then shift focus to preservation of stafford cabin exterior at chiricahua.december 2022- continue preservation of stafford cabin exterior, moving to interior on days of inclement weather.january 2023- begin working on preservation of stafford cabin interior.february 2023- continue preservation of stafford cabin interior.march 2023- finish preservation of stafford cabin interior/exterior and then spend 2-3 weeks brushing and completing minor tread-work on fobo trails.beneficiaries:the beneficiaries of this project will be:1) the PUBLIC2) the knowledge and experiences the arizona conservation corps crew members gained working on the project.3) the southeast arizona group of the national park service by repairing a high visitation section of the trail corridor