Mostly at a park level, projects encompass a broad range of research, operational, andeducational activities across all aspects of cultural resource stewardship activities, including but notlimited to…

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $157,940.23 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) to the Organization of American Historians (OAH), a non-profit organization, on July 1, 2024. The project aims to better understand the creation, development, and management of Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site by documenting the various management decisions made between 1960 and 2023. This information will be of interest to park managers, scholars, and the general public to understand how the park operates and how it fits into the NPS's strategies for preserving and interpreting Western U.S. history. The project will encompass a broad range of research, operational, and educational activities related to cultural resource stewardship, including inventory, monitoring, research, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, documentation, data recovery, education, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The award has a performance period of July 1, 2024, through October 31, 2027.

Mostly at a park level, projects encompass a broad range of research, operational, andeducational activities across all aspects of cultural resource stewardship activities, including but notlimited to inventory, monitoring, research, rehabilitation, reconstruction, restoration, preservation, documentation, data recovery, education, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The goal of this project is to have a better understanding of the creation, development, and management of bents old fort national historic site by documenting the various management decisions made between 1960 and 2023. This information will be of interest to park managers, scholars, and the interested public to understand the way the park looks and operates the way that IT does and how beol fits into NPS management strategies for preserving and interpreting western US history. Beneficiaries include state and local governments, federally recognized indian tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, educational or scientific institutions, associations, individuals.