15.945: cooperative research and training programs of the national park system cesu network programming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitate cooperative…

This Cooperative Agreement award under the National Park Service's Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) provides $100,050.80 to Montana State University to produce Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation for the North Entrance Road and Northeast Entrance Road in Yellowstone National Park. The documentation will meet the National Park Service Heritage Documentation Program standards and be transmitted to the National Archives. This project supports the broader efforts of the Cooperative Study Units program to facilitate multi-disciplinary scientific research and integrated information products that inform science-based management of the National Park System. The award is effective from July 2, 2024 through December 31, 2025.

15.945: cooperative research and training programs of the national park system cesu network programming supports a comprehensive network of cooperative study units to facilitate cooperative research, technical assistance, education, and training to inform science-based management of the national park system. The study units facilitate multi-disciplinary science and integrated information products across multiple geographic regions of the national park system. The national park service heritage documentation programs record americas built environment through the historic american building survey (habs), historic american engineering record (haer), and historic american landscape survey (hals). Habs haer hals documentation usually consists of measured drawings, large-format photographs and written data that highlight the significance of a building, site, structure, object or landscape. This documentation acts as a form of insurance against fires and natural disasters by permitting the repair and, if necessary, reconstruction of historic resources damaged by such disasters. IT is also used for scholarly research, interpretation, and education, and IT often provides the basis for enforcing preservation easement. Habs haer hals documentation is often the last means of preservation of a property: when a property is to be demolished, documentation provides future researchers access to valuable information that otherwise would be lost. Habs haer hals documentation is developed in a number of ways. The national park service regularly employs summer teams of student architects, engineers, and historians to develop habs haer hals documentation under the supervision of national park service professionals. The national park service also produces habs haer hals documentation in conjunction with restoration or other preservation treatment of historic buildings managed by the national park service. Federal agencies, pursuant to section 110(b) of the national historic preservation act, as amended, record those historic properties to be demolished or substantially altered as a result of agency action or assisted action (referred to as mitigation projects). Finally, individuals and organizations prepare documentation to habs haer hals standards and donate the documentation to the programs. The secretary of the interior s standards describe in general terms the fundamental principles of habs haer hals documentation. They are supplemented by other material describing more specific guidelines, preferred techniques for architectural photography, and formats for written historical reports. This technical information is found in the procedure manuals for the individual programs. These guidelines contain useful information on how to produce documentation for other archives, such as state or local archives. The state historic preservation officer (shpo) or the state library should be consulted regarding archival requirements if the documentation is to become part of its collection. In establishing archives, the important questions of durability and reproducibility should be considered in relation to the purposes of the collection. The purpose of this task agreement is the production of historic american engineering record documentation of the north entrance road and northeast entrance road in yellowstone national park which meets national park service heritage documentation program standards for transmittal to the national archives.beneficiaries include state and local governments, federally recognized indian tribal governments, public private nonprofit organizations, nonprofit institutions of higher education, and the general public)