P20AS00052 (P20AC00450).pdf

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD

This announcement is not a request for applications.

This announcement is to provide public notice of the National Park Service’s intention to award financial assistance for the following project activities. Refer to Section 2. Grants.gov Posting Determination.

ABSTRACT

Grants.gov Opportunity Number Project Title Recipient Anticipated Federal Funding Non-Federal Cost Share Total Anticipated Award Amount

Award Instrument

Anticipated Period of Performance

Legal Authority

CFDA # and Title

Single Source Justification Criteria

National Park Service Point of Contact

PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

STATEMENT OF PUBLIC PURPOSE

Section 1. Project Summary

Task Agreement Cooperative Agreement

Grant Agreement

Current as of 10/29/2018

STATEMENT OF WORK SUMMARY

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES

A. The recipient shall be responsible for the following items under this agreement:

B. The NPS Responsibilities:

A task agreement is proposed;

A cooperative agreement is proposed;

therefore substantial involvement by NPS is anticipated during the period of performance of this agreement. In support of this agreement NPS will:

A grant agreement is proposed, therefore no substantial involvement on the part of the NPS is anticipated for the successful completion of the statement of work. It is anticipated that involvement will be limited to actions related to monitoring project performance and technical assistance at the request of the recipient.

Section 3. Single Source Justification

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

SINGLE SOURCE POLICY REQUIREMENTS

National Park Service Policy FAP&P 1443-2015-06 requires a written justification which explains why competition is not practicable. The justification must address one of the following criteria.

In order for an assistance award to be made without competition, the award must satisfy one or more of the following criteria:

(1) Unsolicited Proposal – The proposed award is the result of an unsolicited assistance application which represents a unique or innovative idea, method, or approach which is not the subject of a current or planned contract or assistance award, but which is deemed advantageous to the program objectives. The unsolicited proposal must demonstrate an innovative capability or concept not currently available to the government, and prepared without Government involvement. ;

(2) Continuation – The activity to be funded is necessary to the satisfactory completion of, or is a continuation of, an activity presently being funded, for which competition would have a significant adverse effect on the continuity or completion of the activity;

(3) Legislative intent – The language in the applicable authorizing legislation or legislative history clearly indicates Congress’ intent to restrict the award to a particular recipient of purpose;

(4) Unique Qualifications – The applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upon a variety of demonstrable factors such as location, property ownership, voluntary support capacity, technical expertise, or other such unique qualifications. Successful past performance, familiarity with existing requirements, capabilities that can be obtained or matched by a competitor, or a positive reputation, are not considered to be unique qualifications.

(5) Emergencies – Program/award where there is insufficient time available (due to a compelling and unusual urgency, or substantial danger to health or safety) for adequate competitive procedures to be followed.

NPS did not solicit full and open competition for this award based the following criteria:

Task Agreement issued under previously competed or single source master cooperative agreement per Section 2 above. Single Source Justification not applicable.

Continuation

Unique Qualifications

Unsolicited Proposal

Legislative Intent

Explanation of the proposed recipient’s qualifications or the criteria of the proposed project which requires use of the single source criteria cited.

Section 2. Grants.gov Posting Determination

Emergency

The National Park Service intends to award a task agreement under a previously competed or single source justified award.

The National Park Service intends to award a single source justified cooperative agreement. Refer to Section 3 Single Source Justification.

The National Park Service intends to award a single source justified grant agreement. Refer to Section 3 Single Source Justification.

Section 4. Department of the Interior Secretary’s Priorities

This award will support the following DOI Secretary priority(ies):

Other Key Initiatives:

Employment of veterans.

Supporting DOI Infrastructure needs.

Creating jobs in the American economy.

Access to outdoor recreation opportunities.

Priority 1: Creating a conservation stewardship legacy second only to Teddy Roosevelt Utilize science to identify best practices to manage land and water resources and adapt to changes in the environment.

Examine land use planning process and land use designations that govern public use and access.

Revise and streamline the environmental and regulatory review process while maintaining environmental standards.

Review DOI water storage, transportation, and distribution systems to identify opportunities to resolve conflicts and expand capacity.

Foster relationships with conservation organizations advocating for balanced stewardship and use of public lands.

Identify and implement initiatives to expand access to DOI lands for hunting and fishing.

Shift the balance towards providing greater public access to public lands over restrictions to access.

Priority 2: Utilizing our natural resources Ensure American energy is available to meet our security and economic needs.

Ensure access to mineral resources, especially the critical and rare earth minerals.

Refocus timber programs to embrace the entire 'healthy forests' lifecycle.

Manage competition for grazing resources.

Priority 3: Restoring trust with local communities Be a better neighbor with those closest to our resources by improving dialogue and relationships with persons and entities bordering our lands.

Expand the lines of communication with Governors, state natural resource offices, Fish and Wildlife offices, water authorities, county commissioners, Tribes, and local communities.

Priority 4: Ensuring sovereignty means something Support tribal self-determination, self-governance, and sovereignty.

Solidify mutual interests between the U.S. and the freely associated states and territories.

Priority 5: Generating additional revenues to support DOI & National interests Ensure that the public receives the full market value for the natural resources produced on Federal lands.

Ensure that fees or costs levied for DOI services are reasonable and targeted to achieve cost recovery.

Consider the impact of DOI decisions on economic development and job creation.

Priority 6: Protecting our people and the border Actively support efforts to secure our southern border.

Ensure DOI law enforcement staffing addresses public safety risks anticipated on DOI land.

Promote a "public service" demeanor within our law enforcement community.

Priority 7: Striking a regulatory balance

Reduce the administrative and regulatory burden imposed on U.S.

industry and the public.

Ensure that Endangered Species Act decisions are based on strong science and thorough analysis.

Priority 8: Modernizing our infrastructure Support the White House Public/Private Partnership Initiative to modernize U.S. infrastructure.

Remove impediments to infrastructure development and facilitate private sector efforts to construct infrastructure projects serving American needs.

Prioritize DOI infrastructure needs to highlight:

1. Construction of infrastructure;

2. Cyclical maintenance;

3. Deferred maintenance.

Senior executives are expected to provide leadership in achieving goals of the President and the Secretary.

The Management Team is expected to:

1. Ensure cost-effective operations and quality service to the public;

2. Facilitate organizational cooperation and conflict resolution;

3. Ensure the workplace environment is conducive to employee productivity and safety;

4. Hold individuals accountable for actions that violate DOI policies and requirements.

Priority 10: Achieving our goals and leading our team forward

The proposed project does not support any of the DOI Secretary priorities, but the project is being funded for the following reasons:

Priority 9: Reorganizing for the next 100 years

Improve alignment and integration of the DOI organizational structure. Redistribute organizational resources (people and funding) to enhance mission achievement and improved public service.

Improve organizational alignment with Executive Branch counterparts with major land management assets or influence.

Financial Assistance Officer National Park Service Interior Regions 8, 9, 10, and 12 333 Bush Street, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94104-2828

(415) 623-2254 Goals: The Phase 1 objectives are to:

1. Conduct consultation and oral history interviews with the Klamath Tribes to determine the extent and contemporary cultural significance of stacked rock ceremonial features within CRLA.

2. Conduct a literature review and/or a synthesis of existing documents to determine the extent and significance of such stacked rock features.

3. Develop one or more new data layers within the park’s cultural GIS database showing the locations of such features and associated landmarks.

4. Carry out expanded NPS consultation with park-associated Indian tribes.

5. Produce an initial compendium of findings that incorporates research findings as well as pre-existing materials on the subject.

The Phase 2 objectives are to:

1. Develop and submit a National Register nomination addressing stacked rock ceremonial features associated with Crater Lake.

2. Produce a project report that includes the original compendium and a brief discussion of management and interpretive guidelines for these features that are compatible with tribal protocols and values.

1. September 30, 2020: PSU and NPS will have kickoff meeting and/or conference call to discuss available written resources and tribal consultation needs.

2. October 30, 2020: PI will recruit research assistant(s) to assist on editing, literature recovery, and transcription.

3. November 15, 2020: PSU contracts with Kelly Kritzer to oversee archaeological site reconnaissance and recording, and Eric Owen to assist on GIS coordination and entry of geographical data in a format compatible with NPS needs.

4. November 15, 2020 to April 15, 2022: Collaborative work on review of available written materials, including existing writings addressing stacked rock ceremonial features. PI and NPS staff will also coordinate on tribal consultation and outreach, and potential funding and scope of future phases of the study.

5. February 15, 2021: PI recruits project map/GIS specialist to assist in coordination of transfer and entry of GIS data by NPS into NPS databases, and other GIS/mapping tasks as needed.

6. May 15, 2021: PI makes visit to CRLA to assist as needed in tribal coordination, to visit certain accessible stacked rock sites, and get orientation to any materials already in park collection that have not been found to date in the course of literature review.

7. July 15, 2021 to August 30, 2021: PSU contractor undertakes initial archaeological survey and recordation of certain previously unrecorded stacked rock feature sites, to a standard needed to facilitate reference within a National Register nomination.

8. August 15, 2021: PI oversees first round of reconnaissance-level oral history interviews with Klamath Tribes members.

9. September 30, 2021: PSU begins transcription of recordings and entry of excerpts into research compendium.

10. April 15, 2022: PSU completes all review of available archival and literature sources, begins integration of all findings into a thematic research compendium.

11. July 15, 2022 to August 30, 2022: PSU contractor undertakes a second archaeological survey and recordation of certain previously unrecorded stacked rock feature sites, to a standard needed to facilitate reference within a National Register nomination.

12. October 15, 2022: PI oversees second round of interviews with participating tribes. With tribal consent, PI will also oversee transcription of recordings and entry of excerpts into compendium document.

13. November 15, 2022: PSU delivers site location data to NPS GIS staff in appropriate format for integration into NPS databases.

14. December 15, 2022 to March 15, 2023: Draft Phase 1 report, consisting of a compendium of material on stacked rock ceremonial features, developed and delivered to NPS for review.

15. March 15, 2023 to June 30, 2023: NPS reviews and provides editorial comments on report draft and, as appropriate, seeks tribal input on Phase 1 report.

16. June 30, 2023: PSU delivers any archaeological site documentation to NPS.

17. August 15, 2023: PI presents Phase 1 findings to NPS staff.

18. October 30, 2023: Final Phase 1 report and GIS data delivered to NPS.

19. December 15, 2023: Final digital archive delivered to NPS.

2. Collaboratively undertake a project titled “Cultural Documentation of Stacked Rock Ceremonial Features at Crater Lake National Park” as described throughout this Agreement.

3. Assign Sean Denniston as the ATR, and Steve Mark as a Project Participant.

4. Collaborate with the PSU PI in identifying particular ceremonial stacked rock features that are most in need of recordation or are of particular concern in terms of ongoing park operations, visitation, and interpretation.

5. Participate in the bibliographic research of sources regarding stacked rock ceremonial features, such as providing published, gray literature, and archival materials in paper and/or electronic form from NPS collections to PSU researchers.

6. Facilitate communications with the Klamath Tribes regarding this project and oversee all formal tribal consultation with tribes relating to this project, as well as facilitating communications regarding tribes’ preferences for interview protocols and use of information derived from interviews.

7. Coordinate with tribes and other stakeholders in the editing and review of project documents.

8. Assist in providing access to NPS computer maps or GIS layers as appropriate and providing guidance on how PSU shall best convey georeferenced data from the study for incorporation into NPS databases.

9. Provide information to PSU researchers on the documented distribution of stacked rock ceremonial features within park boundaries, as well as current and future management plans that may affect these and other culturally significant sites.

10. Provide overview and orientation associated with all park visits including: Briefings on safety procedures; introductions to park staff; and logistical support for field work operations, which include coordination with the park and making safety a priority.

11. Assist with safe undertaking of fieldwork within the park and have appropriate NPS staff accompany recipient workers when needed in the field.

12. Provide access to any PSU or PSU-contracted archaeologist, including the development of permits or other internal paperwork required to allow archaeological reconnaissance and/or recordation to commence; no excavation or other direct disturbance of archaeological resources shall be undertaken as part of this project.

13. Review draft products and provide substantive comments in a timely fashion.

14. Oversee the entry of Phase 1 GIS data into the NPS GIS system.

15. Assist PSU researchers as appropriate in finding options for local transportation or temporary accommodations during researcher visits to CRLA.

16. Assign the ATR and Project Participant as the lead coordinators of PSU outreach and communications with tribal, federal agency, and/or other NPS personnel.

17. Facilitate at least one PSU presentation to NPS staff related to project activities and Phase 1 findings.

18. Collaborate with PSU on the scoping of future project phases, depending upon the results from Phase 1 research and potential future funds.

19. Cooperate with the PSU PI to ensure that the conduct of the project complies with “Quality Control of Scientific and Other Scholarly Products in the Pacific West Region.” The ATR is the administrative reviewer for this project.

20. Ensure that reports and other formal materials (including publications and presentations) resulting from this collaborative project acknowledge PSU and that the project was conducted through the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, and reference this Agreement number.

Justification: Dr. Douglas Deur (PI) is uniquely qualified to collaborate with the NPS on this project because of his specialization in Native American cultural geography and his extensive experience as a specialist in studies of this kind. Dr. Deur has technical expertise developed over 20+ years as a professional anthropologist with research specializing in American Indian cultural views of natural resource management, ethnobotanical values, and traditional ecological knowledge. The Klamath Tribes have requested his participation in the study in light of his collaboration with that tribe on ethnographic studies over the past 22 years. Among his many publications as part of this work is a book chapter in "The First Oregonians" (ed. by Laura Berg) titled "Klamath Tribes: Restoring People, Restoring Ties to the Land," (Portland: Oregon Council for the Humanities, 2007), 147-159; (with N.J. Turner and C.R. Mellott), "'Up on the Mountain': Ethnobotanical Importance of Montane Sites in Pacific Coastal North America," Journal of Ethnobiology 31(1) Spring/Summer 2011, 4-43; and his most recent study, "Teachings of the Elders: Culture, Landscape, and History in the Homelands of the Klamath Tribes," (2019).

2. Collaboratively undertake a project titled “Cultural Documentation of Stacked Rock Ceremonial Features at Crater Lake National Park” as described throughout this Agreement.

3. Appoint Dr. Douglas Deur as Principal Investigator (PI).

4. Recruit and hire at least one research assistant to participate in the identification, acquisition, and organization of published and archival materials, and pertinent National Register materials, as well as transcription of interviews and editing of project reports.

5. Recruit and contract with at least one qualified archaeologist to participate in archaeological reconnaissance and recording in support of the study.

6. Recruit and contract with at least one qualified map and GIS specialist to participate in mapping/GIS work in support of the study.

7. Utilize the methods and processes as outlined in Attachment B in conducting the project.

8. Produce a detailed, thematic compilation of available literature and archival information addressing Native American ceremonial traditions associated with stacked rock features within CLRA and vicinity.

9. Carry out archival research as needed in appropriate repositories, including the CRLA and Klamath Tribes archival collections.

10. Be available to assist NPS staff in consultation and other communications with Klamath Tribes staff relating to this project.

11. Conduct oral history interviews with tribal members regarding stacked rock ceremonial features, their cultural and spiritual significance, management and interpretation concerns regarding these features, and related themes. Interviewees will receive an honorarium for their participation, as appropriate.

12. Oversee the development of a consent form that is suitable for this interviewing and address any PSU institutional review that may relate to interviews for this project.

13. Record and transcribe these interviews when interviewees allow.

14. Conduct archaeological reconnaissance and recordation in collaboration with NPS staff for sites requiring additional documentation to meet National Register reporting standards; locations and sites will be determined in the course of the project between PSU and NPS.

15. Record site locations and other geographic data pertaining to ceremonial activities described in written or interview accounts, as well as archaeological sites encountered in the course of reconnaissance surveys.

16. Convey geographical data to the NPS in a format suitable for entry into NPS GIS databases; this may take the form of a georeferenced list, or an ArcGIS layer for integration into the NPS database.

17. Produce a basic Phase 1 report that serves as a compendium to organize and present thematically organized data pertaining to stacked rock ceremonial features. This report will consist of a written narrative, but as a “compendium” may contain unrelated sections or have sections that are not fully developed until later project phases. The Phase 1 report shall include brief recommendations to support NPS management activities regarding protection, and stewardship of cultural resources significant to park-associated tribes and groups.

18. Be available to assist NPS staff as needed in integrating GIS database contents or other project products into the NPS databases.

19. Be available to assist NPS staff in identifying research needs and scoping potential research that responds to those needs, to guide possible future project phases.

20. Be available to collaborate with NPS staff in identifying key cultural sites or practices on park lands that are in need of immediate attention by NPS managers due to, for example, the potential adverse effects of current park operations, visitation, or interpretation.

21. Be available to NPS staff reviewing draft project products for discussion of findings and potential editorial needs.

22. Make at least one presentation to NPS staff regarding research findings.

23. Cooperate with the NPS Agreement Technical Representative (ATR) to ensure that the conduct of the project complies with “Quality Control of Scientific and Other Scholarly Products in the Pacific West Region.”

24. Ensure that reports and other formal materials (including publications and presentations) resulting from this collaborative project acknowledge the NPS and that the project was conducted through the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit and reference this Agreement number.

25. Upon request of the NPS, obtain digital photographs with captions of project activities and make these available to the NPS Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Senior Science Advisor and others for use in presentations and reports.