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Cultural Resources Overview and Assessment of the National Wildlife Refuges of the Texas Coast Performance Work Statement January 12, 2016 Project Summary The contractor shall prepare a Cultural Resources Overview and Assessment of the National Wildlife Refuges of the Texas Coast, between the Sabine River and Mexico. These National Wildlife Refuges total approximately 433,000 acres of beaches, coastal prairie uplands, fresh and salt water marshes, and the Rio Grande River delta. The Overview and Assessment shall provide a review and synthesis of the existing archeological, ethnohistoric, and historic information available for all of these National Wildlife Refuge lands, and present this information within the regional context of the prehistory and history of the Texas Coast. No field work shall be involved, unless the contractor optionally chooses to visit any of the areas.
The National Wildlife Refuges to be included in the Overview and Assessment are as follows:
Texas Point Big Boggy McFadden Moody Aransas/Matagorda Anahuac Brazoria San Bernard Laguna Atascosa Lower Rio Grande Valley Santa Ana Scope of Work The Overview and Assessment shall contain the following elements:
| 1) | A succinct description of the environmental characteristics of the study area. |
| 2) | A compilation of Texas Archeological Research Lab. existing site records for the 12 Refuges. |
| 3) | Copies of site forms for recorded sites. |
| 4) | 7.5-minute USGS topographic maps with the site locations plotted (software versions acceptable). |
| 5) | A narrative discussion of the past and current archeological investigations, and ethnographic/ethnohistoric investigations, if any, of the Texas Coastal Refuges and the surrounding region. |
| 6) | A narrative section which presents the prehistoric and historic information available for the Texas Coastal Refuges and the surrounding region. This section shall constitute the major portion of the Overview and Assessment. It shall consist of both the Archeological/Ethnographic (prehistory/protohistory) and Historic chronologies of the region. |
The prehistoric/protohistoric discussion shall include the appropriate cultural units, temporal components, and cultural sequences and phases utilized in the area. Prehistoric and protohistoric life ways shall be discussed, as identified from the archeological, historic, and ethnographic record. This shall include such factors as past technology, subsistence, settlement patterns, material culture, social and religious systems, trade, alliances, and linguistics.
The Historic narrative shall identify historic events, famous individuals, places, and other occurrences or incidents that are pertinent to the Texas Coast. In developing the narrative, include information on historic personal, military and scientific accounts and diaries, historic routes of travel, ethnic histories, and the life ways of the various ethnic groups that occupied the Texas Coast and its immediate region. The narrative shall capture the history of homesteading on the Coast, with special emphasis on the National Wildlife Refuge lands.
Although this is not intended to be a detailed administrative history of the Refuge lands, the historic narrative shall describe the history of the establishment of the twelve Refuges and the preservation of important species, notably the Whooping Crane.
| 7) | Recommendations for future cultural resource management options and research directions for the Texas Coastal Refuges. Discuss the general questions and issues relating to future archeological and historic research, documentation, and management. Indicate gaps in the present data base related to these questions and issues. Present suggestions concerning future research goals and investigation needs. Discuss relevant cultural resource management options for the area. |
| 8) | A listing of contemporary, Federally-recognized Indian Tribes, if any, with sufficient historical, cultural, or ancestral ties to Texas Coast, which in the opinion of the contractor should be considered the primary points of consultation for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service projects and actions under the National Historic Preservation Act, the Archeological Resources Protection Act, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act, Presidential Executive Order 13007, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. |
| 9) | An Appendix listing the titles of pertinent theses, dissertations, published works, research projects and/or investigation projects which have contributed to the knowledge about the cultural resources of Texas Coast region, with special emphasis on the Refuge lands. This listing shall be annotated with a brief summary of each listed source. |
| 10) | A listing of the cultural resource collections from the Texas Coastal Refuges. This listing shall include a summary of the museum and university archeological and historic artifacts, collections, catalogs, photographic records, and archival information for the Texas Coastal Refuges. |
| 11) | Maps and graphics necessary to support the Overview/Assessment, including all recorded sites known to the Texas Archaeological Research Laboratory and other public site records. |
| 12 | An “Executive Summary” of the Cultural Resource Overview/Assessment capsulizing the most significant points of the complete Overview/Assessment. |
| 13) | Bibliography |
Period of Performance:
One full year from date of award Schedule of Deliverables CO=Contracting Officer, COR=Contracting Officer Representative/Regional Historic Preservation Officer, TCR=Texas Coast Refuges
| Deliverable |
| Estimated completion Date |
| Format |
| Responsible Party |
| Receiver |
| Post-Award Call |
| To be scheduled within 10 working days |
| Conference Call |
| Contractor/COR |
| Draft report |
| 30 weeks after award |
| E-copy MS Word via email |
| Contractor |
| COR |
Draft review
3weeks after receipt of draft report
E-copy MS Word via email
COR/TCR
COR
Final draft review
6 weeks after receipt of Draft
Meeting onsite at Refuge
Contractor/COR/TCR
Final report
2 months after acceptance of Final Draft
100 bound and printed copies
Contractor
Deliverables The contractor shall provide 4 draft copies, and 100 printed and bound copies of the final document suitable for permanent public and university library accession and circulation. The graphic design of the final printed version shall be approved in advance by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The contractor shall provide a PDF of the final document, and each graphic, map, and site form shall also be supplied in PDF format separately. The site forms and site maps shall be in a separate format, and not made for public distribution.
The 100 printed and bound copies of the document, and the separate site forms and site maps, and the PDFs, shall be sent to:
Regional Historic Preservation Officer U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 500 Gold Ave. SW, Room 4232 Albuquerque, NM 87103.
Further dissemination of additional copies of the completed Overview/Assessment may be made at the contractor’s option, after acceptance of the final draft by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The separate site forms and site maps shall not be disseminated.
The final document shall become the property of the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Project Contact:
David Siegel, Regional Historic Preservation Officer U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2 500 Gold Ave SW, Room 4232 Albuquerque, NM 87103 david_siegel@fws.gov 505-248-7396
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