Cultural resource inventory

The Bureau of Land Management’s Lewistown Field Office (LFO) is seeking a contractor to conduct a Class III Cultural Resources Inventory of six locations in Ferus, Judith Basin, and Meagher Counties in Montana. The inventory will involve a systematic pedestrian survey of the areas, aimed at identifying and recording all cultural properties that have surface and exposed-profile indications. The contractor will also be responsible for evaluating the cultural resources for National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility, providing recommendations for determinations of effect and management specific to the planned prescribed burning and mechanical vegetation treatment project, and preparing a professional quality report upon completion of the inventory.

Services to be provided by the contractor:

1. Conduct a Class III Cultural Resources Inventory of six locations in Ferus, Judith Basin, and Meagher Counties.
2. Identify and record all cultural properties that have surface and exposed-profile indications.
3. Evaluate the cultural resources for National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility.
4. Provide recommendations for determinations of effect and management specific to the planned prescribed burning and mechanical vegetation treatment project.
5. Prepare a professional quality report upon completion of the inventory.