Project Description: This agreement will provide Region 1 parks with technical landscape preservation assistance and train students in cultural landscape preservation planning. It will: 1. Assist the Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor (ERIE) by developing pilot cultural landscape and visual assessment inventories for the New York State Barge Canal system to assist in planning for the National Historic Landmark district; and 2. Provide Section 106 advising and other landscape preservation technical support to NPS Region 1 parks. Under #2, the project will a. Maintain the long-standing partnership with the NPS Olmsted Center in providing technical landscape preservation expertise to parks in NPS Region 1 and allow students to participate in that support; b. Support development of digital modeling as a research tool for preservation planning; c. Provide ongoing technical assistance to Gettysburg National Military Park for management of its commemorative park landscape; d. Provide technical assistance to Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park for management of its historic landscape resources at Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Wilderness Battlefield, and Chancellorsville Battlefield; e. Respond to requests by Region 1 parks for Section 106 review; f. Provide assistance to parks based on prior research completed by the Recipient; and g. Disseminate research findings.
Lead Principal Investigator: John Auwaerter, SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Partner Institution: SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Federal Agency: National Park Service
Federal Agency Technical Contact: Robert Page
Project Type: Technical Assistance
Project Discipline: Cultural Resources
Project Sub-Discipline: Cultural and Historic
Start Year: 2021
End Year: 2023
Initial Funding Amount: $130,000.00
Federal Grant Number: P21AC10283
Location: Northeastern national park units
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