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The BLM WY would like to continue supporting the Cultural Resources Inventorying Project, which is intended to serve broad national interests through class III cultural resource inventories and archeological site data collection on BLM administered land. Inventories shall take place in field offices including, but not limited to, Casper, Lander, and Worland. Counties respectively include Freemont and Sweetwater; Converse, Goshen, Natrona and Platte; and BigHorn, Hot Springs, and Washakie. BLM WY seeks to foster a collaborative relationship with a partner possessing archeological expertise to conduct these inventories and analysis of field data.

The Montezuma Castle cliff dwelling and Casa Grande Great House are the American Southwest¿s most iconic earthen buildings. This cooperative agreement outlines work necessary to plan and implement pilot preservation treatments at both sites. Objectives of the project include, 1) plaster sampling and analysis to determine material constituency (MOCA/CAGR), 2) continued archeological analysis and evaluation (MOCA/CAGR), 3) implementation of pest management recommendations and pilot stabilization treatments (CAGR), 4) archival printing of select walls and features (CAGR/MOCA).

The objectives of this project are to utilize developed protocols and templates, updated as necessary, to inventory bureau collections at LTRR, and enter information on an estimated 71,000 archeological and natural history specimens into a web-accessible catalog linked to centralized scientific data repositories and catalog the specimens into ICMS. Protocols for identifying and processing specimens will be evaluated jointly and refined continuously to improve efficiency.

This project represents an opportunity to enter into a cooperative agreement for cultural resources outreach, education and training to further effective cultural resource management on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Project lands. Stewardship of historic and cultural resources can be achieved by educating students, Corps staff, and public and private landowners holding outgrant leases, easements or licenses on USACE lands. A cooperative agreement with an educational institution will provide educational benefits and awareness to college students, interns, volunteers, neighbors, frequent users, the general public and future stewards of the sites, and provide benefits to the community of which these USACE sites are a part. The program would provide job training, education, and early career development for college-level students in archaeology, anthropology, and natural / cultural resource management. Students will learn appropriate survey and monitoring methods, field techniques, archival research, regulations and policy, and the latest technology to document and analyze cultural sites and historic properties.

With ten thousand members and two hundred and fifty "grottos" (chapters), the National Speleological Society is the largest organization in the world focused on the exploration, study, and protection of caves and their environments. For more than seventy years, NSS has promoted safe and responsible caving practices, effective cave and karst management, speleology, and conservation. To advance this mission, NSS awards Research Grants of up to $1,500 to qualified individuals or teams for research in cave-related branches of study. This includes but is not limited to the natural sciences (e.g., cave biology, geology, paleontology, and hydrology), social sciences (e.g., archaeology), and the humanities (e.g., speleological history). Interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged. Preference will be given to projects with the potential to generate new information and insights that are suitable for submission to peer-reviewed publications. Proposals may be submitted at any time. Funding decisions are made twice annually, in January and June. Proposals should be received at least one month in advance to be considered. To be considered for January 2018 funding, applications should be received no later than December 1, 2017.