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FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO CONDUCT PROGRAMS AT NATIONAL COLONIAL FARM- PISCATAWAY PARK

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NATIONAL COLONIAL FARM

CONTINUED SUPPORT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION AND EDUCATION

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO CONDUCT PROGRAMS AT NATIONAL COLONIAL FARM AT PISCATAWAY PARK

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO CONDUCT PROGRAMS AT NATIONAL COLONIAL FARM

2015 GRANT SUPPORT

2014 GRANT SUPPORT - PISCATAWAY PARK

THIS AGREEMENT ENABLES THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF PISCATAWAY PARK FACILITIES TO SUPPORT THE ACCOKEEK FOUNDATION IN PRESERVING THE PARK S HISTORIC, SCENIC, CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND PUBLIC ACCESS. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES ANNUAL PROGRAMMING TO THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN, FOCUSING ON FARM-BASED EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP THROUGH A HISTORICAL LENS. THE ACCOKEEK FOUNDATION S HISTORICAL MANAGEMENT ROLE IN THE NATIONAL COLONIAL FARM IS CRITICAL FOR MAINTAINING AND INTERPRETING THE SITE ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, INCLUDING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE VISITOR CENTER. ESTABLISHED THROUGH A DONATION UNDER PUBLIC LAW 87-362, PISCATAWAY PARK PROTECTS THE OPEN AND WOODED LANDS ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER, PROVIDING HISTORICAL CONTEXT FROM THE MOUNT VERNON ESTATE AND FORT WASHINGTON. THIS INITIATIVE ALIGNS WITH SECRETARY S ORDER 3426, ENSURING THAT NATIONAL PARKS REMAIN OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, FOSTERING APPRECIATION FOR THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE AREA WHILE ENHANCING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

2013 GRANT SUPPORT

PROJECTS CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED THROUGH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY GATEWAYS AND WATERTRAILS NETWORK AND SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF: IDENTIFYING, CONSERVING, RESTORING, AND INTERPRETING NATURAL, RECREATIONAL, HISTORICAL, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED IDENTIFYING AND UTILIZING THE COLLECTIVE RESOURCES SITES FOR ENHANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION OF AND ACCESS TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY LINKING SITES WITH TRAILS, TOUR ROADS, SCENIC BYWAYS, AND OTHER CONNECTIONS DEVELOPING AND ESTABLISHING WATERTRAILS COMPRISING WATER ROUTES AND CONNECTIONS TO SITES AND OTHER LAND RESOURCES WITHIN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED AND CREATING A NETWORK OF SITES AND WATERTRAILS. THIS PROJECT WILL WORK WITH TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, CHESAPEAKE REGION WATERMEN, AND RIVERKEEPERS TO CURATE A COLLECTION OF ORAL HISTORIES FOCUSING ON BIPOC FISHING INDUSTRY WORKERS, IN THEIR OWN WORDS, TO INFORM EXHIBIT CONTENT. THE THREE WAYSIDE EXHIBITS WILL BE LOCATED ALONG ON THE POTOMAC RIVER ON THE ACCOKEEK FOUNDATIONS FISHING PIER AND BOAT DOCK PERTAINING TO THIS HISTORY OF FISHING AND THE POTOMAC RIVER, AS WELL AS THE WAYS THAT THE RIVER HAS SHAPED PEOPLE AND BEEN SHAPED BY PEOPLE OVER TIME. EXHIBITS THEMES WILL LIKELY EXPLORE (1) CONTEMPORARY EFFORTS TO RESTORE THE RIVER, (2) HISTORICAL FISHING INDUSTRIES, AND (3) PISCATAWAY CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE OF SHAD, OTHER FISH SPECIES, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN RELATION TO THE RIVER. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC, STATES AND OR THEIR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

THE CHESAPEAKE GATEWAYS TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS IDENTIFY, CONSERVE, RESTORE, AND INTERPRET NATURAL, RECREATIONAL, HISTORICAL, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED AND IDENTIFY AND UTILIZE THE COLLECTIVE RESOURCES AS CHESAPEAKE BAY GATEWAYS SITES FOR ENHANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION OF AND ACCESS TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CONSISTENT WITH THE CHESAPEAKE BAY INITIATIVE ACT OF 1998 (PUB. L. 105-312, TITLE V, SEC.502(A)). THE ACCOKEEK FOUNDATIONS REIMAGINE ACCOKEEK INITIATIVE, SUPPORTED BY THE NPS CHESAPEAKE GATEWAYS GRANT, WILL PROMOTE CULTURAL TOURISM THROUGH THREE SIGNATURE PUBLIC EVENTS AND COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS ROOTED IN INTERPRETIVE RESEARCH. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A NATIONAL TRAVELING EXHIBIT, A 250TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, AND A 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT HONORING THE TRAIL OF SELF-DETERMINATION AT PISCATAWAY PARK. THE INITIATIVE AIMS TO DEEPEN CONNECTIONS TO THE CHESAPEAKE REGIONS HERITAGE WHILE SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND.

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