National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior Federal Lands Highway, Federal Highway Administration Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture 1-2 YEARS DESIGN
PROJECT START PROJECT SCOPING PROJECT DESIGN
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Revegetation and Transportation Program Project Development Process for Parks
1-2 YEARS CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
1-2 YEARS POST CONSTRUCTION
Park identifies the road need
Region contacts regional FLHD assigned to do project
Begin scoping process
Submit justification to the NPS regional office for prioritization
Park, DSC reveg program & FLHD define project & write agreement
Park decides to do revegetation plans on own
Consider options for road materials, exotics control, topsoil, and plant materials
FHLD prepares scoping report
FLHD begins design process
Reveg Strategy defined and funds become available for NRCS work
Park chooses to involve Denver Service Center
Design 30% complete
Forms and other worksheets for this process can be found at: http://workflow.den.nps.gov
Review Revegetation plan and reveg specifications
Design 50-70% complete
LEGEND
Park to complete Task Park & DSC Revegetation Group Task Park and FLHD Task Park, DSC Revegetation Group, & FLHD Task Milestones
DSC - Denver Service Center FLHD - Federal Lands Highway Division NPS - National Park Service NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service PMC - Plant Material Center
NOTES: 1. This is a standard template, and some projects may deviate from it as described in the Project Agreement. 2. Refer to Park Roads and Parkways Support Table. (Project Development Design and Environmental Compliance Steps)
Reveg Plan approved; after plan approved, reveg funds become available
This step requires two years of prior planning
Begin implementation process NPS/NRCS inter-agency agreement Collect seed at park Increase seed at NRCS PMC NRCS & DSC monitoring of plant material
This procedure can occur multiple times in order to produce the required amount of seed
Submit final report to DSC
Harvest seed at NRCS PMCs
Begin exotics control Road material specifications
Continue exotics control and seed collection
Control exotics
Park identifies exotics (weed) free sources Considerations: 1. Is additional topsoil needed? If so, how much? 2. What is the source of the topsoil? Preference is from within the park Note: Consider manufactured soils if there is an inadequate amount of topsoil from within the park
Monitoring for 1-2 years post-installation
Topsoil specifications
Plant material specifications
The types of plant material are determined during the Reveg Strategy
Options: 1. Revegetation (hydroseeding) occurs as part of the road contract; or 2. Revegetation is installed by Revegetation park crew &/or contractor after Installation road construction completed
Reveg complete
Specifications are reviewed at this time
Design 95% complete Begin construction
Activities Include: Grubbing, Remove & stockpile topsoil, Contour roadsides & disturbed areas, Install erosion control
Road contractor Revegetation Preparation Road Construction complete