BATON ROUGE - The LSU Campus Mounds Preservation Project received over $200,000 in grant money from the National Parks Service, according to a release from the NPS.

The LSU Campus Mounds were believed to be constructed by Native Americans at least 6,000 years ago. The NPS granted a total of $220,871 to the preservation project.

The funds will be used to stop ongoing erosion, repair existing damage, and add denser, drought-resistant grass to stabilize the mounds' surface.