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The purpose of the program is to manage cultural and paleontological resources to benefit the public. BLM manages archaeological and historic sites, artifact collections, places of traditional cultural importance to American Indians and other communities, and paleontological resources that occur on million acres of federal lands. Collectively, these “heritage resources” represent over thousands of years of human occupation, and millions of years of the earth’s natural history. BLM Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Programs coordinate management, preservation, education and outreach efforts, economic opportunities, and public uses of a fragile, nonrenewable scientific record that represents an important component of America’s heritage. The BLM Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Resource Management Programs seek to establish partnerships that collaboratively encourage the public to learn about and engage with heritage resources on public lands, restoring trust and being a good neighbor. The Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Resource Management Programs achieve these goals by: Protecting and preserving cultural heritage and paleontological resources for the benefit of future generations; Improving professional and/or public understanding of the nation’s cultural and natural history; Providing educational, recreational, and economic opportunities for local communities and the public; Increasing American Indian access to locations and natural resources important to traditional cultural practices and beliefs; and Managing heritage resource collections and associated records to appropriate standards, and providing access to the public and American Indians. The BLM is responsible for the largest, most diverse and scientifically important aggregation of cultural, historical, and paleontological resources on the public lands, as well as the associated museum collections and data.
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No current data available. BLM’s cultural resources and paleontological resource programs continued efforts to inventory, document, study, stabilize, and interpret the cultural and paleontological resources on the public lands. BLM worked with over 40 university archeology field schools to train 330 students in archaeological methods, worked with partners to study 890 cultural properties, stabilize 100 archaeological sites, present gave more than 620 public programs, and curate 107 collections. BLM uses challenge cost-share grants whenever possible on projects located on lands managed be the Federal Government, to enhance cultural and heritage resource management on Public Lands. Projects are restricted to lands administered by BLM in the Western United States and Alaska.
BLM’s cultural resources and paleontological resource programs continued efforts to inventory, document, study, stabilize, and interpret the cultural and paleontological resources on the public lands. BLM worked with over 28 university archeology field schools to train 264 students in archaeological methods, worked with partners to study 709 cultural properties, stabilize 212 archaeological sites, present gave more than 3,269 public programs, and curate 56 collections. BLM uses challenge cost-share grants whenever possible on projects located on lands managed be the Federal Government, to enhance cultural and heritage resource management on Public Lands. Projects are restricted to lands administered by BLM in the Western United States and Alaska.
BLM’s cultural resources and paleontological resource programs continued efforts to inventory, document, study, stabilize, and interpret the cultural and paleontological resources on the public lands. BLM worked with over 28 university archeology field schools to train 264 students in archaeological methods, worked with partners to study 709 cultural properties, stabilize 212 archaeological sites, present gave more than 3,269 public programs, and curate 56 collections. BLM uses challenge cost-share grants whenever possible on projects located on lands managed be the Federal Government, to enhance cultural and heritage resource management on Public Lands. Projects are restricted to lands administered by BLM in the Western United States and Alaska.
No current data available.
BLM entered into multiple agreements awarded to meet BLM’s responsibilities for cultural and paleontological resource management. These agreements were consistent with BLM’s priority workload accomplishments, which include providing public outreach, improving tribal relations, improving museum collections, conducting proactive surveys, stabilizing historic properties, conducting applicable studies and site monitoring. More specifically, BLM worked with numerous university archaeology and paleontology field schools to provide experiences to students, worked with partners to study hundreds of cultural and paleontological sites, monitored thousands of sites, stabilized hundreds of archaeological sites, presented gave more than 1,000 public programs, and curated over 20 collections. Projects are restricted to lands administered by BLM in the Western United States and Alaska.
Conduct studies, including inventory, excavation, records research, and collections-based research to improve the understanding of America’s natural and cultural history; Monitor at-risk heritage resources to track trends in condition and project effectiveness; Stabilize at-risk heritage resources; Train future cultural resource management practitioners and paleontologists through research projects, field schools and internships that capitalize on BLM resources; Tssist with cultural heritage data and records management activities such as organizing, maintaining, and scanning site and survey records; creating, digitizing and maintaining geospatial data; and performing data entry; Preserve existing collections at recognized curation facilities through such activities as archival housing, stabilization or conservation; Promote engagement with Native American communities and foster partnerships with tribal governments and programs; Promote public engagement, learning opportunities, and conservation/preservation ethics through heritage resources education and outreach programs, events, and products; Conduct studies directed at determining impacts to heritage resources caused by activities such as prescribed fire, juniper control and other vegetation removal projects, or any other land disturbing activity; Develop and maintain historic sites with interpretive and educational potential.
The program anticipates to accomplishes the same tasks identified 2021.
Cultural resources and paleontological resource programs continued efforts to inventory, document, study, stabilize, and interpret the cultural and paleontological resources on the public lands.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
