Public Outreach by Federal Cultural Resource Specialists from the Wells Field Office

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

It is the responsibility of the Wells Field Office (WFO) of the Elko District of the Bureau of Land Management to ensure federal undertakings comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) on public lands. In addition to compliance work, WFO culture resource specialists have taken the initiative to develop and participate in outreach, particularly for youth and students. Outreach initiatives developed by the WFO culture resource specialists have focused on educating the public on the cultural, historical, and archaeological resources, with special emphasis on the protection of resources, women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), underserved communities, and technology in cultural resource management. WFO outreach events have included participation at local and county-wide STEM/science fairs, education programs for Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and Skype-a-Scientist virtual programs, among others.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Digging Deeper: Pushing Ourselves to Engage the Public in Our Shared Heritage through Outreach and Education   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36212.0