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The resource document was produced in response to the preparation of an LEIS for the Nellis Air Force Range Renewal, Nevada. The consultation focused specifically on the proposed action and alternatives concerning the future renewal of the NAFR. However, the present CGTO's response to this consultation is not limited to the LEIS, but also integrates relevant recommendations and insights made by Indian people based on previous and existing federal projects in which American Indians participated.
Archaeological Investigations Along Paleoshorelines of Three Dry Lakes on the North Nevada Test and Training Range (2008)
This document presents a research design for investigating the archaeological nature of three relict pluvial lake basins on the North Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) (Figure 1) for cultural resources potential. This research is in support of the mission of Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB) to provide combat air training on the largest Air Force land based training facility in the United States (U.S.).
A Class ID Cultural Resources Reconnaissance for a Buried Fiber Optic Line between the P-9 and P-10 Facilities, Nellis Air Force Range, Nye County, Nevada (1996)
The U.S. Air Force proposes to place a buried fiber optic line between the P-9 and P-10 facilities on the Nellis Air Force Range, Nye County, Nevada. The general location of the project is presented in Figure 1. The proposed route of the )ine is 1.24 km (0.77 miles) long, and was inspected for cultural resources by two parallel transects spaced 15 m (50 ft) apart. No cultural resources were found during the reconnaissance. The project will have no effect on known historic properties provided all...
A Class ID Cultural Resources Reconnaissance for the P-38 Project Area, Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada (1995)
The U.S. Air Force proposes to conduct training exercises in the P-38 project area, Tonopah Test Range, Nye County. These training exercises will not require construction that disturbs the ground surface; access will be by existing roads. The P-38 area was inspected for cultural resources by parallel, pedestrian transects spaced about 30 m (100 ft) apart. The cultural resources reconnaissance found two isolated artifacts, 072795HD01 and 072795HD03, one small knapping station, site 26NY9297, and...
Class III Cultural Resource Reconnaissance of 38 Targets on Ranges 75 and 76 of the Nellis Bombing and Gunnery Range, Nye County, Nevada (1984)
The Air Force is conducting its semi-annual maintenance on ranges 75 and 76. This maintenance includes, among other things, the construction of 38 new targets in areas previously undisturbed (see Maps 1-4). These targets usually are composed of dummy vehicles and tanks constructed of plywood. Access to the target is generally cross country; no roads are built.
A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance for the Expansion of the P-11 Nellis Air Force Range, Nye County, Nevada (1995)
The U.S. Air Force proposes to expand the existing P-11 facility on the Nellis Air Force Range, Nye County, Nevada. The general location of the project is presented in Figure 1. The project area, measuring about 120 x 210 m (394 x 689 ft), was inspected for cultural resources by parallel, pedestrian transects spaced about 30 m (100 ft} apart. No cultural resources were found. The project will have no effect on known historic properties provided all construction activities are restricted to the...
A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance for the P-80a Boresite Tower, Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada (1996)
The U.S. Air Force proposes to construct a boresite tower for the P-80a facility on the Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada (Figure 1). An access road and powerline wIII also be placed between the tower and the facility. The tower is located in the middle of an old bombing target. The project area, including the tower location and the access road and powerline, was inspected for cultural resources by parallel, pedestrian transects. The reconnaissance failed to discover any cultural resources....
Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance for the Proposed P-70 Facility and Utility Lines, Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada (1996)
Based on previous studies in the vicinity of P70, it was anticipated that the area may contain prehistoric and/or historic age remains, but that these remains should not be very large or complex. The prehistoric remains may relate to a small scatter of four lithic artifacts (26NY9350) that were identified along an ephemeral drainage approximately 0.9 km (0.5 miles) northeast of the project area or to a pattern of widely separated isolated artifacts and small sites that tend to characterize this...
A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance for the Site 4 Fencing Project Nevada Test and Training Range, Lincoln County, Nevada (2003)
The U. S. Air Force proposes to erect four, one mile long (1,609 m), sections offence along either side of two planned automated gates on the main access roads leading to Site 4 on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). Three of these fence sections are proposed to be placed in the previous disturbed rights-of-way of the existing access roads (Figures 1,2 and 3). Because these fence sections will be placed in previously disturbed areas, they will have no effect on any known historic...
A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of a Proposed Above Ground 34.5 Kv Powerline and Two Associated Underground 12 Kv Powerlines from NTS Area 20 to the Tolicha Peak Compound on the Nellis Air Force Range, Nye County, Nevada (1994)
All three of these originally-proposed alignments have been surveyed for cultural resources by the Desert Research Institute (DRI). This reconnaissance revealed 57 archaeological sites and 16 isolated artifacts, most of which were found along the 34.5 Kv alignment. Of the sites found, 35 are recommended to be considered eligible to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of a Proposed Fiber Optic System for Tolicha Peak, Nellis Air Force Range, Nye County, Nevada (1995)
The U.S. Air Force proposes to construct a fiber optic system for the Tolicha Peak area on the Nellis Air Force Range, Nye County, Nevada. The project involves new facilities and buried fiber optic lines between these and existing facilities (Figures 1 a-1 c) . The proposed routes of the lines and areas for the new facilities have been inspected for cultural resources by Desert Research Institute (DRI). The investigation recorded 25 archaeological sites and 14 isolated artifacts. Nine of the...
A Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissance of Sample Unit UNL V 122, Pahute and Rainier Mesas, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada (1991)
The survey included archaeological investigations of a 436 x 1600 m, 70.63 hectares (174.54 acres) area of the NTS in which four sites were located (Figure 2). One site, 26NY1408, is a large lithic source outcrop (approximately 32 hectares) consisting of white chalcedony. A second site, 26NY7847, consists of two rock and brush windbreak structures with two associated rock caches and 10 lithic artifacts. Site 26NY7846 is an isolated artifact of white chalcedony and site 26NY7848 is an isolated...
Class III Cultural Resources Reconnaissances of the Expansion of the Existing TPK-20 Facility Nellis Air Force Range, Nye County, Nevada (1995)
The area of potential effect (APE) was inspected for cultural resources by parallel, pedestrian transects spaced about 30 m ( 100 ~) apart. The cultural resources reconnaissance found one lithic scatter, site 26NY9296, in the existing TPK-20 project area and three small localities, sites 26NY9299, 26NY9300, and 26NY9301, along the road to the facility.
Class III Cultural Resources Survey at Three Alternative Locations for the Proposed P-46 Facility, Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada (1996)
Based on previous studies in the vicinity of all three alternative locations for the P46 facility, it was anticipated that each area could contain prehistoric and/or historic age remains, but that these remains should not be very large nor complex. Pedestrian surveys at both alternative locations A and B failed to disclose any cultural remains and only one cultural resource, a small rock cairn situated in a shallow bedrock depression (26NY9309), was found at the Alternative C locality.
Class III Cultural Resources Survey for a 5 km Fiber Optic Line from P-3G to P-74, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada (2006)
The U. S. Air Force proposes to install an underground fiber optic and copper connectivity line from the utility box at P-30 to the system pad at P-74 on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) in Nye County, Nevada (Figure 1). The proposed route for this underground line traverses approximately 2.4 km (8,000 ft) of previously undisturbed land between the P-30 utility box and the P-6 system pad, but will follow a previously disturbed road right-of-way between the P-6 and P-74 system pads...
Class III Cultural Resources Survey For Ten Concrete Boresite Pads and Three Access Roads Associated with the P-28 System Site, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada. (2006)
The US Air Force proposes to set ten concrete pads for instrument (aka boresite) towers associated with their existing facility at P28 on the Nevada Test and Training Range.
Class III Cultural Resources Survey for the Emplacement Of a 13.8 Kv Transformer on the Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada (1996)
The U.S. Air Force proposes to place a 13.8 Kv transformer on a 30 x 30 m (100 x 100 ft) graded pad between two existing power lines on the Tonopah Test Range (TTR). One of these two power line alignments has been surveyed for cultural resources by Ellis (1979) who found no historic properties in the vicinity of the proposed location for the transformer (Figures 1 and 2). The proposed location was re-examined for cultural resources on July 23, 1996, and again found to contain no cultural...
Class III Cultural Resources Survey of a Proposed Boresite Tower for P-78 in Range EC West, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada (2005)
The Desert Research Institute conducted a pedestrian field survey for this proposed undertaking on June 10, 2005. The purpose of this survey was to assess the proposed undertaking's potential effects on historic properties. That survey included the 0.5 acre area proposed for the location of the boresite tower and a 100 ft ( 30 m) wide corridor parallel to the existing utility line between the 53-20 (M-77) and P-78 (53-20A) facility pad (Figure 2). No cultural resource surveys have ever been...
Class III Cultural Resources Survey of a Proposed Fiber Optic Line from Cedar Pass Facility to the P-80A Facility on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada (2010)
The U. S. Air Force proposes to install a one mile (1.652 km) long fiber optic line between the "site central" near the waste water treatment plant at the Cedar Pass Facility and "Box 2" near the P-80A facility in Range EC West on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) in Nye County, Nevada (Figures 1 and 2). Although several utility line corridors and facility pads have been previously surveyed in this area, none of those survey areas or corridors coincides with the proposed route....
Class III Cultural Resources Survey of a Proposed System Pad and Access Road near P-24a, Nevada. Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada (2001)
Construction for this undertaking wIII include preparing one 46m x ·1-6 m (150 ft x 150 ft) improved gravel pad for the system as well as blading a 160 m (528 ft) 1ong access road linking the new system site with an existing paved rond. A pedestrian survey for cultural resources was conducted at the proposed system pad and along the proposed access road on August 07, 2001. No cultural resources were found in the area-of-potential-effect (APE). Consequently. the planned construction activity...
Class III Cultural Resources Survey of an Additional Boresite Tower for the P-78 Facility in Range EC West, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nye County, Nevada (2009)
The U. S. Air Force proposes to install an additional boresite tower for the P-78 facility in Range EC West on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) in Nye County, Nevada (Figures I and 2). This tower will be placed in a 150 ft (46 m) diameter area (0.5 acre) area immediately south of an existing boresite tower along the Cross Range Road west of the existing P-78 pad. In June of 2005, the Desert Research Institute conducted a pedestrian field survey for the existing boresite tower. They...
A Class III Inventory of 24 Acres for a Proposed Water Well, EC West, Gold Flat, Nye County, Nevada (2005)
Nellis Air Force Base (NAFB), 98th Range Wing (99 RANS) proposes construction of a water well and staging pad, 10 acres, and construction of a road and underground pipeline, each 3,200 feet long by 100 feet wide, seven acres each. The new access would originate from a major bladed road through Gold Flat. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) and area inventoried is 24 acres.
A Class III Inventory of 240 Acres on EC West, North of Gold Flat, Nellis Air Force Range, Nye County, Nevada (1998)
Class III inventory report in support of an expansion of an existing borrow pit.
Documentation of Surface Disturbance for a Proposed Right-of-way from P80B to P48, West of Kawich Range, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base (2007)
Documentation of Surface Disturbance for a Proposed Right-of-way from P80B to P48, West of Kawich Range, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base. Attachment includes memo and photos.
Early Human Adaptations Along Dry Lake Shorelines in the Great Basin Archaeological Research on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nellis Air Force Base (2011)
The first human arrivals in the Great Basin encountered a landscape that for a time supported numerous lakes, marshes, rivers, and streams within the internally draining basins of the Great Basin. The current investigation is an effort to determine whether the terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene remnants of Mud, Gold Flat, and Kawich lakes on the Nevada Test and Training Range supported Paleo archaic activity. This study combines Dickerson's 2006 geomorphology findings with archaeological...