Celebrating NHPA 50th the US Forest Service Way - It's All about Partnerships!

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jeff Walker. Don Hann. Cathy Lindberg. Alicia Beat.

The Pacific Northwest (PNW) Region of the US Forest Service has engaged partners and volunteers from diverse groups for over four decades: Friends groups to restore lookouts and log cabins; Passport In Time projects to engage the public in archaeological site testing; and universities, museums and independent researchers to investigate and interpret a wide variety of sites. We collaborate closely with the Native American tribes to preserve and protect their heritage and places of cultural and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Melissa Twaroski.

The Southern Region of the U.S. Forest Service encompasses fifteen national forests in fourteen southeastern states and Puerto Rico. For decades, the important work of investigating and protecting significant cultural resources on these national forests has depended on partnerships with universities, Native American tribes, and non-profit organizations. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, this presentation highlights some of these key partnerships...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Keri Hicks.

In an effort to meet the spirit of the NHPA, USDA Forest Service Alaska Region has a long history of collaboration and partnering with a wide variety of tribal, state, federal, not-for-profit, and educational entities, institutions, agencies, and volunteers throughout the state and beyond. The Alaska Region consists of the two largest national forests in the system, totaling 21.9 million acres. Over the last 18 years the Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District (KMRD), located on the Tongass...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Peter Pilles.

Honanki is a 13th century, ca. 60 room cliff dwelling in the scenic Red Rock country near Sedona, Arizona.. It has been a popular attraction to scientists and tourists ever since it was first reported by Jesse Walter Fewkes in 1895. Over the years, time and people had caused considerable disturbance to the site and damage was accelerating as Sedona became an ever-more popular recreational destination. To deal with these problems, the Coconino National Forest applied for a grant from the newly...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Susan Stratton.

As Heritage Program Leader for the Pacific Southwest Region which includes California, Hawaii, Guam and American Samoa, I have had to come up with innovative approaches to increase capacity for the Heritage Program on each of the 18 National Forests within Region 5. This has been particularly challenging over the past couple of years as most of California seems to be burning up and Heritage staff are stretched thinly across the state responding to fire emergencies and other Agency priorities....

DOCUMENT Citation Only Velicia Bergstrom.

We are not unique in this agency called USDA Forest Service. Kisatchie National Forest’s Heritage Program does not get handed tons of money to perform archaeological survey to insure that the NHPA is accorded due process before the vegetation is managed and wildlife ponds are built. And sure, some of our colleagues still ask, why do we spend money on archaeology! As a manager, we look for least expensive, as archaeologists we look for great quality, and as tribal liaison we look to work with our...

DOCUMENT Citation Only William Reed.

The Intermountain Region of the Forest Service manages 34 million acres of public land in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, California, and Colorado. As yet, more than 30,000 sites have been recorded in the Region. From inventory to excavation, to curation and interpretation, and stabilization, the Intermountain Region has fielded a well rounded Heritage program. This presentation will review a multitude of management challenges and successes accomplished with minimal funding and plenty of help from...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Troy Ferone.

The US Forest Service-Eastern Region includes 16 National Forests and one Tallgrass Prairie in 20 states across the Great Lakes, New England, Mid Atlantic and Midwest. Over 40% of the U.S. population lives within the boundaries of the Region. The proximity of these Forests to urban centers, as well as to rural and tribal communities, provides bountiful opportunities for collaboration, partnerships and volunteer-based heritage stewardship. This short presentation touches on a variety of partner...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Hilton.

The Black Hills National Forest (South Dakota and Wyoming) created the Historical Collections Archival Project (Project) to grapple with an issue that practically every U.S. Forest Service unit will eventually encounter: the proper long-term archiving of their unit’s historical collections. The Project objective is to digitize all images and selected print documents from the Forest’s extant historical collection. The materials are professionally archived under agreement at the Leland D. Case...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Douglas Stephens.

Since the establishment of the US Forest Service in 1905 academic partnerships have been essential to the management and understanding of the cultural resources the agency oversees. After the National Historic Preservation Act was passed in 1966 the Forest Service gradually began developing its own program to manage cultural resources changing the relationship between the agency and researchers. This paper explores the changing ways academic research has influenced the Forest Service and how...