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Collection of scanned cultural resources reports from the Utah BLM office completed under a project with the Center for Digital Antiquity to preserve cultural resources pertaining to Utah BLM projects.


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  • Academic Literature Review of Land and Resource Use of the Utah Navajo (2013)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Graham Worley-Hood. Gavin Noyes.

    Literature review for the land and resource use of Utah Navajo. Includes a general history and list of important places and resources.

  • Annotated Bibliography for Ethnographic Study of Cultural Affiliation of the Uinta and Great Salt Lake Variants of Fremont in Utah (2003)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text T.J. Ferguson.

    This annotated bibliography was prepared as part of an project sponsored by the Bureau of Reclamation to document ethnographic information relating to ten tribes claiming cultural affiliation with the Uinta and Great Salt Lake variants of the northern Fremont archaeological culture. The research documents existing anthropological information pertinent to the implementation of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). At the outset of the project, nine tribes claimed...

  • Appendices on Bibliography, Sites, Artifacts, and Geological History of the Uinta Basin and Tavaputs Plateau (2023)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    Undated Appendix (A - G ) which includes an annotated bibliography, list of sites on the National Register of Historic Places, artifacts, and geologic history for the Uinta Basin and Tavaputs Plateau.

  • An Archaeological Analysis of the Prehistoric Fremont Culture for the Purpose of Assessing Cultural Affiliation with Ten Claimant Tribes (2003)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael S. Berry. Claudia F. Berry.

    Report on archaeological analysis to assess cultural affiliation of ten claimant tribes to the Fremont Culture.

  • BLM Utah Project Metadata
    PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    Project metadata for cultural resources reports scanned from the Utah BLM office.

  • Clark, Lincoln, and White Pine Counties Groundwater Development Project Ethnographic Assessment (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) has applied to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for rights-of-way (ROW) to construct and operate a system of groundwater pumping and conveyance facilities in southeastern Nevada. The purpose of the proposed groundwater development (GWD) Project is to develop and convey groundwater resources that the Nevada Division of Water Resources (Office of the State Engineer) has or may permit to SNWA in Spring, Snake, Cave, Dry Lake, and Delamar valleys for use...

  • A Collaborative Approach Among Agencies, Disciplines and Tribes to Study and Manage Conical Timber Lodges in the Greater Yellowstone Area (2007)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Merry Haydon. Rosemary Sucec.

    A variety of wooden structures exist in the northern Plains and Rocky Mountains; among these are conical timber lodges popularly referred to as "wickiups". For the purpose of this study, wickiups are defined as conical timber lodges built by Native Americans, though they may have been used by Euroamerican fur trappers and explorers. Few conical timber lodges have been recorded in the Greater Yellowstone Area and there are many unanswered questions pertaining to their function, tribal...

  • Cultural Affiliation Study for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Southwest Colorado (2002)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Dennis Gilpin. Susan E. Perlman. Louise M. Senior. Lynn A. Neal.

    From October 2001 to July 2002, Two Rivers Consultants and its subcontractor, SWCA Environmental Consultants, conducted a cultural affiliation survey of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument (CANM) in southwestern Colorado. The contractors also assisted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Native American Graves and Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) consultation regarding existing NAGPRA collections being held at the Anasazi Heritage Center (AHC) in Dolores, Colorado. The purpose...

  • Cultural Affiliations: Prehistoric Cultural Affiliations of Southwestern Indian Tribes (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Arizona State Museum, Bureau of Land Management (Arizona and New Mexico State Offices) and the USDA Forest Service (Southwestern Region) have worked in cooperation to assess the available evidence to arrive at determinations of cultural affiliations for prehistoric archaeological complexes in the Southwest. This report includes assessments of these cultural affiliations.

  • Ethnographic Study of Nine Tribes: Cultural Affiliation with the Uinta and Great Salt Lake Variants of Fremont in Northern Utah, with Annotated Bibliography (2001)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text T.J. Ferguson.

    This report was commissioned by the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, to summarize ethnographic evidence relating to the cultural affiliation of the Uinta and Great Salt Lake variants of the Fremont archaeological culture in northern Utah. During previous consultation with the Bureau of Reclamation, nine tribes claimed cultural affiliation with, or ownership of, Northern Fremont human remains and cultural items. These tribes include the Northwestern Band of the Shoshoni...

  • Ethnographic Study of Ten Tribes: Cultural Affiliation with the Uinta and Great Salt Lake Variants of Fremont in Northern Utah (2003)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text T.J. Ferguson.

    This report was commissioned by the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, to summarize ethnographic evidence relating to the cultural affiliation of the Uinta and Great Salt Lake variants of the Fremont archaeological culture in northern Utah. The report is intended to be used in conjunction with a companion document, entitled Annotated Bibliography for Ethnographic Study of Cultural Affiliation of the Uinta and Great Salt Lake Variants of Fremont in Utah...

  • A Historic Context for Native American Procurement of Obsidian in the State of Utah (2009)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Jackson. Jason Spidell. Deidre Kennelly-Spidell. Amy Kovak.

    Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass that occurs at many locations in western Utah. It was an important natural resource used by Native Americans as a raw material in stone tool production for millennia, and obsidian stone tools and manufacturing debitage occur within site assemblages dating from the Paleo-Indian period until the Proto-historic period (Macdonald 1994). The many obsidian quarries and related stone tool manufacturing sites associated with Utah's obsidian sources...

  • Hoopoq'yaqam Niqw Wukoskyavi (Those Who Went to the Northeast and Tonto Basins): Hopi-Salado Cultural Affiliation Study (1999)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text T.J. Ferguson. Micah Lomaomvaya.

    This report documents Hopi cultural affiliation with ancestral groups chat were associated with the Salado horizon (geographical area where Salado pottery is found). The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) defines cultural affiliation as a "relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced historically or prehistorically between a present day Indian tribe...and an identifiable earlier group'' (Section 2(2); 25 USC 3001). As a federally recognized...

  • The Jarvie Ranch Ammunition Cache, Dagget County, Utah (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael R. Polk. James Christensen. Wendy Simmons-Johnson.

    In August 1996 the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Vernal Office requested that Sagebrush Consultants, L.L.C. (Sagebrush) recover a historic ammunition cache in Daggett County, Utah. The cache was located on BLM lands near the John Jarvie Historic Property in Brown's Park. This request was particularly urgent because of concerns that the exposed site could be vandalized should its location become public knowledge. Potential for the public to learn of the cache location was stated as a primary...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, IMACS Site Forms: Historic Sites (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    IMACS (Intermountain Antiquities Computer System) Site forms for Historic sites recorded as part of the Kern River 2003 Expansion Project.

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, IMACS Site Forms: Prehistoric Sites (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    IMACS (Intermountain Antiquities Computer System) Site forms for Prehistoric sites recorded as part of the Kern River 2003 Expansion Project.

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Transmittal Letters (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan M. Chandler.

    Set of transmittal letters sent by Alpine Archaeological Consultants to the various BLM Utah offices concerning the Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Volumes I-VII.

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Index of Reports (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    Index of variance reports for the Kern River 2003 Expansion Project.

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume I: Project Background and Approach (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume III: Prehistoric Excavated Sites and Discoveries, Part 1 (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume III: Prehistoric Excavated Sites and Discoveries, Part 2 (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume III: Prehistoric Excavated Sites and Discoveries, Part 3 (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume III: Prehistoric Excavated Sites and Discoveries, Part 5 (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume III: Prehistoric Excavated Sites and Discoveries, Part 6 (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume III: Prehistoric Site Reports, Part 2 (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume III: Prehistoric Site Reports, Part 3 (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume III: Prehistoric Site Reports, Part 4 (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Alan D. Reed. Matthew Seddon. Heather Stettler.

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume III: Prehistoric Site Reports, Part 5 (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Alan D. Reed. Matthew Seddon. Heather Stettler.

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume III: Prehistoric Site Reports, Part 6 (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume III: Prehistoric Site Reports, Part 7 (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume III: Prehistoric Site Reports, Part 8 (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume IV: Prehistoric Synthesis - Examination of Data by Archaeological Unit, Part 1: Prehistoric Synthesis: The Paleoindian Period and Paleoenvironment (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume IV: Prehistoric Synthesis - Examination of Data by Archaeological Unit, Part 2: The Archaic Period (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume V: Historical Archaeology, Part 1: Level II Documentation of Historic Linear Sites (2003)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Jack E. Pfertsh.

    At the request of Kern River Gas Transmission Company (KRGT), Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc (Alpine) was contracted to conduct a cultural resource inventory of the proposed 2003 Kern River Expansion Project pipeline corridor in Utah. The majority of the proposed pipeline corridor parallels the Kern River Pipeline operated by KRGT. Over much of its extent, the 2003 Kern River 2003 Expansion Project pipeline will be built 25 feet west of the Kern River Pipeline. The Kern River pipeline...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume V: Historical Archaeology, Part 1: Level II Documentation of Historic Linear Sites (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume V: Historical Archaeology, Part 2: Context for Recording and Evaluating Historic Linear Resources in Salt Lake County (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume V: Historical Archaeology, Part 3: Excavated Sites (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume V: Historical Archaeology, Part 4: Excavated Sites Appendices (2005)
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    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume VI: Synthesis of Regional Archaeological Data (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume VI: Synthesis of Regional Data (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume VII: Summary and Conclusions (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Kern River 2003 Expansion Project, Utah - Volume VII: Summary and Conclusions (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    The Kern River 2003 Expansion Project consisted of the installation of a natural gas pipeline from near Opal, Wyoming to a terminus in the vicinity of Bakersfield, California. The project was an expansion of the existing 36-inch diameter pipeline through the construction of 717 miles of additional 36 and 42 inch pipeline loops, several new compressor stations, and modifications to existing compressor stations, meter stations and various other supporting facilities. Cultural resources along the...

  • Migrations in the North: Hopi Reconnaissance for the Rocky Mountain Expansion Loop Pipeline (1999)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Roger Anyon.

    This report presents the cultural values, concerns, and recommendations of the Hopi Tribe regarding cultural resources that may be impacted by the proposed construction of the Rocky Mountain Expansion Loop Pipeline to transport natural gas liquids. The proposed pipeline runs from northwestern New Mexico to northeastern Utah. Hopi advisors conducted field reconnaissance, evaluated 18 archaeological sites, examined collections, and conducted ethnographic interviews to address concerns about the...

  • Native American Consultation for Land Use Values and Traditional Cultural Properties, BLM Vernal and Price Field Offices (2005)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Molly Molenaar.

    The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is mandated to consult with Native American tribes to identify their concerns and "to assure that tribal governments, Native American communities, and individuals whose interests might be affected have a sufficient opportunity for productive participation in BLM planning and resource management decision making" (U.S. Department of Interior I, BLM n.d.). In 2002, the BLM, Price and Vernal Field Offices (the Field Offices) began the process of revising the...

  • Navajo Transmission Project EIS: Hopi Ethnographic Overview (1994)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text T.J. Ferguson. Kurt Dongoske.

    This report was prepared by the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office and the Institute of the NorthAmerican West to provide an ethnographic overview of Hopi land use and cultural concerns relevant to the Navajo Transmission Project (NTP). The NTP is a 500 kilovolt transmission line being proposed by the Dine Power Authority of the Navajo Nation and the Salt Lake City Area Office of the Western Area Power Administration, a Federal agency in the Department of Energy. The proposed transmission line...

  • An Overview of Native American Land Use in East Central Utah, Grand, Emery, Carbon, Sanpete, and Utah Counties: The Aspen Products Pipeline Project (1999)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Virginia Newton.

    The Aspen Products Pipeline Limited Liability Corporation (Aspen L.L.C.) proposes to transport refined petroleum products from west Texas to markets in New Mexico, western Colorado, and Utah. To facilitate compliance with federal statutes and regulations regarding consultation with Native American tribes, the Bureau of Land Management in conjunction with Manti-La Sal and Uinta National Forests, requested that the Aspen L.L.C. produce an overview of Native American ethnohistory and land use based...

  • Quitchupah Creek Ethnographic Study for the Proposed Quitchupah Creek Coal Haul Road, Preliminary Draft (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Stoffle. Kathleen A. Van Vlack. Fletcher P. Chmara-Huff.

    This is an Executive Summary of the field activities conducted by the University of Arizona (UofA) for the Southern Paiute Ethnographic Assessment of the Quitchupah Creek Road Proposal, Fishlake National Forest (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Richfield District, Sevier and Emery Counties, Utah. This executive summary contains (1) a brie overview of the proposed project and ethnographic study, (2) a detailed schedule of activities, (3) a talley of interviews, and (4) a sketch of the...

  • Results of a Five-Year Monitoring Program of Six Archaeological Sites for the Sierra Pacific Falcon Project (2011)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

    From July 2005 to November 2009, six archaeological sites were annually visited by Summit Envirosolutions, Inc. (Summit) to monitor their condition after the completion of the Falcon transmission line. The purpose of the monitoring program was meant to provide documentation of any cumulative post-construction effects to the selected sites. This was to be used in the future to evaluate the effects that increased visibility and/or accessibility may have on the disturbance, inadvertently and/or...

  • A Review of Historical and Ethnographic Literature Pertaining to Wickiups: Conical Timber Lodges within Bridger-Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park, Shoshone National Forest, and Yellowstone National Park (2007)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text David R. M. White.

    A variety of wooden shelters exist in the northern Plains; among these are conical timber structures popularly referred to as "wickiups". A study focusing on lands administered by Bridger-Teton National Forest (BRTE), Grand Teton National Park ( GRTE), Shoshone National Forest (SHOS), and Yellowstone National Park (YELL), shows the term "wickiup" to be imprecisely used in reference to a variety of structures, so the study uses the architecturally descriptive term "conical timber lodge" (CTL)...

  • The Stone Cabin 3D Seismic Survey Project: Native American Consultation and Identification of Traditional Cultural Places (2004)
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    Meeting minutes and consultation letters to and from Native American Tribes that were consulted with as part of the proposed Stone Cabin 3D Seismic Survey Project by the Bill Barrett Corporation (BBC).

  • Summary Report of Cultural Resources Inspection: Kern River 2003 Expansion Project - Utah (2005)
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    Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office Summary Report of Cultural Resources Inspection for the Kern River 2003 Expansion project. A total of 330 sites were recorded as part of the project, with 131 sites eligible for the National Register. The report also includes correspondence from SWCA Environmental Consultants to the Bureau of Land Management - Utah State Office regarding the final report.

  • Tribally Approved American Indian Ethnographic Analysis of the Proposed Escalante Valley Solar Energy Zone (2011)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Richard W. Stoffle. Kathleen A. Van Vlack. Hannah Z. Johnson. Phillip T. Dukes. Stephanie C. De Sola. Kristen Simmons.

    Ethnography and ethnographic synthesis for the Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Solar Energy Study Areas in Portions of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. The proposed Escalante Valley solar energy zone (SEZ) is located in Iron County, Utah. The Escalante Valley SEZ American Indian study area was traditionally occupied, used, aboriginally owned, and historically related to the Numic-speaking peoples of the Great Basin and western Colorado Plateau. The SEZ American...