And Then Sometimes, The Public Engages You

Summary

At Fort Drum, our responsiveness to public engagement has been a key element in creating scenarios that have benefited not only the program but the installation and the resource itself. In one example, pressure from Range Control and comments from the public resulted in the conversion of an off limits archaeological district into a training asset and further led to the site’s use in global stewardship training. In a second example, a seemingly ordinary visit from a family member of a Soldier killed on the installation during a training exercise led to the identification of a potentially National Register eligible site under Criterion A. Data recovery, public involvement, a historic marker and a ceremony were employed as a form of mitigation against the possibility of future development of the area. In both cases, compliance with the law and preservation of sites and the information they hold were coupled with public involvement to create a winning situation for all parties.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)   •
• Creative Public-Centered Approaches to Compliance Archaeology

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