Camp Creek Garden of the Gods Flood Mitigation Facility and Downstream Improvements Project, El Paso County, Colorado: A Unique Intersection of the Section 106 Process between Two Lead Federal Agencies

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Glen Eyrie Middens: Recent Research into the Lives of General William Jackson and Mary Lincoln “Queen” Palmer and their Estate in Western Colorado Springs, Colorado." , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In 2014 the City of Colorado Springs requested FEMA funding for a storm water detention pond along Camp Creek in Garden of the Gods Park. In 2016, the Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) began work on a project adjacent to the proposed pond. NRCS made an inadvertent archaeological find during construction, causing re-evaluation of a previous recorded historic midden. Material recovered indicated a more significant deposit than previously identified. Additional Phase II work by the NRCS, determined their impact resulted in an adverse effect to the site. FEMA identified two significant middens in the Area of Potential Effects associated with the historic occupation of the property. FEMA determined the Undertaking will have an adverse effect on the archaeological sites (including portions of the site re-evaluated by NRCS). The basin could not be moved or reengineered to avoid the historic-period sites. Under Section 106 the project required data recovery.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020   •
• The Glen Eyrie Middens: Recent Research into the Lives of General William Jackson and Mary Lincoln “Queen” Palmer and their Estate in Western Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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