Statewide Preservation Planning in the Cowboy State: A Community-Based Approach

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Collaborative and Community Archaeology" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office (WY SHPO) is currently developing their next 10-year statewide preservation plan. Over the course of 2024, numerous community-based efforts were conducted by the Wyoming SHPO, in conjunction with our preservation partners. The purpose of these efforts is to gain insight from the community, in this case, the community is the State of Wyoming. Five in-person workshops were held around Wyoming during the summer of 2024 where data was collected from members of the public through hands-on exercises. Additionally, a statewide survey was created and opened up to all members of the public for over three months. This paper discusses the strategies of those collaborative and community-based outreach efforts as well as their preliminary results and how those results will inform the 2027 – 2037 statewide preservation plan.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Collaborative and Community Archaeology   •
• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)

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Abstract Id(s): 50632