BLM â¿¿ NM Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management

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Public lands in New Mexico are home to many thousands of unique and irreplaceable archaeological, historical, and paleontological resources that represent human history and millions of years of biological prehistory. BLM Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management Programs coordinate the management, preservation, and educational outreach efforts for these resources. The Cultural Resources Management Program manages and preserves the archaeological and historical locations, structures, and objects that represent a unique component of our national heritage. This program also engages with Native American tribes and the public as stakeholders in these resources. BLM New Mexico's Paleontology Program manages and preserves paleontological resources as a fragile, nonrenewable scientific record and an important component of America's natural heritage. These programs manage these archaeological, historical, and paleontological resources, or ⿿heritage resources,⿝ for educational, scientific, cultural, and recreational values. The BLM New Mexico Cultural and Paleontology Resource Management Programs are seeking to establish partnerships to collaboratively encourage the public to learn about and engage with heritage resources in New Mexico, increase volunteer opportunities, increase engagement with Native American tribes, and encourage studies on public lands. Broadly, the objective is to develop partnerships that preserve heritage resources and promote their educational, scientific, cultural, and recreational values. Individual programs/projects, included in Section B4, may have one or more of the following types of objectives: ⿢ Proactive studies, including inventory, excavation, and collections-based studies; Monitor at-risk heritage resources, such as through site steward programs; Stabilize at-risk heritage resources; Promote public engagement, learning opportunities, and archaeological and/or paleontological ethics through heritage resources education and outreach programs, events, and products. Promote engagement with tribal communities and foster partnerships with tribal governments and programs; Proper use of sites in training future Historians, Archaeologists and Paleontologists through research projects, field schools and internships. Conducting studies directed at determination of impacts to these resources caused by activities such as prescribed fire, juniper control projects, vegetation removal by chaining or any land disturbing activity. Documenting existing collections at authorized curation facilities through accessioning, cataloging and inventorying those collections. Preserving existing collections at recognized curation facilities through such activities as archival housing, stabilization or conservation

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