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<br />001759 <br /> <br />36 <br /> <br />There are specific legal obligations and regulations that pertain to historic cultural <br />resources deemed eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places; these legal <br />mandates require that certain classes of cultural resources be treated and managed in accordance <br />with regulatory guidelines and standards promulgated by the Secretary of Interior. The Bureau <br />of Reclamation has primary responsibility for managing and treating National Register-eligible <br />cultural resources within the CRE for the purposes of meeting the legal requirements of Section <br />106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. BOR fulfills its Section 106 responsibilities <br />through conforming to the stipulations of a Programmatic Agreement with the the Advisory <br />Council on Historic Preservation. The Arizona State Historic Preservation Office, National Park <br />Service, and six Native American Tribes are also signatories to this agreement. In the past, <br />GCMRC has assisted the BOR and P A signatories with fulfilling their Section 106 obligations <br />through contracting required studies, organizing review panels, and conducting protocol <br />assessments. The GCMRC sociocultural program has also addressed the cultural resource needs <br />for research and monitoring that fall outside the purview of the P A and relate directly to the <br />mandates of the Grand Canyon Protection Act. Beginning in FY06, GCMRC will oversee an <br />integrated cultural resource monitoring program that meets both the needs of the P A program <br />and NPS for basic archaeological site condition information, while also meeting the needs of the <br />AMP for information specific to effects of dam operations and cause-and-effect relationships <br />among the various factors and processes contributing to current cultural resource conditions in <br />the CRE. <br />Due to the need for continuing consultation with the Native American tribes who have a <br />long-standing affiliation with the landscape and resources of the Grand Canyon, and because of <br />the unique trust responsibilities of the federal government in relation to Native Americans, <br />GCMRC's sociocultural program involves more than implementing and directing cultural <br />resource-related science projects. Therefore, the sociol~ultural program has retained its <br />independent status within the new GCMRC organization, while at the same time moving towards <br />increased levels of integration with the other science programs. <br /> <br />Cultural Resources - Cultural resources of interest to the AMP along the Colorado River <br />corridor include National Register eligible archaeological sites and traditional cultural places, as <br />well as non-eligible resources of traditional cultural importance such as springs, landforms, and <br />traditionally used plants and animals. In keeping with the stated purpose of the Grand Canyon <br />GCMRC FY2006 Annual Work Plan (Draft February 15,2005) <br />