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SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES To preserve and enhance the quality olllle through planning. construction, operation, and management 01 the CASP and partlclpal1ng prOJecls, sOCial assessment has been eJlpanded 10 all baSin prOjects, In additIon to the social effects 01 economic and employment oppor1u- nI1les provided through imgatlon. power generatIon, and Industrial water, the develop- ment 01 land and water for muniCipal, recrea- hon, fiSh, and wildlife purposes are also aflected Major studies Involve Grand Valley, Paradox, Dominguez, and Animas-La PlaIa Projects in Colorado. and Central Utah Project's Umlah and Upalco Units Two contracts are In progress on the Cenlral Utah Project's Ute Indian Unit and tile Bonneville Unit's Provo River and Diamond Fork systems, The Upper Colorado Region expanded its capability and emphasIs on cultural resources In planning, construction. and operation of the CRSP and partiCipating prOJects, In September 1977. an archeologist was employed to organize and dIrect the cultural resources program This program IS based on Executive Order No. 11593. "Protection and Enhancement 01 the Cullural EnVironment," whiCh directs Federal agenCies to preserve, restore. and maintain federally owned sites. structures. and Objects of historical, architectural. or archeo- logical significance 10 a spint of stewardshIp and trusteeshIp for luture generations Planning, Activities concentrated on loca- tion. Identification. and evaluation of Sites. structures. and Objects of prehistoric or hIstorIC interest. Dommguez. Through contract with the 16 Museum of Western Colorado. Grand Junc- tion. survey work contlOued Fiscal year 1977 lunding amounted to $21,626. Thus lar, 141 prehistonc archeological sItes. 18 hIstOriC sites and structures, and 7 SItes of paleontological Interest have been localed 10 the prOject vicinity West DIvIde and Upper Colorado Resource Study: Contract was let in September 1977, to COlorado Slate University. Ft. CollinS. to initiate surveys. Fiscal year 1977 funds commItted were 564,769, San Miguel: Ft. LeWIS College. Durango, continued with evaluation of 110 prehistoric sites and 22 historic sites. Central Utah: Survey and evaJuatlon contlOued on the Central Utah ProJect by the UnIversity of Utah, During the year, funds amounting to $129.000 were allocated lor survey and evaluation of resources on Leland Bench, Cultural resources planning continued on other prOJects, IncJudlng Paradox. Grand Valley. and Animas-La PlaIa. Cons/rue lIon: For prOjects which have reached the construchon phase, activities deal with efforts to minimize the proJect's Impact on SIgnificant resources DOlores: Work by the UnIversity 01 Colorado. Boulder, conltnued for the fIfth year on survey and evaluation of prehistoric and histOriC resources. A National Register determinahon was sought for the "Anasazi Archeological District." A mitigatIon plan was prepared for conSideration by the Advisory Council on HistoriC Preservation, By virtue of lIS local Ion in the archeologlcaJly rich "Four Corners Area," it IS unavoidable lor the Dolores Projecllo Impact a multitude 01 hIghly slgnlllcant sites Through a cooperative planning process which involves the needs 01 the prOject balanced against the SignifIcance of the cultural resources, up to 80 percent or the identified resources will not be affected by the prOject achvitio;!s Dallas Creek: Evaluation ollhe slgntlicance of historic slles In Ridgway ReservOir, including the archeological slle of Old Dallas Town which was settled In 1883. was undertaken by Centuries Research. Inc.. Montrose. Funds In the amount of $9,996 were commItted for fIscal year 1977. Operation The CRSP and many participating prOjects were conceived, planned. and bUill prior 10 the awakening of the Natlon's concern lor Its cultural heritage clOd the need for grealer emphaSIS In thiS Important area, Cultural resources actIVItIes on operating prOjects Include locating, IdentifYing. and evaluating these resources. and sponsOring basic re- search to expand knowledge of how to preserve and maintain them