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Abstract <br />As authorized by the Bureau of Land Management Little Snake Field Office (BLM- <br />LSFO), Grand River Institute (GRI) was contracted by Trapper Mining, Inc. to complete a <br />Class III cultural resources inventory for a lease modification area (860 acres) in Moffat <br />County, Colorado. The project consists of the survey of an 860 acre block area located on <br />private land. A prefield check in and files search were performed on the 2I't of June 2013, <br />and field work was conducted between the 25`h of June and the 3`d of July 2013. Curtis <br />Martin was responsible for the fieldwork and site descriptions. He was assisted in the field <br />by Holly Shelton. Carl Conner (Principal Investigator) oversaw the project and Conner, <br />Martin, Barbara Davenport, and Hannah Mills composed the final report. <br />The inventory was conducted to meet requirements of the National Historic <br />Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), which directs the BLM to ensure that BLM-initiated or <br />authorized actions do not inadvertently disturb or destroy significant cultural resource values. <br />The eligibility determination and consultation process is guided by Section 106 of the NHPA <br />(36 CFR 60, 63, and 800). BLM actions cannot be authorized until the Section 106 process <br />is completed (36 CFR 800.3). An inventory such as this is the first step in the Section 106 <br />process. <br />Literature reviews for known cultural resources in the project area were made through <br />the BLM-LSFO and the Colorado Historical Society's Office of Archaeology and Historic <br />Preservation (OAHP). These searches indicated that one previously recorded site, <br />5MF7402.1, an unnamed historic road, exists within the discrete study area. The southern <br />half of this site was revisited, assigned a new segment number (5MF7402.2), and determined <br />to be a non -supporting segment of a potentially eligible (need data) resource due to the fact <br />that the entire extent of the resource extends beyond the current project boundary and has not <br />yet been fully documented. Additionally, one prehistoric isolated feature (5MF7727) and one <br />historic site (5MF7728) were newly recorded. Site 5MF7727 is field evaluated as need data <br />and 5MF7728 is field evaluated as not eligible. Concerning the present project, avoidance is <br />recommended for 5MF7727, and no further work is recommended for 5MF7402.1 and <br />5MF7728. <br />11 <br />