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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 (752 acres) in Moffat <br />County, Colorado. The project consists of the survey of 752 acres in 2 block areas located on <br />private land. A prefield check in and files search were performed on the 19th of August <br />2013, and field work was conducted between the 19`h of August and the 4`h of September <br />2013. Curtis Martin was responsible for the fieldwork and site descriptions. He was assisted <br />in the field by Holly Shelton and assisted with site descriptions by Ashley Dieterich. Carl <br />Conner (Principal Investigator) oversaw the project and Conner, Martin, Barbara Davenport, <br />and Dieterich 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 is <br />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, 5MF948, <br />the Recurve Rockshelter and rock art site, exists within the discrete study area. The site was <br />relocated and determined to be outside the current project area. The site was re-recorded and <br />re -mapped and remains eligible to the National Register of Historic Places (NRNP). <br />Additionally, one prehistoric open camp (5MF7762), two historic sites (5MF7763 and <br />5MF7764), and two linear sites (5MF7765.1 and 5MF7540.2) were newly recorded. Site <br />5MF7762 is field evaluated as need data, sites 5MF7763 and 5MF7764 are field evaluated as <br />not eligible and sites 5MF7765.1 and 5MF7540.2 are field evaluated as non -supporting <br />segments of need data sites. Concerning the present project, avoidance is recommended for <br />5MF7762 and no further work is recommended for 5MF7763, 5MF7764, 5MF7765.1 and <br />5MF7540.2. Although the previously recorded site 5MF948 is located outside the current <br />project area, it is recommended that any proposed plans for expansion of the mining activities <br />into the canyon in which the site is located be curtailed and the entire canyon area be avoided <br />by any surface disturbing activities or blasting. <br />11 <br />