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<br />1. When planning recreational development, cultural re- <br />source values and/or sites will be considered as a primary <br />resource and will be avoided or developed according to <br />their appropriated use. When sensitive sites with <br />standing walls or fragile features are utilized for <br />recreation they will be surface collected and stabilized <br />prior to being made available. <br />j. Sand/East Rock Canyons may be developed and protected <br />for a low level of public visitation as a primitive <br />nonmotorized archaeological recreation area. Other <br />opportunities for recreational use will depend on demand <br />and will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, with sites <br />or areas developed as funds are available. Interpretation <br />will be coordinated with the Anasazi Heritage Center. <br />k. All commercial wood sales areas will require a Class III <br />cultural resource inventory prior to sale, and mitigation <br />implemented on a case-by-case basis to protect important <br />sites and settings. Public use wood sale areas will be <br />evaluated for inventory needs and potential impacts. <br />Access into sale areas may be restricted. Existing dis- <br />persed fuelwood sale areas will continue to be monitored; <br />and any concentration or increase in activity will be <br />assessed the same as far a new wood sales area. <br />4. Stabilization <br />a. Over 240 sites have been identified and prioritized as <br />needing some form of stabilization and/or masonry repair. <br />additional field work will be necessary to prescribe <br />specific needs and methods. Masonry repair can be <br />cosmetic, for preservation, or for safety. Minimal <br />stabilization will be done to any site and what is done <br />will serve to preserve the aboriginal matrix rather than <br />[o replace it. Chemical (e.g. Rhoplex or masonry cement) <br />mortars will be used only when needed to provide struc- <br />tural support, erosion resistance, or visitor safety. <br />Sites i^ the back country, unless extremely exposed, <br />should be grouted using local mud/soil or Rhoplex/soil <br />mortars only. "Reconstruction" of walls or portions of <br />walls will not be done unless the wall is severely <br />weakened. Visitation should be controlled, but where it <br />is not, structural preservation should be the foremost <br />concern. Few standing-wall structures remain and they <br />need [o be protected. <br />Before backfilling ,polynetting or perforated mylar will <br />be placed so later excavations at the site can identify <br />disturbed strata from undisturbed midden. Any aboriginal <br />matrix that is removed must be treated as a cultural <br />~-- artifact and mapped, photographed, sampled, and analyzed. <br />5 <br />