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OWZ CANYON CULTURAL RESDIJRCF/ENVIRONMENTAL RECONNA/SSANCE disperse of his plunder to wagon trains" in the north (Schreiber). "Mrs. S. W. Townsend, in an interview given to the Civil Works Administration in 1934, mentioned caves in the cliffs along canyons of the St. Charles River which Juan [Mace] allegedly used to hide himself, his stock or stolen goods" (Schreiber 57). Management Recommendations Environmental The rich environmental Foothills Riparian ecosystem (see Photo.#1) that exists in the proposed mining area should be protected from high impact development and commercial grazing. If these Two conditions can be guaranteed into the future even a modest habitat restoration effort will re-establish climax ecosystems to their predicted levels. Furthermore, because of the well watered nature of the effected area the potential for the presence of a rare or endangered species is high. Additional fieldwork will need to be preformed before a complete assessment of the environment can be made, however, preliminary findings highly suggest that the value of this rich ecological niche is far greater than surface/sub-surface minerals present at this locale. Again, even the most modest attempts at habitat restoration will greatly improve this important regional ecosystem. Cultural Resources The pre-historic cultural resources within the proposed mining area - mentioned in the Archeology Fieldwork section - should be professionally recorded and tested before any high impact development takes place. Whenever a 5% search of an impacted area reveals this much ancient stoneworks, artifacts, and prehistoric rock art panels there is a statistically significant probability that there are many more cultural resources yet to be discovered. Again, MBC's staff highly recommends that an intensive archeological survey and testing of the remaining 95°,% of the proposed mining area take place before proceeding with any surface or sub-surface mining plans. 7'he potential for discovering un-recorded historical sites in the proposed mining area is also high. The project area has a long post- Entrada history that is rich with many note-worthy historical figures. l0