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• <br />Abstract <br />At the request of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forest <br />(GMUG), Grand Valley District, and Bowie Resources, Ltd. (BRL), a Class III cultural <br />resource inventory for a proposed Lease Modification Area in Delta County, Colorado, was <br />conducted by Grand River Institute. A total of approximately 460 acres of Forest Service <br />administered lands was intensively surveyed. The inventory and report preparation were <br />performed by Carl E. Conner (Principal Investigator), Barbara Davenport, Jim Conner, and <br />Dana Archuleta. <br />The survey was undertaken to ensure the project's compliance with federal legislation <br />governing the identification and protection of cultural resources that will be affected by a <br />government approved action. The purpose of the cultural resources investigation was to <br />locate and identify resources within the tract, to evaluate these resources' eligibility for <br />listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and to make management <br />recommendations for those sites found to be eligible or potentially eligible. <br />A prefield files search indicated that no cultural resources were previously recorded <br />within the project boundaries. Field work was performed between the 19th through the 24th <br />of June 2008. Because of the heavy vegetation cover and steep slopes, this inventory was <br />limited to the survey of open terrain provided by existing roads, trails, and erosional areas. <br />Because of the limitations no cultural resources were newly recorded. <br />0 <br />As directed by the new 36 CFR800 regulations, this inventory included the search for <br />relevant traditional cultural properties. Based on the files search, field survey, and these <br />researchers' personal knowledge, no such communities exist within the project area. <br />Accordingly, archaeological clearance is recommended. <br />ii