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Management Recommendations <br />The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) directs the BLM to ensure <br />that BLM - initiated or authorized actions do not inadvertently disturb or destroy significant <br />cultural resource values. The eligibility determination and consultation process is guided by <br />Section 106 of the NHPA (36 CFR 60, 63, and 800). BLM actions cannot be authorized until <br />the Section 106 process is completed (36 CFR 800.3). An inventory such as this is the first <br />step in the Section 106 process. <br />Literature reviews for known cultural resources in the project area were made through <br />the BLM Little Snake Field Office and the Colorado Historical Society's Office of <br />Archaeology and Historic Preservation. These searches indicated that one previously <br />recorded site, 5MF6447, a placer mine was determined to be within the present inventory <br />area. The site was revisited and reevaluated with the present project. <br />No newly discovered resources were located as a result of the inventory. The <br />revisited site, 5NIF6447, has previously (2007) been declared officially not eligible for listing <br />on the National Register of Historic Places by the State Historic Preservation Officer. The <br />site condition appeared to be unchanged since the previous recording. The site lacks <br />integrity, and is not eligible under Criteria A, B, C or D; no further work is warranted. <br />Accordingly, archaeological clearance is recommended. <br />References <br />Agenbroad, Larry D. <br />1978 The Hudson -Meng Site: An Alberta Bison Kill in the Nebraska High Plains. <br />University Press of America, Washington, D.C. <br />Athearn, Frederic J. <br />1977 An Isolated Empire: A History of Northwest Colorado. Bureau of Land <br />Management Cultural Resources Series No. 2, Denver. <br />Barlow, K. Rene <br />2002 Predicting maize agriculture among the Fremont: An economic comparison of <br />farming and foraging in the AmericanSouthwest . American Antiquity <br />67(1):65 -88. <br />Black, Kevin <br />1986 Mitigative archaeological excavations at two sites for the Cottonwood Pass <br />Project, Chaffee and Gunnison Counties, Colorado. Ms on file, Metcalf <br />Archaeological Consultants, Inc., Eagle. <br />17 <br />