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Abstract <br />At the request of Bowie Resources, I.I.0 (as represented by J.E. Stover and Associates), <br />and the Bureau of Land Management Uncompaghre Field Office (BLM). a Class III cultural <br />resource inventory and paleontological assessment of two block areas totaling approximately <br />505 acres (173 BLM, 332 Private) of land related to portions of Federal Coal Leases (Mod <br />COC -37210 and Mod COC- 61209) was conducted by Grand River Institute (GRi). The <br />prefield check -in was conducted on the 22' of August 2011 and fieldwork was performed <br />hetween the 23rd and 24' of August 2011. The fieldwork was conducted by Carl Conner, <br />Joshua Smith. Jim Conner, Dana Archuleta. Lucas Piontkow•ski. and Travis Archuleta. Carl E. <br />Conner. Principal Investigator. and Nicole Darnell prepared the final report. <br />The inventory was undertaken to ensure the project's compliance with federal <br />legislation governing the identification and protection of cultural resources. The purposes of <br />this investigation were to identify resources within the project area likely to be affected by the <br />proposed action, to evaluate these sites' eligibility for listing on the National Register of <br />I listoric Places (NRNP), and to make management recommendations for those sites found to <br />be eligible or potentially eligible. <br />The project identified and reevaluated one previously recorded site (5DT88) within the <br />inventory area. In addition, a segment of a previously recorded aqueduct (5DT1795.2) and <br />three sites (5DT 1824.5DT 1825.1 and 5DT 1826.1) were newly recorded. All of the sites were <br />fold evaluated as not eligible and should be given no further consideration. <br />A paleontological assessment of the project area was made by a review of the local <br />geological formations to ascertain their potential to yield significant fossil remains, and a <br />reconnaissance of the exposures within the study boundaries. The formation exposed in the <br />study area is the upper Mesaverde. Mostly continental in formation. the upper Mesaverde <br />represents the last deposits related to the dominantly fluvial homogeneous environment of the <br />fate Cretaceous inland seas. Due to the lack of recorded fossil findings in the upper <br />Mesaverde. the potential for finding fossils in this member was considered to be very love. As <br />the majority of the study area is covered in a blanket of soil and vegetation, few exposures of <br />this formation occur and consist mainly of ledge faces. No fossils were found in these <br />exposures during the inventory. <br />