Bureau of Land Management BLM

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Antiquities Act Centennial

• Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

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Antiquities Act Centennial

• Objectives
• Describe what can be found on BLMs new
  Adventures in the Past website
• Discuss BLMs Antiquities Centennial
  accomplishments to date and planned work
• Give examples of funded Centennial projects
• Discuss opportunities for interagency
  collaboration

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Antiquities Act Centennial

• Adventures in the Past is BLMs overarching
  program for public education about, awareness of,
  and involvement in the protection of BLM
  archaeological, historical, and
  paleontologicalor collectivelyheritage
  resources

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Antiquities Act Centennial

• To celebrate the Antiquities Centennial, the BLM
  Cultural Heritage Program has
• Revitalized its Adventures in the Past
  initiative
• Launched a new websitewww.blm.gov/heritage/advent
  ures
• Partnered with its internal Recreation,
  Environmental Education Volunteers, and Public
  Affairs groups in this endeavor

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www.blm.gov/heritage/adventures

• Four main sections
• Diverse navigational tools options
• Multimedia approach
• Special features throughout

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Heritage Education

• Includes educational material for teachers,
  students, and lifetime learners.
• Links to BLMs Project Archaeology and History
  Mysteries.
• Pages on field classrooms, Junior Explorer
  programs, and online site tours.

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Want to Help?

• Provides information for people who want to
  volunteer with heritage resource programs, from
  working with professional archaeologists to
  interpreting historical sites.

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Take a Vacation to the Past

• Offers maps and information on more than 100
  archaeological, historic, and paleontological
  sites on BLM lands, as well as information on
  American Indian and Alaska Native sites.

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Take a Vacation Plan Your Adventures

• State pages have links to detailed descriptions,
  photographs, and special features of cultural
  sites.

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Research and Collections

• Highlights ongoing research projects
• Provides virtual tours to sites and museum
  collections
• Allows download of BLM publications

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Featured Site

• Linked to the home page, this page offers a
  virtual tour and links to educational
  opportunities, volunteer opportunities and
  tourist information on a noteworthy heritage
  site, such as the Empire Ranch in Arizona.

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Antiquities Act Centennial

• Additional Accomplishments to Date
• Developed an internal website launch promotion
  plan
• Developed National Communications Plan in
  collaboration with BLMs Public Affairs
  specialists that targets
• BLM employees
• News Media
• Interest Groups, Partners, and Volunteers
• Recreationists, Hobbyists, and Tourists
• Gateway Communities and Service Industries
• Indian Tribes and Native Alaskans

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Antiquities Act Centennial

• Additional Accomplishments to Date
• Agreed on a slogan for BLMs Centennial
  workJoin the Adventure
• Prepared communication toolkit for BLM
  specialists to use for briefings
• Developed fact sheets on the Antiquities Act,
  Site Ethics, Paleontological Resources, and
  Cultural Resources
• Wrote article for Department of the Interiors
  People, Land, and Water on BLMs new website
• Four Corners State Directors regularly brief
  BLMs Executive Leadership Team and DOI officials

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Antiquities Act Centennial

• Additional Accomplishments to Date
• Between FY 2004 and 2006, distributed in excess
  of 1.1 million to states for on-the-ground
  Centennial projects including
• Inventories
• Site stabilization and restoration
• Site interpretation education
• Public lectures exhibits

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Antiquities Act Centennial

• Funded Projects
• Utah-Comb Ridge (inventory/video development in
  cooperation with several partners)
• Alaska-Ft. Egbert NHL (internal/external
  restoration)
• California-Oral History (in collaboration with
  Cahuilla elders)
• Colorado-Native American Perspectives/Leave No
  Trace film
• Oregon NHT (mapping and marking route)

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Antiquities Act Centennial

• Outreach Products Under Development
• Flyer/rack card- including Centennial message and
  heritage site ethics
• Centennial logo and slogan stickers for
  attachment to various products
• Centennial theme poster
• Website Enhancements (e.g. cultural resource
  publications in PDF, calendar of events,
  Centennial funded accomplishments)
• Photo exhibit at Smithsonians Ripley Center
  (September to November 2006)
• Antiquities Centennial and Adventures in the
  Past traveling exhibits
• Heritage site ethics hangtag

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Antiquities Act Centennial

• What BLM can provide
• Various fact sheets
• Examples of Op-Ed pieces
• Articles for an organizations newsletter or
  website
• Calendar of State Archaeology/Month events
• Educational pieces on ethics
• BLM professional to talk to an organizations
  members about the Antiquities Act or BLM heritage
  resources
• Rack card, sticker, poster
• Prototype for a Trailhead Poster under development