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Vanishing Treasures Year End Report (2003) Contents Section 7 – VT Management Team Activities............................................................... 7-1 Management of the Program .................... 7-1 Section 1 – Executive Summary ...................... 1-1 Responsibilities......................................... 7-3 Background .............................................. 1-1 Makeup of VT’s Management Team......... 7-3 Program Management .............................. 1-3 Workgroup Activities................................ 7-4 Program Accomplishments....................... 1-3 Database Workgroup ....................................7-4 FY 2003/2004 Year End Report................ 1-5 Career Development Workgroup ............. 7-4 Report Compilation.................................. 1-4 Funding Workgroup......................................7-9 Final Thoughts ............................................... 1-6 Guidelines and Standards Workgroup...... 7-9 Section 2 – Program Funding........................... 2-1 FY 1998 ..................................................... 2-1 Tables FY 1999 ..................................................... 2-1 FY 2000 .................................................... 2-3 2.1 Vanishing Treasures Budget, FY 2001 ..................................................... 2-3 FY 1998 – 2004.................................................... 2-2 FY 2002..................................................... 2-4 2.2 FY 2003 Operating Budget ................................. 2-7 FY 2003..................................................... 2-4 2.3 FY 2004 Operating Budget ................................. 2-8 Program Management Funds ................... 2-5 3.1 Personnel Funding FY 1998- 2004 ...................... 3-2 FY 2004 .................................................... 2-5 3.2 Conversion/Intake Positions FY 2005 and Beyond................................. 2-9 FY 1998 – 2004.................................................... 3-3 Accountability of VT Funds.................... 2-10 3.3 Current Personnel Roster .......................................3-6 Definition of Vanishing Treasures 3.4 Personnel Funding/Costs........................................3-7 Resources ...................................................... 2-12 3.5 Diversity Profile ........................................................3-9 3.6 Staffing Priority List – FY2005 and Beyond.......3-13 Section 3 – Funding for Personnel.................. 3-1 5.1 Project Funding - FY 1998- 2003 ........................ 4-2 FY 1998 ..................................................... 3-1 7.1 Role and Function of Vanishing Treasures FY 1999 ..................................................... 3-1 Management Team ...................................................7-2 FY 2000 .................................................... 3-4 7.2 Vanishing Treasures Management Team.............7-6 FY 2001 ..................................................... 3-4 FY 2002..................................................... 3-4 FY 2003 ............................................................ 3-4 If you have any questions regarding the Maintaining the VT Workforce ................ 3-4 Workforce Diversity................................. 3-5 Vanishing Treasures Program contact Glenn Proposed Hiring in FY 2004 ................... 3-11 Fulfer ([email protected]), Program Professional Support Positions ............... 3-11 Chair or Todd R. Metzger FY 2005 and Beyond............................... 3-12 ([email protected]), Program Current Staffing Priority List .................. 3-12 Coordinator. Specific questions and Development of VT’s Staffing Needs....... 3-12 First VT Personnel Hiring List .................. 3-14 comments about the web page should be Current VT Personnel Hiring List ............ 3-14 directed to Al Remley ([email protected]) Section 4 – Personnel Accomplishments....... 4-1 Terminology ................................................. 4-20 An electronic version of this report can be accessed through the Vanishing Treasures home page at Section 5 – Project Funding.............................. 5-1 http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/vt/vt.htm Project Selection....................................... 5-1 Project Accomplishments............................. 5-1 FY 1998 Projects........................................ 5-3 FY 1999 Projects ....................................... 5-3 FY 2000 Projects....................................... 5-3 FY 2001 Projects ....................................... 5-3 FY 2002 Projects....................................... 5-4 FY 2003 Projects....................................... 5-4 FY 2004 Projects ............................................ 5-4 FY 2005 and Beyond...................................... 5-5 E X P E R I E N C E Y O U R A M E R I C A ™ Section 6 – Project Completion Report.......... 6-1 Front Cover: Cliff Palace, a late thirteenth century ancestral Puebloan cliff dwelling, Mesa Verde National Park, CO. Photo by Al Remley, National Park Service Section 1 - Executive Summary Heritage sites, and all hold immense Once again, and for the sixth meaning for a number of traditional consecutive year, we are reporting on communities. Contributing to this the annual accomplishments of the situation was the fact that only a few Vanishing Treasures Program (VT). highly skilled preservation specialists Although the year has gone quickly, were employed in the National Park there has been an incredible amount of Service to address this need, and many of work accomplished. In addition to the these individuals were nearing retirement traditional accomplishments, there after 30 plus years in the service with no have been a number of undertakings potential for their specialized knowledge that have occurred that are worthy of to be passed on to a new generation of discussion, and some actions and specialists. Recognizing the significance activities that are noteworthy because of the need, and the urgency of the they have had, or they probably will situation and after careful planning and have a significant impact on VT. deliberation, Congress began allocating funds to the National Park Service to Because there has been significant begin addressing the needs of the turnover of superintendents and staff in Vanishing Treasures Program and has many of the Vanishing Treasures parks, continued to do so for the last seven additional background information years. As a result of these efforts, a such as why the Program was started, great deal has been accomplished by how it operates, and who is involved, a staff that have been hired and through concerted effort has been made to projects implemented with the funding Earl Morris repairing the tower at include as much background that has been made available to the Mummy Cave, a 13th century ancestral information regarding the Program as is Vanishing Treasure Program. Today, puebloan cliff dwelling at Canyon de possible. Although there is constant the VT Program continues to address Chelly National Monument contact with most VT parks, especially the needs of 44 parks with known those parks that have received an Vanishing Treasures resources: 41 parks allocation of either personnel or project in the Intermountain Region and 3 funds, and although there is always an parks in the Pacific West Region. annual distribution of year- end reports to all VT parks and interested parties, Why the Program was Started we know that there are many questions that exist regarding the Program and many issues that have developed. The Vanishing Treasures Program Hopefully, this issue of the year- end got its start when a handful of park report will serve as a comprehensive resource managers began comparing source of information and perhaps will notes on the condition of their serve to address some of the questions prehistoric and historic architecture. The that exist, and at the very least provide a consensus was very clear: unique and basic understanding of the Vanishing perishable “ruins” important to our Treasures Program. national heritage were rapidly Small 12th century ancestral puebloan deteriorating to a point where there was a structure. Wupatki National “crisis of care.” Serious concern was Monument, Arizona. Background expressed over the continued failure to prevent or even deter increasing In 1993, the National Park Service destruction and loss of irreplaceable identified and began acting upon a resources. critical weakness that has become known as the Vanishing Treasures In response to this growing Program. After 20 years of inadequate awareness, a grassroots effort was funding, backlogged treatment needs, mounted that was not only intent on and a lack of information on condition, bringing attention to the problems that thousands of prehistoric and historic existed, but on formulating a strategy for ruins at 44 National Park Service units in aggressively and actively dealing with the the arid west were identified as being situation. Recognizing that a number of threatened with severe deterioration and National Park Service units with Fort Davis National Historic Site, loss if immediate action was not taken. archaeological resources throughout the Texas. The architectural resources involved western United States faced similar represent a significant aspect of the problems, the scope was broadened nation’s heritage, some are World Vanishing Treasures 2003 Year End Report Section 1 - 1 beyond just a few core archeological parks. Unique in this situation is the fact that this issue was brought forward from
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