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Vanishing Treasures Vanishing Treasures Program National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Vanishing Treasures Vanishing Treasures Program Partnership Issue Year-End Report Fiscal Year 2008 and Funded Projects for 2009 Acknowledgments: Executive Editor: Virginia Salazar-Halfmoon Editor-in Chief: Randy Skeirik Contributing Editors: Jake Barrow Advisor: Sande McDermott All reports and photographs were provided by park VT staff unless otherwise credited. State maps were produced by the NPS Intermountain Region Geographic Resources Program, Denver, CO. Cover Photo: The corral and cattle chute at Gachado Line Camp near the Mexican border in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Photo: Randall Skeirik Table of Contents Message from the Vanishing Treasures Program Manager .................................................................................1 At-Large VT Program Staff Preston Fisher ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Jake Barrow .................................................................................................................................................................................................2 Randy Skeirik ............................................................................................................................................................................................3 Feature Articles The National Park Service and Partnering: A History of Public Involvement............................... 5 Conservation And Field Study At The University Of Vermont Douglas Porter (School of Engineering, University of Vermont) ....................................................................7 Vanishing Treasures: Experiences from a University Partner R. Brooks Jeffery (College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona) .. 9 Personnel, Projects and Budgets Arizona ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Canyon de Chelly National Monument ..............................................................................................................14 Casa Grande Ruins National Monument ..........................................................................................................15 Flagstaff Area National Monuments - Wupatki and Walnut Canyon .................................17 Fort Bowie National Historic Site ............................................................................................................................ 20 Grand Canyon National Park ........................................................................................................................................21 Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments .................................................................. 23 Navajo National Monument ........................................................................................................................................... 24 Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument ........................................................................................................... 25 Tonto National Monument .............................................................................................................................................. 26 Tumacacori National Historical Park ...................................................................................................................27 California .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 30 Joshua Tree National Park ............................................................................................................................................. 32 Manzanar National Historic Site ...............................................................................................................................33 Colorado ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Mesa Verde National Park ................................................................................................................................................ 36 New Mexico ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 40 Aztec Ruins National Monument ............................................................................................................................. 42 Bandelier National Monument ................................................................................................................................... 44 Chaco Culture National Historical Park ...........................................................................................................47 El Malpais and El Morro National Monuments........................................................................................ 50 Fort Union National Monument ................................................................................................................................53 Pecos National Historical Park ................................................................................................................................... 54 Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument .............................................................................................55 Texas ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Fort Davis National Historic Site .............................................................................................................................. 60 San Antonio Missions National Historical Park....................................................................................... 60 Utah ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 62 Canyonlands National Park ......................................................................................................................................... 64 Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ............................................................................................................ 66 Hovenweep National Monument ...............................................................................................................................67 Wyoming .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 68 Fort Laramie National Historic Site .......................................................................................................................70 Appendices ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 79 Appendix A: Definition of Vanishing Treasures Resources ...................................................................... i Appendix B: Terminology ............................................................................................................................................................. i Appendix C: Vanishing Treasures Leadership Committee ...................................................................... ii Appendix D: Vanishing Treasures Advisory Group ........................................................................................ ii Appendix E: Vanishing Treasures Annual and Cumulative Funding ........................................ iii Appendix F: Vanishing Treasures FY 2008 Project Funding ................................................................iv 1 Vanishing Treasures 2008 Year-End Report Message from the Vanishing Treasures Program Manager A major focus of the Vanishing Treasures Leadership Committee(VT LC) this year was the revision of the VT Charter. After careful consideration, pen was put to paper and the revised Charter was accepted and signed by the Regional Directors (RDs) of both the Intermountain and Pacific West Regions. Leadership Chair Corky Hays, along with the appropriate regional VT representative, accompanied me to present the revised Charter to the Regional Directors. Both RDs continue to strongly support the VT Program and expressed their belief that sig- nificant resource preservation has resulted from the program’s efforts and focus. They also recogninze that what makes the Program unique, and strengthens it role in the NPS, are the cultural connections that are fostered between the resources themselves and associated local and traditional communities. Both Directors emphasized the need to continue our focus on the philosophy of preservation, and to expand our capabilities through partnering. In early September 2008, the Vanishing Treasures Program received
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