National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Vanishing Treasures Vanishing Treasures Program Year-End Report for Fiscal Year 2007 and Proposed 2008 Activities Acknowledgments: Executive Editor: Virginia Salazar-Halfmoon Editor-in Chief: Randy Skeirik Contributing Editors: Jake Barrow Joshua Kleinman Advisor: Sande McDermott Copy Editor: Christina Mitchell All reports and photographs were provided by park VT staff unless otherwise credited. Cover Photo: A seasonal habitation structure on the south rim of the Grand Canyon, typically used by the Havasupai and Navajo. Photo: Courtesy, Grand Canyon National Park 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 Tonto National Monument – From Deferred Maintenance to Cyclic Maintenance ..................................................................................5 VT Backfilling at Chaco Canyon and Aztec Ruins.............................................................................................8 Preservation and Management Guidelines for Vanishing Treasures Resources: The Legacy of Archeological Site Preservation in the National Park Service .................. 13 Workshops and Symposia Fort Davis Post Hospital Project ........................................................................................................................................16 Southern Arizona Cultural Resource Meetings ................................................................................................16 New Mexico Parks Symposium ...........................................................................................................................................17 Personnel, Projects and Budgets Arizona ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Canyon de Chelly National Monument ............................................................................................................. 22 Casa Grande Ruins National Monument ......................................................................................................... 24 Flagstaff Area National Monuments - Wupatki and Walnut Canyon ................................ 25 Fort Bowie National Historic Site ............................................................................................................................ 28 Grand Canyon National Park ....................................................................................................................................... 29 Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments ...................................................................31 Navajo National Monument ............................................................................................................................................33 Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument ............................................................................................................35 Tonto National Monument .............................................................................................................................................. 36 Tumacacori National Historical Park .................................................................................................................. 38 California .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 40 Manzanar National Historic Site .............................................................................................................................. 42 Colorado ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Mesa Verde National Park ................................................................................................................................................ 46 New Mexico ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 50 Aztec Ruins National Monument ..............................................................................................................................52 Bandelier National Monument ................................................................................................................................... 54 Chaco Culture National Historical Park ...........................................................................................................57 El Malpais and El Morro National Monuments........................................................................................ 60 Fort Union National Monument ................................................................................................................................62 Pecos National Historical Park ................................................................................................................................... 63 Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument ............................................................................................ 64 Texas ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Fort Davis National Historic Site .............................................................................................................................. 68 San Antonio Missions National Historical Park........................................................................................69 Utah ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 70 Canyonlands National Park ......................................................................................................................................... 72 Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ............................................................................................................ 73 Hovenweep National Monument ...............................................................................................................................74 Wyoming .....................................................................................................................................................................................................76 Fort Laramie National Historic Site .......................................................................................................................78 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 ...................................................................................... iii Appendix E: Vanishing Treasures Annual and Cumulative Funding ........................................ iii Appendix F: Vanishing Treasures FY 2008 Project Funding ................................................................iv 1 Vanishing Treasures 2007 Year-End Report Message from the Vanishing Treasures Program Manager Planning the transition for the Vanishing Treasures (VT) Program has been my primary focus throughout 2007. Working closely with the VT Leadership Committee, I have been working on the planning necessary to transition VT from an Initiative into a sustainable, ongoing Pro- gram. Key elements of the transition planning include: • the development of a process to develop and complete the Vanishing Treasures Preser- vation Guidelines; • review and revision of the Servicewide Comprehensive Call (SCC) project criteria to en- sure they reflect current project needs; • transparency and accountability, which remains a foundation for the VT Program; and • the development of training opportunities and/or workshops to facilitate the sharing of VT expertise