Cultural Heritage and Paleontology

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Man in black shirt holds young girl who holds a small stuff wooly mammoth

Arizona Project Archaeology wins Arizona Governor's Heritage Preservation Honor Award

Arizona Project Archaeology, an affiliate of the Bureau of Land Management’s National Project Archaeology program, was awarded the 2021 Arizona Governor’s Heritage Preser

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Life reconstruction of juvenile Diplodocus from the Mother’s Day Quarry with adults. Note how the shape of the snout in the juvenile is pointed compared to the flat shape of the adult. Evidence that they were feeding differently.

The Mother’s Day Quarry Keeps Giving

Story by: Greg Liggett, Paleontologist, Montana/Dakotas State Office

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Kirk Halford hiking to ancient ruins in Canyonlands National Park

BLM archaeologist digs data

Before a new road, pipeline or even a fence can traverse BLM land, a call goes out to BLM archaeologists.

Monday, April 19, 2021

New species of unusual dinosaur found in Montana

Story by: Greg Liggett, Geologist (Paleontologist), Montana/Dakotas State Office

Friday, April 16, 2021 Craig McCaa

A replica cannon and sign greet visitors to Fort Egbert.

Historic Fort Egbert: Encounter Alaska's Frontier Past at the End of the Road

Muleskinners, trappers, doctors, woodcutters, wireless operators, and Army officers charged with maintaining order on the wild and woolly frontier – at the dawn of the 20th century, Fort Egbert had all that and more. Learn about this fascinating chapter in Alaska history by visiting the restored fort buildings in the picturesque Yukon River town of Eagle at the end of the Taylor Highway.