Fiscal Year 2017 Heritage Program Annual Report Data Call
August 7, 2017
In Reply Refer to:
8100 (CA930) P
EMS TRANSMISSION: 08/07/2017
Instruction Memorandum No. CA-2017-015
Expires: 9/30/2018
To: All CA District and Field Managers
Attn: CDD District Office and Field Office Archaeologists
From: State Director
Subject: Fiscal Year 2017 Heritage Program Annual Report Data Call DD: 08/18/16
Program Area: Cultural Resources, Paleontological Resources, and Tribal Consultation
Purpose: This Instruction Memorandum (IM) requires each Field Office and the California Desert District Office to submit a completed Annual Heritage Program Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017.
Policy/Action: Per a draft WO-IM, each Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State Office is required to submit an annual heritage report to the Washington Office summarizing program activity for the year. Each year the California Field and District archaeologists provide the State Office the information for the report as concise narratives that share accomplishments and issues as well as complete several tables. To be consistent with prior year submissions, the narrative and data should cover the period from August 1, 2016, to July 31, 2017.
A. Narrative: Summarize FY 2017 accomplishments for the management of cultural
and paleontological resources, including the associated collections and data, and
tribal consultation. Field Offices should highlight about five major exemplary
activities in a few paragraphs, accompanied by graphics; to illustrate the work
completed (MSWord File Format). Particular attention should be given to projects
supported by specific sub-activity allocations in the Planning Target Allocation
(PTA)/Annual Work Plan (AWP) or projects specifically identified for funding by
the BLM Washington Office or the Department of Interior (DOI) (e.g., BPSS
projects, CRDS transfers, and the museum grants).
B. Photographs: Images may be inserted into the text of the document. Please provide
photographs separately. Such photographs should be high quality and suitable for
publishing as part of any social media outreach or in subsequent reports. Please
label all photographs with the names of individuals pictured, project, and location
(Field, District, State). If the photo was taken by a non-BLM person or entity please
include attribution to the photographer and the permission to publish.
C. Other Accomplishments: Field Offices are encouraged to share bullets
organized in the following topics.
1. National Programmatic Agreement Implementation via the State Protocol.
2. NHPA Section 106 Compliance.
3. Identification, recordation, and evaluation of heritage resources.
4. Stabilization, rehabilitation, and other preservation activities.
5. Monitoring and site stewardship.
6. Research, Field schools, and data recovery projects.
7. Notable planning accomplishments for heritage resources.
8. Tribal Consultation and coordination.
9. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
activities.
10. Paleontological resources management.
11. Museum collections management.
12. Enforcement of heritage protection authorities (e.g., Section 6 of ARPA and
Section 3606 of the PRPA) and related activities.
13. Heritage Education, Interpretation, Outreach, and Tourism (e.g. International
Archaeology Day, State Archaeology Month or National Fossil Day events).
D. Tables: Complete, update, or revise information in the following tables, as
appropriate, reflecting program related activities in FY 2016. Instructions
are provided in the first worksheet of the forms labeled "Instructions," where
appropriate.
Most tables noted below are the same as last year. Please note however, there are
several changes in Table 1. These are shown as orange rows in Sections IV, V, and VIII
of Table 1.
1. Heritage Program Questionnaire – FY17 (Table 1)
2. Project and Partner Activities
3. Historic Structures Listing
4. Listing of Outlaw and Treachery (LOOT) form (complete for each incident)
Templates and additional information are available on the confidential
archaeological server maintained by CA-BLM Archaeology at T:\ANNUAL
REPORT TO WO\2017. Submissions should be completed electronically and
posted to your respective District or Field Office folder on the T:Drive no later than
August 18, 2017.
E. Museum Collections and NAGPRA reporting in California is coordinated through
Stephanie Damadio. Supply a copy of this portion of your narrative, if any, on
these topics directly to her at sdamadio@blm.gov.
Timeframe: To allow sufficient time for State Office review and consolidation to meet Washington Office deadline, the CDD and the Field Offices should complete the Heritage Programs Annual Reports and submit narratives by August 18, 2017.
Budget Impact: The budget impact is minimal. This work is supported by funding distributed through the cultural resources management sub-activity.
Background: The BLM must regularly compile and report information to comply with numerous authorities to include: the Archaeological Resources Protection Act; the 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq., (formerly known as the National Historic Preservation Act); the Federal Land Policy and Management Act; the Government Performance and Accountability Act; the Paleontological Resources Preservation Act; and Executive Order 13327 on Federal Real Property Asset Management. Data is submitted for multiple reports, including the Report to Federal Archaeological Activities, Public Land Statistics, the Performance and Accountability Report, Financial Statements, and the Annual Museum Collections Summary Report.
Manual/Handbook Sections Affected: None.
Coordination: Within CA-930 and State Archaeology staff.
Contact: For additional information, please contact Tony Overly, Archaeologist, at (916) 978- 4684, or via E-mail at soverly@blm.gov.
Signed by:
Jerome E. Perez
State Director
Authenticated by:
Kathleen Christian
GIS/Applications Mgmt Branch, CA-946