Fiscal Year 2014 Heritage Program Annual Report Data Call

CA IM-2014-026

Instruction Memorandum

July 1, 2014

In Reply Refer To:
8100 (CA930) P

EMS TRAMSMISSION: 7/1/14
Instruction Memorandum No. CA-2014-026
Expires: 9/30/15

To: All CA Field Managers and District Managers
Attention: Field Office and District Office Archaeologists

From: Deputy State Director, Natural Resources

Subject:   Fiscal Year 2014 Heritage Program Annual Report Data Call DD: 08/11/14

Program Area: Cultural, Paleontological Resources, 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) 2014.

Policy/Action: Per the WO-IM2014-103, 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. The California field archaeologists provide the information that forms the basis of this report to the State Office as concise narratives that share accomplishments and issues and the completed tables referenced below. To be consistent with prior year submissions, the narrative and data should cover the period from August 1, 2013, to July 31, 2014.

     I.   Narrative: Summarize FY 2014 accomplishments for the management of cultural and
           paleontological resources, including the associated collections and data, and tribal
           consultation. Please furnish the narrative in MSWord file format with graphics added in
           as jpegs.
             A.   Major Highlights -- Field Offices should highlight about five major exemplary
                     activities in a few paragraphs accompanied by graphics to illustrate the work
                     completed (MSWord File Format).
             B.   Other Accomplishments – Each Office is encouraged to share short bullets
                     organized in the following topics. It is not required to cover all topics. Particular
                     attention should be given to projects supported by specific sub-activity allocations
                     in the Planning Target Allocation and Annual Work Plan.
                        1.   National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Compliance
                        2.   Identification, recordation, and evaluation of heritage resources
                        3.   Stabilization, rehabilitation, and other preservation activities
                        4.   Monitoring and site stewardship
                        5.   Research, field schools, and data recovery projects
                        6.   Notable planning accomplishments for heritage resources
                        7.   Enforcement of heritage protection authorities (e.g., Section 6 of
                               Archaeological Resources Protection Act and Section 3606 of the
                               Paleontological Resources Protection Act) and related activities
                        8.   Heritage Education, Interpretation, Outreach, and Tourism
                        9.   Tribal consultation and coordination
                        10.   Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) activities
                        11.   Paleontology
                        12.   Museum collections management
     II.   Forms and Questionnaires: Complete, update, or revise information in the following
             tables, as appropriate, reflecting program related activities in 2014. More specific
             instructions are provided in the first worksheet of the forms labeled "Instructions," where
             appropriate.
                   1.   Heritage Program Annual Report Questionnaire
                   2.   FY 2013 and FY 2014 Heritage Resource Projects and Partnerships (updated to
                          include all direct funded heritage projects)
                   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\2014. Submissions should be completed electronically and posted to the T drive by the due date in a folder for each Office.

Timeframe: To allow sufficient time for State Office review and consolidation to meet Washington Office deadline, Field Offices and CDD should complete the Heritage Programs Annual Reports and submit narratives on the T Drive by August 11, 2014.

Budget Impact: The budget impact is minimal. This work is supported by funding distributed through the cultural resources management subactivity.

Background: The BLM must regularly compile and report information to comply with numerous authorities, including the ARPA, the NHPA, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the Government Performance and Accountability 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.

Contact: For additional information, please contact Tony Overly, Archaeologist, at (916) 978-4684, or via E-mail at soverly@blm.gov.

Signed by:
Tom Pogacnik
DSD, Natural Resources

Authenticated by:
Richard A. Erickson
Records Management