Nevada Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management Program

BLM Nevada manages a diverse group of prehistoric archaeological and historic sites, artifact collections, places of traditional cultural importance to American Indians and other communities, and paleontological resources that occur on forty-eight million acres of federal lands in the state of Nevada. Collectively, these heritage resources represent over 10,000 years of human occupation, and millions of years of the earth's natural history. BLM Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Programs coordinate management, preservation, education and outreach efforts, economic opportunities, and public uses of a fragile, nonrenewable scientific record that represents an important component of America's heritage. The BLM Nevada Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Resource Management Program and the Lincoln County Archaeological Initiative Group seek to establish partnerships that collaboratively encourage the public to learn about and engage with heritage resources in Nevada, with the goals of creating a conservation stewardship legacy second only to Teddy Roosevelt, restoring trust and being a good neighbor, and sustainably developing energy and natural resources. The Cultural Heritage and Paleontology Resource Management Programs achieve these goals by: -- Protecting and preserving cultural heritage and paleontological resources for the benefit of future generations; -- Improving professional and/or public understanding of the nation's cultural and natural history; -- Providing educational, recreational, and economic opportunities for local communities and the public; -- Increasing American Indian access to locations and natural resources important to traditional cultural practices and beliefs; and -- Managing heritage resource collections and associated records to appropriate standards, and providing access to the public and American Indians.