BLM Utah Cultural and Paleontological Resource Management Program

BLM Utah manages a large amount of archaeological and historic sites, artifact collections, places of traditional cultural importance to American Indians and other communities, and paleontological resources that occur on 22.9 million acres of federal lands in the state of Utah. Collectively, these heritage resources, represent over 12,000 years of human occupation, and millions of years of the earths 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 Americas heritage.