2020
20
Oct
Bears Ears Monument Advisory Committee Meets as Judge Deliberates
Dear Friends,
For two reasons, I am in a good—very good—mood.
First, I am so grateful that I live in a county that knows how to do mail-in voting right. I am on my county’s permanent mail-in voter list, so my ballot automatically appeared in my home mailbox on October 8. I took the w...
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2020
15
Sep
Take Action Now to Protect Greater Chaco
Dear Friends,
Buckle up. There are research reports to read, urgent calls to advocacy to pursue, and a variety of lectures and books to keep you busy.
We lead with Paul Reed’s call for action to protect Greater Chaco, because it is time sensitive. Comments on the BLM’s resource management ...
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2020
08
Jul
Commentary: Oil-Gas Leasing Would Encroach on Arches, Canyonlands, Bears Ears
Dear Friends,
For the second week in a row, I ventured from my home office. This time, only for a few hours. I “ventured” to the eye doctor, because I really needed some new glasses. I wore a mask. And all the people in the office wore masks.
It turned out the technician fitting me for my ...
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2020
05
May
Continuing Coverage: Interior Moves Public Meetings Online, Does Not Postpone Deadlines
Dear Friends,
It’s Tuesday afternoon, and I’m getting ready to moderate our second Archaeology Café Online. Tonight’s program will be with John Welch, who directs Archaeology Southwest’s Landscape and Site Protection Program, and our honored guest, Octavius Seowtewa of Zuni Pueblo. John ...
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2020
28
Apr
Federal Report Recommends Uranium Mining near Grand Canyon, Bears Ears
Dear Friends of Southwest Archaeology Today,
How are you—how was your week?
Probably not unlike yours, mine was not what I had expected it to be a few months ago. This past Wednesday through Sunday, I would have been in Austin, Texas, attending the Society for American Archaeology’s (SAA...
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2020
21
Apr
Learning from Ancient Southwestern Farming Cultures
Dear Friends of Southwest Archaeology Today,
We made it through our first Archaeology Café Online last week. Thanks to all who joined us, and thanks to Paul Reed for his presentation. We’ve linked to the video and some additional material from Paul in this week’s edition below. On May 5 we...
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2020
14
Apr
Indigenous Landscapes of the Grand Canyon
Dear Friends of Southwest Archaeology Today,
I hope this finds you well. My week was brightened by another bit of good news from a Preservation Archaeology Field School alumnus: Kiley Stoj (2018) was awarded a Fulbright, as reported by SUNY Cortland. Congratulations, Kiley.
As I write this Tue...
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2020
18
Feb
New Management Areas Protect Archaeology in Southwestern Colorado
New Management Areas Protect Archaeology in Southwestern Colorado
The Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office has designated three areas of critical environmental concern in Montezuma and San Miguel counties. The new amendment to the 2015 Resource Management Plan designates the Mesa Verde ...
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2020
11
Feb
Final Management Plans for Reduced Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Open Lands to Extraction
Final Management Plans for Reduced Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Open Lands to Extraction
Thursday the Trump administration announced it was opening two national monuments to development. The culturally and geologically significant Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments will ...
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2020
07
Jan
Why You Should Experience Bears Ears
Knowledge seekers of every kind are welcome at Archaeology Café at The Loft Cinema for a series of programs exploring the deep and diverse history of the Southwest. Join us on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, as R. E. Burrillo discusses Bears Ears in his talk, "The Bears Ears Water Project: What Environme...
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2019
15
Nov
Why Should We Care about the Past?
We're very pleased to share this guest post by our friend Jonathan Bailey. Jonathan is a photographer specializing in conservation, cultural resources, and public land. He is also the author of Rock Art: A Vision of a Vanishing Cultural Landscape. You can follow him on Instagram and Facebook.
Jon...
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2019
05
Nov
Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act Passes House
Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act Passes House
A bill to establish a permanent 10-mile buffer around Chaco Canyon to protect it from oil and gas extraction activity passed the U.S. House on Wednesday with bipartisan support. The bill, sponsored by U.S. Reps. Ben Ray Luján, Deb Haaland an...
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