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Agencies and volunteer stewards say they—re working together to protect Utah cultural sites
Summary
Representatives from federal land agencies and volunteer stewards described joint monitoring and stewardship work under Utah—s cultural site stewardship program, citing on-the-ground site monitoring and public participation.
Representatives from federal land agencies and volunteer stewards described coordinated monitoring and protection work under Utah's cultural site stewardship program during a brief field update.
Kelly Lynch, regional coordinator for the cultural stewardship program who works for Ashley National Forest, said the program brings "all the different agencies working so closely together." Lynch said the agencies also work alongside members of the public who volunteer as site stewards.
The program is a collaboration among federal land managers and members of the public to safeguard archaeological and cultural resources in Utah. Jared Roland, an archaeologist at the Bureau of Land Management's Vernal office, said he and colleagues were at a site to monitor conditions, saying, "I'm Jared Roland. I'm an archaeologist at the BLM Vernal office." Stephanie Runster, a volunteer cultural site steward, said she was "really excited to start working on this and keeping track of what's going on."
Speakers emphasized that the monitoring work involves both agency staff and volunteers; Lynch thanked the stewards and land managers for their participation. No formal actions, funding figures or legal authorities were discussed in the remarks provided.
