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Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resources

BLM National Landscape Conservation System brochure http://www.blm.gov/nlcs/brochure/index.htm

BLM Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
http://www.ut.blm.gov/monument

"High, Wide & Windswept: the Colorado Plateau" [Adaptation of article from Science & Children magazine]
http://www.blm.gov/education/colplateau/index.html

BLM Cultural Heritage Kids' Page http://www.blm.gov/heritage/HE_Kids/kid_pg_rev1.htm

BLM Heritage Education http://www.blm.gov/heritage/Heritage_Education_Web/HEHomePg.html

America's Priceless Heritage: Cultural and Fossil Resources on Public Lands http://www.blm.gov/heritage/docum/APH/GENERAL.PDF

Project Archaeology
http://www.blm.gov/heritage/project_archaeology.htm

BLM-Utah's "Intrigue of the Past" Archaeology Education Program http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/feature11.html

BLM Anasazi Heritage Center
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/index.htm

Leave No Trace: Outdoor Ethics in "Canyon Country" http://www.ut.blm.gov/enviroed/enviroedcynlnt.html

The "Utah Canyons" EarthWatch Rock Art Project http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1999/ut/


National Park Service resources

"Explore, Learn, Participate in Archaeology"
http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/PUBLIC/Index.htm

Canyonlands National Park: History and Culture
http://www.nps.gov/cany/culture/index.htm


U.S. Department of Agriculture resources

The Natural Inquirer (kids' science education journal)
http://www.naturalinquirer.usda.gov/


Natural Resources Conservation Service cultural resources fact sheets

"What are Cultural Resources?" http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ECS/culture/mission.html

"When to Call Your Cultural Resources Specialist or Coordinator": http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ECS/culture/whncall.pdf


Other resources

"Webquest: The Anasazi and the Secrets of the Petroglyphs" http://www.brigantine.atlnet.org/GigapaletteGALLERY/websites/AnasaziWebQuest/index.htm

"Archaeological Adventure"
http://library.thinkquest.org/3011/heading.htm?tqskip=1

Boy Scout Merit Badge in Archaeology (requirements)
http://www.scoutingbsa.org/Programs/BoyScouts/Merit_Badges/Archaeology.html

Dig: The Archaeology Magazine for Kids
http://www.digonsite.com

Canyons, Cultures, and Environmental Change: Land Use History of the Colorado Plateau
http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/index.htm

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