Fiscal Year 2015 Heritage Program Annual Report Data Call

CA IM-2015-026

Instruction Memorandum

July 6, 2015

In Reply Refer To:
8100 (CA930) P

EMS TRAMSMISSION: 7/7/15
Instruction Memorandum No. CA-2015-026
Expires: 9/30/18

To:             All CA District and Field Managers
                     Attention: CDD District Office and Field Offices Archaeologists

From:         State Director

Subject:      Fiscal Year 2015 Heritage Program Annual Report Data Call   DD: 08/7/15

Program Area: Cultural Resources, Paleontological Resources, and Tribal Consultation

Purpose: This Instruction Memorandum (IM) requires the California Desert District Office and each Field Office to submit a completed Annual Heritage Program Report for fiscal year (FY) 2015.

Policy/Action: Per the WO-IM No. 2015-096, each Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State Office is required to submit an annual heritage report to the Washington Office summarizing program activity for the year. The California field archaeologists provide the information that forms the basis of this report to the State Office as concise narratives that share accomplishments and issues and the completed tables referenced below. To be consistent with prior year submissions, the narrative and data should cover the period from August 1, 2014, to July 31, 2015.

      I.   Narrative: Summarize FY 2015 accomplishments for the management of cultural and
            paleontological resources, including the associated collections and data, and tribal
            consultation. Please furnish the narrative in MSWord file format with graphics added in
            as jpegs.
            A.   Major Highlights -- Field Offices should highlight about five major exemplary
                    activities in a few paragraphs, accompanied by graphics, to illustrate the work
                    completed (MSWord File Format).
            B.   Other Accomplishments – Each office is encouraged to share short bullets
                    organized in the following topics. It is not required to cover all topics. Particular
                    attention should be given to projects supported by specific sub-activity allocations
                    in the Annual Work Plan or projects specifically identified for funding by the
                    BLM Washington Office or the Department of the Interior.

                    1. National Programmatic Agreement Implementation and State Protocol
                              Revisions.
                    2. NHPA Section 106 Compliance.
                    3. Identification, recordation, and evaluation of heritage resources.
                    4. Stabilization, rehabilitation, and other preservation activities.
                    5. Monitoring and site stewardship.
                    6. Research, field schools, and data recovery projects.
                    7. Notable planning accomplishments for heritage resources.
                    8. Tribal Consultation and coordination.
                    9. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
                              (NAGPRA) activities.
                    10. Paleontological resources management.
                    11. Museum collections management.
                    12. Enforcement of heritage protection authorities (e.g., Section 6 of
                               ARPA and Section 3606 of the PRPA) and related activities.
                    13. Heritage Education, Interpretation, Outreach, and Tourism

      II.   Forms and Questionnaires: Complete, update, or revise information in the following
              tables, as appropriate, reflecting program related activities in 2014. More specific
              instructions are provided in the first worksheet of the forms labeled "Instructions,"
              where appropriate. Please also note that the Paleontology section of the Heritage
              Program Annual Report Questionnaire has been revised. There are also changes to the
              Heritage Program Annual Report Questionnaire in Section VII E - I (Public and
              Professional Outreach and Education).

                    1.   Heritage Program Annual Report Questionnaire
                    2.   Heritage Resource Projects and Partnerships (updated to include all direct
                           funded heritage projects)
                    3.   Historic Structures Listing
                    4.   Listing of Outlaw and Treachery (LOOT) form (complete for each incident)

Templates and additional information are available on the confidential archaeological server maintained by CA-BLM Archaeology at T:\ANNUAL REPORT TO WO\2015. Submissions should be completed electronically and posted to the T:Drive, by the due date, in a folder for each Office.

Timeframe: To allow sufficient time for State Office review and consolidation to meet Washington Office deadline, the CDD and the Field Offices should complete the Heritage Programs Annual Reports and submit narratives on the T:Drive by August 7, 2015.

Budget Impact: The budget impact is minimal. This work is supported by funding distributed through the cultural resources management sub-activity.

Background: The BLM must regularly compile and report information to comply with numerous authorities, including the ARPA, the NHPA, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the Government Performance and Accountability Act, and Executive Order 13327 on Federal Real Property Asset Management. The data is submitted for multiple reports, including the Report to Federal Archaeological Activities, Public Land Statistics, the Performance and Accountability Report, Financial Statements, and the Annual Museum Collections Summary Report.

Manual/Handbook Sections Affected: None.

Contact: For additional information, please contact Tony Overly, Archaeologist, at
(916) 978- 4684, or via E-mail at soverly@blm.gov.

Signed by:
Joe Stout
Associate State Director

Authenticated by:
Richard A. Erickson
Records Management