Sources of Information for Assessing Cultural and Historic Resources and Uses

This page contains links referred to from Forest Service Handbook FSH 1909.12, Chapter 10 – The Assessment, Section 13.8. Direction for conducting an assessment for a plan, plan revision or plan amendment is contained in that handbook. This page contains links to additional information resources and will be updated periodically.

Cultural and Historic Resources

Forest Service information resources include:

1. NRM Heritage database.
2. Heritage Program Plans (described in FSM 2362.3) and Historic Property Plans (FSM 2362.4) developed for the plan area or for individual cultural and historic resources within the plan area. A cultural resources overview is one element of a Heritage Program Plan.
3. Published and unpublished papers, cultural resource survey reports and other information by a local professional archaeologist or historian contracted or employed by the .
4. Historical records, including maps, photographs, drawings, oral history recordings and/or transcripts, hard copy cultural resource site records, and other materials kept on file at local offices.
5. Memorandums of understanding, memorandums of agreements, programmatic agreements, management plans, or other agreement documents with State historic preservation offices or the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

External information sources include:

1. State Plans developed by State Historic Preservation Offices for the plan area.
2. Traditional knowledge formal and informal Tribal consultation regarding the plan areas, and existing Tribal consultation documentation.
3. Official Heritage Area Management Plans.
4. Local knowledge offered for consideration by the public about cultural and historic resources and uses.
5. Knowledge and information offered for consideration by state and/opr regional professional archaeological or historical organizations, universities, non-profits, tourism boards, and other federal, state or local government agencies.
6. The relevant published documents from refereed journals, books edited volumes and historical societies.