NPS Tasks GeomorphIS Team to Conduct Cultural Surveys at Buffalo National River (Arkansas)

The National Park Service (NPS) contracted a GeomorphIS-Algonquin team to provide archeological services to support the fire fuel reduction in prescribed burn units in the Buffalo National River (BUFF) Searcy, Baxter, Newton and Marion Counties, Arkansas within Prescribed Burn Units (PBU).  This work is required to meet Secretary of the Interior’s (SOI) Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties and the National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 process to identify resources and evaluate impacts from a defined undertaking. Cultural resource investigations are planned prior to the burn activities for these areas.  This work is designed to result in the scientific survey to identify above-ground archeological sites (historic and prehistoric) within the burn units in order to protect these sites from the effects of controlled burns.  This project will contribute to increased knowledge about the cultural and archeological record for these areas.