Cleaning out old postings--could not resist nominating this in the "Famous Last Words" category.

 

D. Babson

 



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	From: Ron May [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 

	Sent: Tue 2/4/2003 11:14 AM 

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	Subject: Re: Agency Archaeologists Job Cuts

	

	

	In a message dated 2/4/2003 7:09:51 AM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: 

	

	

	



		Whether the paperwork is filled out by an 

		>archaeologist who meets the Secretary's standards or by President Bush's 

		>mum, the federal government must comply and when it does not, it is up to 

		>the professional and avocational supporters of archaeology to take action





	

	Jim, I want you to think about this statement in the context of "closed military bases" and "classified projects." Just how do you think the Register of Professional Archaeologists or an avocational group is going to know the internal workings of a military base? The answer is they will not. The only time things surface is when someone who used to contact an environmental office takes the time to track down the one archaeologist assigned to all the bases and tells him. Nothing is going to be done to those sites damaged by fiber optic cable trenching, road construction, new buildings, etc. unless someone blows the whistle at great personal expense. Whistle blowers are lepers in the Navy and I expect the same goes for the National Park Service. 

	

	Fortunately for archaeology, the war about to be promulgated on Iraq has stripped all project money from the Navy right now. For the most part, archaeology resources will be safe. 

	

	Ron May 

	Legacy 106, Inc.