In a message dated 9/10/2004 4:12:57 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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> I'll expose my ignorance (again)...and ask...How does one go about getting
> their reports on this database?  Is this something the state historic
> office of preservation does (from their regional information centers)??  It
> would be nice if there were more local regional places to access.  Not that
> I dont think we could learn from other parts of the country/world...but we
> usually are dealing with local issues.  Of course...I'm thinking of
> prehistoric sites mostly.  (oops)
>

Come to the ACRA meetings in Redlands, California on September 30 and October
1-2 at the Mission Inn.  Among the many sessions of interest to contractors,
will be  two sessions concerning contracting with the National Park Service.
I will be moderating both of them.  Frank McManamon, Chief of Archaeology for
the NPS, Terry Childs, also of NPS Washington, Linda Greene of Death Valley
National Park and Adrienne Anderson of the Intermountain Region of the NPS, will
all be there. In the first session, Terry Childs, who is in charge of the
National Archeological Database, will explain the database (which includes over
350,000 reports) and encourage people to use it.  She will also be discussing
how people can help to improve it and even add to it.

For information on the ACRA meetings, go to www.acra-crm.org.

Mike Polk
Sagebrush Consultants, L.L.C.
Ogden, Utah