PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR CALIFORNIA ARCHAEOLOGY
1988-2004
“Hey Rick, Ole, Eric and Ed! 1973 Doesn't Seem Like a Long Time Ago, but on Some Days 25 Years Feels Like a Career”
Russell L. Kaldenberg
Abstract
The first archaeologist whom the BLM hired in California reported for active duty in May of 1973. His job was to work on the implementation of planning criteria which would ultimately result in the development of a management plan for the California Desert. Instead, the hiring of Herrick E. Hanks led to the development of a program of extensive cultural resources management on all lands administered by the BLM throughout the United States and Alaska. This paper attempts to highlight what we knew and learned during the first few years of management, what we now know, and what we need to know to manage heritage resources in the next century.