The Cultural Resources Team identifies, evaluates, protects and educates the public about important cultural resources both on land and under water. Information about these resources is shared with the public while still keeping the resources protected from inadvertent and malicious damage. Respect for the fragile, nonrenewable, and sacred qualities of remnants of our collective heritage continues to build.

Cultural resources include but are not limited to: rock art, including petroglyphs and pictographs; historic structures, both preserved and in ruins; underwater artifacts including an entire B-29 bomber that crashed during WWII; and Native American prehistoric sites. The picture at left shows the historic Railroad Tie Cabin at Corn Creek Visitors Center in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.

To learn more about archeological protection on public lands and why it's important, you can download, in PDF format, the Cultural Resource Team brochure: Protect, Don't Collect!