Closure and Transfer of Pueblo Chemical Depot (CO)

The Department of the Army initially listed the Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD), Pueblo, CO, for closure and transfer out of federal ownership in accordance with the recommendations of the 1988 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act (P.L. 100-526). In 1997 the "Programmatic Agreement Among the Department of the Army, the Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for the Utilization and Eventual Disposal of Above Ground Facilities at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado" was executed.

San Juan Mountains Association

Southwest Colorado Cultural Site Stewardship Program

The San Juan Mountains Association (SJMA) is a non-profit partner of the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The SJMA's Southwest Colorado Cultural Site Stewardship Program (CSSP) provides essential “eyes and ears” through volunteer monitoring of federally-owned archaeological sites. The CSSP is the largest SJMA program with more than 100 stewards.

Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

Volunteer Program

In 1970, the states of Colorado and New Mexico jointly purchased 64 miles of the Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge railroad between Antonito, Colorado, and Chama, New Mexico, for operation as a scenic railway. Running through stunning mountain scenery, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad also is an important historic resource that was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2012.

Chimney Rock Interpretive Association

Chimney Rock Interpretive Program

Since 1988, the Chimney Rock Interpretive Association (CRIA) has been working to interpret and protect the unique historic resources of Chimney Rock National Monument, which is located near Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The area's prehistoric sites were created by the people of the Chacoan culture, ancestors of contemporary southwestern Puebloan people. Chimney Rock is believed to have been a ceremonial center and astronomical observatory. 

Amache Preservation Society

Preservation of the Amache – Granada War Relocation Center

Since 1993, the Amache Preservation Society has led a grassroots effort to preserve and interpret the remains of the Granada Relocation Center, better known as Amache. The site is the most intact of the 10 World War II camps for the incarceration of Japanese Americans and is a National Historic Landmark. More than 7,000 Japanese, mostly American citizens, were imprisoned there from 1942-1945.

Programmatic Agreement for the TransWest Express Transmission Project

The proposed TransWest Express Transmission Line would move energy from Wyoming through Colorado and Utah, ending in southern Nevada, and provide power for up to 1.8 million homes in the southwest each year. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) consulted with more than 80 parties since 2012 in order to take effects on historic properties from this lengthy transmission line into account.

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