Protective Fencing Project for Archeological Site-Magical Site

Protective Fencing Project for Archeological Site-Magical Site

The magical site is located on public land owed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and manged by the State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). A low impact fence will be placed around the perimeter of the site to protect the sacred area from further OHV impacts. The fence will be approximately 1200 ft long and enclose about 1/3 of an acre. It will be built by placing peeler core posts every 100 ft to anchor the posts and four stands of light guage wire. Reflectors will be placed along the wire to make it visible at night. The fence will be placed outside the known boundaries of the site to avoid impacting the site during construction. A Native American monitor familiar with the site and archeological methodology will be on site to monitor the excavations of the holes for the peeler core posts. The site is located on a terrace above the southern bank of Arroyo Salada Wash. The soils are compacted sediments with outcrops of tabular sandstone. "White marl," an indicator that a marsh habitat was present during episodes of Lake Cahuilla, is scatttered along the southeastern edge of the site. Vegetation is very sparse. It is dominated by creosote bushes that are sparsely scattered about the area. Spacing between bushes average 20 to 30 m. Motorcycle and 4 wheel drive tracks are starting to accelerate on site erosion and destroy cultural features.

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