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THIS NEW AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW THE NORTH KAIBAB RANGER DISTRICT (NKRD) OF THE KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST TO IMPLEMENT DISASTER RECOVERY PROJECTS INVOLVING SENSITIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES IMPACTED BY THE DRAGON BRAVO AND WHITE SAGE FIRES. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2025 THE WHITE SAGE AND DRAGON BRAVO FIRES COLLECTIVELY BURNED ROUGHLY 136,453 ACRES OF NKRD LAND INCLUDING 1,313 KNOWN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES LOCATED WITHIN THE FIRE PERIMETERS. BASED ON POST-FIRE ASSESSMENTS ROUGHLY 100 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES REQUIRE STABILIZATION TREATMENTS INCLUDING RESEEDING NATIVE PLANTS IN AREAS OF HIGH-SEVERITY BURNING TO STABILIZE SOILS, INSTALLATION OF ROUGHLY 600 FEET OF STRAW WADDLES IN AREAS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO EROSION, REMOVING FIRE-KILLED TREES FROM WITHIN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES, PLACING ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROTECTION ACT SIGNAGE IN AREAS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO LOOTING AND MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE TREATMENTS IN ORDER TO GAUGE EFFECTIVENESS. THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL SUPPORT THE PROTECTION AND RECOVERY OF THESE IMPORTANT RESOURCES.

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