Damage at Mud Wash, Gold Butte, Nevada

Sent to BLM today:

COALITION TO PRESERVE ROCK ART


To: BLM, Las Vegas Office, Nevada November 22, 2008

This brief report is provided for your review.

The Mud Wash Panel located in the Gold Butte area of Southern Nevada is a very nice panel located high on a bluff. It is hard to see how somebody might have gotten close to the petroglyph panel, but they did.

This is a photograph of the panel in 2008:



A picture taken on November 8, 2009 shows a big white marking that was not there previously. The questions that we all ask are:

How did the white marking get there?

Who did it and why?



It is a surprise to see damage to a panel this high but we felt that it should be reported. Your local site steward may have already reported the damage.

We trust that you are as concerned about damage such as this and share the common interest of preservation as the Coalition to Preserve Rock Art does.

We would appreciate your response that:

a: You received this report and either plan to take action or do not plan to do so.

b: The damage has been reported to Nevada BLM Law Enforcement

c: We also want to provide information to our membership on the progress of the investigation, so we would appreciate information from you regarding same.

It is evident that when the BLM and organizations such as the Coalition to Preserve Rock Art work together, we can be more effective, so we appreciate your support and involvement.

If you want any additional information, please contact us at exploringrockart@gmail.com or Jon Gum at 435-627-1086.

Exploring Rock Art visits Lone Pine Arch, UT

Lone Pine Arch is a great site including a few pictographs and quite a few petroglyphs. On the visit in early October 2009, the site guardian appeared. His picture is attached and several are included on www.landscapeandnature.com. The site guardian was trapped on a rock (high for him) and one of our group very carefully lifted him down in several stages for safety. Once on the ground, safe terrain for him, he motored off without any hesitation. And at a fast pace. We wished him the best of luck and hope that he is still maintaining and guarding the site.

Exploring Rock Art visits Upper Arrow Canyon, NV

A visit to Lower Arrow Canyon is only half the fun. Upper Arrow Canyon contains many petroglyphs that are impressive and memorable. There are several sections of Upper Arrow Canyon and a thorough visit should take more than a day. a representative photograph is attached.

Exploring Rock Art visits Lower Arrow Canyon, NV

After visiting Upper Arrow Canyon for several years, we finally ventured in to Lower Arrow Canyon. To view the Lower Arrow Canyon petroglyphs a hike through a narrow slot canyon is recommended. This site has become very well known, and the BLM has blocked off the road so that better than a mile hike is required.

Exploring Rock Art visits Scheurtz Wash, Utah

Scheurtz Wash has many spellings of its name. The petroglyphs are spread out on better than 1/2 mile and there are many that are easily visible. However it has one extraordinarily beautiful petroglyph, one that is noted in by many Rock Art societies and the picture is attached.

Exploring Rock Art visits Willow Springs, AZ

Willow Springs draws us like a magnet. As the story goes, each tribe heading to the
Grand Canyon to collect salt, stopped by the Willow Springs site to add a clan symbol to the rocks. Specific rocks within the site have many clan symbols on them. Note this site is located on Navaho tribal land.

Please note that there is significant damage to this site and if a large amount of graffiti turns your stomach, it might be best to visit other sites.

Exploring Rock Art visits a Historical Site

Although we focus on Native American Rock Art, a number of historical inscriptions (VCHIST) also sparked our interest. This ARTICULAR group was found in the Vermillion Cliffs and includes many inscriptions identifying early settlers and the hardships they faced. Historical Inscriptions might become an addition to our photograph offering.

Exploring Rock Art at Muuputs Canyon

Muuputs (Owl) Canyon is located on the Kaibab Paiute reservation close to Pipe Springs, AS. To visit the rock art, a tribal guide has to be present. Two nice panels are shown, plus one very high and far away. Fortunately, we were able to improve our photograph of this panel. See Panel 3 at Muuputs Canyon in Mohave County, Arizona to review the latest photographs.

http://www.exploringrockart.com/muuputs_canyon.htm

Exploring Rock Arts Guide to Muuputs Canyon will soon be available.

Exploring Rock Art east of Colorado City, AZ

Yesterday we ventured out on dirt roads east of Colorado City, AZ.

We were very fortunate to find a small petroglyphs site shown as CBEP. Very nice symbolism.

In addition we were fortunate to find a small pictograph site, which we labeled CBWW.


Please review both pages on www.exploringrockart.com. We will soon be producing Exploring Rock Art Guides for both sites.

Exploring Rock Art visited Coconino County, AZ

In late October 2010, we were fortunate to visit Coconino County with with some valuable site information available. We have posted to www.exploringrockart.com, a few photographs of several Native American Rock Art sites: BBAF, BDYC, HSRP, RTDM, RTDR, RTDS, and TTLC. Very memorable visions include the large number of quadrapeds at BBAF, and the large serpents at TTLC.



Please visit these pages at www.exploringrockart.com. We are now busy preparing Exploring Rock Art Guides for each area, including many more Photographs.