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.