There should be some limit for researchers of 10 years. If a collection has not been used or consulted then have it removed according to a published process Make sure a site is important, useful and meaningful. Other situations should require consultation. From a 1995 survey, limited subsurface testing and no collection was adequate for NEHP evaluation. Educate Native Americans on statutory and regulatory laws.
Funding is the problem.
CRM needs to partner with academia and use the data. There needs to be Native American participation. An Application of Optical Disc CD-ROM Technology to Museum Records Russ Kaldenberg, Archeologist, U.S. Bureau of Land Management District Office, Sacramento, California Discussion of the history of BLM collections to explain why the origin of the collections is hard to find. There is little memory of what and where collections were collected and where they are currently located. Discusses how they organized the purchase collections data.