Also lifted from the facebook group: page 8: "Unexpected sensitive archaeological resources were
discovered and construction was halted." http://www.gf.state.az.us/inside_azgfd/documents/2011.08.26-27%20Comm%20Mtg%20Minutes.pdf
Eagar – Community Fishing Pond
Department personnel have been working to develop a new community fishing pond in Eagar,
Apache County. The Department has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Town of
Eagar, in which the Department would construct a pond on Department property, and the Town
would supply the water rights and ongoing maintenance of the facility. Archaeological surveys
were completed by the Natural Resource Conservation Service and design plans were finalized
with approval from the State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO). Construction of the pond
began in April and May, using the Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technology
(NAVIT) that trains local high school students to operate heavy equipment under constant
supervision of two college professors. Unexpected sensitive archaeological resources were
discovered and construction was halted. The Department has since coordinated further with
SHPO and the Arizona State Museum (ASM) to properly address these sensitive archaeological
resources. A draft plan for progressing on the pond has been developed by the Department with
input from SHPO and ASM, that will include relocating the archaeological resources, altering
the design of the pond to accommodate the relocation, plans for a professional archaeologist to
be onsite for the remainder of the construction, and a covenant to ensure that the relocated
resources are not disturbed in the future.
