Award purposein partnership with the BLM, friends of cedar mesa will build infrastructure, provide resources, andeducate visitors to protect the land and water within bears ears national monument

The project alsoaims to strengthen the relationship between the BLM and tribal nations who have ancestral ties to thelands within bears ears national monument.activities to be PERFORMED1. Create and maintain of infrastructure needed for recreation, including a map of benm withrecreational activities and placement of portable toilets in benm 2. Engage with indigenous youth in building and maintaining infrastructure in benm through theancestral lands conservation corps site conservation work at cultural sites 3. Development of an annual visit with respect campaign targeting visitors to the region andteaching ways to responsibly visit benm 4. Provide monitoring and inventory of cultural sites in benm with a site ambassador programexpected deliverables or OUTCOMES1. Engage indigenous youth (i.e. ancestral lands conservation corps) as they build and maintainrecreational infrastructure in benm. 5 conservation crew hitches each year will support neededinfrastructure and or hardening of cultural heritage sites to allow for more visitation in BENM2. Work with BLM to identify cultural additional sites for enhanced monitoring and INVENTORY3. Place and service 11 portable toilets in high traffic areas to meet the needs of recreational visitorsin BENM4. Based on previous FCM work with the BLM, this project will provide funding to create, print, and update (as needed) a map of benm for use by the BLM and regional visitors CENTERS5. Promote responsible visitation with an annual visit with respect campaign, providing visitorswith visit with respect tips, messaging and principles for exploring the monument in aresponsible WAY6. Recruit and train ambassadors annually to monitor and inventory selected sites, and interfacewith public lands visitors in a casual and friendly fashion while imparting valuable informationabout how to visit archaeological and cultural sites RESPECTFULLY7. Use monitoring and inventory data to enhance BLM s understanding of cultural sites conditionsand visitation infrastructure needs