Colorado Rock Art Association
CRAA News
Updated 6/6/2010
Picketwire Call for
Participants
Picketwire Monitoring Project 8
Dates: October 30, 31
Location: Picketwire Canyon, La Junta, Co.
Leaders: Warren Nolan, Marsha Perry Ellis, and Anne Whitfield (contact) 719-485-3314 annewhit@socolo.net
Participant #: 12 maximum
Activity level: There will be hiking over uneven ground. Some scrambling may be required. An average to better fitness level is required.
Vehicle Type: High clearance vehicles are required. We will carpool.
Motels/Camping: Various motels are located in La Junta. For camping we have used Vogel Canyon Campground, which is on the way to Picketwire.
Project Description:
In each session, we will be monitoring a previously recorded site (identified by the Forest Service) for possible degradation. We will digitally photograph all rock art panels, and record any “new found” panels overlooked in the original survey. It is a prime opportunity to see sites typically marginally accessible. Since this is a rock art monitoring project, one is guaranteed to see rock art. After we finish our monitoring tasks, we become “tourists.” We visit other rock art and habitation sites in the canyon. Saturday, we may wish to carpool into La Junta so we all can go to the “Hog’s Breath Saloon” or one of several good Mexican restaurants in town. This project has become a delight! Join us!
HISTORY of CRAA - CRAA Archives
If you have any historical information about CRAA we would love to have it for the CRAA archives located in Ft Collins, CO.
Please provide any photos, stories, newspaper clippings or whatever to Peter Faris or him at 303.690.3318
Also - if you have a slide scanner in working condition we could also use one for the Archive Lab