Rocky Mountain Research Station

Title: More than a scenic mountain landscape: Valles Caldera National Preserve land use history

Author: Anschuetz, Kurt F.; Merlan, Thomas

Date: 2007

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-196. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 277 p.

Station ID: GTR-RMRS-196

Description: This study focuses on the cultural-historical environment of the 88,900-acre (35,560-ha) Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP) over the past four centuries of Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. governance. It includes a review and synthesis of available published and unpublished historical, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic literature about the human occupation of the area now contained within the VCNP. Documents include historical maps, texts, letters, diaries, business records, photographs, land and mineral patents, and court testimony.

This study presents a cultural-historical framework of VCNP land use that will be useful to land managers and researchers in assessing the historical ecology of the property. It provides VCNP administrators and agents the cultural-historical background needed to develop management plans that acknowledge traditional associations with the Preserve, and offers managers additional background for structuring and acting on consultations with affiliated communities.

Keywords: Valles Caldera National Preserve, VCNP, land use, Baca Location, ethnobotanical inventory, ethnographic landscape, cultural-historical framework

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Anschuetz, Kurt F.; Merlan, Thomas  2007.  More than a scenic mountain landscape: Valles Caldera National Preserve land use history.   Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-196. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 277 p..