Nevada § 236.075 - Archeological Awareness and Historic Preservation Month

§ 236.075. Archeological Awareness and Historic Preservation Month

1. The month of May of each year is designated as Archeological Awareness and Historic

Preservation Month in this State. 2. The Governor shall issue annually a proclamation encouraging the observance of

Archeological Awareness and Historic Preservation Month. The proclamation may, without limitation: (a) Call upon state and local officers, private nonprofit groups and foundations,

schools, businesses and other public and private entities to work toward the goal

of preserving the irreplaceable historic, archeological and cultural resources of

this State; (b) Recognize the important contributions of many cultures to the history of this

State; and (c) Recognize the importance of specific historic, archeological and cultural sites

in this State, including, without limitation: (1) Tule Springs in southern Nevada as an area well known in the scientific community

as one of the best Pleistocene paleontologic sites in the western United States and

in which the fossil remains of several extinct animals have been found, including

ground sloths, mammoths, prehistoric horses and American camels; (2) Springs Preserve in southern Nevada as a site organized to manage the rich cultural

and biological resources of the 180-acre Big Springs Archaeological District, which

is considered to be the birthplace of the City of Las Vegas and in which archaeological

discoveries have been made, including a Pueblo Indian pithouse, one of the last undisturbed

spring mounds, pottery, arrowheads and other artifacts, endangered plants and animals,

as well as historic buildings and infrastructure from southern Nevada's first water

system; and (3) Other specific historic, archeological and cultural sites located throughout this

State in both urban and rural areas, regardless of whether those sites are listed

in the National Register of Historic Places.