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Page 11 of 16 Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail Franchise # F488501KVE1 EXHIBIT C INADVERTENT DISCOVERIES OF CULTURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS PLAN Kittitas Valley Events Center RV Park Maintenance Franchise, Palouse to Cascades Trail State Park, Kittitas County Many of Washington’s most important heritage sites reside on lands owned or managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission (WSPRC). Nearly all Washington State Parks contain one or more important historic buildings, structures, or archaeological sites. For this reason, archaeological surveys and historic building inventories are ordinarily commissioned as a part of background analysis and information gathering for park developments and undertakings. Results of these surveys are used during project planning to ensure every effort is made to avoid impacts to cultural resources. Yet, despite these efforts, there always remains some potential for unanticipated discoveries while working in Washington State Parks. All unanticipated discoveries, both cultural resources and human skeletal remains, are subject to all applicable federal and state statues, regulations, and executive orders. For these reasons, the Inadvertent Discovery Plan (IDP) provides useful guidance and instructions for circumstances when cultural resources or human skeletal remains are found. Please carefully read these instructions. If you have any questions, please contact the appropriate WSPRC Area Manager or the WSPRC archaeologist assigned to the undertaking. It is also strongly recommended that anyone conducting ground-disturbing activities watch the training video produced by Washington State Dept of Ecology: Inadvertent Discovery of Cultural Resources or Human Remains: Training for Field Staff. This IDP for cultural resources and human skeletal remains is based on RCW 27.44, RCW 27.53, RCW 68.50.645, RCW 27.44.055, and RCW 68.60.055 and recommended language from the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP). INADVERTENT DISCOVERY PLAN FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES If cultural resources are found during a project, activity in the immediate area of the find should be discontinued (stop), the area secured (protect), and the WSPRC archaeologists notified to assess the find (notify). When in doubt, assume the material is a cultural resource and implement the IDP outlined below. Recognizing Cultural Resources-Types of Historic/Precontact Artifacts and/or Activity Areas That May Be Found • Artifacts- Both historic and precontact artifacts may be found exposed in backhoe trenches or back dirt piles. o Precontact artifacts may range from finished tools such as stone pestles, arrowheads/projectile points, shell beads, or polished bone tools to small pieces or “flakes” or “chips” of exotic stone such as chert, jasper, or obsidian. o Historic artifacts may include older (more than 50 years) nails, plates/ceramics, bottles, cans, coins, glass insulators, or bricks.