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Keep the landscape natural by leaving only footprints. Cairns can increase impacts on sensitive sites and are frequently constructed with artifacts like grinding or shrine stones.

Keep discovery alive. Leave all artifacts where you find them so the next person can share the experience. It’s illegal to move or take any artifact, including historic trash, from public lands.

On July 10, 2015, President Obama used his authority under the Antiquities Act to permanently protect two new additions to the National Conservation Lands: Basin and Range National Monument in Nevada and Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in California.