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Heritage ProgramPassport in TimePassport in Time (PIT) is a volunteer program of the USDA Forest Service. PIT provides opportunities for the public to work with professional archaeologists and historians on national forests across the country. Projects include diverse activities such as archaeological excavation, survey, oral history, or historic structure restoration. There is no registration fee. Since 1992, 329 volunteers have participated in 17 different Passport in Time projects on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest (see below). In conjunction with the 2005 Forest Service Centennial, we will host an archaeological project to document the site of an early ranger station:
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Year | Project | Number of Volunteers | Volunteer Hours |
2004 | Packwood Lake Guard Station Restoration | 10 |
442 |
2002 | Lumberjack Lab | 5 | 200 |
2002 | Centennial Archeology at Camp 3 | 9 | 432 |
2001 | Archeological Forecasting: Lily Lake & Beyond | 10 | 376 |
2001 | Gov't Mineral Springs Guard Station Restoration | 20 | 612 |
2000 | Return to Trout Creek | 36 | 1650 |
1999 | The Search for Chequoss | 10 | 400 |
1997 | Ohanapecosh Archeological Project | 14 | 615 |
1997 | Wind River Nursery | 26 | 1196 |
1996 | Indian Racetrack (Kalama't) | 5 | 182 |
1996 | Silver Star Indian Pits | 10 | 440 |
1995 | Narrating the Past | 19 | 665 |
1995 | Indian Heaven Wilderness Archeology | 15 | 580 |
1994 | Trout Creek Archeological Project | 38 | 1862 |
1993 | Silver Star, Miners Bluff & Martha Creek | 22 | 1060 |
1993 | La Wis Wis Guard Station Restoration | 4 | 140 |
1992 | Trout Creek Archeological Project | 57 | 2847 |
Totals |
339 | 15389 |
Above: Passport in Time volunteers excavate the site of a 100-year old logging camp, Skamania County, Washington, May 2003.
Above: Historic rock feature and trivit found at the site of a 100-year old logging camp, Skamania County, Washington, May 2003.
(Project: "Centennial Archaeology at Camp 3")
To find out about Passport in Time projects on other National Forests nationwide, contact the Passport in Time Clearinghouse for your copy of the PIT Traveler, published twice a year. Call 1-800-281-9176 or write to: Passport in Time Clearinghouse, PO Box 31315, Tucson, Arizona 85751-1315. E-mail requests can be made to pit@sricrm.com
US Forest Service
Gifford Pinchot National Forest - Vancouver, WA
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