Kathy Pedrick is currently a Senior Resource Advisor at the Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office in Phoenix , Arizona , and is also serving as the Acting Deputy Historic Preservation Officer for Arizona . She is currently engaged in work on several heritage and geo-tourism projects. Ms Pedrick has held positions in the Department of the Interior for over 27 years, including Monument Manager for the Agua Fria National Monument , Assistant Field Manager, and as a staff archaeologist for both BLM and the Bureau of Reclamation. Ms Pedrick holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of California , Los Angeles and a Masters of Arts degree in Anthropology from California State University , Northridge.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages over 12 million acres of public lands in Arizona . These lands cover an array of settings from desert grasslands to ponderosa pine forests. More than 5.5 million visitors explore Arizona public lands each year, and many of them visit heritage resource sites, including impressive panels of petroglyphs and desert intaglios. With a limited staff of cultural resource specialists, the BLM relies heavily on a cadre of Site Stewards to help monitor and protect these sites. This presentation will discuss the spectrum of resources and our critical relationship with the Arizona Site Steward program.