[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 1 (Thursday, January 4, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Salazar):
  S. 126. A bill to modify the boundary of Mesa Verde National Park, 
and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources.
  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, another piece of legislation I am 
introducing today will authorize the expansion of the boundary of Mesa 
Verde National Park. The boundary adjustment will allow for the 
incorporation of 324 acres of land owned by the Henneman family, which 
is being purchased by the Conservation Fund for conveyance to the park, 
as well as a 38-acre parcel that will be donated to the park by the 
Mesa Verde Foundation.
  Mesa Verde National Park protects some of the best preserved and most 
notable archeological sites in the world. There are over 4,000 known 
archeological sites in the park, including 600 cliff dwellings. These 
sites were constructed by ancestral Puebloans, who occupied this area 
for over 700 years, from 600 A.D. to 1300 A.D.
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