the seismic data, having received a green light from the Bureau of Land Management. Executive Director of the San Juan Citizens Alliance, Mark Pearson stated: The decision showed a blatant disregard for the proclamation [that states that leases should only be made to protect and preserve oil and gas resources]. That does not bode well for the future management for the rest of this monument or any monument in the country. In 2006, the National Trust for Historic Preservation reported that the nation's push for energy resources on federal land is occurring at a cost of archaeological and cultural resources at Canyons of the Ancients National Monument and Utah's Nine Mile Canyon. The National Trust further asserted that the Bureau of Land Management has only documented 17 million acres of the 262 under its stewardship. Ken Salazar, Secretary of Interior, said in 2009: With an emphasis on conservation, protection and restoration, the National Landscape Conservation System and Canyons of the Ancients National Monument represent a new era of management for the BLM. After 130 years of exploration and research identifying tens of thousands of irreplaceable and fragile archaeological sites, we know that Canyons of the Ancients represents the best of our cultural heritage. Using an army of volunteers who contribute on the ground services and applying the principles of balanced management and science-based decision-making, this crown jewel preserves ancestral homes and landscapes for Native American citizens and for children and communities throughout the United States. Wildlife The Monument is home to a wide variety of desert wildlife, some of which are the American kestrels, Gambel's quail, Golden eagles, Long-Nosed Leopard lizard, Mesa Verde nightsnake, mourning dove, Peregrine falcons, Red-tailed hawks the Twin-spotted Spiny Lizard. Mammals that pass through the riparian and piñon-juniper woodland are jackrabbits, Mule deer, ringtail, fox, muskrat, beaver and bobcat. Wildlife and plant habitat are threatened by increased road and building construction by oil and gas interests. Gallery See also List of national monuments of the United States Other neighboring Ancient Pueblo sites in Colorado Anasazi Heritage Center Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Hovenweep National Monument Mesa Verde National Park Other cultures in the Four Corners region Trail of the Ancients List of ancient dwellings of Pueblo peoples Early cultures Ancestral Puebloans List of prehistoric sites in Colorado Oasisamerica cultures Outline of Colorado prehistory Paleo-Indians Notes References Further reading Anderson, O. J., Kues, B. S., and Lucas, S.