This volume - an edited collection of sixteen of the papers given at a symposium on cultural resources planning and management - offers a wide range of perspectives from academia, private industry, and governmental agencies. 

Introduction -- Definition of the Cultural Resource -- Archaeology and Cultural Materials as a Resource -- Planning for the Future with an Eye on the Past: The Value of Local Historical Resources -- Folklore: An Endangered Cultural Resource? -- Living Cultures and Cultural Resource Policy -- The Legal Process -- Allegories of Eligibility: The Determination of Eligibility Process and the Capacity for Thought among Archaeologists -- The National Register of Historic Places and the Grants-in-Aid Program -- The Environmental Review Process and Cultural Resources Management: A Case Study -- Comprehensive Review and Governmental Requirements for Cultural Resource Planning and Management: A State Perspective -- Cultural Resource Management and NEPA: The Perspective of an Urban Environmental Planner -- Expectations of Agency and Contractor -- Agency/Contractor Interface: A Game of Strategy Played along the Social Structure of Contact -- Experiences in Social Impact Assessment: The Anthropologist and the Agencies1 -- Mitigation of Energy Facility Impacts: Opportunities for Cooperation among Companies, Communities, and Anthropologists1 -- Developing Proposals for Federal Research: Grant versus Contract -- Methods and Public Participation -- Environmental Impact Studies in a Social Science Perspective: A Task Ahead -- Understanding Impact: Visual Media and Reflexive Research -- Family Impact Assessment: In Search of a Model -- The Cultural Impact Statement1 -- Public Participation through Information-Education Programs