Cultural resources can be artifacts, gravesites, cave art, middens (trash deposits), old buildings, structures, and landscapes.  They also include historical records, social institutions, folklife, and expressive culture. The cultural use of natural resources (intellectual property) are too, such as plant communities like sedge beds used by Native Americans in traditional basket making, or intangible practices that use landscapes like massive geologic formations as sacred sites. Photos by Sue Doherty