Utah Committee on Geographic Names
2 February 2023
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
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With an anchor location at 3760 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, UT
1. Welcome - Rob White
2. Update on Committee Membership - Kevin Fayles
A. Grant Willis has retired
B. New members:
o Zach Anderson (replacing Grant Willis) - Utah Geological Survey
o Pete Martinez (replacing Dan White) - Regional Cartographer, U.S. Forest Service
C. Current Committee Membership:
o Rob White (chair)
o Zach Anderson - Utah Geological Survey*
o Pete Martinez - U.S. Forest Service*
o Claire DeVaughan (Ex-Officio), State Cartographer, U.S. Geological Society
o Kelli Bacon - UDOT representative*
o Tara Beresh (representative of the Utah Board of State History)*
o Kevin Fayles (representative of Division of State History and serves as the secretary)*
o Greg Thompson (at large)
o Zachary Beck (at large)
o Gen Green (at large)
o John Larsen (at large)
o Arie Lefflang (Ex Officio)
o And three open seats available (and require governor approval)
Dominique Talahaftewa, Division of Indian Affairs liaison
(* Indicates which organizations are listed in the executive order.)
3. Approval of 3 November 2022 Committee meeting minutes - Rob White
4. At the last meeting, Greg Thompson mentioned the resource Native Places: An Indigenous Atlas of Utah and the Intermountain West (managed by the American West Center at the University of Utah).
A. Link to its website: https://mlibgisservices.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=82b345020c4248a9a0a27cb1febf3072
B. Link to a brownbag provided by Greg Smoak for Utah State History (27 April 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPeOIjtteW0&list=PLRCjUYcWI7R1ajMmLI6dpyNUzZUM2lg4O&index=4&t=3s
5. Action Item:
A. Consideration of Eagle Mountain proposal (proposal to name an unnamed summit)
a. See the attachments Eagle Mountain proposal and DOI letter from 2019
6. Updates Only (not ready for consideration):
A. Keiths Arch
a. See the attachments Keiths Arch photo, Grant Willis notes on what is an arch, and
Keiths Arch proposal
B. Consideration of Caliche Peak (new name for an unnamed feature)
a. See the attachment Caliche Peak proposal
C. Consideration of changing Buckley Mountain to Bulkley Mountain
a. See the attachment Bulkley Mountain and Bulkley Draw proposal packet
B. Consideration of changing Buckley Draw to Bulkley Draw
a. See the attachment Bulkley Mountain and Bulkley Draw proposal packet
7. Update on moving the Committee under the Board of State History - Alycia Rowley
8. Discuss the possibility of moving future Committee meetings because of our preparation for the
Board of State History meetings - Kevin Fayles
9. Developing an orientation for new committee members. If you have suggestions for any
resources, please share with Kevin - Kevin Fayles
10. Developing criteria to help with evaluating proposals - Kevin Fayles
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