From September 16-19, 1999 an intensive survey program was conducted at Oasis State Park. This was a team effort coordinated by the New Mexico State Parks Office using volunteers and specialists from around the area. The survey focused on an inventory of the biological, natural, and cultural resources of Oasis State Park. Approximately 200 acres were inventoried as a result of the survey. Several events were planned and scheduled over the four day session, culminating in a pot-luck dinner Saturday evening.

On Thursday and Friday evenings informal discussion sessions were held at the Blackwater Draw Museum. On Thusrday, Shawn Patch discussed historic archaeology in the Roosevelt County area, and George Crawford presented a brief overview of the history of investigations at Blackwater Locality No. 1. Friday's discussion was led by John Montgomery, director of the Blackwater Draw Site and Museum, concerning the role of Blackwater in current studies of Paleoindians.

Tours of the Natural History Museum at Eastern New Mexico University, and the Blackwater Draw Site were given to Park officials and out of town visitors.

Christy Comer, Archaeologist for the State Parks Office, directed the cultural resources survey, with volunteer help from Rebecca Stoneman, Public Affairs Officer for Cibola National Forest, David Eck, Archaeologist for the State Land Office, and Shawn Patch and Peter Condon, graduate students at ENMU.

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