Archaeological survey in support of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Sonoma-Lake-Napa (LNU)’s Sonoma Land Trust Vegetation Management Program (VMP) Project. The Sonoma Land Trust VMP is located approximately .5 miles east of Glenn Ellen in Sonoma County, California. The 2022 VMP proposes 4 burn units comprising approximately 74 acres. The Sonoma Land Trust VMP is situated on private land owned by Sonoma Land Trust and the Audubon Canyon Ranch.
School of Social Sciences
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) at Sonoma State University has been requested by the California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) and Sonoma County Land Trust (SCLT) to conduct an archaeological resources study of approximately 90 acres at Jack London State Historic Park near Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, California. The study would support planning and execution of a fuels reduction project funded by a Sonoma Valley Wildlands Collaborative grant.
To determine, to the extent possible, the presence or absence of archaeological resources at the 805 Bryant Street Project and to identify whether any archaeological resource that may be encountered on the project site constitutes an historical resource under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Archaeological resources study of approximately 12 acres at the Tracy ACE Station site at 4800 Tracy Blvd in the town of Tracy for the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission Project. The archaeological resources study is being prepared in support of a Categorical Exclusion (CE) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1970, as amended.
Professors Don Romesburg and Steve Estes, in collaboration with two SSU students through a special studies (WGS/HIST 495) course in Fall 2022, will conduct, transcript, and archive a series of 6-8 oral histories related to the historic preservation of the longtime San Francisco house of lesbian icons and heroes Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. Martin and Lyon founded the first US lesbian political organization in the 1950s and after a life of activism went on to become the first same-sex couple to marry in California.
To Provide On-call cultural resource support services to Caltrans North Region (Districts 1,2,3) through Pacific Legacy Inc., under the terms of Contract 03A3090 to support Caltrans in the maintenance, development, and construction of proposed Caltrans transportation facilities.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will perform a cultural resources study for the proposed Monte Rio Redwoods Regional Park and Open Space Preserve (MRRRP), Monte Rio, Sonoma County, California. MRRRP is approximately 515 acres along Dutch Bill Creek, but the proposed survey area is approximately 250 acres, which will include trails, areas along Dutch Bill Creek, and potential public access or use areas. The cultural resources study is being prepared to support an IS/MND and Master Plan.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will perform archaeological monitoring services for Mercer-Fraser Company for the Caltrans storm damage repair work on MEN-20 near PM 17.00. The work is taking place in the vicinity of Camp 20, a known tribal site and historic-era logging camp.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) has been conducting archaeological studies at Saddleback Ranch since 2013 with the generous support of Ned and Carol Spieker, with the main goal of the efforts to complete an archaeological survey of portions of the ranch considered sensitive for archaeological resources. This additional funding will aide in the remaining acreage left to survey as well as process, analyze and archive data to produce site records.
The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct on-call archaeological monitoring and/or facilitate tribal cultural monitoring throughout the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Bay Area District. On-call monitoring may include providing tailgate style training to construction personnel, performing daily monitoring functions, and facilitating tribal cultural monitoring as necessary.