Despite the role of wildfire in maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem function, recent trends are toward large-extent, high-severity wildfires in California. The wildfire research and management communities need better data on forest fuel distributions to better predict wildfire impacts and guide management strategies. We will address this pressing need by conducting a multi-part analysis of large wildfires in California using contemporary information on forest structure measured by NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) space-based lidar.

State Parks is preparing a Park Classification and General Plan for the Alameda-Tesla property and requires archaeological survey work for the project. The Anthropological Studies Center at Sonoma State University (ASC) conducted archaeological surveys of the park from 2008-2010. The work proposed here would relocate 55 previously recorded sites, in the western section of the SVRA (the Alameda Parcel; as previously surveyed), and record new sites in areas that were not previously surveyed.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will perform as-needed Cultural Resource Services for the Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project. The Project requires a Task Order(TO) per assignment request. Each TO must outline the selected tasks from the As-Needed Scope of Work and a Not-To-Exceed amount of $50,000/year.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC), in collaboration with representatives from the Northern Valley Yokut tribe, will develop content for three (3) interpretive panels to be installed at Eagles’ Landing Park in Lathrop, California.

This project will explore public perceptions on “micromobility” transportation, such as e-scooters, e-bikes, and motorized skateboards, which have emerged in cities around the world in recent years. The research team will conduct a survey of US adults. Survey topics will include perceptions of safety for both micromobility riders and pedestrians, the potential for micromobility as a first/last mile solution for public transit riders, and road management issues.

This project will produce a report on e-bike safety as commissioned by the California state legislature in Senate Bill 381 (2023). The team will explore existing research on e-bike safety and conduct data analysis on crashes, injuries, fatalities, and the factors behind those events. The team will also look at e-bike policies around the country and world, particularly in places with stronger bike safety performance.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct a cultural resources survey and reporting for four Marin Water Prescribed Burn Project areas. Marin Water is proposing to conduct a series of prescribed fires over a total of 303 acres on Marin Water property.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will assist with cultural resources work in downtown Sacramento during replacement of an electrical substation. ASC anticipates providing an unspecified mix of professional services over the duration of the field recovery and laboratory processing. 

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will provide an archaeological survey in support of the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, Sonoma-Lake-Napa (LNU)’s Las Posadas Demonstration State Forest Vegetation Treatment Plan (VTP).

Through this cooperative agreement, the Northwest Information Center (NWIC) supports the fulfillment of the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) obligations by 1) gathering, managing, and providing access to the statewide inventory of historical resources within the NWIC’s 18 county region; 2) providing guidance in the use and interpretation of historical resources information: and 3) providing broad public education in support of cultural heritage preservation including internships and volunteer opportunities here at Sonoma State University.