The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct an archeological monitoring program for the proposed Clipper Yacht Harbor in Sausalito, California.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will complete a display case exhibit featuring archaeological artifacts unearthed during construction of the SF MUNI Chinatown Station. The display case will be professionally installed by Work of Art installers next to the existing interpretive panel at the Chinatown Station. ASC will collaborate with the Chinese Historical Society of America for input on the interpretive content of the display case. The completed exhibit will be inside of a secured display case, installed at the SF MUNI Chinatown Station.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will complete the development, outreach, fabrication, and installation of Amache Recreation Hall interpretive exhibits to meet the site’s new interpretive needs and standards since the site has become part of the National Park Service (NPS) system. Inclusion in NPS has altered the standards which exhibit fabrication, installation, and design are required to meet. This project will develop and install the first interpretive components on site since NPS designation and will therefore require further collaboration and review.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct a study of the historical Chinese population at Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park, Nevada County. The intent of the project will be to investigate and interpret the history of the Chinese community of the gold rush town of North Bloomfield, located in the park, and to identify and assess cultural resources associated with that population.

The State Office of Historic Preservation has designated the Northwest Information Center (NWIC) as one of nine Information Centers located throughout the state. The East Bay Regional Park District is a system of parklands and trails in Alameda and Contra Costa counties to the east of San Francisco, totaling over 125,000 acres. This agreement delivers cultural resource data in digital packages on a semi-annual schedule over a three-year period to the East Bay Regional Park District.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will complete a National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 compliance oversight and review for Stantec and California Department of Water Resources at the McCabe Project PFDF-01.

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. 

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will assist with a Cultural Resources Inventory of Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) Diablo Canyon Lands – South Ranch Study Area. The ASC will conduct limited Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) analysis both within the Diablo Canyon power plant and in areas within the South Ranch Study Area. The goal of this project is to determine the efficacy of Ground Penetrating Radar to identify features and to within the PG&E property.

The “Subscription” service will consist of a fixed fee annual payment that includes semi-annual delivery of the latest available digital information regarding historical resources (geo-location+resource, PDF+resource, database row), and reports (report geo-location+report, PDF+report, database row), for the entirety of the counties of Caltrans, District 4 that are maintained by the Northwest Information Center (NWIC). The services provide Caltrans with information crucial to the management and stewardship of resources under its ownership and control.

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.