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 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.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct a cultural resources study and subsurface testing at 8445 Cabrillo Highway, San Mateo County, California. The cultural resources study is being prepared to support environmental review documentation required by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Rural Development’s Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP). The final cultural resources study report will address Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.

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.

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 “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.

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.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will continue efforts towards the repatriation of Native American human remains and associated funerary items, and if present, unassociated funerary objects, objects of cultural patrimony, and sacred objects (collectively referred to as cultural items) housed at ASC.

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.