The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will assist the California Department of Parks and Recreation (CA State Parks) with various Cultural Resource Management work as needed.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will be conducting a cultural resources study for the Lake Berryessa Resort Improvement District (LBRID) Ground Water Inflow Mitigation Design Project in Napa County. The Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District proposes to install a deep trench to intercept groundwater and route it away from the existing treatment ponds, minor grading along an existing road and ditch, and the replacement of the original and existing influent above grade influent piping to the primary ponds in the Area of Potential Effects (APE).

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC)'s work performed under this contract will occur on an on-call basis and will be in support of the Cultural Resources Division's (CRD) periodic responses to incidents, such as, but not limited to, wildland fires, earthquakes, floods, hazardous material spills, and other natural- and human-caused incidents.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will revise and update the Amache Interpretation Master Plan. An updated interpretive plan will more fully integrate the needs, perspectives, and voices of a stakeholder community that has substantially grown in the last decade and consider the new and continued ways in which this community interacts with the site. New advancements in technology and the opportunities they present now and for the future will also be updated.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct various on-call archaeological monitoring and/or facilitate tribal cultural monitoring throughout the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Bay Area District. These projects and tasks include, but are not limited to, conducting archaeological testing, monitoring services, surveys, consulting, and providing various reports; locate, inventory and assemble database of District archaeological collections housed outside of the State Archaeological Collections Research Facility (SACRF); integrate data into Parks Cultural Resource

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct and report on historic archeological research and field investigations on those portions of the Fort Barry Rifle Ranch (FBRR) to be affected by the removal of lead bearing soils by the Army Corps of Engineer. ASC will discuss findings and recommendations for any necessary mitigation and treatment, both before and after lead remediation by Army Corps of Engineers.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct tasks related to C.E. Museum of Anthropology at California State University, East Bay’s (the Museum) compliance with recent changes to CalNAGPRA through the passage of AB-275. These tasks include inventory and cataloging of objects within the Museum’s holdings; determination of funerary objects and objects of cultural patrimony in consultation with representatives of appropriate tribes; and creation of summaries and reports that will satisfy the requirements of AB-275.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct Archaeological Monitoring and subcontract Tribal Cultural Monitoring as part of an on-call three year contract with the Northern Service Center (NSC) of the CA Department of State Parks and Recreation. Monitoring will occur at areas with high sensitivity for buried prehistoric or historic resources, and other designated locations, within the area of operations/jurisdiction of the NSC, in California.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will conduct archaeological monitoring for the 630-800 Cesar Chavez Street Project in San Francisco, CA and, as a prerequisite for monitoring, will work closely with San Francisco Planning Department, including both the archaeological review team and the Environmental Review Officer to develop an appropriate Archaeological Monitoring Program.

The Anthropological Studies Center (ASC) will perform record searches of the California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS), on an as-needed basis, in response to individual requests by the State Water Board. Record searches will include inventories of records, maps and files housed at nine regional branches of the CHRIS.