Cindy Arrington, MS, RPA | Administrator / ArchaeologistCindy has over 20 years of experience in cultural resources management and has lent her expertise to managing large-scale, multifaceted projects for city, state, and federal agencies, as well as for private firms. Her extensive experience in multi-disciplinary team management in the environmental profession is demonstrated in her talent for mobilizing the cooperation of diverse staff, agency personnel, and clients in the prevention and resolution of problems and conflicts. She is experienced with the regulatory framework in California, Wyoming, Nevada, Washington, and Oregon. She has also served as a corporate trainer providing private and public clients with instruction in Section 106, and consulting with Native American groups. She has authored/co-authored hundreds of technical reports under compliance with federal, state, and local regulations (NEPA, NHPA, Section 106, CEQA, SEPA) and agencies (U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, California Energy Commission, California Department of Transportation, California Public Utilities Commission, etc.).
A Midwestern gal (go Hoosiers!) from a small farming community, her tastes run simple: a good book, a long hike, and kayaking down a river, though her passion for Italian music remains an oddity. |
John Nadolski, MA | Principal InvestigatorJohn has 35 years of cultural resources and historic preservation experience in a wide range of research settings and world areas. As a Principal Investigator, he has participated in all aspects of cultural resource management projects in northern and southern California, Nevada, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, and has completed hundreds of projects and authored or co-authored technical reports under compliance with federal, state, and local regulations (NEPA, NHPA, Section 106, CEQA, SEPA) and agencies (Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, Yosemite National Park, California Energy Commission, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), California Public Utilities Commission, Beale Air Force Base, etc.). John has completed dozens of cultural resources sections at a project or program level for EIRs, EISs, EAs, ISs, etc. and developed treatment plans and research designs under state and Section 106 guidelines.
During his tenure in cultural resources management, John has conducted numerous significance evaluations of archaeological sites and provided expertise and overall quality control on complex cultural resources projects. He has managed mitigation of prehistoric, historic and natural resources for large-scale construction and development projects and a wide range of activities in the field, laboratory and office, dealing with prehistoric and historic resources for private or state and federal regulatory agencies. Using his expertise in understanding the complexities of preserving and managing cultural resources, as well as mitigating project impacts. |
Phil Hanes, MA, RPA | Principal ArchaeologistPhil Hanes is a Principal and archaeologist with over 15 years of professional experience in all aspects of cultural resources management, including Native American consultation, block, linear, and seismic survey, large and small-scale excavation, construction and monitoring within oil, gas, alternative energy, timber harvest, private and commercial development, and land management fields. Mr. Hanes has worked in 10 states, and is permittable by the Bureau of Land Management in five states (CA, CO, NV, UT, and WY). In the lab, he has performed prehistoric and historic artifact identification and analysis, cataloging and curation preparation from data recovery. Mr. Hanes directs all aspects of our ground-penetrating radar services; with his expertise in tripod-mounted high-density laser scanners, Geographic Information Systems, Trimble mapping computers, and data processing techniques using GPR SLICE and GPR Insites software for locating cultural resources.
Phil keeps busy with work and precocious 11 and 6 year old daughters, but when time permits, he can be found fishing in the Bay and flying over the valley honing his piloting skills. |
Dylan Stapleton, MA, RPA | Archaeologist
As a graduate of the California State University Sacramento Anthropology Department’s undergraduate and graduate programs, under the tutelage of Dr. Jerald Johnson, Dylan is an archaeologist with five years of archaeological experience in prehistorics, historics and historical resources. His field experience includes historic architectural surveys, archaeological field surveys, excavation of archaeological sites, historic archival research, field team management, construction monitoring as well as coauthoring EIS/EIR cultural reports. His Masters Thesis was on the gold rush town of Virginiatown. Dylan has multiple years of experience throughout California and the Great Basin.
When Dylan is not out in the field or writing a report, he can be found exchanging his trowel for chalk as a substitute teacher throughout the greater Sacramento area. |