New Archaeology Permitting Policy for Survey Projects in Arizona

Jerome Hesse is the cultural resources program lead for SWCA’s Arizona offices and has participated in projects in Arizona, New Mexico, California, Texas, North Dakota, and Kansas, managing more than 500 projects in Arizona alone. He has designed and managed projects of varying size and degrees of complexity, directed field projects, conducted geoarchaeological studies, facilitated tribal consultation, and analyzed flaked and ground stone artifact assemblages. He is well versed in National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 compliance and its state- and local-level equivalents. His clients include federal, state, and local municipalities; interstate and local natural gas and electrical utilities providers; and industrial, commercial, and private land developers. Mr. Hesse routinely prepares and reviews cultural resources inventory reports, treatment plans, and mitigation reports, and has assisted in the preparation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, consultation letters, and Memoranda of Agreement. He oversees cultural resources staff in the Flagstaff, Phoenix, and Tucson offices, ensuring that projects receive the staff best suited for successful project completion.

Mr. Barr is a project manager and archaeologist in SWCA’s Tucson office. He has experience conducting archaeological site surveys and excavations, evaluations of resource condition and eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places, and report preparation for environmental compliance projects for federal, state, municipal, and private clients. He has conducted and participated in more than 350 projects, including archaeological survey, mapping, testing, and data recovery excavations, and agency coordination. He has authored or contributed to more than 200 archaeological reports
Throughout his career, Mr. Barr has worked on projects in a variety of industries including alternative energy, residential and commercial land development, transportation and infrastructure, military installations, airport expansions, transmission, telecommunication, mining, and wildlife management. These projects involved cooperating with federal, state, city, and county agencies, and assisting agencies in tribal consultation or repatriation of human remains. He is well versed in the federal and state rules and regulations regarding protection and mitigation of archaeological resources, treatment of human remains, and Native American consultation.

Andrew Vorsanger has served most recently as a Senior Team Lead, as well as a project manager and field director, for numerous cultural resource projects throughout the Southwest, including Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. He has worked on projects such as transmission lines, solar farms, telecommunication towers, hazardous vegetation removal, and multi-use land development. Andrew has conducted over 200 cultural resources projects (survey, testing, monitoring, and data recovery) requiring compliance with Section 106/110 of the NHPA, applicable state and local antiquity and preservation laws, and regulations pertaining to cultural resources under the National Environmental Policy Act. These projects, primarily conducted for industries such as energy, mining, transportation, materials resources, land development, and local government planning have provided the opportunity to work with a number of private interests, state agencies, federal agencies, and various Native American tribes. He is proficient with multiple GPS platforms and ESRI GIS applications. Previous academic training has included human and hominin osteological analysis, isotopic analysis of indigenous Madagascar hair samples, and statistical analysis of phytoliths from the southeast United States.

Annie Lutes is an architectural historian, historian, archaeologist, and project manager with over 17 years of  professional experience conducting built-environment and archaeological assessments as well as written histories in the southwestern United States. She meets and exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards in Architectural History, History, and Archaeology. She not only serves as a Lead Architectural Historian for SWCA’s Arizona offices, but also provides support across the country, as she is currently based in Michigan. Annie’s professional experience in historic preservation includes preparation of  historic building reports, development of historic contexts for evaluation and assessment, compilation of extensive  histories and historical overviews, and authoring cultural resources sections for numerous environmental reports. She has managed and directed historic preservation projects and built environment studies, and frequently provides her expertise on the built environment for cultural resources inventories. She has a firmly developed understanding of applying the Criteria for Evaluation for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and the Section 106 process under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) for both archaeological and architectural resources.