Anchorage Municipality (County) (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Edmund P. Gaines.

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), has proposed to extend the northern end of the existing north-south runway. As the proposed project is an undertaking on federal lands with federal funds, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (Public Law 89-665; 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.) requires a cultural resources survey to identify and assess potential impacts to National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)-eligible historic properties within the project’s Area of Potential...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Phyllys Callina.

The U.S. Air Force proposed to construct an equipment storage building on a 1-acre parcel located northwest of the intersection of Pole Line and Artillery Roads at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Because the proposed project included federal funds and lands, it qualified as an undertaking under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), U.S. Code (USC) Title 54, Section 306108 (54 USC 306108); therefore, an identification-phase cultural resources survey of the project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Fort Richardson Army Base.

This resources is the Alask Archaeological and Historical Survey Site Record for the Fort Richardson Cemetery (ANC-013).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

The Arctic Valley Ski Area includes the original location chosen by the Anchorage Ski Club and the US Army in the early 1940s and the adjacent location the Anchorage Ski Club moved to in 1952 to the north. When civilian skier use of the area exceeded the limits of the existing infrastructure, the Anchorage Ski Club moved up the valley and built its own lodge and rope tows. Remains of ski infrastructure is still present in the original Arctic Valley Ski Area. This document includes a site...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jenny Haggar Blanchard.

The protocol between Bureau of Land Management-Alaska (BLM) and the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) calls for an annual report to provide basic information to the SHPO on the year's cultural resource management activities. This report contains the required information from the BLM's Anchorage Field Office (AFO) for the 2012 federal fiscal year (October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012). The report is organized alphabetically by quadrangle name, and separates the Section 106...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Edmund P. Gaines. Kate S. Yeske. Sarah J. McGowan.

In 2009, the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Richardson (USAG FRA) initiated several projects that triggered Section 106 (NHPA) archaeological and cultural resource analyses and surveys of proposed project areas. This report details each undertaking for which archaeological fieldwork was completed at Fort Richardson (FRA). Survey and subsurface testing was conducted following procedures defined in USAG FWA’s and USAG FRA’s Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) (CEMML 2001). Where...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Stephen Weitzman. Phyllys Callina. Kristina Neptune. Jennifer Wehrmann.

The United States Air Force, 3rd Civil Engineer Squadron contracted Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (Jacobs) to perform archaeological evaluations of recorded historic and prehistoric sites on Elmendorf Air Force Base. Jacobs conducted a Level II: Evaluation Phase Archaeological Survey. A site visit and general survey was conducted on June 2 and 3, 2009. Archaeological sites surveyed include ANC-00430, ANC-00431, ANC-00432, ANC-00443, ANC-00839, ANC-00840, ANC-00841, ANC-00912, and ANC-01073....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Phyllys Callina.

This work plan describes the planned archaeological study of land included in the proposed Recreational vehicle (RV) parking area, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). The study will be conducted by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs) for the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron, Conservation Section (CES/CEANC) under U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Environmental Services Restoration Contract No. W911KB-06-D-0006, Task Order 0025. This Work Plan summarizes the field activities and reporting...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Julia L. Steele.

This report provides a partial inventory of cultural resources on the Fort Richardson Installation. It also presents the result of a probabilistic survey which presents data suitable for predicting the likelihood of finding cultural resources in various sectors of the post. The report is divided into three sections: Background Research, Research Design and Implementation, and Results and Recommendations.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles E. Holmes. J. David McMahan.

During the Fall of 1994 and Spring of 1995, the Office of History and Archaeology (OHA), Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, conducted a cultural resources reconnaissance of Elmendorf Air Force Base (EAFB), which is adjacent to Anchorage, Alaska. The work, funded by the U.S. Air Force, was performed under a Cooperative Agreement (NPS No. CA 9700-4-9036) between OHA and the Alaska Regional Office of the U.S. National Park Service. In accordance with the National Park Service Scope of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Harlan E. Moore. Georgeanne Reynolds. Judith E. Bittner.

On March 8, 1984, Georgeanne Reynolds and Lizette Boyer drove the length of a proposed gas line corridor on Elmendorf Air Force Base. Two areas were surveyed by Reynolds on July 19th and three historic sites were located. This report details findings from this survey.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Shoshana Jones. Kirk E. Ranzetta.

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) has proposed to demolish Building 32448 (formerly 62-160) Munitions Maintenance Operations facility, an individual Quonset hut that was constructed in 1942. As the proposed project is an undertaking on federal lands with federal funds, a cultural resource survey of the project's Area of Potential Effect (APE) and a determination of the building's National Register of Historical Places (NRHP) eligibility were required under Section 106 of the National...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Michael E. Schmidt.

This document includes a building inventory of 23 buildings from a 2008 building survey at Fort Richardson Army Base. Document includes building forms, determination of eligibility of buildings for the National Register and correspondence between the Alaska State Historic Preservation Officer and Fort Richardson Cultural Resources staff.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James Levenson. Bruce Verhaaren.

This document includes a Cold War Building Inventory description of building 7137 (ANC-03134), a chapel complex on Elmendorf Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen Waddell.

This document provides a Cold War context for Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, for the purpose of providing guidelines for identification and evaluation of Cold War era military properties. Expectations of Cold War sites surviving until they reach the traditional 50-year period lessen as changes in mission, rapid changes in technology, and changes in the world political scene become more prominent. Pressing issues such as these make the evaluation of Cold War properties, using Cold War...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc..

This Technical Memorandum describes the procedures used to produce geographic information system (GIS)-based cultural resource maps for Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER). These maps will assist the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron/Conservation Section (673 CES/CEANC) in meeting its cultural resource management responsibilities. The maps were developed in concurrence with the 673 CES/CEANC to satisfy the requirements of Air Force Instruction 32-7065 Section 4.9 and the State Historic...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Phyllys Callina.

This cultural resource and probability analysis report includes the addition of all cultural resource sites added to the Alaska Heritage Resources Survey (AHRS) and all cultural resource surveys conducted on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and reported on between October 2011 and March 2015. It also includes updated prehistorical and historical contexts. Updates have been made to Sections 1.0, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 2.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0, 5.0, and Appendix A.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Phyllys Callina.

This probability analysis report includes the addition of all cultural resource sites added to the Alaska Heritage Resources Survey (AHRS) and all cultural resource surveys conducted on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and reported on between October 2011 and March 2016. It also includes updated prehistorical and historical contexts. Updates have been made to all cultural resources feature point information and the known cultural resources studies.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel R. Thompson. Alan D. DePew.

In 2004 the Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation requested a cultural resource survey of the proposed Eagle River Greenbelt Access and Pathway trail corridor. This document details this survey. Staff from the Office of History and Archaeology completed fieldwork during June 2004 and identified a can midden and trail segment (ANC-01419); two cabin sites (ANC-01420), (ANC-01527); a cluster of trail segments (ANC-01528); three modern campsites; and an abandoned vehicle.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark S. Cassell.

This report provides the results of a cultural resource survey conducted on a 117-acre parcel on Fort Richardson, Alaska by Territory Heritage Resource Consulting (THRC) in October 2009. The present cultural resource survey was conducted because Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (NRHP) required federal agencies to take into account the effects of their undertakings on historic properties.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Sarah R. Corbin. Mark S. Cassell. Adam C.F. Cox.

This report provides the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with the results of a cultural resource survey conducted for the proposed Municipal Light & Power Fossil Creek switchyard and right-of-way corridor project on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska by Territory heritage Resource Consulting (THRC) in July 2012 and July 2013. This document also includes communication between the Bureau of Land Management and the Alaska State Historic Preservation Office.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Edmund P. Gaines.

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), had proposed to stack and store fill dirt material in a 22-acre area north of the existing base runway. As the proposed project was an undertaking on federal lands with federal funds, a cultural resource survey of the proposed project’s Area of Potential Effect (APE) was required under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA; 16 USC § 470 as amended). Edmund Gaines M.A., R.P.A, served as Principal Investigator and led field efforts for...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Edmund P. Gaines.

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) has proposed to construct two new demolition ranges—Demolition Range “A” and Demolition Range “B”—at the Richardson Training Area (RTA), with new access roads proposed at each range. During the period of September 18-22, AECOM archaeologists, under the direct supervision of Principal Investigator Edmund Gaines, M.A., R.PA., performed a cultural resources survey of the project’s APEs. This work was conducted for the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Edmund P. Gaines.

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) had proposed to conduct watershed and fishery enhancement activities in the Otter Creek and Six mile Creek watersheds within the boundaries of the installation. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), on behalf of the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron, Environmental Conservation Section, contracted AECOM Technical Services (AECOM) to perform cultural resources surveys of the project's APE at Otter Creek and six mile Creek. This document details those surveys.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel E. Stone.

Investigation of a village composed of three Dena'ina house pits just east of a gravel pit owned by the Prosser Corporation near Knik Lake began in 2005. In 2007 and 2008, researcher Daniel Stone, was joined by Burlinski and University of Alaska Anchorage Dr. David Yesner in the total excavation of a midden found in association with the shore house pit at site ANC-02967. This document includes that investigation.