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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.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert D. Shaw.

This report provides a full description of the excavation of Cabin 1 (ANC-01169). Excavation of Cabin 1 was conducted to determine its eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion D.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel E. Stone.

This document includes an archaeological report about the National Register evaluation of Hninighi'iy Ka'a (ANC-02881) and further recommendations for sites ANC-02819, ANC-02859, ANC-02877, ANC-02878, and ANC-02879 from MSB Cultural Resource Department. Also included in the report is a letter of review and request for site visitation from the Alaska State Historic Preservation Office.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Morgan R. Blanchard. Andy Higgs.

Doyon Utilities, LLC implemented the construction of the Raptor Transmission Line (RTL) located on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) at the direction of the 673d Civil Engineering Squadron to enhance the electrical distribution system found on the installation. Weston Solutions, Inc. (WS) has been contracted by Doyon Utilities to provide environmental permitting services for the project. WS contracted with Northern Land Use Research (NLUR) to conduct a Level I "reconnaissance"...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kristy Hollinger.

This study was carried out for US Army Alaska, Fort Richardson, in order to comply with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended). The purpose of this report was to establish the historic context of the Old Eklutna power plant. This is necessary so that Fort Richardson may identify and assess remains associated with the system that are found on its land.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Becky M. Saleeby. Paula M. Daugherty.

The homesteading era is a fascinating, yet little known, period in the history of Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB). The land originally claimed by the Dena' in and now claimed by the military, provided, for a short time, homes and livelihoods for a group of Alaska pioneers, referred to here as the Elmendorf homesteaders. They began making entry onto their homestead parcels in 1914, when nearby Anchorage was simply a glorified tent city of railroad construction workers. Through the decades of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Frank Broderick. Linda Cook. Brian Coffey. Karen Bretz. Anna Lee Hewko.

In 1995, Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB) in Anchorage, Alaska, contracted with the National Park Service (NPS) Alaska Support Office to assess the eligibility of its World War II-era facilities for the National Register of Historic Places. Under that contract, a team of NPS historians and partners prepared, researched, and compiled this study of World War II history and resources. They had the assistance of archivists, property managers, and peers who contributed both their time and knowledge to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Frank Broderick. Linda Cook. Karen Bretz. Brian Coffey. Anna Lee Hewko.

The buildings and structures inventoried in Volume II represent the field survey component of this study. The inventory includes the known World War II era buildings and structures built between 1940 and 1945 and five Cold War era buildings as specified in the contract. The project team conducted the survey primarily in 1996 with additional site visits in 1997 and 1998. The team visited and assessed each building and wrote current building descriptions based on this fieldwork. Each entry...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Phyllys Callina.

This document contains email correspondence between Jacobs Engineering and staff at JBER regarding sites ANC-03784 and ANC-03785 and aerial photographs of these sites.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

This report details the proposed action of demolishing building 5303, the bioenvironmental (BE) Storage and Civil Engineering Environmental (CV) Facility, and Building 5312, the Natural Resources Element and SABER offices, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER), as part of the effort to consolidate installation operations by demolishing underutilized facilities. The direction guiding this effort share the overreaching goals of reducing the physical footprint of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Nancy Yaw Davis. The Dena'ina Team.

This draft report provides a background paper contributing toward the long range planning for the management of cultural resources on Elmendorf Air Force Base. One goal is to address general prehistoric and historic land use patterns in this specific area; another is to provide a guide suggesting what to look for during a subsequent more comprehensive survey. This report reviews the context of the study, methods employed and innovated, literature reviewed, and introduces an Indian team organized...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Morgan R. Blanchard. Jamie J. Oakley.

The Alaska Army National Guard (AKARNG) proposed to build a new United States Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO) at Camp Denali on Joint Base Elmendorf Fort Richardson (JBER), (formed by administratively combining Elmendorf Air Force Base-EAFB and Fort Richardson), near Anchorage, Alaska. Some surface and subsurface remains associated with the Army's Fort Richardson facility and the National Guard's Camp Denali and Camp Carroll facility may be present on the APE. The AKARNG had contracted with...

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This Management Action Plan (MAP) for Barter Island Long Range Radar Station (LRRS) is intended to be a strategic document integrating the Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) into a series of response actions necessary to protect human health and the environment.

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This Management Action Plan (MAP) for the Bethel Radio Relay Station (RRS) is intended to be a strategic document integrating the environmental restoration program into a series of response actions necessary to protect human health and the environment.

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This Management Action Plan (MAP) for the Bullen Point Short Range Radar Station (SRRS), also know as Flaxman Island, is intended to be a strategic document integrating the environmental restoration and compliance programs into a series of response actions necessary to protect human health and the environment. Due to the dynamics inherent in the strategic planning process, the MAP represents a “snapshot” in time, requiring periodic updating to remain useful.

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This Management Action Plan (MAP) for Cape Lisburne Long Range Radar Station (LRRS) is intended to be a strategic document integrating the Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) into a series of response actions necessary to protect human health and the environment. Due to the dynamics inherent in the strategic planning process, the MAP represents a “snapshot” in time, requiring periodic updating to remain useful.

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This Management Action Plan (MAP) for Cape Newenham Radio Long Range Radar Site (LRRS) is intended to be a strategic document integrating the environmental restoration program into a series of response actions necessary to protect human health and the environment. Due to the dynamics inherent in the strategic planning process, the MAP represents a “snapshot” in time, requiring periodic updating to remain useful.

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This Management Action Plan (MAP) for the Cape Romanzof Long Range Radar Site (LRRS) is intended to be a strategic document integrating the environmental restoration program into a series of response actions necessary to protect human health and the environment. Due to the dynamics inherent in the strategic planning process, the MAP represents a “snapshot” in time, requiring periodic updating to remain useful.

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This Management Action Plan (MAP) for Driftwood Bay Radio Relay Station (RRS) is intended to be a strategic document integrating the Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) into a series of response actions intended to protect human health and the environment. Due to the dynamics inherent in the strategic planning process, the MAP represents a “snapshot” in time, requiring periodic updating to remain useful.

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This Management Action Plan (MAP) for Galena Airport, Campion Air Station (AS), and Kalakaket Creek Radio Relay Station (RRS) is intended to be a strategic document integrating the Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) into a series of response actions necessary to protect human health and the environment. Due to the dynamics inherent in the strategic planning process, the MAP represents a “snapshot” in time, requiring periodic updating to remain useful.

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This Management Action Plan (MAP) for the Granite Mountain Radio Relay Station (RRS) is intended to be a strategic document integrating the Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) into a series of response actions intended to protect human health and the environment. Due to the dynamics inherent in the strategic planning process, the MAP represents a “snapshot” in time, requiring periodic updating to remain useful.