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KERRIE COLLISION, RPA ASSOCIATE / SENIOR ARCHAEOLOGIST EXPERTISE • Cultural Resources Management • Native American Consultation • California Prehistory • Lithic Analysis EDUCATION California State University, Northridge, M.A., Anthropology, Northridge, California, 2013. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, B.S., Social Sciences, San Luis Obispo, California, 2008. - PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Archaeologist, LSA, Irvine, California, November 2013- Present. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS/ REGISTRATIONS Register of Professional Archaeologists (#28731436) Professionally listed Archaeologist for the Counties of Orange and Riverside PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES LSA Ms. Collison's primary duties include report and proposal preparation for CEQA- and NEPA-level documents, Native American consultation, directing and participating in surveys, and monitoring for cultural resources. She is skilled in lithic analysis and excels at identifying the various stages of production of stone tools. Her field experience includes work in the California Central Coast, Orange County, Riverside County, Ventura County, Mono County, the Tahoe region of the Sierra Nevada, and the Great Basin. Ms. Collison also has experience collaboratingon eligibility reports forthe National Register of Historic Places and contributing to Section 404 permit applications, and has performed archaeological reconnaissance surveys for environmental recovery projects following California wildfire events. Current Availability: 35% PROJECT EXPERIENCE Irvine Ranch Water District, San Joaquin Reservoir Filtration Facility Project Newport Beach, California Ms. Collison prepared a cultural resources record search technical memorandum for this project. The memorandum included the results of the record search conducted at the South Central Coastal Information Center, as well as management recommendations for the project. Rancho California Water District, Vail Dam Seismic and Hydrologic Remediation Project Riverside County, California Ms. Collison is overseeing preparation of the archaeological resources assessment for this project. This project involves the demolition of the existing arch dam and construction of a new gravity concrete dam downstream, with associated construction and modification of inlet/outlet facilities, pipelines, a spillway, and access roads. LSA is preparing the environmental document and various technical studies for the project. The archaeological resources assessment involves a field survey of approximately 600 acres and a record search for the project impact areas. Ms. Collison is also assisting Rancho California Water District with Native American consultation under Assembly Bill 52. Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Green Acres Dam Community of Homeland, California Ms. Collison served as a field archaeologist and Native American liaison on this project. LSA was under contract to the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (RCFCWCD) to provide a cultural resources assessment for the Green Acres Dam Project. Ms. Collison recorded and mapped archaeological sites and documented the bedrock milling features on these sites for the project, in addition to writing and compiling all necessary documentation for the cultural resources assessment. Ms. Collison also led a visit to the archaeological sites in the project area for the Pechanga Band of Luise"no Indians and the RCFCWCD.