William Schroeder, Ph.D., R.P.A. Email & Phone Number

I’m a passionate professional archaeologist, cultural resources manager, and historic preservationist with over 15 years of experience. I love what I do and seek a position with purpose in the public sector.• I meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for a Qualified Archaeologist; I have been an R.P.A. since 2014. • Designed and conducted the fieldwork, managed routine and complex contracts, supervised staff and technicians, and authored or co-authored 70+ NHPA Section 106 compliance project reports leading to SHPO, THPO, and Federal concurrence of findings, assessments, and recommended evaluations for (in)eligible cultural resources.• Resolved emergent issues with project proponents and regulators while working through technical and budgetary issues by generating alternatives (mitigation).• Cultivated a positive ongoing working relationship with the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) and the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department—Oregon State Historical Preservation Office (ORSHPO).• Maintain professional and personal contact with colleagues at the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, the Wanapum Indian Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, the Quinault Nation, the Squaxin Island Tribe, and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Meaningful early and frequent consultation is simply best praxis as well as a major part of the NEPA and SEPA processes.• Studied Geology, Geomorphology, and Soils; excelled in natural and cultural resources Policy and Law, and Planning at the Graduate level. As a Landscape Archaeologist and Historical Ecologist, I understand the ethnology, prehistory, and history of land use over time.• Adept at recording historic mining, industrial properties, and rural historic properties, historic districts, railroads, irrigation features, bridges, roads, and trails in addition to precontact lithic scatters, stacked rock features, and culturally modified trees.