Your impact
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct paleontological monitoring during ground-disturbing activities in compliance with project-specific mitigation plans.
- Identify, document, and recover fossil resources in the field.
- Maintain detailed field notes, fossil locality forms, and monitoring logs.
- Coordinate with project managers, environmental teams, and construction personnel.
- Ensure compliance with applicable state and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines including (but not limited to):
- California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
- California Public Resources Code Sections 5097.5 and 30244
- Paleontological Resources Preservation Act (PRPA)
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- American Antiquities Act
- Caltrans Standard Environmental Reference, Paleontology guidelines
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) Guidelines
Travel to project sites across Southern California as needed