News & Events

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has shared with the Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation (DAHP) a just released YouTube video of the company's historic Baker River dams to mark the 10th year of being awarded its 50 year operating license for hydrolectric plants at Baker Lake and Lake Shannon.  View the 6 minute video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_KFf3h470o.  In addition to historic photos and...

Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Inc. (AINW), is recruiting for a well-qualified Architectural Historian/Historian to add to its department of Architectural History and History.  For detailed information regarding this position and to submit application materials, please see our job announcement at:  http://ainw.com/employment/architectural-historian.

AINW, founded in 1989, is a leading Cultural...

The National Park Service (NPS) has released its Annual Report on the Economic Impact of the Federal Historic Tax Credit for FY (Federal fiscal year)2017. As in past years, the report demonstates with hard, cold numbers that the rehabilitation of historic income-producing buildings has a significant positive economic impact on national, state, and local economies.  The data tracks the economic impact of historic building rehab projects where owners/developers...

1. Some of you may have noticed that you receive email notifications from Wisaard when DAHP staff is processing project materials in Wisaard. Often, we are also taking care of data maintenance tasks such as deleting empty projects or inventory forms and accepting survey data. If you receive a notice from Wisaard that an Activity is in Review Complete status, be sure to check the email for any notes about why the notice went out.  For such in-house tasks, no action has been taken by DAHP...

A new study just came across the national list-serv and it is one that was really needed. Recognizing that window replacement is rarely cost effective (it is totally possible to spend $20,000 on new windows only to save $200 a year on your energy bill), the study compares the use of different window treatments and their effectiveness in reducing energy costs for buildings with single pane windows. Think storm windows, drapes, films, blinds.....Maybe this real scientific data could be used as...

Here is an opportunity from the US EPA for assistance to communities who are working to revitalize neighborhoods affected by Superfund/brownfield sites or working on implementing a Complete Streets project. Titled Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities, letters of interest must be submitted to the EPA by November 16. Attached is a link to the letter explaining the goals of the program with information about the application procedure. ...

On Thursday, October 18th at 6:00 pm, Kelsey Doncaster, Historian for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in the Bureau's Yakima office, will share his amazing discovery of historic photographs taken by BOR personnel in the 1920s and 30s. This was the heyday of early irrigation infrastructure design and construction in Central Washington, and BOR photographers documented the communities and landscapes impacted by the now historic irrigation facilities. These records have been lost since...

We recently added a clarification to the Guidelines for Cultural Resources Reporting regarding updates to archaeology site forms. This language was added to page 8: 

If you are surveying a project area that contains a previously recorded site and there is no change in artifact assemblage or condition OR you find historic artifacts that are non-diagnostic for age, please do not submit an...

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Did you know? The Research and Technology Building and associated support buildings were demolished in the spring of 2018 in order to remediate radiological contamination within the buildings.

This event will feature presentationss from the Department of Energy, PNNL, National Park Service, City of Richland, and DAHP, and will highlight the history and significance of the building, the role of...