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We will be rolling out a new update to Wisaard August 15 so you may experience intermittent, brief outages throughout the day. 

The update is an enhancement of the interface used to upload Cultural Survey Reports within a Project. Learn how to use the new interface by watching this brief video: https://youtu.be/Rgqdtvzu5yo. The video is also within the overall...

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Under the general supervision of the Collections Manager, this position supports the agency mission by caring for the states cultural heritage. This position will provide technical curatorial assistance to facilitate the agency's legal compliance with federal law 25 US Code Chapter 32, Public Law 101-601 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).  

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The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is currently seeking a full-time, Environmental Planner 4 located at Parks' Northwest Region office in Burlington, WA.

The duty station for this position is in Burlington, WA.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, employees are working a combination of in-office and teleworking based on the position and business needs. Once the restrictions are lifted, this position may be available for continued partial telework...

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WDFW is seeking to hire another Lands/Forest Health Archaeology Intern. The successful applicant will work with the Lands Archeologist (Katherine Kelly), the Forest Health Archaeologist (Maurice Major), and WDFW Regional and Wildlife Area staff on a wide variety of restoration projects. 

The Archaeology Intern can expect to learn (or improve) their ArcGIS skills, learn to write consultation letters, professional technical memos, and reports, use WISAARD to retrieve information...

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Greetings! We are issuing a request for qualified public engagement consultants to perform outreach for our trial mapping project. The goal is to get historic or culturally significant places on the map! The Wisaard map to be exact, so they can be considered during local, state, and federal infrastructure project planning! The focus of this project is the City of Seattle, but we hope that we can get future funding to reach other locations. Please help us get the word out! 

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Heads up friends! We will be launching a Wisaard update, likely at the end of July. I'll hold some training sesions when it rolls out and update the training materials. Bugs are always expected so we appreciate your patience as always.

This update includes changes to the Report Upload module, which will allow reports to be processed quicker after staff reviews them. This change will not affect those of you that use Wisaard for EZ2.

Questions? Please ask me! kim.gant@dahp....

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The Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation contemplates awarding a sole source contract to HistoryLink.org to “produce and share materials that explore the history of waterfront park and Seattle’s central waterfront.” 

Please click here for the full announcement.

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Forest Health Archaeologist (works within the Wildlife Program’s Lands Division) – closes July 7, 2022

 

https://www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/3578216-0/archaeologist-commerce-specialist-4-permanent-08028-22

 

Shrub-Steppe (WSRRI) Archaeologist (works within the Wildlife Program’s Diversity Division) – closes July 6...

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The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation History/Archaeology is seeking a GIS Analyst to manage massive amounts of geo-spatial data related to archaeology and historic preservation. Apply online.

https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=44342&clientkey=753A1C05F4FE96A96F51BF3F59639790

HRA is hiring an Archaeologist 2 and Archaeology Techs: http://hrassoc.com/about-us/employment/

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation is hiring a Habitat Biologist Sr (JL-18498): https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=36231&clientkey=...

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Please click the link for information about DAHP's intent to sole source contract with the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation to administer the WA State Main Street Program.

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LINK TO POSTING

From Sound Tranist posting:

Salary range is $65k to $145k, with a midpoint of $105k.  New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint, however, we may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

The Senior Cultural Resources...

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For those of you that work with the Historic Tax Credit Program, the IRS has just issued some updated guidance about Qualified Rehabilitation Expenditures that you might find helpful. Of particular note is the addition of guidance on solar, wind, and geothermal systems for buildings. They do not qualify for the tax credit because the IRS views them as 5-year property and therefore not included in the basis of the building. There is also new guidance relating to flood adaptations for...

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The log in problems should be repaired. Let us know if you are still having trouble logging in.

support@dahp.wa.gov

Wisaard users: there is currently a problem with Secure Access Washington's Multi-factor authentication that is causing trouble for users when they try to log in. We are working with SAW to get this resolved as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience!

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Under general supervision, this position serves as a support to the Grant PUD Cultural Resources department.  Responsible for handling multiple office and field related cultural resources tasks while maintaining a high level of professionalism. Strong aptitude for research, analytics, and record keeping will be a necessary component.

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Help spread the word about an paid summer cultural resource internship opportunity with Reclamation's Columbia-Cascades Area Office in Yakima, Washington. The internship is 11 weeks long and includes field survey, creating a National Register nomination, and preparing data for the WISAARD database. It is being offered as part of Reclamation's Direct Hiring Authority Resource Assistant Internship program, and provides a pathway for a successful participant to be non-...

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