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analyst include the following project list: the San Francisco North Shore-North Channels project (1976); the narrative history of Coulterville, Mariposa County (1977); Merced County Streams project (1981); 12th-13th/K-L Streets block study, Sacramento (1982); the Pacific Gas and Electric Pit 3,4,5 FERC-233 (Lake Britton) project (1983); the Shasta Lake Enlargement Class I Inventory for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (1983); Sutter East Adobe, Sacramento (1984); and Social History of the Bellevue Mine (1984); Polaris (1986); History of Clarks Flat (1988); Sciaccaluga Winery (1988); and a number of other projects. Ms.Peak has also developed a specialty in historical research for specific legal issues. In 1982, she completed an assessment of a section of the Overland Emigrant Trail and, in 1984, served as an expert witness on the trail route. In 1983, she researched the history of water rights for the Star Canyon Ranch in Calaveras County, on which a legal opinion was based for a small hydroelectric power project. In addition, Ms. Peak was the primary researcher and director of the CA-Sac-369 Connor Homestead project and co-author of the excavation report (1979). She also completed the historical research reports for Rancho Murieta and Live Oak, Sacramento County (1981, 1982). Her M.A. thesis was an extension of work conducted on the Bellevue Mine site in Plumas and Sierra Counties, a project undertaken originally for the Sunshine Mining Corporation. William Pritchard - Assistant Field Director. Mr. Pritchard has over 27 years of experience in both prehistoric and historic archeology, in the field, in public and private sectors, and in academic institutions. His degrees are from the California State University, Sacramento, where he also taught archeology for 3 years; he also has done graduate work at the University of California, Davis. His areas of field experience and research are California, Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona. He has directed many major field excavations with large crews at numerous sites throughout the western United States. Most of his research in recent years has been in Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and Euro-American sites covering periods from the 16th century Drake landing, 18th century Monterey, 19th century Fort Ross, through Gold Rush-period rural, domestic,urban, and industrial/mining sites. He has published numerous articles and papers in major journals and publications on his research. His most recent research has been on three rural domestic Gold Rush-period sites in El Dorado County, California (1990), and as a consultant to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on two new historical museums in Central California (1987-1989). He presently serves on the editorial board of the historical journal The Californians and is engaged in ongoing international research on the Russian presence on the California coast. Matthew Waters - Archeologist I (2). Mr. Waters began his employment in 1986 when he served as an archeological technician for the data recovery of eight prehistoric sites on Stanislaus National Forest lands for the North Fork Stanislaus River hydroelectric development project. Since 1986, he has assumed many job positions, including excavator, field surveyor, laboratory technician, and graphic illustrator. He has participated in numerous small-scale cultural resource surveys, as well as seven large efforts ranging from 200 to 4,000 acres. One survey was at Hobart Mills on Tahoe National Forest lands,where a historic town site was recorded. VI-10