Preservation - Specialists Directory
Contact: Jennifer bring (Environmental area business class lead)
1601 utica ave s, ste 600
St louis park, minnesota, Mn 55416-3400
Business 651-324-0432
Mobile 763-278-5943
Year Established: 1917
Specialties: Archaeologists, Architects, Historic, Architects, Landscape, Engineers, Civil, Engineers, Electrical, Engineers, Fire Protection, Engineers, Mechanical (HVAC), Engineers, Structural, Marketing & Communications Consultants, Writers & Editors
Training/Experience: Jennifer has over 20 years of experience managing and contributing to a wide range of projects across the upper Midwest and nationwide, including renewable energy, transmission, mining, and transportation. Through her work, she has supported clients in strategic planning, environmental review/permitting, and meeting cultural resources requirements, particularly for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as well as state-level compliance requirements. Jennifer has contributed to many environmental documents, from state Environmental Assessment Worksheets and Environmental Assessments to state and federal Environmental Impact Statements and has prepared numerous technical studies and Section 106 agreement documents (Memorandums of Understanding, Memorandums of Agreement, Programmatic Agreements). She also has extensive experience facilitating consultation with agencies, Native American tribes, and community groups to attempt to build consensus and bring resolution to potential project issues.
Notes: The HDR cultural resources group employs nearly 100 cultural resource professionals in 20 offices nationwide. Drawing on diverse experience and educational backgrounds, our staff includes dozens of professionals who meet or exceed the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards pursuant to 36 CFR 61 for archaeology, architectural history, and history, as well as staff who meet professional qualification standards for ethnography as outlined in National Register Bulletin 38, Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Traditional Cultural Properties. Our team consists of professionals with unmatched knowledge of cultural resources policy, compliance, regulations, and practices at the federal, state, and local levels. HDR’s experts have extensive experience in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) including Sections 106 and 110, Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA), Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Executive Order 13007 – Indian Sacred Sites, Executive Order 13175 – Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Government, and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act, as well as many similar state- and municipality-specific cultural resource preservation laws.
Project: Northland Reliability Project
Location: Northern Minnesota
Year: 2023
Project: Metropolitan Council Environmental Services Cultural Support
Location: Twin Cities Metro Area
Year: 2023
Project: Dairyland Pole Relocation
Location: Rochester, Minnesota
Year: 2024