A CRM Consultant is a new business formed by Jennifer DeRose M.A., R.P.A. in early 2016. Jennifer serves as the Principal Investigator overseeing all cultural resource investigation activities. Jennifer is a certified Register of Professional Archaeologist (RPA). She meets the Federal Secretary Quality Interior Standards for prehistoric archaeology, historic archaeology, conservation, cultural anthropology, curation, folklore, historic preservation, and history.
bachelor’s degree in anthropology / archaeology and have completed field school and/or combination of fieldwork and experience. A CRM Consultant trains and employs young adult, career path, and experienced Tribal members interested in cultural resource / landscape archaeological Project investigations within their aboriginal territory and the northwest. Techs or interns learn and help implement Project activities: archaeological pedestrian survey, mapping, shovel testing / excavation, etc. A CRM Consultant teams with an associate archaeologist and an architectural historian on an as needed basis. A CRM Consultant is starting to develop a network of agency contacts, informants, and subcontractors sometimes needed to facilitate specific cultural resource project activities. Jennifer DeRose, Principal Investigator Jennifer DeRose M.A., R.P.A., has over 15-years of professional cultural resource management experience working within the Plateau cultural region of North America. Jennifer possesses an M.A. in Anthropology (2006) from the University of Idaho. Her ethno-archaeological research resulted in a compendium on the traditional use, lore, knowledge, significance, and preservation value of culturally modified trees to the Schitsu’umsh (Coeur d’Alene) Tribe. She obtained two B.S. degrees (Anthropology & Environmental Studies) in 2001 from the University of Utah. She is also a 2001 cadet sergeant honors graduate of the Army Reserves Officer Training Corps (ROTC). Jennifer has been a Principal Investigator (archaeologist) for one-decade. Prior to forming A CRM Consultant, she worked for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe (Lake Mgmt. Dept.) as a Cultural Resource Program Manager from 2009 to 2016. From 2006-2009 Jennifer was a full time employed associate archaeologist and from 2004-2006 she was employed as an on-call culture tech for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe's Culture Department as well as a Teaching Assistant and archaeological field crew member for the University of Idahos Anthropology Department. Jennifer completed an archaeology and geomorphology Great Basin field school from the University of Utah in 2000. Subsequently, she received ethnographic collections training from the Utah Museum of Natural History (UMNH) in 2001. She obtained novice certification in paleontology (field / lab / teaching experience) from the Utah Friends of Paleontology (UFOP) in 2001. During the summers Jennifer participated in exchange programs working with a Navajo (Dine’) family, the Nature Conservancy, and Life Care. She completed an herbarium / ecology internship with the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. Jennifer is certified in the following: 40hr hazwoper, MSHA, cpr, first aid, and Idaho ICP to conduct cultural resource investigation project activities within CERCLA superfund clean-up areas. Useful additional experience includes: Class A drivers license with doubles/tripples, hazmat endorsements; Idaho boater licensed with six years operating experience, K-12 and college teaching, western horseback; zoo aid & animal lab handling; landscaping; wilderness survival; rifle & archery marksmanship; field tactical; drums. She is also involved with the Northwest Tattoo Museum & Tattooing. |