Syanna T. Madsen
Personal Information
Mailing Address
Telephone
E-mail
4687 Tina Way
Murray, Utah 84107
(801) 995-0900
smadsen75@hotmail.com
Education
2012-Present
2003-2006
Salt Lake Community College
Certificate of Completion in GIS (expected completion fall 2013)
Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)
Bachelor of Arts “Anthropology with an emphasis in Archaeology”
Experience
March 2009Present
Environmental Planning Group, LLC. (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Crew Chief/Staff Archaeologist
 Class III Cultural Resources Inventory for the Enel-Cove Fort Geothermal
Project, USFS/BLM/Private lands in Beaver and Millard Counties, Utah (2
November-Present)
 Management of field data
 Responsible for all photo related items (pages, logs, original prints)
 Design and completion of site sketch maps in Adobe Illustrator
 Completion of site forms
 Cultural Resources Inventory of the Ibapah Fire ESR Project, BLM lands in
Tooele County, Utah (3-10 October,15 October-Present)
 Crew member responsible for survey and site recordation including
site description, photos, photo logs, GPS, and tool descriptions
 Edited all GIS data
 Management of all field data
 Design and completion of site sketch maps in Adobe Illustrator
 Responsible for all photo related items (pages, logs, original prints)
 Edited site forms
 Authored technical report
 Cultural Resources Inventory of the Camel Fire ESR Project, BLM lands in
Tooele County, Utah (1-2 October 2012, 9 October-5 November 2012).
 Crew member responsible for survey and site recordation including
site description, photos, photo logs, GPS, and tool descriptions
 Edited all GIS data
 Management of all field data
 Responsible for all photo related items (pages, logs, original prints)
 Design and completion of site sketch maps in Adobe Illustrator
 Edited site forms
 Authored technical report
 Cultural Resources Monitoring of Replacement of Power Line Poles at 41
Locations and the Associated Access Road Construction in support of the
Dump Fire Post-Fire Emergency Activities in Israel Canyon, BLM/Private lands
in Utah County, Utah (27 June-2 August 2012, 7-9 August 2012, 21-24 August
2012).
 Directed field work and site coordination
 Prepared technical report
 Photo and photo log data management
 Sigurd to Red Butte Transmission Line Survey, USFS/BLM/SITLA/Private
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lands in Millard, Sevier, Beaver, Iron and Washington Counties, Utah (13 July,
30 August, 1 September 2010-Present)
 Crew chief/crew member responsible for survey and site recordation
including site description, photos, photo logs, GPS, tool descriptions
and logistics
 Photo and photo log data management
 Management of site/work status tracking table
 IMACS site form production, photo log production and encoding form
production
 GLO research
 Artifact typing including projectile points and ceramics
 Attended agency meetings about the Spanish Trail
 Contributing author of technical reports (on going)
 Design and completion of site sketch maps using Adobe Illustrator
Sigurd to Red Butte Geotechnical Investigations Survey,
USFS/BLM/SITLA/Private lands in Beaver, Iron and Washington Counties,
Utah (23 October-3 December 2009, 3 February 2010-16 May 2011)
 Crew chief responsible for survey and recordation including site
descriptions, photos, photo logs, GPS and tool descriptions
 Coordinated work with two other crew chiefs to guarantee the survey
was completed in a timely manner
 Set up travel arrangements/accommodations for the crew
 Managed site/work status tracking table
 GLO research
 IMACS site form production, photo log production, encoding form
production and photo labeling
 Artifact typing including projectile points and ceramics
 Cultural monitoring of sensitive sites during access road construction
 Class I research and Excel database of sites
 Research conducted as USFS district offices and BLM field
offices
 Wrote portions of both Geotechnical reports
Bureau of Land Management Cedar City Field Office Resource Management
Plan Class I (12 January-2 February 2011)
 Wrote the introduction to the report (in progress)
Energy Gateway South Class I (2 March, 18 August-30-October 2009, 23
February-2 July 2010, 4 January 2011 [Sporadic])
 Constructed Excel database of Class I sites from Wyoming using WY
SHPO website and database
 Conducting inventory of previously identified sensitive properties for
EA/EIS
Parrish Substation Expansion Project Monitoring, Legacy Nature Preserve,
Davis County, Utah (14-17, 21-22 June 2010)
 Monitored all new ground disturbing activities on Legacy Nature
Preserve for the substations expansion
 Wrote the “No Find” letter report
Creative Mitigation for Construction within the Farmington Bay Wildlife
Management Area, Davis County, Utah (7 January-16 March 2010)
 Research at Utah State Archives, University of Utah Special
Collections, the library and internet research for a creative mitigation
for construction activities that negatively impacted a CCC dike along
the Great Salt Lake
 Authored the report
Arrow Trailhead Phase II, Salt Lake County, Utah (25 September 2009)
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October 2007November 2008
 Crew member on pedestrian survey
Mona to Oquirrh Transmission Line Class III Survey,
BLM/SITLA/UDOT/Private, Utah, Juab, Tooele and Salt Lake Counties, Utah
(1 June 2009-7 January 2010, 15 February-12 November [Sporadic])
 Crew chief responsible for survey and site recordation including site
descriptions, tool descriptions and GPS
 Responsible for photo and photo log management
 IMACS site production and encoding forms
 GLO research
 Contributing author to the report and addendum report
Ben Lomond to Terminal Survey, Farmington Bay Wildlife Management Area,
Davis County, Utah (26 March-26 May 2009 [Sporadic])
 Crew member on pedestrian survey and site recordation
 Research at Utah State Archives for information on Lakeside Resorts
and CCC construction along the Great Salt Lake
Mona to Oquirrh Geotechnical Investigations Survey,
BLM/SITLA/UDOT/Private, Utah, Juab, Tooele and Salt Lake City, Utah (2
March-31 May)
 Crew member on survey
 Crew chief/crew member on site recordation responsible for site
descriptions, tools and GPS
 GLO research
 Contributing author for the report
Bighorn Archaeological Consultants, LLC (Orem, Utah)
Staff Archaeologist
 File search and report write-up for Springdale Trail, East Carbon City, Garfield
County Quarry, Boulder Canyon Apartments, 12 Mile Canyon and 4SD
Locations at Utah SHPO (6-7 October 2008)
 Research at Special Collections at the University of Utah for the Milford Met
Tower Project near Milford, Utah (30 September 2008)
 Crewmember for Ibapah Inventory pedestrian survey for the BLM in Ibapah,
Utah. Assisted with photos, IMACS site production and report editing (15
September-5 October 2008)
 Crewmember on Cave Lakes Testing, Kanab, Utah. Assisted with testing of six
Anasazi sites (24 July to 7 September 2008)
 Crewmember on Ticaboo Access Road pedestrian survey, near Lake Powell,
Utah. Assisted with survey and site recordation (30 June to 3 July 2008)
 Crewmember for Mona to Oquirrh Class II pedestrian survey, Tooele County,
Utah. Assisted with the survey and site recordation (10-12, 19 June 2008)
 Archaeological Monitor for the Joint Armed Forces Readiness Center, Salt
Lake City, Utah (6-29 June, 11 July, 8-14 September 2008)
 Crew member on Devil’s Canyon Geothermal pedestrian survey in Nevada (79 May 2008)
 Crew member on Gate Canyon pedestrian survey in the Uinta Basin, Utah (28
April 2008)
 Prepared GIS ArcView maps and Geo-referencing in ArcView for Mona to
Oquirrh Class II pedestrian survey field preparation (18-25 April, 2-5, 13 June
2008)
 Crew member on Black Ridge pedestrian survey, Camp Williams Military
Reserve, Utah (11-16 April 2008)
 Created all project location maps in ArcView
 Crew member on East Beef Hollow pedestrian survey, Camp Williams Military
Reserve, Utah (4 and 10 April 2008)
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 Created all project location map in AcrView
Cedar Fort Fiber Optic Line Class III pedestrian survey, Tooele County, Utah
(4 April 2008)
Mary’s River Survey Report, labeled photos, IMACS (Nevada) site form
production, GIS ArcView maps (19 to 24 February, 26 March-15 May 2008)
Crew member on Milford Flats Fire Class III pedestrian survey, Millard County,
Utah (16 December 2007-26 March 2008)
Crew member on pedestrian survey, Price, Utah (25-26 October 2008)
Co-edited Lucadia, Washington County, Utah report. Digitized excavation
illustrations, maps, labeled photos (1 October-16 December 2007)
Prepared artifacts from Sand Hollow Resort Excavations for exchange to
another company (7 January 2008)
Jackson Flats Excavation, Kanab, Utah. Assisted with the recovery of human
remains (29-30 October 2007)
Post processing artifacts for Sand Hollow Resort Excavations (1-10 October
2007)
September 2007
Logan, Simpson, and Design (Tempe, Arizona)
Archaeological Field Technician
 Pre-construction excavation of prehistoric (Hohokom) and historic features in
one city block, Phoenix, Arizona
 Artifact cataloging, excavation and mapping features
July-September
2007
Bighorn Archaeological Consultants, LLC (Santa Clara, Utah)
Staff Archaeologist
 Crew member/site Crew Chief for Sand Hollow Resort Excavation, mitigation
of Basketmaker, Anasazi and Paiute sites, BLM in Hurricane, Utah. Lead
excavation areas, mapped features with TopCon, line and level, and
maintained FS log for the project (8 July-2 September 2007)
May-June 2007
Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)
Field School TA/Crew Chief
 Directed excavation on one Anasazi Pueblo II site in St. George, Utah and
directed testing on three Anasazi sites on the Shivwits Plateau, Arizona.
 Taught field techniques to four students and handled public out-reach on
several site tours
July 2006-July
2007
Office of Public Archaeology (Provo, Utah)
Student Researcher/Field and Lab Technician
 Crew member/site Crew Chief for Sand Hollow Resort Excavation, mitigation
of Basketmaker, Anasazi and Paiute sites, BLM in Hurricane, Utah. Lead
excavation areas, mapped features with TopCon and line and level and
maintained FS log for the project (December 2006-April 2007)
 Crew member on IPP Power Line survey in Central, Utah
 Artifact analysis of groundstone, lithic debitage and stone tools (excepting
projectile points) from the Parowan Valley Archaeological Project collection
 Ran flotation samples through a two-tank flotation machine as a process of
reducing the volume of currated material
Software Skills
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Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook
ESRI ArcView and ArcGIS (certificates of completed courses available upon request)
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Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign
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Cultural Resources Inventory of the Ibapah Fire ESR Project, Tooele County, Utah. Utah
Antiquities Project No. U-12-EO-0654b and EPG Project No. SLC-2012-13. Environmental
Planning Group, LLC. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Cultural Resources Inventory of the Camel Fire ESR Project, Tooele County, Utah. Utah
Antiquities Project No. U-12-EO-0850b and EPG Project No. SLC-2012-15. Environmental
Planning Group, LLC. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Author, Letter Report: Cultural Resources Monitoring of Rocky Mountain Power’s
Replacement of Power Line Poles at 41 Locations and the Associated Access Road
Construction in support of the Dump Fire Post-Fire Emergency Activities in Israel Canyon,
Utah County, Utah. Utah Antiquities Project No. U-12-EO-0700b,p and EPG Project No.
SLC-2012-10. Environmental Planning Group, LLC. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Contributing Author, Addendum: A Class III Cultural Resources Inventory for the Sigurd to
Red Butte No. 2 – 345kV Transmission Project, Beaver, Iron, Millard, Sevier, and
Washington Counties, Utah. Utah Antiquities Project No. U-10-EO-0510b,f,p,s and EPG
Project No. SLC-2012-06. Environmental Planning Group, LLC. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Contributing Author, A Cultural Resource Inventory for the Sigurd to Red Butte No. 2
Centerline Report No. 1 Beaver, Iron, Millard, Sevier and Washington Counties, Utah. Utah
Antiquities Project No. U-10-EO-0510b,f,p,s and EPG Project No. SLC-2012-02.
Environmental Planning Group (EPG). Salt Lake City, Utah.
Contributing Author, A Cultural Resource Inventory for the Sigurd to Red Butte
Geotechnical Investigations Project No. 2 Beaver, Iron, Millard, Sevier and Washington
Counties, Utah. Utah Antiquities Project No. U-10-EO-0327b,f,p,s and EPG Project No.
SLC-2010-03. Environmental Planning Group (EPG). Salt Lake City, Utah. (In Progress)
Co-Author, Addendum: Cultural Resource Inventory of the Mona to Oquirrh Transmission
Corridor Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah and Juab Counties, Utah. Utah Antiquities Project No. U10-EO-0464b,p,s and EPG Project No. SLC-2010-04. Environmental Planning Group
(EPG). Salt Lake City, Utah.
Contributing Author, A Cultural Resource Inventory for the Sigurd to Red Butte
Geotechnical Investigations Project Beaver, Iron, Millard, Sevier and Washington Counties,
Utah. Utah Antiquities Project No. U-09-EO-612b,f,p,s and EPG Project No. SLC-2010-02.
Environmental Planning Group (EPG). Salt Lake City, Utah.
Author, Cultural Resource Monitoring of New Ground Disturbance on Legacy Nature
Preserve Property for the Parrish Substation Expansion Project, Davis County. Utah
Antiquities Project No. U-09-EO-0449p,s. Environmental Planning Group (EPG). Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Author, A Brief History of Civilian Conservation Corp Camp SP-2 and Company 536 and
the Construction of the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area. Environmental
Planning Group (EPG). Salt Lake City, Utah.
Contributing Author, A Cultural Resource Inventory of the Mona to Oquirrh Transmission
Corridor Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah and Juab Counties, Utah. Utah Antiquities Project No. U08-EO-1231b,p,s and EPG Project No. SLC-2009-05. Environmental Planning Group
(EPG). Salt Lake City, Utah.
Contributing Author, A Cultural Resource Inventory of the Mona to Oquirrh Geotechnical
Investigations Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah and Juab Counties, Utah. Utah Antiquities Project
No. U-08-EO-1075b,p,s and EPG Project No. SLC-2009-01. Environmental Planning
Group (EPG). Salt Lake City, Utah.
Co-Author, A Cultural Resource Survey for the Ben Lomond to Terminal 345kV
Transmission Project from Structures 177 to 202 and Associated Temporary Access
Roads within the Farmington Bay Wildlife Management Area and the Legacy Nature
Preserve, Davis County, Utah. Utah Antiquities Project No. U-09-EO-0215s and EPG
Project No. SLC-2009-04.
Reports
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Contributing Author, Cultural Resources Technical Report of Class I and Class II
Inventories for the Proposed Rocky Mountain Power Mona to Oquirrh 500/345kV
Transmission Project, Juab, Utah, Tooele and Salt Lake Counties, Utah. Bighorn
Archaeological Consultants, LLC, 2009. Orem, Utah
Contributing Author, Cultural Inventory of the Ibapah BH CRI Fuels Reduction Project,
Tooele County, Utah. Bighorn Archaeological Consultants, LLC 2008. Orem, Utah
Co-Author, Monitoring Report for the Joint Armed Forces Readiness Center, Salt Lake
County, Utah. Bighorn Archaeological Consultants, LLC, 2008. Orem, Utah
Contributing Author, Cultural Resource Inventory for the Mary’s River Ranch
Telecommunications Cable Project, Elko County, Nevada. Bighorn Archaeological
Consultants, LLC, 2009. Orem, Utah
Co-Editor, Data Recovery Investigations on Six Archaeological Sites Along Fort Pearce
Wash, Washington County, Utah. Bighorn Archaeological Consultants, LLC, 2009. Orem,
Utah
References
Available upon request