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Brian Bishop, 1993
Brian Bishop is an RPF working in northwestern California. He was given the award in 1993 for outstanding work in cultural resource management. He discovered and recorded an important late prehistoric/early historic Coast Yuki village site on Lincoln Ridge, near Westport, California, while preparing a Timber Harvesting Plan. His efforts to serve as an intermediary between San Jose State University and Louisiana-Pacific Corporation made possible a SJSU field school excavation at the site during the summer of 1992. His enthusiastic support and willingness to provide valuable assistance with the logistics of a major archeological project greatly contributed to the success of the research. By providing project personnel with relevant articles and scientific literature related to forest ecology and logging history, he assisted greatly in the interpretation of the archeological evidence that proved crucial to demonstrate local significance. His vigilance saved an important archeological site, and his persistence made possible a major data recovery effort that led to a more complete picture of prehistory and history on the Mendocino Coast.



