Our Project Experience

At Paleo Resource Specialists, every project tells a story—not just of fossils and fieldwork, but of collaboration, problem-solving, and progress. Across the United States, we’ve supported a wide range of initiatives, applying deep technical expertise and working closely with stakeholders to navigate complex challenges. 

From large-scale infrastructure to sensitive environmental landscapes, we help projects move forward while safeguarding the irreplaceable. Explore our portfolio to see how our team delivers results, and reach out to learn how we can support your next project.

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Selected Projects

The Paleo Resource Specialists team has successfully completed mitigation paleontology projects in 18 states under federal, state, and local permits. Selected examples are listed below, organized alphabetically by state.

  • Keystone XL Pipeline Project, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska (TransCanada). Analysis of existing data, field surveys, construction monitoring, and reporting including monitoring and mitigation plans, curation of fossils.
  • Randlett Oil and Gas Development, Paleontological Surveys on Fee Tribal Lands, Uintah County, Utah (Crescent Point Energy). Field surveys and reports, curation of fossils.
  • Basin to Lovell 115kV Transmission Line Rebuild Project, Bighorn and Washakie Counties, Wyoming (Western Area Power Administration, Bureau of Land Management). Field survey and reports.
  • Abajo to Resolute Transmission Line Upgrade Project, San Juan County, Utah (Rocky Mountain Power, Bureau of Land Management). Field survey and reports.
  • Basin to Worland 115kV Reconductoring Project, Big Horn and Washakie Counties, Wyoming (Western Area Power Administration, Bureau of Land Management). Field survey and reports.
  • Bison Pipeline Project, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota (TransCanada). Field surveys, construction monitoring, reports, curation of fossils.
  • Garkane Energy Transmission Line Upgrade Project, Kane County, Utah and Coconino County, Arizona (Garkane Energy, Bureau of Land Management). Field surveys and reports.
  • Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project, Malheur and Baker Counties, Oregon and Owyhee County, Idaho (Bureau of Land Management, Malheur and Baker Counties). Field surveys and reports.
  • Camp Pendleton Energy Park, San Diego, California (San Diego Gas & Electric, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton). Field surveys and reports.
  • Chokecherry-Sierra Madre Wind Farm, Carbon County, Wyoming (Power Company of Wyoming, Bureau of Land Management). Field surveys and reports.
  • Consumnes Power Plant Project, Sacramento, California (Sacramento Municipal Utility District, California Energy Commission). Field surveys, construction monitoring, and reports.
  • Desert Sunlight Solar Farm, Riverside County, California (First Solar). Field surveys, construction monitoring, and reports.
  • Geothermal Resources Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, AK, CA, CO, ID, MO, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY (Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Service). Preparation of paleontological resource EIS sections.
  • Granby to Windy Gap 69kV Transmission Line Rebuild, Grand County, Colorado (Western Area Power Administration). Field survey and report.
  • Natural Substation Project, Los Angeles County and Ventura County, California (Southern California Edison). Field surveys, construction monitoring, and reports.
  • Grassy Mountain Mine Project, Malheur County, Oregon (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey and report.
  • Mojave Solar Project, Barstow, California (Abengoa Solar, California Energy Commission). Field surveys, construction monitoring, and reports.
  • Last Mile Transmission Line, Carbon County, Wyoming (Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., Bureau of Land Management). Field surveys, construction monitoring, and reports.
  • Uinta Basin Railway Project, Carbon, Duchesne, and Uintah Counties, Utah (Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, Bureau of Land Management). Analysis of existing data and reports.
  • Vale-Drewsey Transmission Power Line (“Line 226”), Oregon (Idaho Power). Field surveys, construction monitoring, and reports.
  • West of Devers Transmission Line Upgrade Project, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California (Southern California Edison). Field surveys, construction monitoring, and reports.
  • Mountain States Transmission Intertie Environmental Impact Statement, Clark, Butte, Jefferson, Blaine, Bonneville, Bingham, Lincoln, Minidoka, Power, and Jerome Counties, ID; and Broadwater, Jefferson, Deer Lodge, Silver Bow, Beaverhead, and Madison Counties, MT (Northwestern Energy, Bureau of Land Management). Analysis of existing data and paleontological resource EIS sections.
  • Tri-State Montrose-Nucla-Cahone Transmission Line Improvement Project, Montrose, Dolores, and San Miguel Counties, Colorado (Tri-State Generation and Transmission). Field surveys, construction monitoring, and reports.
  • Northwest Pipeline Systems Rockies Expansion Pipeline Project, Idaho and Wyoming (Williams Companies). Field surveys and reports, curation of fossils.
  • ONLine Transmission Line/Southwest Intertie Project, Ely, Nevada (NV Energy, Great Basin Transmission South, LLC). Field surveys, construction monitoring, and reports.
  • Ocotillo Wind Express Project, Imperial County, California (Pattern Energy, Bureau of Land Management). Field surveys, construction monitoring, reports, curation of fossils.
  • Rosemont Copper Project, Pima County, Arizona (United States Forest Service – Coronado National Forest). Field surveys and reports.
  • Stateline Solar Farm Project, San Bernardino County, California (First Solar, Bureau of Land Management). Field surveys, construction monitoring, and reports.
  • Summerlin Pipeline Replacement Project, Clark County, Nevada (Kern River Gas Transmission Line, Bureau of Land Management). Field surveys, construction monitoring, and reports.
  • Talega of San Clemente Residential and Commercial Development Project, San Clemente, California (Talega Associates, LLC). Field surveys, construction monitoring, reports, curation of fossils.
  • Harveston Phase II, Riverside County, California (Lennar Homes). Construction monitoring, reports, curation of fossils.
  • Ocean Ranch Corporate Centre Commercial Development Project, Oceanside, California (Stirling Development & Ivey Ranch Development Company). Construction monitoring, curation of fossils.
  • Dakota, Minnesota, & Eastern (DM&E) Railroad Corporation Expansion into the Powder River Basin, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Iowa (Canada Pacific Railway). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Interstate 15 Widening, California (Caltrans and San Diego County). Field surveys, construction monitoring, reports, curation of fossils.
  • US Highway 6 and Heritage Road Interchange Project, Jefferson County, Colorado (City of Golden). Field survey and report.
  • Boulder West Trail Study, Boulder County, Colorado (City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks). Field survey and report.
  • Outlaw Trails Paleontological Resource Inventory, Park County, Wyoming (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey and report.
  • Basin Gardens Play Area Project, Big Horn County, Wyoming (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Fort Peck Reservoir Recreation Areas, McCone, Garfield, Petroleum, Fergus, Phillips, and Valley Counties, Montana (United States Army Corps of Engineers). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Crooked Canyon Heritage Values Protection and Hill Climb Area Recreation Enhance Project, Uinta County, Wyoming (Bureau of Land Management, Uinta County). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Darnell Hills and Lovell Lakes OHV Area, Big Horn County, Wyoming (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey and report.
  • City of Thornton Police and Fire Station, Adams County, Colorado (ERO Resources). Salvage of Torosaurus (dinosaur).
  • Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Kanab-Escalante Area Lands RMPs/EIS, Kanab and Garfield Counties, Utah (Bureau of Land Management). Analysis of existing data and report.
  • Lake Powell Pipeline Project, Iron, Washington and Kane Counties, Utah and Coconino and Mohave Counties, Arizona (Utah Division of Water Resources). Analysis of existing data and report.
  • Royal Gorge Field Office Class I Paleontological Overview Report, Royal Gorge Field Office, Colorado (Bureau of Land Management). Analysis of existing data and report.
  • State of Montana Bureau of Land Management Indemnity Selection Project, Billings, Montana (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey and report.
  • Upper Las Vegas Wash Conservation Transfer Area, Clark County, Nevada (Bureau of Land Management). Paleontological resource EIS sections.
  • Surprise 3D Geophysical Investigation, Jackson County, Colorado (Dawson Geophysical). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP): Glade, Upper Galeton and Cactus Hill Reservoirs and Associated Pipelines and Facilities, Larimer and Weld Counties, Colorado (United States Army Corps of Engineers). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Gun Barrel, Madden Deep, and Iron Horse EIS and Paleontological Sensitivity Mapping, Fremont County, Wyoming (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Peterson Ridge and Rabbit Ears 3D, Jackson County, Colorado (Enercon, Bureau of Land Management). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Bears Ears Black Mesa Butte, San Juan County, Utah (Bureau of Land Management - Utah State Office). Field survey, report.
  • Chimney Hollow Reservoir Project, Larimer County, Colorado (Northern Colorado Water Conservation District). Field survey, construction monitoring, excavation of fossil mammoth site, report, curation of fossils.
  • Gateway West Aeolus to Jim Bridger Substation 500 kV/345 kV Transmission Project, Carbon and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming (PacifiCorp). Construction monitoring, report, curation of fossils.
  • Energy Vision 2020 Project, Wyoming (PacifiCorp). Construction monitoring, report, curation of fossils.
  • Gateway South Transmission Project, Multiple Counties, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah (PacifiCorp). Construction monitoring, report, curation of fossils.
  • Cherokee West Geophysical Investigation, Sweetwater County, Wyoming (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Meeteetse 3D Seismic Paleontological Survey, Park County, Wyoming (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Niobrara 3D Geophysical Investigation, Larimer and Weld Counties, Colorado (United States Forest Service). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Trace Ventures Cottonwood 3D Seismic Survey, Forest 1 Study Area, Uinta and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming (Trace Ventures). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport Environmental Assessment, Jefferson County, Colorado (Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport). Field survey, report.
  • San Diego International Airport: Site Selection Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Counties of San Diego and Imperial, California (San Diego International Airport). Analysis of existing data, report, EIR section.
  • Polo Ranch Residential Development, Santa Cruz County, California (Lennar Communities). Construction monitoring, report, excavation of fossil whale.
  • Mid Coast Transportation Corridor Rail Project, City and County of San Diego, California (SANDAG). Construction monitoring.
  • Paleontological Sensitivity Evaluation System for the City of San Francisco Environmental Planning and Permitting Department (City of San Francisco). Preparation of paleontological resource evaluation system for use by the city.
  • Paleontological Resource Assessment for the San Luis Valley Resource Management Rea, Saguache, Alamosa, Rio Grande, Conejos, Costilla, and Mineral Counties, Colorado (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey, report.
  • Paleontological Survey of 54,872 Acres of Bureau of Land Management Managed Land in New Mexico (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey, report.
  • Paleontological Resource Survey of 12 Open Space Properties, Boulder County, Colorado (Boulder County Parks and Open Space). Field survey, report.
  • Dakota Hogback Baseline Paleontological Resource Survey, Jefferson County, Colorado (Colorado State Land Board). Field survey, report.
  • Paleontological survey for the Cross Bar Ranch Project, Potter County, Texas (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Bison Basin Area of Paleontological Concern, Fremont and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey, report, curation of fossils.
  • Eastern Utah Connector Project, Utah (Bureau of Land Management and Seven County Infrastructure Coalition). Analysis of existing data, report.
  • SunZia Southwest Transmission Project, New Mexico and Arizona (Bureau of Land Management). Analysis of existing data, report.
  • Greenlink West Transmission Project, Nevada (Nevada Energy and Bureau of Land Management). Analysis of existing data, field surveys, reports.
  • Paleontological Overview of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Areas in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming (USDOE Argonne National Laboratory). Analysis of existing data, report.
  • Two Rivers Wind Project, Carbon County, Wyoming (Bureau of Land Management). Field survey, report.
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