About Us

Teresa (Tesa) Villalobos

Archaeologist
tvillalobos@fs.fed.us
(559) 341-8963 (ET)
Houghton, MI

Specialties

•Archaeological field survey
•Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
•Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
•Technical writing for National Heritage Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 compliance
•Heritage assessments for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance

Education

•Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
•Master of Arts, Applied Archaeology, Northern Arizona University

Professional Memberships

• Society for American Archaeology
• Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honorary Society

Experience

Tesa has worked with the Forest Service since 2004, and has enjoyed working with the TEAMS Heritage Crew since 2007.  She completed her Master’s degree in 2010 with a focus on cultural resource management and Forest Service Heritage Program policy.  Tesa is a skilled archaeological field crew leader with experience in all phases of project work, including background research, survey design, data management, and site recording, as well as Section 106 and NEPA report writing.  She is knowledgeable about CRM legislation, including NHPA and NEPA, and has experience following State Heritage Preservation Office protocols in numerous states across the country. Tesa is also proficient with GPS technology and many computer applications, such as ESRI ArcGIS, Microsoft Access and Excel, and the National Resource Management (I-Web/Infra) database.