History
ASM's Historical Division provides Research and Analysis, Preservation, and Historical Archeology services to a broad spectrum of clients from federal, state, and local government agencies to private firms. Our team of professionals is dedicated to preparing high-quality, cost-effective deliverables that give our clients the information and analysis they need to comply with federal, state, and local regulations; manage their cultural and natural resources; execute transactions; engage in legal proceedings; and understand policy developments.
Research and Analysis Branch
As a research-based company, ASM is committed to providing relevant and effective deliverables that are tailored to specific client needs. Our research and analysis services are designed to add value by providing pertinent and timely products to meet regulatory, legal, or policy objectives.
ASM offers expertise in identifying and accessing information, filling existing data gaps, resolving information deficiencies, and providing relevant analysis of present-day inquiries. We focus on assessing our clients’ needs and preparing the appropriate deliverable.
The Research and Analysis Branch specializes in documenting natural resources use and environmental and social change for a range of projects and applications. Our staff has the experience to quickly understand client needs and define a research schedule that will produce the necessary information and analysis in a timely manner.
Our core Research and Analysis services include:
Historical Research
- Archival research at local, regional, and national repositories
- Qualitative interviewing for institutional memory projects, policy analysis, and historical documentation
- Land and water utilization studies for various applications
- Legislative and policy development analyses
- Administrative and organizational histories
- Historic interpretation for historical sites and public spaces
- Historical contexts and site-specific research for compliance with NEPA, CEQA, and local ordinances
- Research and analysis for water, land, and mineral-related litigation
Research Specialties
- Water infrastructure development
- Historical land use and environmental change
- Institutional development and evolution
- Native American history and ethnography
ASM Services
ARCHAEOLOGY
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
HISTORY
ETHNOGRAPHY
Project Experience
ASM’s research and analysis capabilities are broad based with experience in regional and site-specific projects. Over the years, our research efforts have resolved administrative inquiries and contributed to management decisions for cultural resources and contemporary business operations. Our pertinent deliverables accurately and concisely convey information needed by federal, state, and local agencies; law firms; water districts and associations; engineering, environmental, and natural resources firms; and private companies.
Our working knowledge of record collections will benefit our clients because we understand their questions and know how to get the answers. Many of the questions we have resolved required that we know how to gather information on:
- homesteads
- mining
- farming
- ranching
- transportation
- public works
- urban development
- power generation
- military installations & technologies (World War II and Cold War)
- water use & infrastructure development
- riparian ecosystems