CCEC mainains offices in the Savannah (GA)/Beaufort (SC) area and Atlanta (GA) in order to serve the entire Southeast. We specialize in many aspects of environmental services including floral and faunal studies, wetlands, archaeology, historic research, architectural history, cemtery assessments, and remote sensing techniques. We work for private industry and businesses as well state and federal government agencies and private individuals.
CCEC is prequalified with the Georgia Department of Transportation so you never need to question our ability to satisfy your environmental needs. And better yet, the archaeological services section of CCEC is recognized by the Department of Transportation in Georgia and South Carolina as a minority woman-owned business, a distinction that may have economic benefits for our clients.
Cypress Cultural and Environmental Consultants, LLC (CCEC) can help you obtain environmental clearance quickly and efficiently. The rapid rate at which many areas of the southeast are developing has created a surplus of work for the small number of cultural resource management companies operating in this area. Many are over-booked which does not allow them to respond quickly to new projects. As a relatively new company, CCC is available NOW to start on your project. More importantly, we understand that projects require a balance between the value of our environment and the need for progress and development. Consequently, we are discrete and make our clients' needs our top priority at all times. We promise quality services at low-cost rates.
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| Daphne L. Owens |
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Archaeology (Cypress Cultural Consultants)
Daphne Owens is the principal investigator for the Cypress Cultural Consultants. Daphne received a B.S. in Geology and Anthropology from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. She then received her Master’s Degree in 1997 from the University of Georgia. Her research interest involves phytoliths, plant microfossils that are currently being studied by only a handful of scientists around the world.
Daphne has helped conduct archaeological investigations at both prehistoric and historic sites throughout Georgia and Alabama including a Guale Indian village on Skidaway Island, Georgia and an antebellum house site in Montgomery, Alabama. She has also assisted in surveys at Ft. Stewart and Ft. Benning, Georgia. She developed and authored the cultural resource management plan for the Bankhead National Forest in northern Alabama. Daphne has perhaps gained her most valuable experience working for the Alabama State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) in Montgomery as a Senior Archaeologist. She has conducted numerous reviews of Section 106 projects directed by other cultural resource management companies. This experience provided Daphne with the knowledge of what information is necessary for an effective NHPA, Section 106 review. She thoroughly understands federal and state guidelines and requirements since she helped formulate and enforce such requirements for the State of Alabama as part of her work responsibilities.
Daphne is known for her dedication to the completion of projects through careful planning and flexibility. She also works well with the public. She can incorporate public lectures, media interviews, and tours as appropriate as part of any project.
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| Jack Burnside |
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| NEPA Documentation
Jack serves as the NEPA specialist for CCEC.
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| Erik Lunsford |
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| Ecology (Lunsford Consulting)
Established in 2002, by Erik Lunsford, Lunsford Consulting has provided services for numerous municipalities across the state. Mr. Lunsford graduated Georgia Southern University with a BS in Biology in 2001. Since then his experience has diversified in a number of ecological and biological fields. He began his career as a Research Assistant for the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines, Alaska. Upon his return to Georgia, Mr. Lunsford began his consulting firm in 2002 as a Field Ecologist locating T&E habitats, conducting T&E surveys, identifying jurisdictional waters, identifying invasive species and producing ecology reports for various GDOT funded projects. He also contracted with other private firms and conducted T&E species surveys on projects in North Carolina and Mississippi. Currently, Mr. Lunsford is a GDOT pre-qualified ecologist [1.06(e)].
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| Annette Loomis |
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| Structural Historian
Annette Loomis’ fascination with history and architecture began during her childhood, one that was characterized by extensive travel and residing in diverse locations, from the American Midwest and South, to Europe. Continuing along this path, she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture at the University of Virginia, focusing on historic preservation, early American architecture and archaeology during her undergraduate years. In the years between her undergraduate and graduate studies, she pursued a career in field archaeology (with the James River Institute for Archaeology and their non-profit affiliate, The Virginia Company, in Williamsburg, Virginia) and landscape restoration (under Spencer Tunnel, Landscape Architect). Melding the two disciplines, Ms. Loomis earned a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture and a Certificate in Historic Preservation at the University of Georgia. Following her graduation, Ms. Loomis became a consultant and then full time historian and staff landscape architect at the Atlanta firm of Hughes, Good, O’Leary and Ryan, establishing with NEPA engineer Jack Burnside the core of the firm’s environmental studio. During the formative years of her career, Ms. Loomis played key and supporting roles in several high-profile projects, including the restoration of Atlanta’s Swan House Boxwood Garden and the APVA’s search for the original James Fort (Jamestown Rediscovery Project, through the Virginia Company). In 2001, Ms. Loomis left HGOR to establish her own business focusing on federally funded projects. She is prequalified by GDOT as a historian and has personally authored more than 70 approved Section 106 environmental reports, documenting hundreds of historic resources. Ms. Loomis has the unusual perspective gained from having worked as both a designer and an historian.
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