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18 1 Statement of Qualifications <br />PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS <br />NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES <br />CEDAR SPRINGS WIND <br />PROJECT <br />Douglas County, Wyoming <br />Beginning in August 2018 and coming to a successful conclusion <br />in September 2019, PaleoWest has completed fieldwork, tribal <br />consultation, and reporting for the Cedar Springs Wind project in <br />Douglas County, Wyoming. The inventory was conducted at the <br />request of NextEra, who are planning to construct 208 wind turbines <br />estimated to yield 520 MW of renewable wind energy. <br />More than 13,000 acres were inventoried, resulting in a recording <br />of 110 sites and 704 isolates. During the field inventory, more than <br />30 people across several PaleoWest offices were employed as field <br />crew, report writers, GIS analysts, and management. A rich prehistoric <br />and historic record was documented, including high plains hunter - <br />gatherer sites, plentiful prehistoric stone architecture (stone circles, <br />hunting blinds, cairns, vision quest sites), and historical architectural <br />remains related to homesteading, rural schooling, and ranching. <br />PaleoWest also facilitated tribal consultation meetings and led a <br />guided tour of the project area for THPOs of four regional tribes <br />(Cheyenne River Sioux, Standing Rock Sioux Spirit Lake, and Three <br />Affiliated Tribes). <br />Our PaleoWest team was able to meet the client's aggressive <br />permitting schedule, producing four reports of over 13,000 acres of <br />inventory in just over one year. The team worked closely with WY- <br />SHPO regarding new reporting methods implemented mid -project, <br />and the submitted reports all exceeded the WY-SHPOs <br />standards and were approved without revisions. <br />