Employee Spotlight
Preserving The Past While Building the Future
For archaeologist Gabriel Robles, Catalina Island, California, is home and a landscape rich with thousands of years of cultural history. See how he works alongside project teams, tribal groups and the City of Avalon to protect cultural resources while helping essential infrastructure move forward responsibly.
CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Balancing cultural preservation and community needs
On the City of Avalon’s Five Corners infrastructure improvement project, archaeological monitoring helps identify sensitive areas and minimize impacts to Catalina Island’s cultural resources.
With 25 years of experience and a lifelong connection to the island, Gabriel helps teams respond quickly when cultural materials are encountered so work can continue responsibly.
Through careful recovery, tribal consultation and respectful reinterment, our Cultural Resource Management team helps ensure ancestral and cultural materials are treated with dignity while meeting complex regulatory requirements. In states such as California, where cultural resource and tribal consultation laws are particularly stringent, early planning and proactive coordination are essential to project success. By incorporating these considerations into project planning and permitting, Onterris helps communities meet today’s needs while preserving history for future generations.
With 25 years of experience and a lifelong connection to the island, Gabriel helps teams respond quickly when cultural materials are encountered so work can continue responsibly.
Through careful recovery, tribal consultation and respectful reinterment, our Cultural Resource Management team helps ensure ancestral and cultural materials are treated with dignity while meeting complex regulatory requirements. In states such as California, where cultural resource and tribal consultation laws are particularly stringent, early planning and proactive coordination are essential to project success. By incorporating these considerations into project planning and permitting, Onterris helps communities meet today’s needs while preserving history for future generations.
When work goes well, I feel that I’ve done something to help protect and preserve a little slice of history that not many people get to see. I’m not just protecting the past, I’m helping shape how we move forward.
Gabriel Vitre Robles, Archaeological Monitor, Onterris
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