In July and December 2010, and July 2011, Environmental Services, Inc. (ESI), on behalf of Georgia L. Flanders, LLC, preformed a cultural resource assessment survey of the Yam Grandy Wetland and Stream Mitigation Bank located in Emanuel County, Georgia. The goal of the survey was to locate, identify, delineate, and evaluate all cultural resources within the proposed areas of impact, including prehistoric and historic archaeological sites and historic structures, to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended. The archaeological survey included a pedestrian surface inspection, judgmental and 30-meter shovel testing of areas of proposed impacts, and systematic shovel testing of the Crooked Creek relocation channel at 90-meter intervals. As a result of the survey, three historic sites (9EM124, 9EM126, 9EM127) were encountered within the proposed areas of impact. Those sites include a 19th Century grist mill and dam, a 19th century road bed, and an early 20th century tramway. None of these sites appear to meet the criteria to be eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. The proposed Yam Grandy Mitigation Bank should be allowed to proceed without further concern regarding significant cultural resources within the area of proposed impacts.
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