Kelly Derr is a Senior Archaeologist in our Portland, Oregon office, the Spokane Regional Manager, and an Oregon Regional Co-Manager. She joined HRA in 2014 and specializes in paleoecology using pollen analysis, fire history, dendrochronology, and faunal analysis. Her favorite projects include those that use her specialties: “Anytime I can be out in the field identifying plant resources or be looking through a microscope at charcoal or pollen, it’s a good day!” She also has fond memories of fieldwork on the Upper Umpqua, when the resident wolf pack started howling nearby in the late afternoon, and recording fish weirs in Coos Bay.
Celebrating 50 years of HRA in 2024!