September 10, 2008
NATIONAL ENERGY COMPANY PICKS PAR

Peabody Investments Corporation, one of the nation's largest coal and energy companies, enters into a Master Performance Agreement with Prairie Archaeology & Research to provide archaeological, historical, and cultural resource services. PAR anticipates assisting with the impact to cultural resources associated with operations managed by Black Beauty Coal Company at their Upper Midwest operations during the fall of 2008.

August 30, 2008
PAR INSTRUMENTAL IN NORTH CANTON MINE PERMIT

Prairie Archaeology & Research prepared a "Memorandum of Agreement" between the Illinois State Historic Preservation Officer and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of Capitol Resources Corporation. The agreement outlines how adverse impacts to significant archaeological resources associated with Capitol Resource's North Canton Mine in Illinois will be mitigated.

July 17, 2008
78TH STREET SITE VIDEO GOES ONLINE

As part of PAR's commitment to public awareness of archaeology, we have produced a ten minute introduction and tour of the 78th Street Site (11S821), a multi-component habitation located in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois. You can view it from our Featured Sites page or on YouTube.

September 1, 2007
NEW NAME, RENEWED FOCUS

As Environmental Compliance Consultants, Inc., embarks on its second decade, we have decided to focus our business on those services which have propelled us to be the Midwest's leader in archaeological, cultural resource, and historical consulting. To mark this new era, we have changed our name to Prairie Archaeology & Research.