Lyle C. Torp, MA, RPA, is Lecturer in the Cultural and Heritage Resource Management graduate program and teaches ANTH 742: Advanced Methods in CRM and ANTH 747: Business of CRM. He has served as the Managing Director for The Ottery Group since the founding of the firm in 1998. Lyle has over 25 years of cultural resource management experience, and regularly consults on issues related to compliance with Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In his technical capacity, Lyle conducts a variety of services related to archeological and historical assessments and historic preservation planning. He has served as Principal Investigator on numerous compliance-related projects throughout the country.  In addition to directing the operations of the firm, he is active in various types of public and professional outreach efforts. Mr. Torp has served on the Board of Directors for the American Cultural Resources Association (ACRA) and as president of the Council for Maryland Archeology, the organization of professional archeologists in Maryland.