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On March 25, President Obama designated 5 new national monuments, including four at a landscape scape. Learn more about these varied places, which includes sites in Delaware, Washington State, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Mexico.
An overview of the recent George Wright Society Conference in Denver with an emphasis on cultural landscapes and a short video feature on Indigenous Cultural Landscapes in the Chesapeake. Click through to learn more and watch.
A recent report summarizing the evaluations of twelve National Heritage Areas (NHA) found very positive outcomes. The evaluators gave the NHAs thumbs up for following their legislative purpose, for accomplishing their management goals, and for creating effective locally driven management structure. The evaluations concluded that every NHA followed responsible financial practices, routinely leveraging the National Park Service funding four-fold for projects and programs in their region.
It has been a long process, but the management plan for the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is finally done. There is only one step left, the Secretary of Interior has to ink in his, or maybe now her, name on a letter of approval. So what lies ahead?
The NPS has recently issued an update of sorts to the influential Leopold Report, among the first documents to advocate for an ecosystem approach to natural resource management in protected areas. What’s good about the new “Revisiting Leopold” document and what needs a bit more work.
On March 25, President Obama designated 5 new national monuments, including four at a landscape scape. Learn more about these varied places, which includes sites in Delaware, Washington State, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New Mexico.
An overview of the recent George Wright Society Conference in Denver with an emphasis on cultural landscapes and a short video feature on Indigenous Cultural Landscapes in the Chesapeake. Click through to learn more and watch.
A recent report summarizing the evaluations of twelve National Heritage Areas (NHA) found very positive outcomes. The evaluators gave the NHAs thumbs up for following their legislative purpose, for accomplishing their management goals, and for creating effective locally driven management structure. The evaluations concluded that every NHA followed responsible financial practices, routinely leveraging the National Park Service funding four-fold for projects and programs in their region.
It has been a long process, but the management plan for the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is finally done. There is only one step left, the Secretary of Interior has to ink in his, or maybe now her, name on a letter of approval. So what lies ahead?
The NPS has recently issued an update of sorts to the influential Leopold Report, among the first documents to advocate for an ecosystem approach to natural resource management in protected areas. What’s good about the new “Revisiting Leopold” document and what needs a bit more work.