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A new National Monument in Washington State’s San Juan Islands is an important step in making tidelands accessible in a state where the majority of shorelines are private property.

This piece by Peter Stott, originally published in the George Wright forum journal, provides a strong case for the United States’ participation in the World Heritage Convention.
It is hard to keep up with all the legislative comings and goings of the National Heritage Area (NHA) program. For those that have been following the efforts of the NHAs to be reauthorized and receive a modicum of funding, it has been a roller coaster ride.

Learn more about this month’s featured landscape, the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail.

Reflections on a recent visit to Sapelo Island, Georgia, a living landscape home to generations of Geechee people, now threatened by increased tax rates and coastal development.

A new National Monument in Washington State’s San Juan Islands is an important step in making tidelands accessible in a state where the majority of shorelines are private property.

This piece by Peter Stott, originally published in the George Wright forum journal, provides a strong case for the United States’ participation in the World Heritage Convention.
It is hard to keep up with all the legislative comings and goings of the National Heritage Area (NHA) program. For those that have been following the efforts of the NHAs to be reauthorized and receive a modicum of funding, it has been a roller coaster ride.

Learn more about this month’s featured landscape, the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail.

Reflections on a recent visit to Sapelo Island, Georgia, a living landscape home to generations of Geechee people, now threatened by increased tax rates and coastal development.