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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.
The 1991 report “Made in Pennsylvania,” which documented the Commonwealth’s significant industrial heritage, is a good barometer to use in measuring the important work that the state’s heritage areas have accomplished. Threats to the National Heritage Areas program now put these gains in jeopardy.
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.
Paul Bray links Franklin D. Roosevelt’s conservation agenda and outlook to our present times with a piece on FDR’s ideas on liberty of the community.
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.
The 1991 report “Made in Pennsylvania,” which documented the Commonwealth’s significant industrial heritage, is a good barometer to use in measuring the important work that the state’s heritage areas have accomplished. Threats to the National Heritage Areas program now put these gains in jeopardy.
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.
Paul Bray links Franklin D. Roosevelt’s conservation agenda and outlook to our present times with a piece on FDR’s ideas on liberty of the community.