Historic Preservation & Federal Public LandsMore
For over 20 years, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has advocated for the preservation of historic and cultural resources on federal public lands. The Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service and the National Park Service control millions of acres of land rich in resources, ranging from Native American cliff dwellings and sacred sites to ranger cabins and early twentieth-century dude ranches.
A variety of factors – inadequate survey information about cultural resources, insufficient funding, pressure from competing uses like energy development and recreation, lack of agency will – combine to expose resources on these lands to many types of threats.
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- On October 9, 2009, the Department of the Interior released a report calling for a “time-out” on oil and gas leasing near Nine Mile Canyon, Utah, home to one of the densest collections of rock art sites in the entire country, due to a finding that such leases “will likely result in ... more traffic, leading to more dust and greater adverse effects to the cultural resources in the Canyon.” Read National Trust for Historic Preservation President Richard Moe's statement »
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)More
The cultural resources managed by BLM represent the tangible remains of over 13,000 years of human adaptation on the North American continent. Learn more »
National Park Service (NPS)More
The historic places in our National Parks showcase the breadth of American history, but many are threatened by a lack of funding. Learn more »
United States Forest Service (USFS)More
More than 300,000 places of landmark historic or cultural significance, including are at risk of ruin within US Forest Service lands. Learn more »
