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2005
My paper will focus on three techniques that have proven useful in the United States of America for protecting and controlling the settings of heritage places and may be useful examples for other countries to adapt to their legal systems and traditions: (1) Heritage Areas - Heritage Areas are a strategy that encourages residents, government agencies, non-profit groups and private partners to collaboratively plan and implement programs and projects that recognize, preserve and celebrate many of America's defining landscapes. Heritage areas seek short and long-term solutions to their conservation and development challenges by fostering relationships among regional stakeholders and encouraging them to work collaboratively to achieve shared goals. (2) Conservation Easements - A conservation easement (or conservation restriction) is a legal agreement between a landowner and a land trust or government agency that permanently limits uses of the land in order to protect its conservation...
Exploring the Boundaries of Historic Landscape Preservation
2008
Landscape designers have long sought to address the edges of water bodies in an effort to increase visual access and promote human enjoyment of the experience of water. However, as more regulations to protect the environment have been established, the challenge for current stewards of historic designed landscapes is to balance environmental regulations, specifically water quality regulations— with preservation of historic resources. This paper looks at three Delaware properties which incorporate existing watercourses into their historic designed landscapes and describes how landscape managers at each property address conflicts between environmental and historic preservation objectives.
Theory and Praxis in Decolonizing the Federal Historic Preservation Program
Standard compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) often disenfranchises Native Americans from their heritage. NHPA over the past 50 years has privileged a particular Anglo-centric, Western science perspective. This is particularly true of archaeological resources. The resulting scope and content of significance determinations for historic properties, as well as the strategies and methods for their management, reflect this subjective viewpoint. The perspectives, attitudes, and values of culturally diverse Native people, in turn, are seldom engaged in meaningful dialog to establish the historical and cultural foundations for orienting the American people writ large. The ideals behind the NHPA that birthed the Section 106 process were well intended, but the process as it has been and is applied by federal agencies has left Native Americans to deal with the unfair ramifications of its biased application. The federal process does not currently encourage a meaningful, negotiated agreement with traditional communities regarding how an agency evaluates significance, effect, or designs appropriate treatment measures to Native American heritage resources. This workshop explores these underlying biases and assumptions that are inherent in the standard compliance process. Workshop participants will be challenged to design creative, innovative ways of complying with the NHPA that creates a more inclusive and equitable environment for Native people.
1993
Mission: As the Nation's principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally-owned public lands and natural and cultural resources. This includes fostering wise use of our land and water resources, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the environmental and cultural values of our national parks and historical places, and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. The Department also promotes the goals of the Take Pride in America campaign by encouraging stewardship and citizen responsibility for the public lands and promoting citizen participation in their care. The Department also has a major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in Island Territories under U.S. Administration.
Rethinking & Reevaluating UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Lessons experimented within the USA
Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, 2018
Having more than 1,000 sites on the World Heritage List raises questions regarding what world heritage means. The re-evaluation of heritage sites within the USA will be conducted as a case study, where similar issues of historical designation has taken place. Within recent decades there has emerged a policy of revisiting designations that occurred prior to 1990, when the nomination process was less rigorous. These re-evaluations do not necessarily remove the property from heritage designation, but the process has been valuable from a qualitative standpoint because a better understanding of significance has been achieved. The paper aims to discuss this issue.
A Heritage Preservation Needs Assessment for the Yager/Van Duzen Environmental Stewards
Members of a collaborative watershed group in rural Humboldt County have formally declared in their mission statement that they have a commitment to maintaining their heritage, but what does that mean? Understanding diverse perspectives toward heritage is important for historic preservation and cultural resource law implementation, particularly on working landscapes. This study asks how perceptions held by ranching and logging families in rural Humboldt County compare to those of the regulators and agencies, as informed by the laws concerning historic preservation. I utilized a mixed-methods approach that included semi-structured oral interviews, participant observation and document review. The research revealed that landowners tend to view heritage as an anticipatory process that is flexible and dynamic. On the other hand, the laws and regulations in place that protect heritage, tend to be object oriented, with a heavy emphasis on distinct and manageable buildings, sites or objects. Because the landowners see heritage differently than the regulators or agencies do, there is the potential for conflict. Conflicts include fears that landowners hold regarding over-regulation and over protection, and fears that regulators hold concerning the loss of archaeological data or historical resources. However, there are also areas of agreement, such as an appreciation for the rich and complex histories, which can enhance the future of this important working landscape. By offering some information about the context and processes surrounding historic preservation laws and potential incentives, this paper aims to fill the gaps between the different understandings of heritage, and to identify ways in which historic preservation might be used instrumentally to maintain the sustainability of this working landscape.