NPCA submitted the following position on legislation being considered by the House Natural Resources Committee during a markup on July 12th and 13th.
NPCA supports this bill that would allow the National Park Service to continue to provide support for state, tribal, and local efforts of historic preservation. The Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) was created by Congress in 1976 to provide funding to State Historic and Tribal Historic Preservation Officers. HPF funds facilitate the documentation, preservation and interpretation of our cultural and historic resources, often reaching into urban and rural communities that lack other sources of financial support for this critical work. The funding authorization for the HPF expired on September 30, 2015; Rep. Turner’s bill reauthorizes this important fund.
For More Information
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Alan Spears
Senior Director of Cultural Resources, Government Affairs
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Blog Post
Make Them Hear You
New signs ask visitors to report to the Department of the Interior anything that portrays U.S. history in a negative light. Tell the administration, instead, to stop meddling.
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Press Release
New Park Signs Undermine Rangers, Aim to Erase History
Forcing rangers to post these signs is an outrage and shows deep contempt for their work to preserve and tell all American stories.
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Blog Post
6 Worst Things That Happened to National Parks Last Month
ICYMI: May was a bad month for national parks under the Trump administration and congressional Republicans. We sound the alarm on the last 30 days’ most distressing actions.
