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ACHP Announces 2011 Section 106 Training
Registration for the Section 106 Essentials Course and Section 106 Advanced Seminar is now open. Special registration rates are offered for individuals and groups who register for the Essentials Course and pay prior to December 15, 2010. Click here for more information and to register

Famed Tuskegee Airmen Airstrip Wins National Award
ACHP Chairman Wayne Donaldson and National Trust President Stephanie Meeks presented a joint historic preservation award October 29 at the annual conference of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Austin, Texas. The National Park Service’s Moton Field, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, in Tuskegee, Ala. is the winner of the National Trust/ACHP Award for Federal Partnerships in Historic Preservation. Read more

McAlister Named History Teacher of the Year
Kansas middle school teacher Nathan McAlister was named the history teacher of the year today. Read more about the winner and award. Nominate a teacher for the 2011 award.

Preserve America Grants Awarded
National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis and ACHP Chairman Wayne Donaldson, today announced $1.3 million in Preserve America grants to 22 projects in 16 states. Read more.

Successful Section 106 Outcome Makes Way for Historical Park in Wyoming
The ACHP participated in a Section 106 case which will preserve the Lander Road (a trail that was an alternative to the Oregon Trail in the years of westward expansion). ACHP Executive Director John M. Fowler said "This was a good outcome for all parties, demonstrating how the Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act enables projects while protecting our heritage when creatively applied." Click here to read the press release and view photographs on the Web site of the New Fork River Crossing Historical Park.

ACHP Awards Colorado Youth Summits
ACHP Chairman Wayne Donaldson gave the ACHP Award for Federal Preserve America Accomplishment to a variety of entities for their work in engaging youth in historic preservation at a series of seven Colorado Youth Summits. Read more.

ACHP Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan Now Available
In accordance with Executive Order 13514, “Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance,” the ACHP has developed a Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan. It addresses how the ACHP will enhance its energy efficiency and help promote historic preservation as a sustainability tool.     

Citizen’s Guide to Section 106 New Edition Now Available
The ACHP is proud to announce it has updated and reissued Protecting Historic Properties: A Citizen’s Guide to Section 106. The Citizen’s Guide is a useful tool for learning how to protect historic places in your community.

Case Digest Now Available
The latest edition of the ACHP's quarterly Case Digest is available now. Read stories about current historic preservation activities across the United States.

America's Great Outdoors Wants to Hear from You
President Barack Obama has established the America's Great Outdoors Initiative to promote and support innovative community-level efforts to conserve outdoor spaces and to reconnect Americans to the outdoors, history, and places that are important to them. A series of listening sessions around the country are taking place this summer and fall. Read more.

First Lady Designates 29 New Preserve America Communities
First Lady Michelle Obama recently designated 29 communities as Preserve America Communities bringing the grand total of designated communities to 843 over the seven years the program has been in existence. Read more about the latest designees across the United States. Read more.

ACHP Task Force on Sustainability and Historic Preservation
A task force of ACHP members has started its work addressing areas of concern in energy efficiency and community livability as part of a greater government priority for sustainability. Read more about who is serving on the task force and its activities and goals. Read more.

ACHP Publishes Q&A for Gulf Oil Spill Response
Read the ACHP's Questions and Answers regarding treatment of historic properties in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and visit the ACHP's page on the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for the Protection of Historic Properties During Federal Emergency Response.

Preserve America E-Newsletter Available
Read the latest e-newsletter with stories of new designations and activities Preserve America Communities can host for heritage tourism, and much more.

ACHP Updates Tribal Consultation Plan
While the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has long had a consultation plan for dealing with tribal governments in existence, President Barack Obama's Nov. 4, 2009, executive memorandum served as the impetus for updating the plan and submitting it to the Office of Management and Budget to better comply with the directive. Read more.

ACHP and Department of Energy Streamline Section 106 Process
The ACHP and DOE are providing a prototype Programmatic Agreement for dealing with historic properties as part of Recovery Act projects. Read more.

Preserve America Grants Effectiveness Report Released
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has released a report to Congress on the preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of Preserve America Grants over the last four years. Read more.

Section 3 Report to the President Now Available
The 2009 Report to the President on the federal government's stewardship of its historic properties is now available. Read more. Download the report.

Web-based Archaeology Guidance Now Available
Washington, D.C.—The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has developed new archaeology guidance to assist federal agencies in meeting their responsibilities under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The guidance is available at: www.achp.gov/archguide. Read more.

ACHP News Archive

Section 106 Archaeology Guidance
ACHP Guidance on Program Comments as a Program Alternative
Register for the ACHP's Section 106 Course
Heritage Tourism
Economic Issues in Historic Preservation
Preserve America