March 13, 2015 NCSHPO Testimony submitted to U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies.
2026 National Historic Preservation Advocacy Week March 2-5, 2026 | Washington, DC | Event Sold Out! Event Materials State coordinators/advocates should plan to print any one-pagers you wish to leave behind in Congressional offices. Upon arrival in DC, Advocacy Week attendees will be given a master copy of the above materials Materials can also be […]
6.10.2026 Update Recent reporting on Congressional permitting reform negotiations highlights the debate on the role of the National Historic Preservation Act in project delivery. While stakeholders continue to discuss potential changes, the conversation has also underscored a reality long recognized by preservation practitioners: in FY 2025 alone, SHPOs and THPOs reviewed over 200,000 federal undertakings. […]
The effort to comprehensively rewrite the regulations implementing Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act continues to move through the federal rulemaking process. Following the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s (ACHP) July vote to advance a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the draft is now undergoing interagency review before publication in the Federal Register. Once […]
“State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPOs) are in a state of crisis. Congressionally appropriated FY 2025 funding through the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), necessary to fulfill SHPOs federally delegated responsibilities, has not been released – as a result, offices are preparing to lay off staff. What does this mean? This means National Register nominations, Determinations of […]