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Integrating
History into
Landscape
ConservationCases from Federal Land
Management Agencies
April 7, 2011
National Council on Public History Annual Meeting
Presenters
Catherine Moore
National Parks Conservation Association
Rachel Kline
Heritage Stewardship Group,
USDA Forest Service
Alexandra Wallace
Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands,
Colorado State University
History in the “Nature” Parks of
the National Park
System
April 7, 2011
Catherine A. Moore
Nature Parks and History Parks:
Can We Bridge the Divide?
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
S. Paige, 1921 USGS Photo Library
Nature Parks and History
Parks Dichotomy originates in early years of the National
Park Service
Cultural/historical resources are found in every park unit, but structural impediments persist in enabling legislation, planning guidelines, etc
How do we find ways to research, document, and interpret aspects of history that cross the Nature/History divide?
Case studies suggest methods that might work outside park boundaries in landscape-level conservation strategies
Nominating Nature at
Rocky Mountain
National Park
Hikers on the Narrows, Longs Peak Trail
E.A. Mills photo, USGS Photo Library
Using the National Register of Historic
Places to Recognize Historic Resources
East Longs Peak Trail: listed in the NRHP in
2007 for its significance in conservation,
recreation, and landscape architecture,
and its association with Enos Mills and the
founding of the park
Dr. Beatrice Willard’s alpine tundra
vegetation research plots: listed in NRHP in
2007 for significance in conservation and
science
Local Voices Speak at Lake Clark
National Park and Preserve
University of Alaska – Fairbanks
Project Jukebox
http://jukebox.uaf.edu/pjweb/pjhome.htm
http://jukebox.uaf.edu/lakeclark/html/ttmap-1c.html
Clicking a number brings
up a photo of the site and a
link to an MP3 recording of
a Dena’ina elder speaking
about the site.
Subsistence as History and
Community Connection Project Jukebox (with University of Alaska-
Fairbanks): oral histories, history of land and
resource use, of transportation and of preservation
of resources
Park uses subsistence program and information for
resource management, interpretation, and means
of connecting with the local community
Telaquana Trail: subsistence as frame for cultural
landscape interpretation
Sharing The Gift At Timucuan
Ecological and Historic Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt Area Hiking Guide and Trail Map
NPS Brochure, Florida Times-Union photo
“There’s a lot that’s disappearing (land), but people are waking upto the fact there’s not much left.”
“That’s why I want this place saved. So you can come see God.”
“Pretty soon there will come a day when there will be nothing but aconcrete jungle from New York City to Jacksonville.”
- Willie Browne, 1969
Using History to Blur the
Boundaries Timucuan blurs the edges of national park/urban
park, and of nature preserve/historic monument
Theodore Roosevelt Natural Area interpretation
focuses on conservation history
Kingsley Plantation interpretation includes recreation era and local history
American Beach tells the story of 20th century
segregation in recreation and daily life
Building Bridges
Between History and Nature
Landscape Arch, Arches National Park
S. W. Lohman, 1973
Tools for Telling History in the
Wider Landscape
Rocky Mountain National Park – used
National Register nominations
Lake Clark – used the subsistence element
of enabling legislation
Timucuan – used the park’s mandate as a
combined ecological and historic site to
incorporate land use, local history, and
acquisition story as conservation history
Managing
History and
Landscape
in the
National Forests
April 18, 2011
Rachel D. Kline
Caring for the land and serving people
Los Padres National Forest
Compliance
Monterey Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest
Section 106 and 110 of
the NHPA
Oftentimes, compliance
work focuses on the
document rather than
the resource.
Integrating history and the FS mission
Lake Wenatchee, Wenatchee National Forest
Forest Service Administrative Architecture
Stevens Pass Guard Station,
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Blanchard and Maher’s design for a two office building.
Forest Service Summer Home Tracts
South Shore Summer Home Tract
Cabins, Wenatchee National Forest
Little Medicine Lake Summer Home Tract
Cabins, Modoc National Forest
Acquired Properties
Red Rock Mercury Mine, Inyo National Forest
Rose Valley, Los Padres National Forest
Acquired Properties
Fuchs House, Mark Twain National Forest
“Our organization and our methods must never be
frozen, but always subject to change” –Gifford Pinchot
Crescent Beach Summer Home
Tract, Wenatchee National Forest
Mission Possible:
Integrating Natural
and Cultural
Resources
Protection with
Military Operations
Alexandra V. Wallace
What does CEMML do?
Support to the Department of Defense
(DoD)
Conservation
Environmental planning
Natural and cultural resources management
Joint goals: military training mission
cultural resource protection
DoD Resources
29 million acres of land in the U.S.
344,950 buildings in the U.S. and Territories
109,595 fifty years or older
Over 19,000 individual historic properties
Including over 16,700 known archaeological sites
3,200 historic buildings
694 entries on the NRHP
73 NHLs
How does the DoD protect cultural
resources?
Protection of cultural resources is part of
DoD mission
Cultural Resources Manager (CRM)
Maintains historical resources
International efforts
Coso Rock Art National Historic Landmark at the Naval
Air Weapons Station, China Lake, CaliforniaPioneer Cabin at Air Force Academy
Integrated Cultural Resources
Management Plan (ICRMP)
DoD Instruction requirement
Five year plan in tandem with installation master
plan
Tailored to each installation and mission
Maintain compliance with CR laws and
regulations, including NHPA, NAGPRA, ARPA, and
AHPA
Integrate with NEPA process
National War College Building at the
National Defense University complex
at Fort Leslie J. McNair in
Washington, D.C.
ICRMP Components
Resources with NRHP eligibility status
Potentially-disturbing actions
Standard Operating Procedures
Coordination and consultation process
Curation and repatriation procedures
Huffman Prairie at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio World War II Chapel at Adak Naval Air
Station, Alaska
Construction Engineering Research
Laboratory (CERL)
Under the guidance of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Research and development
Infrastructure and environmental sustainment
Construct, operate, and maintain installations
Ensure environmental quality
Reduced life-cycle cost
Guidelines for Identifying and Evaluating
Historic Military Landscapes
Active and inactive installations
Area within the installation’s boundary with a shared historical association, characteristics, and themes
related to the American military installation use
Complex character: heritage and technology
Guidelines for Identifying and Evaluating
Historic Military Landscapes
Holistic approach
Develop context
Identify character-defining features
Evaluate the landscapes and NRHP nomination
DoD Sustainability Application Guide for
Historic Properties
Utilize the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design rating system for existing
buildings (LEED-EB) Rating system
Four certification levels
Benefits of retrofitting Cost savings
Quality of life
Federal compliance
DoD Sustainability Application Guide for
Historic Properties
15 LEED-certified DoD buildings
Sustainable sites
Water efficiency
Energy & atmosphere
Materials & resources
Indoor environmental
quality
Innovation in upgrades,
operations, and maintenance
Legacy Resource Management
Program
Balance military mission with cultural and
natural resource protection
Cultural Property Protection Planning and
Training
Raise awareness of heritage resource
protection
Cultural Property Protection Planning
In Theater Training Cultural Training Assets:
Construction Specifications
Cultural Property Protection Planning
Archaeology and Heritage Training & Checklist
Cultural Property Protection Planning and Training
Playing Cards Soldier Pocket Cards
DoD highly values natural and cultural
resources
Integrated Cultural Resources
Management Plans (ICRMPs)
Construction Research Engineering
Laboratory (CERL)
Legacy Resource Management
Question Review
Park chronology shapes options
What can we do with restricted or
hazardous sites?
What are other opportunities for
integrating and sharing history?
What is the methodology and value for
preserving sites that may never be viewed
by a larger public due to national
security?
Brainstorm
Does compliance enabling legislation
dictate how land managers think about
history?
How are we restricted by this?
How can we get past this?