Mostly at a park level, projects encompass a broad range of research, operational, andeducational activities across all aspects of cultural resource stewardship activities, including but notlimited to…

The Department of the Interior's National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $1,034,036 Cooperative Agreement under its Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946) to the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO), a nonprofit organization, on July 25, 2023. The goal of this 5-year project is to foster partnerships that explore, create, and modify tools to incorporate climate change information, guidance, mitigations, and adaptations for cultural resource stewardship activities under the management and purview of the NPS and State Historic Preservation Offices. Through this funding, NCSHPO will deliver a range of services, including developing guidance and training, coordinating preservation activities, supporting tax incentive programs, assisting with planning and compliance, preparing documentation, and revising key policy guidance documents. These efforts aim to enhance cultural resource stewardship nationwide by addressing climate change impacts and improving processes across federal, state, and local levels.

Mostly at a park level, projects encompass a broad range of research, operational, andeducational activities across all aspects of cultural resource stewardship activities, including but notlimited to inventory, monitoring, research, rehabilitation, reconstruction, restoration, preservation, documentation, data recovery, education, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Thegoal of this task agreement is to foster partnerships to explore, create, and modify tools to incorporate climate change information, guidance, mitigations, and adaptations identify meaningful data gaps create efficient and effective compliance pathways and support planning, decision making, and actions that affect cultural resources under the management and or purview of the national park service and state historic preservation officers offices. Beneficiaries include state and local governments, federally recognized indian tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, educational or scientific institutions, associations, individuals.