The employed contractors and associated projects included in this task agreement directly benefit the goal promoting the purposes of the national historic preservation act by expanding and improving…

The National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO) was awarded a $4,313,494.78 Cooperative Agreement by the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cultural Resources Management (CFDA 15.946) federal grant program. The award aims to expand and improve historic preservation program capabilities in responding to climate change impacts on cultural resources. The project work will analyze existing and recently completed projects, followed by field implementation, piloting, refinement, and expansion of the original scope. The completed work is expected to be widely disseminated to federal, state, tribal, and local cultural resource managers. This Cooperative Agreement, with a performance period from December 27, 2024, to December 31, 2029, supports NCSHPO's efforts in providing comprehensive services focused on cultural resource stewardship, including developing professional procedure guides, creating geospatial data for historic site inventories, supporting the National Register of Historic Places program, providing training to state historic preservation office staff, coordinating preservation activities, and addressing climate change impacts on cultural resources.

The employed contractors and associated projects included in this task agreement directly benefit the goal promoting the purposes of the national historic preservation act by expanding and improving historic preservation programs capabilities to respond to climate change impacts to cultural resources. Project work will analyze existing and recently completed projects and follow with the next logical steps including field implementation, piloting and refinement, expansion of original scope, and or other identified future project phases. Project elements are expected to widely disseminate completed work to federal, state, tribal, and local cultural resource managers.