Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s Post

In just over a century, the Antiquities Act has preserved some of the country’s most ecologically vital, historically and culturally important public lands for the enjoyment and awe of generations to come. Despite the overwhelmingly popular nature of the Antiquities Act and the national monuments it creates, Project 2025 calls for its repeal. It also seeks to assess the potential to downsize existing monuments, harkening back to widely unpopular, legally flawed conservation rollbacks by the former Trump administration. Getting rid of a tool which has been so impactful for conservation and communities over the last 118 years would have terrible consequences for the state of conservation in the U.S. To read more about the threats posed by Project 2025 on the Antiquities Act, check out my new report: https://lnkd.in/dg_kNUUX 

Protecting the Antiquities Act is critical to maintaining meaningful pathways towards protection of our public lands.

This petition asks for character and heritage houses to have incentives for retention through adaptive reuse, including more units, as an important part of planning for growth. This proposed rezoning undermines and removes the incentives in these important heritage areas. Therefore, we are opposed to these rezonings. All of the City of Vancouver Council is complicit with the provincial legislation BC Bills 44, 46 & 47 that mandate rezoning large parts of the city without public consultation before June 30. Unlike other municipalities that are advising the Province that this requires an extension for proper planning, the City is pushing ahead with rezoning two of our most important heritage areas, Kitsilano & First Shaughnessy.  Take action now before June 13 Public Hearing!  1. Sign this petition and pass it on; 2. Send an email to City Council and by online form before June 13 for the public hearing; and  3. Sign up to speak by phone or in person at the public hearing. There are TWO separate items that require separate letters and request to speak to Council.  June 13 Agenda: https://lnkd.in/gWGVvQ-E Item 4. Rezoning Kitsilano RT7 (West Kits) & RT9 (Kits Point) https://lnkd.in/g2pn-2Yi Item 5. Rezoning First Shaughnessy District & Heritage Conservation Area ODP https://lnkd.in/gUtGDSNK https://lnkd.in/gjKCWA9n

Preservation Futures is working with the National Trust for Historic Preservation on the long-term initiative, “Documenting Chesapeake Watershed Sites and Landscapes Important to African Americans,” or Chesapeake Mapping Initiative. This effort is a collaboration between the National Trust; the National Park Service Chesapeake Bay; the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia; and the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership, working together to identify and map sites and landscapes significant to African American history in the watershed. The Chesapeake Mapping Initiative is intended to ensure that places important to African Americans are better represented in historic preservation and land conservation priorities in the Chesapeake Bay region, and ultimately that more of these places are recognized and protected. It will also lay the groundwork for future mapping efforts for African American historic places by assessing the effectiveness of different project approaches.

This is a must read! "Every National Monument and National Park, every acre of public land, is Native land. Many national parks and national monuments were created by violently removing Native people from our homelands, where our ancestors lived for thousands of years. This land theft is part of the U.S. history of systemic racism, but it has been erased from the national narrative. Instead, parks and monuments are portrayed as pristine and untouched. We’ve got to change this narrative and recognize that all public lands are on Indigenous homelands. And it is the tribes’ right to make decisions about their homelands... "The five tribes of the Bears Ears Commission — Hopi, Zuni, Ute, Ute Mountain Ute, and Navajo — have an inherent right to determine the future of the Bears Ears National Monument. Their knowledge of this area dates back millennia. Native peoples view land, water, and animals of Earth as interconnected parts of a larger whole and in relationship with all that is around us. We understand our role in the time continuum, past, future, and present. In co-managing public lands, tribes bring forward the ways that our ancestors have always protected Mother Earth. Inclusion of traditional Indigenous knowledge in co-management is not only the inherent right of tribes, but a best practice that ensures these public lands are available for the use and enjoyment of future generations, Native and non-Native." https://lnkd.in/gy7JXwuw

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ACTION ALERT! WEIGH IN on Richmond's Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plan! Comments close June 30! YOU can now comment on Richmond’s first-ever Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plan draft, but only until Sunday, June 30! Share your thoughts today! Above all, you need to weigh in to say that Richmond's historic and cultural resources are important and that this plan is needed. This plan is intended to: 1.) Enhance the City’s existing policies, ordinances, and programs. 2.) Design practical strategies and achievable goals; and 3.) Acknowledge the role historic preservation currently plays and will continue to play in shaping Richmond’s urban form and character. The Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plan will be Richmond’s attempt at providing a comprehensive process for identifying, evaluating, and protecting our many unique historic and culturally relevant sites and structures. As our City continues to thrive and change, it is important to find a way forward that balances growth and development with the need to protect and preserve the things that make Richmond special. What do you love about Richmond? What do you want to see protected? What tools do we need to do so? How can the City support and encourage people to take care of what we have, and guide development so we can achieve density without demolition? This is your chance to be a part of the conversation! Concrete, actionable results depend upon continued community attention and support-- read the draft, decide what you think, and make some comments. Feel free to review our past policy updates on this issue for ideas. Even a single sentence (saying this plan is important) from a distinct, new individual makes a difference! Show our politicians and civil servants that this is not a niche issue, but a fundamental neighborhood foundation of what makes Richmond a unique and wonderful place to live. Share your thoughts on the plan today! https://lnkd.in/ehs_DAxF #RVA #planningandzoning #urbanplanning #RichmondVA

Callumny Films and Wise Words Media providing further historical context re: 'make history and add greenery to our urban landscapes'. Fair to say there's more than a degree of coincidence... Thanks Treegens - replying to your feedback/comment below at: * https://lnkd.in/g9gQmSNx In 2021 to 2022, Callumny Films and Wise Words Media won critical acclaim for it's short film AND web series episode 5 of 17: 'Sounds of Nature Dying' * https://lnkd.in/gx8FmYpE * https://lnkd.in/gD7QMsBX * https://lnkd.in/gD7QMsBX appreciate generous feedback and insights. Greatly appreciate you flagging 'make history and add greenery to our urban landscapes.' re: 'perhaps, it could be a remarkable story to cover?' Agreed - Callumny Films and Wise Words Media each have more to say on these topics of commercial property development and urban landscapes. Would appreciate further discussion and / or input on future coverage if available. Many thanks - Contact further via consulting@wisewords.com.au --- Treegens commenting on * https://lnkd.in/g9gQmSNx "Absolutely fascinating observations by Wise Words Media! As Leonard Cohen once said, ""There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."" Your insight sheds light on the contrasts within Melbourne's commercial property sector. 🌟 By the way, Treegens is on board for an incredible initiative - gearing up for the Guinness World Record of Tree Planting! It’s a chance to make history and add greenery to our urban landscapes. Check it out and perhaps, it could be a remarkable story to cover? 🌳 https://lnkd.in/gjFgkVNj"

Callumny Films and Wise Words Media providing further historical context re: 'make history and add greenery to our urban landscapes'. Fair to say there's more than a degree of coincidence... Thanks Treegens - replying to your feedback/comment below at: * https://lnkd.in/gcZM4nEy In 2021 to 2022, Callumny Films and Wise Words Media won critical acclaim for it's short film AND web series episode 5 of 17: 'Sounds of Nature Dying' * https://lnkd.in/grr5qTdw * https://lnkd.in/g-3sJ_rX * https://lnkd.in/g-3sJ_rX appreciate generous feedback and insights. Greatly appreciate you flagging 'make history and add greenery to our urban landscapes.' re: 'perhaps, it could be a remarkable story to cover?' Agreed - Callumny Films and Wise Words Media each have more to say on these topics of commercial property development and urban landscapes. Would appreciate further discussion and / or input on future coverage if available. Many thanks - Contact further via consulting@wisewords.com.au --- Treegens commenting on * https://lnkd.in/gcZM4nEy "Absolutely fascinating observations by Wise Words Media! As Leonard Cohen once said, ""There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."" Your insight sheds light on the contrasts within Melbourne's commercial property sector. 🌟 By the way, Treegens is on board for an incredible initiative - gearing up for the Guinness World Record of Tree Planting! It’s a chance to make history and add greenery to our urban landscapes. Check it out and perhaps, it could be a remarkable story to cover? 🌳 https://lnkd.in/gjkuts3Y"

Co-stewardship just makes sense. Most conservation professionals I know are at capacity. The original stewards of the land should be managing it using their centuries of traditional ecological knowledge. It really is a win-win.