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National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications Justification of 2013 Program Changes The FY 2013 budget request for the Heritage Partnership Program Commissions and Grants is $8,326,000 and 8 FTE, a program change of -$8,101,000 from FY 2012 Enacted. Reduce Heritage Area Funding (FY 2013 Request: -$8,101,000) – The National Park Service is proposing to reduce funding for the National Heritage Areas program for FY 2013 by roughly 50 percent. This proposed reduction would allow the Park Service to focus its available resources on sustaining park operations and other critical community partnership programs. Managers of NHAs continue to rely heavily on Federal funding, although the program was not intended as a pathway to long-term Federal funding for individual Heritage Areas. The proposed reduction supports the long-term sustainability of National Heritage Areas and the continued importance of Federal seed money for less mature areas while also supporting the directive in the FY 2010 Interior Appropriations Act for the more established NHAs to work toward becoming more self-sufficient. Program Overview By partnering with State governments or private non-profit organizations, the NPS facilitates the management of National Heritage Areas. There are currently 49 National Heritage Areas that conserve and commemorate distinctive stories through regional landscapes. These landscapes include canal corridors; river corridors that once provided access and power to early settlers; battlefields that commemorate the American Revolution, War of 1812, and the Civil War; and landscapes that tell the story of big steel, coal, agriculture; and other themes important in American heritage. National Heritage Areas do not have an overall program authorization but, rather, are individually authorized. In most cases, legislation requires a 1:1 match in funding by the managing entities. These entities include private nonprofit groups, Federal Commissions, States, or local authorities which manage National Heritage Areas. Land use control of the areas rests with local governments. Participating areas realize significant benefits from this partnership strategy, including resource conservation, enhanced economic opportunities, and community appreciation and attention to the attributes that sustain the quality of life and economic vitality of their communities. Areas function largely through partnerships and community engagement, as called for throughout the NPS Call to Action report; creating a deep connection to regional aspects of the national story, connecting with youth and diverse communities, interpreting lived-in and working landscapes, and focusing on heritage education and stewardship of important waterways, natural areas, built environments, and healthy ecosystems. Upon designation as a National Heritage Area, a management entity guides the development of a management plan that provides a blueprint for the area’s future activities. The plan includes a resource inventory and identifies interpretive themes, restoration projects, recreational opportunities and long-term funding strategies. Once the Secretary of the Interior has approved the management plan, the plan is implemented as funding and resources are available. In FY 2013, the program will focus on ensuring support for newly designated area planning, supporting areas in the early stages of organizational development, and ensuring the continued success of older areas. The NPS will continue to work with the heritage areas and Congress to develop a merit-based system for allocating heritage area funding that considers a variety of factors based upon criteria related to program goals, accountability, and organizational sustainability. At least three years prior to the sunset of federal funds, each area will be evaluated by the NPS and recommendations made regarding the future role of the National Park Service with respect to the area. While there is currently no requirement for a feasibility study before a new area is designated by Congress, the completion of a feasibility study precedes some designations; program legislation, if enacted, would include feasibility study criteria. Find more information about best practices, guidance on feasibility study and management planning, and links to NHA websites online at: http://www.nps.gov/history/heritageareas/ NR&P-59
National Park Service FY 2013 Budget Justifications FY 2012 National Heritage Area Activities: Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area (2008) is home to a unique collection of American history surrounding Lincoln’s life; raising his family; and pursuing his passion for the law and politics. This fortytwo county region of central Illinois shares a mission to preserve, interpret, and promote the heritage and culture of the area, in the context of Lincoln’s life in Illinois. They seek to inform and educate, develop and interpret historic sites, create living history experiences, chronicle the evolution of the area’s landscape, and extend these opportunities to the largest audience possible. Visitors will find the courthouses, log cabins, hotels, and homes where Lincoln argued cases and entertained his neighbors and friends. The cultural landscape provides insight into Lincoln’s character and personal development, as he prepared to take office during our country’s greatest challenge – the Civil War. Projects that will utilize NPS Heritage Partnerships Funding in 2012 include: • Finalization of management plan. • Early implementation of management plan. • National Heritage Area Teacher Workshops. • House Museum Training and implementation. • Partnership with Lincoln Land Community College in offering continued interpretive training and certification. America’s Agricultural Partnership (Silos and Smokestacks) National Heritage Area (1996) is a thirty-seven county area in northeast Iowa, whose mission it is to interpret farm life, agribusiness, and rural communities, past and present, for all age groups of visitors. Through partnership sites and activities, they preserve and celebrate the land, people, and communities of the area. SSNHA tells the story of American agriculture and its global impact in small towns and large cities, trails and county roads; and through farms, natural areas, local museums, and historical buildings. Projects that will utilize NPS Heritage Partnerships Funding in 2012 include: • Complete and launch interpretive manual for emerging and partner sites. • Conduct partner site regional dialogues around issues impacting the heritage area and partner site evaluation process. • Enable grant programs including general, interpretive planning, intern, and bus grants. • Provide one-on-one technical assistance to emerging sites. • Provide technical assistance to do partner site visits, workshops, and webinars. • Expand Midwest Regional Awareness program developing heritage area gateway criteria and process for designation. • Begin self-evaluation process for designated partner sites and design evaluation process. • Design and implement new heritage area website with partner sites; redesign website to better engage visitors and incorporate additional interpretation of America’s agricultural story. • Hold seasonal agriculture-based educational youth camps. • Revise and update Personnel Policy Handbook. Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area (2006) is located in parts of three counties east of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, and comprises a region of active quarries, rolling topography, rural landscapes, and unique granite outcrop ecosystems, wetland, and pine and oak forests that include federally-protected plant species. Panola Mountain, a National Natural Landmark, is a rare example of a pristine granite outcrop characteristic of the area. Arabia Mountain and Stone Mountain possess sites that display the history of granite mining as an industry and culture in Georgia and its impact on the United States. Projects that will utilize NPS Heritage Partnerships Funding in 2012 include: • The heritage area is beginning its first strategic planning process to determine the programming and infrastructure priorities laid out in the management plan. • Stabilization of several historic resources including coordinating with Panola Mountain State Park on a reuse of the historic Parker House and pursing a memorandum of agreement / lease with DeKalb County of the historic Lyon Farm. NR&P-60
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