Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

On October 22, the America Adapts podcast published a conversation featuring ACHP Chair Sara Bronin. In conversation with host Doug Parsons, Chair Bronin discusses the intersection of historic preservation and climate change, including ACHP’s efforts to streamline approvals for climate-resilient projects. Bronin offers insights into how communities can work together to preserve their past while adapting to the future.

The ACHP is recruiting a director for the Office of Communications, Education, and Outreach. (GG-15). The director identifies and carries out communications needs; strategizes directly with the ACHP executive director and generally with the ACHP members on meeting these needs; and informs appropriate entities of the ACHP’s policies, programs, actions, services, and activities. The director plans, executes, and evaluates the effectiveness of communication exchanges in furthering agency goals. The director oversees ACHP professional staff responsible for conducting all agency communications, education, and outreach activities. 

The ACHP will host its next business meeting at 9 a.m. EST, Tuesday, November 19, 2024. The meeting will take place in the Kennedy Caucus Room (Room 325) of the Russell Senate Office Building, 2 Constitution Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20002. The meeting is open to the public. The meeting will be live streamed on Facebook, and the recording will be made available following the proceedings on the ACHP's YouTube Channel. 

Provisional Agenda
I. Chair’s Welcome
    A. Reflections on Member Tour
    B. Report on Recent Activities
    C. Looking Ahead to 2025

Washington, D.C.—The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) today made recommendations regarding the Lava Ridge Wind Project in Jerome, Lincoln, and Minidoka counties, Idaho, in a letter sent to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Tracy Stone-Manning from ACHP Chair Sara C. Bronin.

The ACHP submitted its formal comments on the project as part of the ACHP’s responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Once the BLM director considers and responds to the ACHP’s comments, the Section 106 review for this undertaking will be concluded.