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V he National Park leadership and coordination Historic American Buildings Service Cultural including encouragement and sup- Survey/Historic American y 1 Resources port for the interpretation, man- Engineering Record (HAGS/ Programs are ciu•- agement, preservation, and pro- HAER)reflects the federal gov- ried out by national tection of.America's archeological ernment's commitment to pre- program centers, resources inside the National serve important architectural, ' regional support offices, and the Park System and beyond it. This engineering, and industrial prop- parks. Many of the programs are function includes carrying out the erties through programs that doc- r ` operated in partnership with role of the Departmental ument outstanding examples of other governmental entities and Consulting Archeologist. The this country's heritage. Project private organizations. The listing Applied Ethnography function teams produce measured draw- of programs below provides a guides and fosters the aPPro ri- ings, large-format photography , sense of the organizational frame- ate management, conservation, and written histories. work for cultural resources work and use of park cultural and nat- -- within NPS, but is not definitive ural resources with traditional Historic Landscape Initiative pro- of the way in which the programs associations for Native American motes responsible preservation are implemented. and other ethnic groups, including practices that protect our nation's traditional park users. It also irreplaceable legacy of historic' American Battlefield Protection identifies, protects, and interprets landscapes, including designed ` Program supports the preserva- cultural and natural resources landscapes and gardens as well as tion of historic battlefields and that have traditional value for vernacular historic landscapes, . °: related historic sites. The goals of contemporary communities within farms, and historic battlefields. _:• the program are to protect battle- existing and proposed units of the The HLI develops and dissemi- fields and sites associated with National Park System. nates guidelines for historic land- armed conflicts fought on scape preservation; produces . American soil that influenced the Certified Local Governments innovative tools to raise the course of our national history and Program is a model and cost- awareness of the general public; to encourage and assist all effective local, state, and federal organizes training symposia and r ' Americans in planning for the partnership that promotes his- workshops; and provides technical preservation, management, and toric preservation at the grass- assistance. interpretation of historic roots level across the nation. The American battlefields and battle- program seeks to develop and Historic Preservation Fund pro- related sites. The ABPP focuses maintain local historic preserva- vides matching grants-in-aid to on land use, cultural resource and tion programs that will influence the States, Territories, Indian site management planning, and the zoning and permitting deci- Tribes, and the National Trust for a public education. sions critical to preserving his- Historic Preservation to assist in a toric properties and ensures the their efforts to protect and pre- r: Archeology and Ethnography broadest possible participation of serve properties listed in the Program provides guidance, infor- local governments in the national National Register of Historic mation, national coordination, and historic preservation program, Places and otherwise expand and technical assistance in archeology while maintaining preservation accelerate their historic preserva- and ethnography. For archeology, standards established by the tion activities. HPF grants serve the program provides national Secretary of the Interior. as a catalyst and seed money for 27