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<br /> NATIONAL TRUST
<br /> f.>. HISTORIC PRESERVATIONry Year 11 Most Threat (s ) Status Update
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<br /> 1997 Bridge of Lions, Imperiled by calls for its THREATENED The bridge, the gateway to the National Historic
<br /> St, Augustine, FL replacement with a new, Landmark district of St. Augustine, remains very much
<br /> wider bridge, at risk — though it is structurally sound and open to
<br /> !. traffic . It appears that FDOT and the Federal Highways
<br /> Administration both want to preserve the bridge, but
<br /> the U.S . Coast Guard would prefer to see it demolished.
<br /> The National Trust's Southern Office continues its key
<br /> advocacy role.
<br /> 1997 Vicksburg Lack of public awareness, FAVORABLE In December 1999 , the Southern Office of the
<br /> Campaign Trail, deterioration and inappropriate National Trust contracted with Friends of the
<br /> LA and MS development threaten many Vicksburg Campaign to prepare a plan that will
<br /> of the Trail 's sites. provide a means to preserve, manage and interpret the .
<br /> ' historic Civil War resources located along the roadways
<br /> between Milliken' s Bend, Louisiana and Vicksburg,
<br /> Mississippi. Work is now underway.
<br /> 1997 Historic Buildings This voracious insect has FAVORABLE In late 1999, the National Center for Preservation
<br /> Infested with wrecked havoc on historic Technology and Training convened a two-day
<br /> _ Formosan Termites, properties , especially those seminar on the subject of Formosan termites in New
<br /> Gulf Coast states in New Orleans, Orleans, National Trust representatives took part. Now,
<br /> other Gulf Coast cities — such as Mobile, Alabama
<br /> are researching and attacking the problem as it pertains
<br /> to their historic districts .
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<br /> 1997 Wa ' ahila Ridge, Plans call for building 100- THREATENED Hawaii Electric Company (HECO) has received
<br /> Honolulu, HI foot-tall steel towers that permission to conduct a "Visual Mitigation Impact
<br /> would carry power lines along Project" by placing two 90-foot poles on the Wa' ahila
<br /> the ridge behind several Ridge between July 5 and October 31 , in order "to help
<br /> historic neighborhoods . determine what color will best blend with the
<br /> environment." When the Final Revised Draft EIS is
<br /> accepted, HECO's next step will be to seek .
<br /> Conservation District Use Approval (CDUA) . Local
<br /> groups are prepared to fight this one to the end.
<br /> 1997 The Cathedral of Threatened with demolition Rr ' t + The L.A. Conservancy, the National Trust and others
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<br /> 5t. Vibiana, _ because a new cathedral were actively involved with efforts to save the landmark.
<br /> Los Angeles, CA is being built. A study of the cathedral , funded by a Trust grant, was
<br /> critical in dispelling mis-information about the structural
<br /> ' integrity of the building. St. Vibiana's has recently been
<br /> purchased by a private developer and is being adapted
<br /> into a performing arts space. A great victory in the making!
<br /> 1997 Flathead Indian Plans were afoot to build a FAVORABLE Several years after its first listing on the 11 Most
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<br /> Reservation, MT multilane, super-highway Endangered list, the citizens' campaign continues to
<br /> through the Reservation, preserve the cultural resources of the Reservation. Although
<br /> the Federal Highway Administration has received
<br /> the authority to acquire land for a right-of-way through
<br /> the Reservation, construction on the expansion of Highway
<br /> 93 itself has not begun. The Salish and Kootenai Tribes
<br /> and the grassroots Flathead Resource Organization
<br /> continue to promote less destructive alternatives such as improving the old highway.
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<br /> 1997 Stillwater Bridge, Threatened with being THREATENED The National Tmst is now working with environmental and
<br /> Stillwater, MN replaced by a new bridge. historic preservation groups , as well as the National
<br /> Park Service, to develop a better solution to save the
<br /> historic bridge. and to develop a better plan for the
<br /> proposed new four-lane bridge, which would only
<br /> accelerate, rather than control, sprawl.
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<br /> `s The Trust's 11 Most listing mobilized 1 ,600 volunteers
<br /> .« 1997 Congressional Long-time neglect, � . }. _ g
<br /> Cemetery, vandalism, and theft who carried out a two-day rescue mission at the
<br /> Washington, DC endangered the cemetery. cemetery. Also, in addition to cash donations and
<br /> m-kind contributions, the National Trust secured a
<br /> $ 1 million matching grant appropriation from Congress
<br /> to be used as endowment for the perpetual care and
<br /> maintenance of the cemetery; fundraising to match
<br /> this is now underway.
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