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Background

Congress has passed a sweeping group of protection and preservation laws that represent the importance the American people attach to safeguarding and maintaining the places that reflect our Nation's rich heritage.

More than any other law, the National Historic Preservation Act captures the American people's expectations of Federal agencies when it comes to preserving significant historic places. Among its provisions--

The Act instructs Federal agencies to join in partnership with the States, local governments, Indian tribes, and private organizations and individuals--

• to find ways for modern society and prehistoric and historic resources to exist in harmony;
• to act as steward for Federal prehistoric and historic resources, so they will inspire present and future generations;
• to contribute to preserving non-Federal prehistoric and historic resources; and
• to assist State and local governments, Indian tribes and the National Trust for Historic Preservation to expand their own historic preservation programs and activities.

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Preservation Partnerships

The BLM's State Offices and Field Offices throughout the West have entered into many such partnerships. Nationally, the BLM's main partnerships are with--
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (Council) and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (NCSHPO)

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Programmatic Agreement

In 1997, the BLM's Director, the Council's Chairman, and the NCSHPO's President signed a national Programmatic Agreement (PA) explicitly framed "to emphasize the common goal of planning for and managing historic properties under the BLM's jurisdiction or control in the public interest." The national Programmatic Agreement (Section 5. b.) calls for cooperation and enhanced communication among SHPOs and BLM States as well as "a protocol specifying how they will operate and interact under this agreement." In the spirit of such cooperation and communication each BLM State's protocol may be found here. BLM States:

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BLM Preservation Board

To implement the PA, BLM's Director established a Preservation Board to advise the Director, Assistant Directors, State Directors, and field-office managers in developing and executing BLM's policies and procedures for historic properties. Authority, responsibilities, and operating procedures for the Preservation Board are specified in the BLM Manual, the PA, and the Board's Charter .

The Preservation Board is chaired by the BLM's Preservation Officer and includes Deputy Preservation Officers from each State Office. The field organization is represented by four line managers (i.e., officials authorized to make land-use decisions), and two field office specialists fill out the Board, bringing the day-to-day, operational staff perspective.

The Preservation Board reviews issues and recommends to the Director and State Directors about policies and procedures, bureauwide program consistency, training, certification of field offices, monitoring of field offices' historic preservation programs, and responses to public inquiries. The Board holds meetings in June and December each year.

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BLM Preservation Officers

FPO = Federal Preservation Officer, DPO = Deputy Preservation Officer

Robin Burgess, FPO , Washington Office 1849 C Street, NW, MS-204 LS Washington DC 20240 P: 202-912-7241 F: 202-912-7188 Robin's email: Robin Burgess	DPO Alaska, Robert King 222 W 7th Ave, #13 Anchorage, AK 99513 P: 907-271-5510 F: 907-271-5479 Bob's email: Robert King
DPO Arizona, Michael D. Johnson One North Central Ave, Suite #800 Phoenix, AZ 85004-4427 P: 602-417-9236 F: 602-417-9398 Michael's email: Michael D. Johnson	DPO California, Charlotte Hunter  2800 Cottage Way, W-1834 Sacramento, CA 95825 P: 916-978-4648 F: 916-978-4657 Charlotte's email: Charlotte Hunter
DPO Colorado, Daniel Haas 2850 Youngfield Street Lakewood, CO 80226 P: 303-239-3647 F: 303-239-3808 Dan's email: Dan Haas	DPO Eastern States, Vacant 626 E. Wisconsin Ave, #200 Milwaukee, WI 53202 P: 414-297-4437 F: 414-297-4409 email:
DPO Idaho, Kirk Halford 1387 S. Vinnell Way Boise, ID 83709 P: 208-373-4043 F: 208-373-3805 Kirk's email:	DPO Montana, Gary Smith 5001 Southgate Drive Billings, MT 59101 P: 406-896-5214 F: 406-896-5293 Gary's email: Gary Smith
DPO New Mexico, Signa Larralde  301 Dinosaur Trail  Santa Fe, NM 87508 P: 505-954-2179 F: 505-954-2183 Signa's email: Signa Larralde	DPO Nevada, Tom Burke PO Box 12000 Reno, NV 89520 P: 775-861-6415 F: 775-861-6712 Tom's email: Tom Burke
DPO Utah, Byron Loosle 440 West 200 South, Ste 500  Salt Lake City, UT 84145 P: 801-539-4276 F: 801-539-4222 Byron's email: Byron Loosle	DPO Washington/Oregon, Stan McDonald  333 W. First Ave Portland, OR 97204  P: 541-808-6596 F: 514-808-6021 Stan's email: Stan McDonald
DPO Wyoming, Ranel Capron 5353 Yellowstone Rd Cheyenne WY 82009 P: 307-775-6108 F: 307-755-6042 Ranel's email: Ranel Capron