Heritage Partnerships Program National Park Service Intermountain Region - Colorado US Department of the Interior

Heritage Partnerships Program in Colorado

The National Park Service is about more than just parks. The Heritage Partnerships Program of the NPS Intermountain Region helps community groups, local, state and federal agencies, tribal governments, nonprofits, and individuals identify, recognize and preserve national treasures that are located outside of our system of national parks.

The Heritage Partnerships Program (HPP) offers • Amache 3D Digital Documentation Grant, Prowers a wide range of services that can be tailored County – with a Japanese American Confinement Sites grant, T to meet the needs of an individual project. the University of Colorado Denver’s Center for Preservation NPS professional staff includes historians, historical Research will use LiDAR scanning technology to produce a architects, and archeologists who assist project leaders 3D digital model of the existing landscape, structures, and in the preservation of our Nation’s most significant site features at Amache, as well as 3D images of buildings that places. HPP helps communities and groups identify were removed from the site. nationally significant resources; prepare National Historic Landmark (NHL) nominations and historical • NHL Plaque Dedication Ceremony for Red Rocks Park reports; conduct archeological and architectural surveys; and Mount Morrison CCC Camp NHL, Jefferson County – complete treatment plans for stabilization and repair; and participated in the dedication ceremony for the NHL, which create planning and education materials. was held in conjunction with Red Rocks Amphitheatre’s 75th Anniversary celebration. The NHL nomination was HPP comprises several programs, including the National completed in partnership with the City of Denver and Friends Historic Landmarks; Historic American Buildings Survey of Red Rocks. (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) • 9th Annual National Get Outdoors Day, Denver County documentation programs; the National Heritage Areas – participated in the community event, which hosted nearly Program; Historic Surplus Property Program; and the Japanese 7,000 people and fostered a sense of connection between the American Confinement Sites Grant Program. In 2016, HPP NPS mission and stewardship of America’s treasured places. supported a variety of projects in Colorado, including: HPP shared an archeology activity that asked children to connect artifacts to the state’s NHLs.

Red Rocks Park and Mount Morrison CCC Camp National Historic Landmark, Jefferson County, CO. Photo: NHL Nomination.

For more information about the Heritage Partnerships Program, Christy Dickinson, Historian refer to: nps.gov/nhl/contact/imro.htm, or for information Office: (303) 987-6690 about ongoing or potential projects in Colorado contact: [email protected] NaNationaltional H Historicistoric LLandmarksandmark s(NHL) (NHL) National Park Service NatUSion Departmental Park Serv ofic ethe Interior IntIntermountainermountain R Regionegion - Colorado U.S. Department of the Interior Colorado

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