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National Heritage Areas Congress has designated 55 National Heritage Areas (NHAs) to recognize the unique national significance of a region’s sites and history. Through local and regional partnerships with the National Park Service (NPS), these large lived-in landscapes connect heritage conservation with recreation and economic development. NHAs may be managed A site of the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage by federal commissions, nonprofit groups, Area, Harper’s Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia tells a diverse, multi-layered history. Some of the stories the universities, and state agencies or municipal park interprets includes John Brown’s attack on slavery, Harriet authorities, guided by a management plan Tubman’s heroic efforts on Underground Railroad, the arrival of the first successful American railroad, the largest surrender of approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Through Federal troops during the Civil War, and the education of former slaves in one of the earliest integrated schools in the United this partnership strategy, heritage areas combine States. historic preservation, cultural and natural resource PHOTO BY FRANK KEHREN conservation, local and regional preservation planning, and heritage education and tourism. FY 2022 Appropriations Request

Background National Heritage Areas are Please support $32 million for National Heritage Areas in the FY partnerships among the National 2022 Interior Appropriations bill. Park Service, states, and local communities, in which the NPS APPROPRIATIONS BILL: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies supports state and local conservation AGENCY: National Park Service through federal recognition, seed ACCOUNT: National Recreation and Preservation money, and technical assistance. ACTIVITY: Heritage Partnership Programs/National Heritage Areas NHAs are designated by individual legislation with specific provisions Recent Funding History: for operation unique to the area’s FY 2019 Enacted Funding: $20.321 million specific resources and desired goals. FY 2020 Enacted Funding: $21.944 million NHAs are often organized around a FY 2021 Enacted Funding: $23.889 million theme, industry, and/or geographic FY 2022 President’s Budget Request: TBD feature that has influenced our FY 2022 NTHP Recommendation: $32.000 million national culture and history. Lands

within NHAs remain in state, local, JUSTIFICATION: According to the National Park Service, NHAs leverage an private ownership, or a combination average of $5.50 for every $1 of federal investment to create jobs, generate local thereof. NHA designation does not government revenue, and sustain local communities through revitalization and heritage tourism. The requested level would provide $500,000 for each of the affect private property rights. NHAs with additional support for NPS management and new heritage areas. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

National Heritage Areas by State

ALABAMA MARYLAND NORTH DAKOTA Muscle Shoals Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Northern Plains National Heritage Area (MD, WV) ALASKA Baltimore National Heritage Area OHIO Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Heritage Area (MD, PA, VA, WV) National Aviation Heritage Area

ARIZONA MASSACHUSETTS PENNSYLVANIA Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Essex National Heritage Area Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor National Heritage Area Freedom's Way National Heritage Area (MA, NH) Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area (MD, PA, VA, WV) John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor (MA, RI) Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Oil Region National Heritage Area Heritage Area The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor (CT, MA) Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area COLORADO Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Schuylkill River Greenways National Heritage Area Area (CT, MA) Cache La Poudre River National Heritage Area Susquehanna National Heritage Area Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area MICHIGAN RHODE ISLAND South Park National Heritage Area MotorCities National Heritage Area John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor (MA, RI) CONNECTICUT MISSISSIPPI The Last Green Valley National Heritage Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area SOUTH CAROLINA Corridor (CT, MA) Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage (FL, GA, NC, SC) Area (CT, MA) Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area South Carolina National Heritage Corridor FLORIDA MISSOURI TENNESSEE Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (FL, Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area GA, NC, SC) (KS, MO)

GEORGIA NEVADA UTAH Great Basin National Heritage Area (NV, UT) National Heritage Area Great Basin National Heritage Area (NV, UT) Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area National Heritage Area NEW JERSEY Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (FL, Crossroads of the American Revolution VERMONT GA, NC, SC) National Heritage Area Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (NY, VT) IOWA NEW HAMPSHIRE Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area Freedom's Way National Heritage Area (MA, VIRGINIA NH) ILLINOIS Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area (MD, PA, VA, WV) Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area NEW MEXICO Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area Historic District Corridor NEW YORK WASHINGTON KANSAS Champlain Valley National Heritage Maritime Washington National Heritage Area Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Partnership (NY, VT) Mountains to Sound Greenway National (KS, MO) Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Heritage Area LOUISIANA Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area WEST VIRGINIA Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area Cane River National Heritage Area (MD, WV) NORTH CAROLINA Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Heritage Area (MD, PA, VA, WV) Information compiled from: https://www.nps. Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (FL, National Coal Heritage Area gov/subjects/heritageareas/visit_nhas_online. GA, NC, SC) htm Wheeling National Heritage Area

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