BOARD RESOLUTION FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION COALITION
At the meeting of the Board of Directors of _______________________on (date of meeting), the
following resolution was proposed and approved by the board:
Resolved:
WHEREAS the mission of the ____fill in your organization______is (describe
mission)___________________________________________;
WHEREAS the Cultural Resources Preservation Coalition (CRPC) is a group of historic
preservation, tribal, archaeology, anthropology, trails, recreation, business and place-based
organizations and other interested parties, led by the National Trust for Historic Preservation,
that advocates for the protection of irreplaceable cultural resources and traditions located or
conducted primarily on federal public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the National Park Service (NPS), and
potentially on other federal lands or nationally significant properties;
WHEREAS the mission of the CRPC is to promote the preservation, protection and
interpretation of prehistoric, historic and traditional cultural resources on federal public lands by
advocating for increased cultural resources funding, staffing, inventorying, planning,
compliance, law enforcement, awareness and education in the BLM, USFS, and NPS and
potentially other federal agencies;
WHEREAS the vision of the CRPC is to ensure that the BLM, USFS, NPS and potentially other
federal agencies have the will, the resources and the legal mandates to identify, evaluate, protect
and interpret cultural resources on lands they manage; and
WHEREAS membership as a partner in the CRPC is defined as a shared commitment to promote
the preservation of cultural resources, primarily on federal public lands, by:
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Agreeing that cultural resources protection should be a priority for federal agencies;
Agreeing to be identified as a CRPC member in publications, web pages and educational
materials, and agreeing to provide information about the CRPC in one’s own
organization’s electronic and paper publications;
Opting to co-sign letters to decision makers about issues affecting cultural resources on
federal public lands; and
Opting to raising awareness about cultural resources preservation on federal public lands
by addressing this issue in organizational literature, website and press releases where
appropriate.
That the ______________________Board is in full support of joining as a partner in the Cultural
Resources Preservation Coalition led by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Signed:
(President) or (Chairman)