Preserve America is a White House initiative in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, and Transportation; U.S. General Services Administration; National Endowment for the Humanities; President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities; Institute of Museum and Library Services; and the President's Council on Environmental Quality.

Information Clearinghouse

Federal agencies that are partners in the Preserve America initiative offer a variety of information, technical assistance, and resources that can help further the initiative's goals. The links below are to programs and materials relevant to historic and cultural preservation, heritage tourism, and heritage education. Other userful heritage tourism links may be found on the right.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

• General
• Heritage Tourism

Department of Agriculture

• USDA Forest Service Heritage Program
• "Passport in Time" Program

Department of Commerce

• NOAA Maritime Heritage and Preserve America

Department of Defense

• "Preserving American Heritage" Program
• Legacy Resource Management Program

Department of Education

• Teaching American History Grants
• History and Social Studies Resources

Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Historic Preservation and Community Development

Department of the Interior

• Bureau of Land Management "Adventures in the Past"
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Historic Preservation
• National Park Service Grants
• National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage" National Register Travel Itineraries
• National Park Service "Teaching with Historic Places"
• National Park Service "Visit Archaeology"
• National Heritage Areas

Department of Transportation

• DOT and the Preserve America Initiative
• National Scenic Byways

Environmental Protection Agency

• Brownfields and Land Revitalization
• Mill Revitalization

General Services Administration

• GSA and the Preserve America Initiative

Institute of Museum and Library Services

• National Initiatives

National Endowment for the Humanities

• "We the People" Initiative and Grants
• "EDSITEment"--Humanities on the Web

President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

• PCAH and Preservation

Updated May 1, 2008

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Other Helpful Links

Sites for heritage tourism program development, including "how-to" toolkits.

Partners in Tourism and National Trust Heritage Tourism Program

Civic Tourism Project

Cultural and Heritage Tourism Alliance

See America (Travel Industry Association)

NATHPO Tribal Tourism Tookit (pdf)

Colorado Heritage Tourism Toolkit

Texas Heritage Tourism Guidebook (pdf)

Utah Heritage Tourism Tooklit

Vermont Cultural Heritage Tourism Tookit (pdf)