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National Heritage Areas Featured in 2008 NPS Director's Report Newly released report highlights heritage area achievements; see the entire document here

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A misty pond

Vera Manigault, sweetgrass basketmaker. Courtesy of the Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor (SC/GA/FL)

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Heritage areas map Great Basin National Heritage Area Mormon Pioneer Heritage Area Northern Rio Grande Heritage Area Cache la Poudre Freedoms Frontier Heritage Area Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Cane River National Heritage Area Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area Motorcities National Heritage Area National Aviation Heritage Area National Coal Heritage Area National Coal Heritage Area Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area Blue Ridge National Heritage Area South Carolina National Heritage Corridor Augusta Canal National Heritage Area Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District Ohio and Erie National Heritage Canalway Wheeling National Heritage Area Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area Oil Region National Heritage Area Path of Progress National Heritage Tour Route Niagra Falls National Heritage Area Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership Essex National Heritage Area John H. Chafee Blackstone River valley National Heritage Corridor Quinabaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley national Heritage Corridor Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area Dealaware and lehigh Valley National Heritage Area Delaware and Lehigh Valley national Heritage Area Lackawana Heritage Valley National Heritage Area Schyllkill River Heritage Area

 

National Heritage Areas expand on traditional approaches to conservation by supporting large-scale, community centered initiatives that engage citizens in the preservation and planning process. Committed to protecting and promoting the cultural, historical and natural assets of a region, National Heritage Areas play a vital role in maintaining both the physical character and the cultural legacy of the United States