The 2021 Cultural Resources Training Catalog offers both in-person classroom and online learning opportunities for National Park Service employees.

As a federal archeologist your expertise must go beyond flakes, features, and fauna, to a working knowledge of cultural resource law and its implementation. Learn more about ARPA training opportunities here.

Connect with fellow Building Geeks by joining the Preservation Trades Network or an NPS program that fosters the traditional trades.

In this video from the U.S. Forest Service, Bernie Weisgerber goes over the basic techniques for axe grinding and axe work.

Resetting a Stone Grave Marker To learn more, visit Resetting a Stone Grave Marker. Lifting and Hoisting Stone Grave Markers To learn more, visit Lifting and Hoisting Stone Grave Markers. Resetting Ground-Supported Headstones To learn more, visit Resetting Ground Supported Headstones. Cleaning a Stone Grave Marker To learn more, visit Cleaning a Stone Grave Marker.

Watch the Video To learn more, visit Iron Fence Repair.

Watch the Video To learn more, visit Application and Preparation of Limewash.

Watch Jason Church discuss a traditional Louisiana construction method called Bousillage, a Louisiana French term for walls made of mud. Watch the Video To learn more, visit Bousillage.

The Trades Alive video series provides step-by-step tutorials on different aspects of historic preservation in parks.