News You Can Use Landscape Culture is a quarterly newsletter publication for landscape stewards prepared by the NPS Park Cultural Landscapes Program. Please find past issues of the newsletter below. SUMMER: Read the Summer 2019 edition (PDF) Replanting John Muir’s Victorian Garden 1 Selecting Nursery Stock Part 2: Plant Inspection Employee Spotlight: Lanette King Pests

Selecting nursery stock or creating specifications for planting can have a large impact on successful plant establishment in the cultural landscape.

Over several decades, NPS staff at National Capital Parks East (NACE) has been converting areas from mowed turf into grassy meadow. Learn their process in this resource!

Learn about the importance of Section 106 and how the loss of Penn Station in New York helped lead to the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Discussing the balancing act that is the NPS desire to preserve the natural world with the desire to protect human life and limb.

The Guide for Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) on Cultural Landscape Report Contracts provides technical information for NPS staff.

This resource will introduce you to the international component of the NPS mission and what you can do to help support the international goals of the NPS.

Learn how to gain access to the collection of Cultural Landscape Guidance Documents on the Integrated Resource Management Applications (IRMA).

The Cultural Landscape Report Collection is available to parks & the public through IRMA. CLRs are used in many aspects of National Park Service management.

Learn the history behind Mission 66 and how the era greatly enlarged the park system and expanded entire categories of parks.

In 2015, BOEM published 'Characterizing Tribal Cultural Landscapes,' that provides guidance for tribal consultation in advance of proposed undertakings.

Learn about the importance of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act in this engaging and brief video.

The purpose of this Director’s Order is to provide direction to NPS personnel who interact with Members of Congress and congressional staff.

Held in October 2015, the Maritime Cultural Landscape Symposium gathered representatives of government & tribal programs, scholars, & consultants to discuss MCLs.

The Cultural Landscapes Inventory (CLI) report collection is available to parks and the public through IRMA.

The Cultural Landscape Inventory (CLI) Professional Procedures Guide defines the data elements, organization, and methodology of the CLI.

This is an introduction to cultural landscapes of the National Park Service. The video is an overview of how cultural landscapes are defined and managed.

This six-minute video, "Exploring History," illustrates how history is central to the mission of the National Park Service.

A Guide to Cultural Landscape Reports describes their content, process, and format, with techniques for research, documentation, and evaluation.

The NPS Aviation Program is unique, challenging and the one of most diverse and complex of any aviation programs within the Department of the Interior.

On December 19, 2014 the U.S. Congress enacted Title 54 of the United States Code devoted solely to the laws applicable to the National Park Service.

This article explains and defends the "contradictory mandate" inherent in the Organic Act of 1916.

This annotated list contains some of the many important laws that apply directly and indirectly to the daily operations of the National Park Service.

The NPS Office of Policy website gives administrators access the latest information and updates regarding NPS policy and regulations.

A brief history of Storer College and its transition to the Mather Training Center in Harpers Ferry, WV.