Oregon Historic Preservation Plan, issued March 5, 2001

Carrier, Michael; Hamrick, James

From introduction: "Oregon is a land of great resources: hundreds of miles of coastline, rivers and streams; tens of thousands of acres of timber; and hundreds of millions of dollars in nursery and agricultural products. Yet, one of our state’s most important resources, its cultural heritage, is threatened from pressures brought about by increased urbanization, a population influx, and economic development. The cultural resources that have come to symbolize our state’s heritage are finite and non-renewable; once lost, they are gone forever. The revised Oregon Historic Preservation Plan is the result of an intense six-month effort to revise and update the state’s comprehensive historic preservation plan. It presents a strategy for protecting and preserving our state’s cultural resources... The revised Oregon Historic Preservation Plan is an ongoing, strategic plan for the implementation of listed goals and objectives. The Plan is designed to be flexible, enabling it to accommodate to changing circumstances. The State Historic Preservation Office views the document as a framework for developing preservation-related activities not only on the state level, but on regional and local levels as well. The goals contained within the revised Plan are broad and may be used by all individuals, groups, organizations, and local, state and federal agencies with a stake in preserving Oregon’s heritage. Unlike its predecessor, which listed partners under each of the objectives, the revised Plan contains no prearranged partnerships. A number of respondents who reviewed the 1996 Plan felt that listing partners under objectives gave an exclusionary appearance that precluded participation by others. The revised Oregon Historic Preservation Plan is inclusive rather than exclusive. The Plan’s success depends upon the efforts of individuals, groups, organizations and agencies on all levels, from local to federal, working in partnership with SHPO to accomplish the goals and objectives. Oregon’s revised Historic Preservation Plan will also serve as the foundation for comprehensive planning efforts, and the State Historic Preservation Office will be working with local governments over the next four years in the development of long-range historic preservation planning goals and associated objectives. Like its predecessor, the revised Oregon Historic Preservation Plan is divided into four broad themes: Communication, Identification, Protection and Facilitation. Themes are further divided into fifteen challenges/opportunities, with associated goals and objectives designed to meet those challenges. The challenges and opportunities listed under each of the four themes are interdependent, as are many of the goals. While individual goals may not be fully achievable in the short term, individual objectives are; and as these objectives are met, they will be replaced by new ones." Funding was provided in part by a 2000 Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (project number OR-00-104) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Oregon Historic Preservation Plan, issued March 5, 2001

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