Respect the Past, Live the Present, Dream the Future: Preservation Planning in the Cowboy State - Wyoming's 2002 Statewide Comprehensive Historic Preservation Plan

Hobbs, Jo; Wagner, Rose

Purpose: "Wyoming's Statewide Comprehensive Historic Preservation Plan is formed to set out goals and strategies that give Wyoming residents more control over what happens to our historic and archaeological resources. These goals and strategies address the concerns residents expressed in answering our public survey and the issues raised in questionnaires completed by local, state and federal entities that have some relationship to or responsibility for cultural resources in Wyoming. The plan is meant to be an action document, one which delineates steps we can take together to see concrete progress in historic preservation in Wyoming. It is meant to be a plan that is responsive that can adapt to changing circumstances, that can accommodate new needs and incorporate new strategies as old ones are either achieved or are proven to be impractical. The plan is also written to meet the requirements of the National Park Service (NPS). Federal plan guidelines focus on actions and strategies that can be taken not only by government agencies, but also by every citizen in Wyoming, so that we can promote preservation together. In addition, NPS philosophy centers on states preparing plans that meet their own, unique needs, rather than on forming plans generated to fit into standard, national mandates. In addition to setting out a preservation blueprint and to meeting federal requirements, Wyoming's plan is an informational document. We've included sections that list and briefly summarize the relationships and responsibilities of state and federal agencies to preservation in Wyoming and mechanisms available for funding preservation projects/programs. These sections provide a brief overview of some of the many entities involved in one way or another in preservation and serve as a starting place for individual seeking more information about certain aspects of preservation. The favorite cultural resources of respondents are also included in the plan to demonstrate the variety of resources in Wyoming and the appreciation Wyoming residents have for these resources." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office, Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Respect the Past, Live the Present, Dream the Future: Preservation Planning in the Cowboy State - Wyoming's 2002 Statewide Comprehensive Historic Preservation Plan

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