Preserving the Enchantment: New Mexico State Historic Preservation Plan 2022-2031

Purpose of the Plan: "As the State Historic Preservation Office, HPD develops a State Historic Preservation Plan every five or ten years to meet provisions in the 1966 National Historic Preservation Act. The National Park Service (NPS) provides requirements and guidelines for creating each state Plan. In broad terms, the State Plan must do five things. First, it must have a statewide focus. Second, the plan must consider the entire range of prehistoric and historic cultural properties across the state. Third, active public involvement from historic preservation stakeholders and broad-based public and professional involvement, including those with great potential to affect resources, is crucial to the development and implementation of the plan. Fourth, the plan must identify and analyze social, political, economic, and environmental conditions and trends in preservation. Fifth, the plan must ensure coordination with federal, state, local, and tribal agencies in the state. Created based on these guidelines, Preserving the Enchantment, 2022-2032 offers an assessment of the progress of historic preservation in New Mexico, as its needs and opportunities. This plan serves as a blueprint for identifying and preserving new cultural resources and a set of guiding principles for better conserving those already documented. It details the historic context of New Mexico's cultural resources to illustrate how historic properties and sites on the National and State Registers of Historic Places inform our understanding of the past. The historic context also highlights areas and themes that require greater attention from the New Mexico preservation community. Furthermore, the plan establishes core objectives and strategies that will guide all of New Mexico over the next ten years. These objectives include broadening public knowledge of historic preservation, strengthening protections for cultural properties, increasing financial opportunities for historic preservation, and investing in the New Mexico Cultural Resource Information System (NMCRIS) and other technologies. These principal goals will also serve as a common agenda for governing agencies, public and private organizations, and individuals that are engaged in the protection of cultural properties across the state." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Preserving the Enchantment: New Mexico State Historic Preservation Plan 2022-2031

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