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Open Letter to Congress from National Coalition to Protect and Strengthen Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
On Thursday, August 27th, an unprecedented coalition of 600+ public, private, and nonprofit-sector organizations representing 5 million Americans, sent an open letter to call on...
There is Bipartisan, Bicameral Momentum to Save Section 106
A bipartisan, bicameral congressional letter to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and Vice Chairman Travis Voyles is circulating right now in both chambers...
CHP Submits FOIA request to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
On Friday, September 11, 2026, Cultural Heritage Partners (“CHP”) submitted an expedited Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation...
PLAINTIFFS CALL FOR INDEPENDENT PROTECTION OF THE KENNEDY CENTER
Statement of eight Plaintiff organizations: The American Institute of Architects (AIA), American Society of Landscape Architects, Committee of 100 on the Federal City, The Cultural...
Let’s build a Section 106 Resource Bank that Fights Back!
We’ve heard from many of you that it would be helpful to have a central resource bank that you can refer to when drafting comments—a...
CHP Meets with OIRA
On September 2, 2026, Cultural Heritage Partners PLLC founding partners Marion Forsyth Werkheiser and Greg Werkheiser met with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs...
Interior’s New Secretarial Order Won’t Speed Up Development. It Will Slow It Down.
Interior’s New Secretarial Order Won’t Speed Up Development. It Will Slow It Down. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act rests on a simple...
Section 106 is NOT a litigation risk
We Correct the Record: Responding to Misinformation about Section 106 Did you know that the odds you will get hit by lightning in your lifetime...
Jessie Barrington Speaks at the IAC about Trespass on Indian Agricultural Land
Today at the Intertribal Agriculture Council’s Eastern Region Summit in Richmond, VA, Jessie Barrington (Chair of CHP’s Tribal Nations Practice) broke down “Trespass on Indian...
Fourth Circuit Denies Government Petition for Rehearing
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. United States Department of the Army On Tuesday, August 11th, a federal appeals court cleared the way for the Winnebago...