• Expanding and encouraging public engagement in deciding what is important and how significant resources should be managed; • Advancing equity and inclusion in what is preserved; • Responding to indigenous peoples’ concerns about the preservation of their heritage; • Enhancing further appreciation for heritage through formal and informal education; • Promoting more effective collaboration and partnerships that advance preservation goals; and • Addressing the preservation consequences of climate change, disaster planning and recovery, and environmental sustainability. While the report is intended to offer a blueprint for the future, many of these recommendations are already being adopted and implemented by the federal agencies discussed in this Section 3 report. Strategies to implement many recommendations are presented in Chapter 5 of this report. INTRODUCTION TO THE 2018 REPORT A total of 23 departments or agencies reported on their efforts to identify, protect, and use their historic properties between the years 2014 to 2017, the current reporting cycle. A list of all responding agencies and their history of Section 3 reporting can be found in Appendix 2. This 2018 report differs from previous Section 3 reports in several ways. First, this report was designed from the start to be web-based, with links to other documents and preservation resources mentioned in the text. Second, this report focuses specifically on those federal agency responsibilities as set out in Section 3 of the EO: to identify, protect, and use historic properties. Finally, this report contains more examples and case studies of successful federal agency stewardship than previous reports, all to better illustrate the breadth of historic properties owned by the federal government, the myriad ways they care for them, and how they can contribute to the goals of economic development and resource independence.
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