Highlights: ›› Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports that 10 percent of its facilities have now been evaluated for historical significance, an increase of 4 percent since the last report. ›› US Postal Service (USPS) reports that 14 percent of all owned properties were evaluated for NRHP eligibility over the past three years, and now counts 35 percent of its owned properties (3,070 out of a total of 8,761) as historic. ›› US Geological Survey (USGS) reports completing NRHP eligibility evaluations on 18 percent of all its properties. ›› Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) listed 20 cemetery properties on the NRHP under the Inter-World War National Cemeteries, 1934-1939, Multiple Property Submission. ›› Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) surveyed 4,075 acres of its land during this period, and now has evaluated the NRHP eligibility of 11,500 archaeological sites and 380 buildings and structures on its 293,000 acres of non-inundated land. ›› Bureau of Land Management (BLM) surveyed 1,539,992 of its 245 million acres of public lands, reports that it recorded 23,256 sites, with 7,557 determined eligible for the NRHP, and found 10,953 to be not eligible. Through FY 2016, BLM cumulatively has surveyed more than 25 million acres (approximately 10 percent of BLM surface lands) for historic properties, with an average of 513,000 acres surveyed annually from FY 2014 through FY 2016. ›› In the 2014 Preserve America progress report, the NPS was responsible for the stewardship of 401 park units containing more than 84 million acres within their boundaries. Today, the national park system includes 417 units in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and surrounding territories. ›› Department of Defense (DoD) surveyed approximately 184,000 acres for archaeological resources, increasing the total land surveyed to more than 9 million acres. DoD also evaluated more than 7,000 buildings and structures for NRHP eligibility. ›› The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reports at least 396 newly recorded historic properties by 12 USACE District offices. ›› Under a multiyear compliance initiative nearing completion, the General Services Administration (GSA) has evaluated all but a few of its buildings that are more than 50 years old. During the 2015-2017 reporting period, GSA evaluated 62 properties and nominated 39 eligible properties to the NRHP. Eighty-one percent of their eligible historic properties have been listed in the NRHP. GSA’s national leadership role in listing its historic properties has been lauded by the Department of the Interior (DOI). Evaluation of the remaining few properties included in this initiative is underway, while newly evaluated historic properties will continue along the path to listing.
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