by amanda@acra-crm.org | Aug 19, 2026 | ACRAsphere, Section 106 Action Center
This post is authored by Charles M. Niquette, founding member of ACRA and Chairman of the Board of Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. Many in the historic preservation community are understandably alarmed by the current effort to eviscerate the regulations implementing...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Aug 13, 2026 | ACRAsphere, Section 106 Action Center
CRM firms have an opportunity to express their views directly to the federal government about the ACHP’s radical overhaul of the regulations that implement Section 106. All proposed regulatory changes must be reviewed by the Office of Information and Regulatory...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Aug 12, 2026 | ACRAsphere, Section 106 Action Center
The ACHP has approved a radical overhaul of the 800 regulations that implement Section 106 of the NHPA, and ACRA is currently creating resources for CRM practitioners to aid in the fight to protect them. One resource ACRA is aiming to provide is the most current...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Aug 11, 2026 | ACRAsphere, Section 106 Action Center
Each spring ACRA brings members to Washington, DC to meet with their Representatives and Senators and discuss issues important to cultural resources management. However, we know that not everyone can make the trip to the nation’s capitol, so this year we are...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Aug 10, 2026 | ACRAsphere, Section 106 Action Center
Once upon a time, August in Washington was quiet. Hot and humid, to be sure, but quiet. Members of Congress would leave town for their home districts or vacation homes. The President would fly off to Martha’s Vineyard or a ranch someplace for R-and-R. And all the...
by amanda@acra-crm.org | Jul 30, 2026 | ACRAsphere, Section 106 Action Center
More than 250 ACRA members joined a Hot Topic yesterday to discuss the ACHP’s radical overhaul of the 800 regulations that implement Section 106. On the call, ACRA members echoed the concerns that ACRA has raised about the proposal, including how it makes public...
