What were the roles of the NPS Associate Directors for Nature and Culture in preparing the new Tentative List?
The Associate Directors and their staffs were asked to advise the Office of International Affairs and the George Wright Society’s contractor on how to respond to public inquiries about the Tentative List revision; on how to evaluate the units of the National Park System and other nationally important Federal lands, as well as National Historic and Natural Landmarks, for inclusion; and on how to ensure that ethnic and minority cultural sites and indigenous peoples’ interests in the national parks were appropriately considered. The Associate Directors and their staffs primarily rendered their advice through review of Applications for the new Tentative List.
