NCPTT is set to host seven interns in the Summer of 2007.

NCPTT is currently advertising for a Ph.D. chemist to fill a two-year joint faculty position with renewal options.

As NCPTT dedicates its new home, Lee H. Nelson Hall, this November, many are curious about the building’s namesake. Who was Lee Nelson and how did he affect the field of preservation?

The Federal Preservation Institute is a new initiative of NCPTT to meet the historic preservation training needs of Federal agencies.

Dr. Robert Stearns has accepted the position of manager for the National Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Program (NAGPRA).

Developing this technology will enable planners and others to better assess risks to historic resources, plan effective mitigation strategies, and improve disaster response.

NCPTT has created a new research priority for its grants program targeting the field of archeology.

NCPTT is partnering with NSU to set up a lab to research lasers as a method for safely cleaning historic materials.

On Aug. 3, NCPTT hosted “Preservation in Your Community,” a public event held annually to showcase preservation research and activities being undertaken by local National Park Service organizations.

NCPTT has published the summer edition of its official newsletter, NCPTT Notes.

NCPTT was awarded the Harriette Merrifield Forbes Award for its Cemetery Preservation Initiative.

The sixth annual Preservation in Your Community event at NCPTT’s headquarters in Louisiana will be held on Aug. 3, 2006.

On April 28th NCPTT hosted Laura Hudson, the former Chief Legislative Aide to Senator J. Bennett Johnston.

In an effort to meet its strategic goal of developing a world-class training facility, NCPTT is undertaking several improvements to its headquarters at Lee Nelson Hall.

Within days of Katrina, NCPTT was helping FEMA with its damage survey.
At FEMA’s request, the Center took the lead to produce a Rapid Building and
Site Condition Assessment tool and database that FEMA could use to evaluate
flood-damaged historic buildings in New Orleans and surrounding parishes.
Rapid Cemetery Condition Assessment and Detailed Building and Site Condition
Assessment forms and [...]

How can the National Park Service enhance training regarding historic preservation for federal agencies? Who is the audience? What are its needs? How should training be delivered? Where should we start?

The Federal Preservation Institute (FPI), a program of the NCPTT, in cooperation with Northwestern State University of Louisiana, is developing a website to provide essential information about historic preservation and Native American issues.

On November 7, nearly 200 guests and dignitaries gathered on the south lawn of Lee Nelson Hall, in Natchitoches, Louisiana, for the building’s formal dedication. Nelson Hall became home to NCPTT in June 2001 after a multimillion dollar renovation.

Mary S. Carroll, NCPTT’s information management program director, has accepted a position as archeologist within the Archeology and Ethnography Program of the National Park Service’s National Center for Cultural Resources.

Life safety and making public places secure are now paramount issues facing the government and private sectors at all levels. On Jan. 22, 2002, the National Park Service, in cooperation with private and governmental partners, will present a conference focusing on how this environment will affect the historic character of America’s cities and towns.