Kirk Cordell and Andy Ferrell participated in planning for “Preserving Coastal Forts: An NPS Workshop” that is scheduled April 8-10, 2008, in Charleston, South Carolina.

NCPTT is now advertising its 2008 summer internship opportunities in architecture and engineering, archeology and collections, heritage education, historic landscapes and materials conservation.

NCPTT will hold two TelNPS courses in January. The Essentials in Cemetery Monument Care program will air on Jan. 17 from 1 to 3 EST.

Horace Henry Foxall, Jr., serves as a member of the Preservation Technology and Training Board for the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training.

NCPTT has completed filming and production of a new video about the care and preservation of iron fence work found in cemeteries.

On September 29, NCPTT and the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program held a Cemetery Preservation Basics Workshop in Hot Springs, Ark.

The deadline for organizations to submit their pre-proposal letter for the PTT Grants program has been extended to Oct. 15, 2007.

Materials Conservator Jason Church demonstrates how to properly repair an iron fence.

On Aug. 9, NCPTT, Cane River Creole National Historical Park and Cane River National Heritage Area hosted the seventh annual Preservation In Your Community event at Nelson Hall in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

The Association for Preservation Technology International has announced its first off-shore conference, entitled Old World Technologies: Adapting in the New World.

NCPTT’s David W. Morgan and the University of Arizona’s Arleyn Simon co-hosted a symposium at the annual meeting of the Society of American Archaeology, held April 25-29 in Austin, Texas.

Eight awards will be made through 2007 PTTGrants program in the amount of $254,600.

Jason Church and David W. Morgan represented NCPTT at the Louisiana Preservation Alliance annual meeting, held May 5, 2007 in Monroe, Louisiana.

The work of this grant identified private collections and institutional repositories of material culture objects and documents associated with the Louisiana Creole cultural group.

Here are nine tips for cemetery preservation that I have learned.

NCPTT materials conservator Jason Church, NCPTT intern Ervin James and Cane River National Heritage program manager Rolonda Teal presented at the African-American Preservation Alliance (AAPA) Conference, held Aug. 3-5 in Memphis.

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.

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

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?

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.