{"id":4023,"date":"2026-07-28T07:05:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4023"},"modified":"2026-07-28T07:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:05:56","slug":"nationwide-backlash-as-trump-loyalists-vote-to-gut-historic-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4023","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide backlash as Trump loyalists vote to gut historic protections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Preservationists are reacting with fury after allies of President Donald Trump moved to weaken federal restrictions on construction projects built on historic sites.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4022\">Arkansas whites-only community sues UK media giant for defamation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump-appointed members of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) on Friday voted move forward with rules that would weaken Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, which requires the federal government to both evaluate how construction projects might impact protected places and to consult with people and groups affected by such projects, including Tribal Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, on Monday ripped Trump for stacking the council with loyalists who appear determined to \u201ctear down the safeguards that protect America\u2019s history so he and his billionaire friends can build whatever they want, wherever they want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, a developer has to stop and listen before paving over a tribal burial ground, a Revolutionary War battlefield, or the church where your grandparents were married,\u201d Huffman added. \u201cTrump\u2019s council wants to end that and cut tribal nations, states, counties, towns, and communities out of that conversation entirely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greg Werkheiser, founding partner at the law firm Cultural Heritage Partners, said in an interview with NPR published on Friday that the vote amounted to an \u201cattempt to gut historic preservation protections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are millions of these sites in this country,\u201d Werkheiser emphasized, \u201cand all of them are made less protected by this effort by the Trump administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4020\">CIA insider tears apart Trump\u2019s \u2018assault\u2019 on secret intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The American Institute of Architects (AIA) on Monday denounced the council\u2019s vote, describing it as \u201ca significant step back for historic preservation, community participation, and the inclusive design processes that serve the public good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its core, the revisions strip communities of their right to be heard,\u201d said the AIA. \u201cThese revisions place approximately 1.4 million historic sites at greater risk by shifting decisions away from the communities where they are rooted. The revisions make public comment optional rather than mandatory, narrow the definition of historic property, and shift decision-making authority almost entirely to federal agencies\u2014sidelining state historic preservation officers, tribal historic preservation officers, tribes, and local governments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michaela Pavlat, manager for the National Parks Conservation Association Indigenous Partnerships Program, said the Friday vote was a \u201ccalculated, yet unwarranted attack on tribal consultation, historic preservation, and the regulations that have protected the places that tell our country\u2019s diverse stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gussie Lord, managing attorney for tribal partnerships at Earthjustice, noted that the National Historic Preservation Act \u201chas not slowed the pace of new roads and power plants in this country, but it has given Tribes a seat at the table and preserved irreplaceable Indigenous sites from destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happens when entire landscapes are bulldozed without a thought to their cultural and historic importance?\u201d Lord asked. \u201cNo one should support cutting Tribes out of the decision-making process for projects that impact their rights and sacred places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4019\">Trump admin rubber-stamps absurd plan to make sky \u2018100 times brighter\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preservationists are reacting with fury after allies of President Donald Trump moved to weaken federal restrictions on construction projects built on historic sites.Trump-appointed members of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) on Friday voted move forward with rules that would weak&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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