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Is Your Park Prepared for the Next 100 Years?

If Youre geTTINg readY for THe CeNTeNNIal, HereS SomeTHINg elSe To CelebraTe:

Theres a National Park Service Center That Has Science and Technology Solutions to Help You ...
Improve Infrastructure Tackle Preservation Projects Achieve Cost-efficiency Connect With Experts Improve Sustainability

Professional Training
NCPTT Serves as a Trainer and Convener for NPS Personnel
The National Center develops and conducts regional seminars and workshops on topics like cemetery monument conservation, engineering for older and historic buildings, and archeological prospection. Numerous National Park Service employees in a wide range of fields have taken part in our training events, which also serve as networking opportunities with professionals outside the Service.

Technology Serving the Future of Parks

s the National Park Service gears up for its centennial, heres something You can celebrate: NPS already has many of the fundamental tools you need to plan the modernization of your facilities while protecting the resources in your care. Since its founding in 1994, the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training has provided research and training solutions to National Parks from coast to coast. our focus is using technology to advance the field of preservation, and particularly the needs of the National Park Service. Creating a sustainable environment that respects natural, cultural and human resources is a growing challengebut one that can be assisted by emerging research in the field of preservation technology. Congress created NCPTT under the National Park Service as a mechanism to coordinate research, disseminate information, and provide training about new technologies for preservation. The National Center works in a wide variety if preservation endeavors but focuses on the following areas where Parks commonly encounter challenges: archeology and collections architecture and engineering landscape architecture materials conservation NCPTT conducts Webinars and Tel-NPS courses on topics such as historic landscape maintenance and monument cleaning.

Following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, NCPTTs website became NPSs central source for information on disaster response and cultural resources. That leadership has continued through crises like Hurricane Irene in 2011.

Non-invasive graffiti cleaning using laser technology at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

online Clearinghouse
NCPTT Serves as a Clearinghouse and Web Portal for Park needs
NCPTTs website and social media use enable the National Center to communicate the latest news about preservation technologies to a variety of audiences. online research publications address a multitude of preservation issues and fields and are available for download at no cost. a powerful search engine allows you to search several preservation-related sites at once. and a frequently updated news section will keep you informed about the latest preservation research and training. The National Center communicates more personally with the use of podcasting and staff blogs. The National Center also has a prominent presence on social networking sites such as facebook, flickr, Twitter and YouTube.

Preservation research
NCPTT Conducts and Funds Research Beneficial to National Parks
NCPTT researchers work out of three labs at our headquarters in lee H. Nelson Hall in Natchitoches, louisiana. much of our research includes the study of how pollution affects cultural resourcesa problem many Parks share. additionally, we conduct research at sites across the country on topics like the effects of biological growth and proper architectural treatments.
Dry Tortugas National Park Underwater Archeology Video Grant Project with NPS Submerged Resources Center and Montana Public Broadcasting.

PTT grants & Cooperative agreements

NCPTT Works with Parks to Fund Research Grants and Partnerships

NCPTT conducts research on the effectiveness of traditional limewash recipes as part of a joint study with Cane River Creole National Historical Park.

CPTT maintains a broad partnership base that includes National Park Service sites; other federal agencies; state and tribal historic preservation offices; universities; private corporations; and local, state, national and international non-profit organizations. additionally, the National Center provides direct and competitive grants of up to $25,000 to promote research and training opportunities in preservation technology. Special consideration is given to National Park Service agencies for these grants. With more than $8 million already spent in research, NCPTT is uniquely prepared to help you face your Parks preservation and technological issues. make the first step toward ensuring your Parks next 100 years by logging on to our website or calling today. NCPTT: Technology Serving the future of Parks.

NCPTTs heritage education outreach has instilled the values of stewardship in hundreds of school children, and can be used to inform interpretation efforts for National Parks.

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Sustainability for The future

NCPTT Works to Promote Sustainability Preservation
NCPTT is partnering with federal, state and local governments, nonprofit, research and educational organizations, and others to define and develop the role of historic preservation in safeguarding historic resources in a sustainable manner. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System has become the industry standard for demonstrating the sustainability of new construction and rehabilitation projects. NCPTT has begun offering LEED Technical Review and Exam Preparation workshops to prepare participants to take the LEED Green Associate Exam.

National Center for Preservation Technology and Training 645 University Parkway Natchitoches LA 71457 318-356-7444 www.ncptt.nps.gov

he National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) is a research, technology transfer and training center within the Cultural resources directorate in Washington but located in the field near louisianas Cane river Creole National Historical Park. over the last decade, NCPTT has funded research in the following units of the National Park System:

Biscayne National Park Cane River Creole National Historical Park Chaco Culture National Historical Park Dry Tortugas National Park Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site Glacier National Park Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Hovenweep National Monument John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Mesa Verde National Park Natchez National Historical Park New Orleans Jazz National Park San Juan National Historic Site Statue of Liberty Historical Monument Stones River National Battlefield Virgin Islands National Park Yellowstone National Park

And partnered with the following central offices and Centers to deliver high quality training and research to NPS staff: Association of National Park Maintenance Employees Applied Archeology Center Archeology and Ethnography Program, WASO Cane River National Heritage Area Denver Service Center Harpers Ferry Center, Department of Conservation Historic American Buildings Survey Historic American Landscapes Survey Historic Preservation Training Center National Register of Historic Places/Teaching with Historic Places Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation Southeast Regional Office Stephen T. Mather Training Center Submerged Resources Center

NCPTT continues to work closely with Parks and Park programs, most recently awarding grants to NPS units at: Fort Ticonderoga National Historic Landmark Midwest Archeological Center