Join the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Government Relations team for an update on key federal policy efforts. With limited legislative days before the end of the 119th Congress, tune in to learn more about what Congress is working on and how you can help advance preservation policy priorities. The session will provide key updates on the fast-approaching end of the fiscal year, legislative momentum, and a discussion about potential lame-duck policy priorities.

Mark your calendars for this timely conversation and important update on the issues shaping preservation advocacy today.

Speakers:

• Shaw Sprague, Vice President for Government Relations, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Pam Bowman, Senior Director of Public Lands Policy, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Lauren Cohen, Associate Director of Government Relations, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Michael Lundquist, Deputy Chief of Staff/Legislative Director for Mike Carey (R-OH)

Technology is reshaping how preservation professionals document, analyze, and plan for historic places. This webinar explores tools such as GIS, field data collection, mapping, and visualization to support preservation planning and adaptive reuse. Attendees will learn strategies for filling critical data gaps, building actionable datasets, and using technology to inform planning decisions.

Presenters include Sara Bronin, who will share the first ever standardized repository of historic places and the legal protections for them; Chris Carlberg, who will present mapping resources he created for the APA Design Preservation Rapid Assistance; and Greg Yanito, will demonstrate the use of digital tools to map field conditions in real time.

Registrants to this webinar will receive periodic updates and communications from the National Trust for Historic Preservation as well as the American Planning Association.

On Friday, July 17, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) proposed damaging revisions to the regulations for Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). If implemented, these new rules would dramatically diminish the effectiveness of the NHPA and the current legal protections for historic and cultural places.

This webinar will outline some of the more serious aspects and potential impacts of the proposed changes, provide information about next steps and the timeline for the process, and what you can do to push back against this threat to the work of historic preservation.

The Advisory Council has asked for a vote on the proposal by Friday, July 24. As a voting member of the council the National Trust for Historic Preservation will be voting “No.” Learn more about this threat.

Panelists

• Tom Mayes, Chief Legal Officer, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Rob Nieweg, Senior Vice President for Preservation Initiatives, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Marion Werkheiser, Co-founder & Attorney at Law, Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC

Effective climate action requires practical strategies for implementation and advocacy. This webinar explores how communities and organizations can advance heritage-informed decarbonization policies that support building reuse, retrofit, and low-carbon building practices. Participants will hear lessons learned from successful advocacy campaigns to integrate heritage-based decarbonization strategies into local climate policy. The session will also include strategies and tools for communicating the environmental benefits of reusing and retrofitting older and historic buildings.

This is the third in a three part series. Learn more about the Heritage Now Campaign.

Join us in Washington, D.C. and online for the 2026 National Preservation Law Conference. Access the agenda and register today!

This National Preservation Summit will bring together leaders from the preservation community—in-person and online—alongside national, civic, business, and community figures from across the nation. With a theme of All People Are Created Equal, this convening will explore community revitalization, the interpretation of the past to foster a shared future, and unity through historic places.

Location: Washington, D.C. and online.