National Heritage Areas

     

National Heritage Areas

National Heritage Areas are places where historic, cultural and natural resources combine

to form cohesive, nationally important landscapes. Unlike national parks, National Heritage

Areas are large live-in landscapes which expand on traditional approaches to resource

stewardship by supporting large-scale, community driven initiatives that connect local citizens

to the preservation and planning process.

Click here to learn more about the National Heritage Area program.

Click on the logos below to learn about the six National Heritage Areas in New England:

                                                                       

John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor         Essex National Heritage Area

                       

                                            Housatonic Heritage Area                                      The Last Green Valley Heritage Area

                                                                 

   Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area                                              Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership

Sowams could be the next New England National Heritage Area!