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This biannual newsletter of the Mojave Desert Network Inventory and Monitoring Program features: a summary of the network's 4th science symposium; a farewell article by departing vegetation field lead Joe Ladd; recent publication of a Streams and Lakes Monitoring hydrologic and benthic invertebrate data package; staffing updates and field sampling schedule; and continued outreach to parks to assist in increasing science and research content on their websites.
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The Sierra Nevada Monitor is the newsletter for the Sierra Nevada Inventory and Monitoring Network. This issue features network and staffing transitions, Inventory Program projects addressing park-specific needs, monitoring project updates, a Focal Condition Assessment documenting sugar pine decline, the 2024 Sierra Nevada Science Symposium, and new publications, reports, and web article.
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This issue of The Oasis newsletter highlights an upcoming Fall science symposium, a newly published Desert Springs Data Package and Quality Control Summary, a Yuma myotis bat web article, staff arrivals and departures, a first impressions article from Scientists in Parks intern Sofia Elizarraras, good-bye articles from Alison Gause and Avery Sigarroa, our spring and summer monitoring schedule, a new Inventory & Monitoring web page for Lake Mead NRA, and a new logo!
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Preserving the Race for Space 2024: From the Earth to the Moon and Beyond
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NCPTT invites participation in the Race for Space Symposium, 2024, in Houston, TX
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February 2024 newsletter highlighting the activities of the Southeast Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network.
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Delineating Maritime Cultural Landscapes at National Parks
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Mr. Ho has conducted underwater archaeological site documentation, exploratory marine survey, and a variety of submerged resource science through the NPS system and with international partners in Africa, South America, Central America, and the Pacific Islands. His interest and focus are to aid parks and resource managers in their efforts to locate, document and interpret submerged cultural resources from pre-history through the historic period through today.
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Brownfields Funding in Historic Preservation
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Targeted Brownfields Assessments, Revolving Loan Funds, Petroleum Storage Tank Funds, and Brownfields Cleanup Grants are a few of the financial tools that are available to preservationists seeking to address environ-mental contamination
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Field Guide to Gas Stations in Texas
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I’m here to talk to you about our updated field guide to gas stations in Texas. I should mention that it also applies regionally, not just to Texas, but you can apply it probably here in Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico, maybe even further out than that. From the high style, as we saw yesterday, to the Humble, to the unknowns, TxDOT’s guide can help you assess gas stations.
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Symposium Interview with Frank Matero
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Frank G. Matero is Professor of Architecture and Chair of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation. This interview took place at Are We There Yet: Preservation of Roadside Architecture and Attractions April 10-12, 2018, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Frank Matero is Director and founder of the Architectural Conservation Laboratory (1991) and a member of the Graduate Group in the Department of Art History and Research Associate of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Symposium Interview with Dylan Thuras - Are We There Yet Preserving Roadside Architecture and Attractions
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Someone reached out from the Center, and I was instantly excited because I don’t actually get a chance to interact with people who work with materials that much. I, who answer some of these questions that are more rooted in questions of preservation and questions of providing historic context so, yeah. It’s stuff that … things that, obviously, I get to touch on, but I don’t get to dive into as deeply as I would like, so I was excited to come and meet everybody.
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This biannual newsletter of the Mojave Desert Network Inventory and Monitoring Program features: an update column from Allen Calvert, Network Program Manager; highlights from our first in-person science symposium in three years; a new project brief on selected large springs monitoring; outreach efforts in parks; and a variety of staffing updates.
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The Fall 2021 issue of the Mojave Desert Network newsletter highlights the recent "inconclusive" detection of a fungus causing bat disease; provides monitoring project updates and schedules; highlights recent project briefs and a data release report; features the network's first virtual science symposium; and summarizes staffing changes.
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Rosalynn Carter was a first lady on the brink of social change. After the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal, societal distrust in political positions like the presidency was high. However, the Carters ran a campaign using things that appealed to the country in a time of change and distrust. Jimmy Carter pledged to citizens that he would bring a sense of normalcy and morality back into the presidential office. Part of the reason he was so convincing was because of Rosalynn
Material, Building Type Or Beauty – What Makes Preserving Brutalist Architecture in Buffalo So Hard?
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Why is Brutalism one of the most difficult eras to preserve? Questions of authenticity, the use of materials such as concrete panels and concrete block, the construction of new building types like public housing that do not have inherent supporters, and maintaining some of the most energy inefficient buildings ever built are some of the aspects that impact its preservation.
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The Richards Lab, as many of you know, was a notorious building before it was even finished. Vincent Scully at the time, it was being designed by Kahn said it clearly, came right out and said, “This is a landmark working 20th century architecture. This is changing architecture.” The buildup was such that, before the building even opened, it had a solo show at the Museum of Modern Arts, so this is a very, very important building. It’s a building about the integration of struct
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The 1964 World’s Fair presented itself as “A Millennium of Progress” and viewed creating a venue for companies to unveil their products of the future, includinig fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP).
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Despite Modernism’s influential place in our architectural heritage, many significant Modernist and other recent buildings are endangered because of neglect, perceived obsolesces, or inappropriate renovation, and some are even in imminent danger of demolition. In response to these threats in 2006, the World Monuments Fund launched its Modernism at Risk initiative. This presentation will illustrate that modern buildings can remain sustainable structures with vital futures.
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A topic which has frequently stumped contemporary preservation professionals, as we strive to identify and document Mid-Century Modern concrete structures, is how do we classify and describe free form concrete buildings? A hurdle for preservationists and architectural historians alike, as these buildings become part of the historic fabric, is developing a common vocabulary to bridge the gap between engineers who designed these mathematically based structures and preservatio
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This presentation gives an overview of the New York State Pavilion’s innovative design and engineering, describes the current condition of the Tent of Tomorrow and Observation Towers, highlights the importance of archival research in revealing construction methods and details, and addresses reuse challenges.
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Religious architecture is a dominant expression of Mid-Century Modernism in St Louis and throughout much of the Heartland. The embrace of modernism allowed for spiritual exploration, a renewed sense of the confluence of building and environment, and nourished experimentation in the interplay of form, materials & systems. In context — following World War II — these structures represent a period of national expansion, space discovery, cheap energy ...