Performance Details
Department of Natural Resources - Office of History and Archaeology
Mission
The Office of History and Archaeology provides an historic preservation program to encourage the preservation and protection of the historic, prehistoric and archaeological resources of Alaska.
Core Services
- Identify, document, evaluate, and protect historic sites and buildings through application of historic preservation guidelines, standards and regulations to ensure state and federal actions take into account impacts to historic properties.
- Maintain statewide inventory of historic, archaeological and prehistoric sites (Alaska Heritage Resource Survey) and provide guidance, training and access to site information.
Mission Results |
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Performance Detail
A: Result -Historic properties are protected through historic preservation programs that identify, document, protect, and restore historic sites and buildings. |
A1: Core Service - Identify, document, evaluate, and protect historic sites and buildings through application of historic preservation guidelines, standards and regulations to ensure state and federal actions take into account impacts to historic properties. |
Target #2: Enter into four new historic preservation agreements per quarter. Maintain and monitor existing agreements..
Large or substantive Agreements signed in 2023 include the OTZ PA, the Polaris Building MOA, and the Coast Guard Buoy MOA. Major agreement amendments made during the reporting period include the Sterling Highway PA, the Coastal Plain PA, and the Grant Lake Hydro PA. Major milestones were reached for several large projects with existing agreements, such as the Ambler Access Road PA, the Sterling Highway MP 45-60 PA, and the Forest Service Mental Health Trust Land Exchange PA. Target Last Modified: 11/03/2023 |
A2: Core Service - Maintain statewide inventory of historic, archaeological and prehistoric sites (Alaska Heritage Resource Survey) and provide guidance, training and access to site information. |
Target #1: Maintain statewide database of site locations, description information, and digital documents for use by agencies, project planners, and researchers..
To protect sites against unauthorized disturbance and vandalism, access to AHRS and related information is closed to the general public and controlled through user agreements. Access protocols and guidelines are set in the Office of History and Archaeology`s Data Access Policies and Guidelines. In FY2023, there were 340 individual and 40 corporate users. As of June 30, 2023, there were 50,500 AHRS site records. Digitization of documents associated with the sites reached 20,200 records in the Document Repository and there are 20,400 digitized investigation records in the database. Information was converted from the legacy database to the new database and all data entry from November 2022 onward has been in the new database. Target Last Modified: 11/06/2023 |
Last refreshed: 04/19/2024 05:00 pm