July 2nd is the day we start doing things a little bit differently here at the PA SHPO: online data entry and required project review forms! Here is what we first announced in our April 4, 2018 blog: Electronic, aka online, data … Continue reading
Category Archives: Special Announcement
Special Announcement! Job Opportunity @ PA SHPO
Are you interested in joining a pro-active and dedicated team of preservationists, historians, and archaeologists? The Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office (PA SHPO) is seeking a Historic Preservation Specialist to work between disciplines and advance SHPO priorities across program areas. … Continue reading
Add this to your summer reading list! #preservationhappenshere – PA’s Statewide Preservation Plan – is ready for you
Picture yourself – lounging poolside, lakeside, or on the beach – with your tablet or smart phone (or even good old-fashioned paper) enjoying the hottest summer publication that hasn’t yet made the New York Times bestseller list: #preservationhappenshere, Pennsylvania’s next statewide historic preservation … Continue reading
Special Announcement! New Archaeology Guidelines Available
PA SHPO has released an updated 2017 version of the Guidelines for Archaeological Investigation in Pennsylvania.
Special Announcement: Job Opening @ PA SHPO
Are you interested in making a difference through disaster management planning? Do you want to be on the forefront of proactive historic preservation?
Special Announcement: Geospatial Standards for Report Submissions
Last month, we announced changes in how we would like to receive archaeological and architectural reports. These changes are designed to streamline the review process and to reduce paper copies. In addition, we are now requesting shapefiles for survey areas … Continue reading
Special Announcement: Changes for PA Archaeological Site Survey (PASS)
This spring, change is in the air for the Pennsylvania Archaeological Site Survey (PASS)! Archaeologists from the PA SHPO and State Museum of Pennsylvania have worked together to revise the PASS Site Identification Criteria and to devise new procedures for … Continue reading
Special Announcement: Help us build a digital library!
Historic preservation consultants, archaeology consultants, local preservation and/or archaeology organizations, local & county planners, and historical societies, the PA SHPO needs your help!
Special Announcement! A Call for Session Proposals
Preservation Pennsylvania has issued a Call for Sessions Proposals for the 2017 Statewide Conference on Heritage. This year the conference will be held in the historic downtown of Carlisle Pennsylvania on June 14-16th, 2017.
PA SHPO Consultants List
The Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office has released an updated and revised Consultants List.