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Welcome to the Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area (FFNHA) management plan webpage!
The completion of a general management plan is one of the National Park Service requirements for all new National Heritage Areas. This plan was completed as a follow-up to the Feasibility Study that was completed several years ago as part of the National Heritage Area designation process. The Freedom's Frontier management planning process kicked off in February 2008 was approved by the Freedom's Frontier Board of Trustees on June 10th, 2009. The document will now undergo Official Review by the National Park Service to ensure it complies with all component required within the enabling legislation.
This plan is about getting citizens excited in its unique heritage. The completed management plan serves as a guide or “partnership handbook” for voluntary partners in the heritage area to positively affect tourism, preservation, conservation, businesses, communities, events, and other institutions. Feedback from partners on the items listed below was critical to help shape the plan during this process.
The Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Management Plan
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Cover, Table of Contents, and Executive Summary
The introductory documents provide information about the structure of the document and give a brief overview of the management plan.
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Part 1: The Power of Place
The Power of Place explores the qualities that make
this 31,000 square mile heritage area a unique place in
the world. This
section explores how the natural geography of the area
shaped settlement, agriculture, movement, and sites
where conflict occurred. By looking at natural systems
and the relatively recent human geography of the last
several centuries, we can begin to ask how the land contributed
to Freedom’s Frontier’s diverse stories.
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Part 2: The Power of Story
The Power of Story explores why the stories in the heritage area are unique and nationally significant. Some of the most important events within Freedom’s
Frontier occurred because individuals took action to create a society that better fit their definition of freedom. Freedom’s Frontier honors those individuals by involving
residents and stakeholders in a grassroots effort to craft a plan that stewards those stories and the landscape on which those events occurred.
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Part 3: The Power of Action
The Power of Action offers clear toolkits to help citizens
and groups manage and improve Freedom’s Frontier
as a National Heritage Area. The toolkits offer tips, models,
links to more information, and questions for groups
to explore. The toolkits speak to Heritage Preservation,
Tourism & Marketing, and Storytelling.
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Part 4: The Power of Partnership
The Power of Partnership builds on the Toolkits to
provide in-depth information for site managers, partners,
and other FFNHA members. This chapter offers
five “operations plans” that focus on Heritage Preservation,
Recreation and Natural Resource Conservation,
Interpretation & Education, Tourism & Marketing, and
Economic Development.
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Part 5: The Power of People
The Power of People includes acknowledgments for the hundreds of people and organizations who contributed to the development of the document, as well as letters of commitment from dozens of organizations in the heritage area.
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Press Release: Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Board of Trustees Approves the Management Plan
All press releases, including a general information release, are available in the Additional Documents section of the website.
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Click on the "What is the Status of the Plan?" link to find out where FFNHA is in the management planning process. Key documents for different phases in the development of the management plan can be found in this section.
Click on the "How do I comment?" link to learn more about different ways that you can offer comments and get involved in Freedom's Frontier.
Click on the "Additional Documents" link to find press releases, monthly reports on the progress of the management plan, list of committee members and other documents related to the planning process. You may also want to check the “Meetings” section of the general FFNHA website to find agendas, minutes, handouts and presentations for the monthly Partnership Team meetings.
You can click on “Connect to Home Page” to return to the home page of the Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area website, or click on the “Management Plan Planning Process” banner to return to the main page of the Management Plan section.
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Our management planning team thanks you for all of your assistance during the management planning process!
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