National Heritage Areas

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Scope note
Beginning in the 1980s, sites designated by US Congress and administered by non-profit organizations or state governments where natural, cultural, and historic resources combine to form a nationally important landscape.
National Heritage Areas
Accepted term: 01-Dec-2025