MADISON, WI. — This summer, the Trump-appointed majority on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) proposed sweeping changes to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. These changes would allow federal agencies to begin construction projects on historic landmarks without notifying local officials, receiving public input, or consulting with historic preservation offices.
Representative Randy Udell (D-47th District) released the following statement:
“For sixty years, the National Historic Preservation Act has required consultation and public engagement for federal projects that may disturb historic places and landmarks, including national parks, monuments, historic neighborhoods, tribal lands, and burial grounds. The ACHP’s new proposal threatens our public lands, the transparency of federal projects, and our shared civic and cultural heritage.
“Wisconsin, like many states, is already reckoning with insufficient transparency and guard rails for private development of our state’s land, including data center contracts. There is no good reason for the Trump administration to remove existing protections from our cultural, historic, and landscape resources.
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“No district in Wisconsin benefits from shredding the protections of the National Historic Preservation Act, and we must collectively oppose these proposed changes.”
