Hey, the facts are there for everyone to see. Ad hominum attacks are the first instrument used by those who wish to divert from facts and truth. Especially when they are unable to form a concise argument for the charade they are promoting.
Everyone has a heritage, and history can be found in the history books. There is already a way for private individuals to have their own property designated as an historical site.
Why do we need groups such as yours coveting property that doesn't belong to you and pushing their agenda down our throats?
How much land will you steal in the name of your "heritage area"?
Heritage Area's are just another way to take from the private citizen and give to Government. But don't worry, obviously you will be successful in your endeavors. I bet property owners are just knocking down the doors of groups like yours begging to be included! NOT.
May I remind you that you were the first to engage in an ad hominum attack (perhaps you ought to read your own posts).
I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding between what a National Park and a National Heritage Area are.
I'm going to make this simple.
A National Park consists of government owned land where the NPS controls how the land is used.
A National Heritage Area consists of public and privately owned land. The NPS only has a say on land that it owns. It has no control over state or locally owned public land and it has no control over private land.
The Heritage Area managing authority cannot condemn, seize or control any private land within the Heritage Area. It can purchase land with a willing seller if it can raise the money but it cannot use any of its Federal Heritage Area operating funds to buy land. Since Heritage Areas get little or no other Federal funding, then it basically eliminates the use of Federal $$$ for land acquisition.
The job of the managing entity is to try to interpret and preserve what it can in a Heritage Area. This is done by working with state and local governments and private property owners. However, the managing entity has no final say on what is done with any public or privately owned land.
For instance if we want to see a battlefield preserved but we can't buy it or convince the owner to preserve it, then we can't do anything else. If the owner wants to bulldoze it and build a mall, then they are free to do so. The private property owner has the final say as regards their property.
I know that doesn't fit in with the tin foil conspiracy theories about NPS/UN control of the world but that is the way it is in the real world.
As for trying to steal private property, that is a total crock. We can't steal anything. If we want it, we have to pay market price for it and the owner has to be willing to sell it.
The managing entity for the Heritage Area is a private not for profit organization made up of citizens from all walks of life. They make no money by being on the Board of Directors. Their job is to come up with ways that make the Heritage Area self sustainable. This means that they have to raise private money to make it work. The money is raised at the local level and if the Heritage Area was such a burden on local communities, landowners, businesses and governments, then it would die pretty quickly from lack of support.
The heritage Area must respond to the needs and wants of the local population or it cannot survive.
These are the facts. You can believe otherwise but you are just plain wrong.