ANALYSIS OF THE
NORTHERN PLAINS NATIONAL
HERITAGE AREA
By Jacqueline Dotzenrod and Brett Narloch
Originally printed in the
June 2009 Dakota Beacon Magazine
On March 30, President Barack Obama signed H.R.146, which created the Northern Plains National Heritage Area (NPNHA). A National Heritage Area (NHA) is “a place where natural, cultural, historic, and recreational resources combine to form a cohesive, nationally distinctive landscape arising from patterns of human activity shaped by geography.”
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