Cultural resources are an important component of environmental planning.
Cultural resource planning provides a framework for managing cultural resources and historic properties and helps guide sustainable economic development while protecting important historic and cultural heritage assets.
Cultural resource planning is a comprehensive strategy for managing and protecting cultural assets, which can include archeological sites, historic buildings, cultural/historic landscapes, and intangible cultural heritage. Management plans are designed to provide management procedures and best practices to ensure that the key characteristics of significant resources are preserved, as well as to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal laws. These plans provide a framework for preservation, public use, and compliance with legal requirements, ensuring that cultural resources are preserved while also supporting development and other land use activities. A key aspect of these plans is integrating cultural resource considerations into larger organizational or community master plans.
The Ottery Group’s professionals provide strategic guidance and tailored solutions to help clients achieve community planning goals while preserving cultural resources and providing for interpretation. We define objectives, evaluate community input, assess project options, and adapt planning strategies to align with economic, ecological, and resource conditions. Through collaboration, documentation, technical support, and innovative approaches, The Ottery Group delivers successful outcomes that will move projects forward with confidence.
The Ottery Group has a strong record of delivering successful project outcomes and is a recognized and proven leader in the field of cultural resource management. We guide our clients through complex state and federal regulations and provide straightforward, cost-effective solutions that satisfy regulatory requirements. Our staff is experienced in the full range of historic preservation specialties, including archeology and architectural history. Principal staff meet the Secretary of the Interior’s professional qualifications (36 CFR 61) in their respective disciplines.
