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farm406 42 Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts _ Angel Cushing, McCloud, NE, May 19, 2021. Rep. Tatum Lee Hahn addressing audience, WaKeeney, Trego County, KS, April 14, 2021. then distributed it to the respective boards of county commissioners. e document was scanned and posted to the Western Region Property Rights Coalition Facebook page created on February 26, 2021. A Regional Cultural Heritage Tourism study performed by students of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, (UNL) Landscape Architecture program in 2016 provided the basis for pursuing a Kansas Nebraska NHA. In the Spring of 2017, Ashley Olson, Executive Director for the Willa Cather Foundation, Joe Black, Executive Director for the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, Kim Wilson, Professor at UNL, Landscape Architecture Program, and Mark Engler, Superintendent of the Homestead National Monument, NPS, formed a steering commiee to pursue NHA designation. An unelected steering commiee initiated a process covering 49 counties with a population of 650,000. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) Program in 2017. e RTCA works with community groups, nonprofits, tribes, state and local governments to design trails and parks, conserve and improve access to rivers, protect special places, and create recreation opportunities. During a steering commiee meeting held in December 2018, a vote was taken by twenty interested individuals to pursue a feasibility study. At the request of Prof. Kim Wilson, Jane Weber participated in a KNHAP board meeting on December 10, 2019, wherein Weber summarized the formation of BSCNHA, aspects of fundraising, completing a feasibility study, and the process to influence businesses and elected officials to gain financial and political support.

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