Management Plan
The 2008 Congressional legislation that established the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area (Click here to read) requires that a management plan be prepared for the heritage area for approval by the Secretary of the Interior. The management plan will guide partnerships and programs that implement the heritage area's mission and vision. Once approved, the management plan also provides the basis for federal investment authorized by the 2008 legislation.

A heritage area’s management plan is a blueprint for the many activities to be undertaken by partners and the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition (LFL, the “local coordinating entity”) in the years ahead. Because a heritage area requires focus in a wide variety of topics, a plan helps to identify the most important actions and the order and timeframe in which they should be pursued ... (more)

Feasibility Study
Click here to read the Feasibility Study that helped to define the region and ensure our success in being chosen as a National Heritage Area!

Process/Schedule
Click HERE to learn about the overall process for the management plan including the master schedule and more!

Maps
Click here to find maps that will help you learn more about the landscape and special resources of the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area!

Existing Conditions
The planning team is assembling information about historic resources and sites, museums and other visitor attractions, trails and driving routes, natural and recreational sites, and studying issues to be addressed by the management plan. Check here to examine documentation and provide comments.

Meetings
General public meetings and working groups in communities and on such topics as interpretation, education, tourism, and community development are ongoing throughout the management plan process. Check here for the details as the schedule is updated with dates, times, locations, and topics.

Alternatives
Heritage areas have so many different issues to address that it is easiest to construct alternatives or scenarios that ask “what if?” For example, what if the heritage area’s partners and LFL were to focus most on community development? Or tourism? Or what if the heritage area were to be organized by regions? Or emphasize recreation? By providing detailed ways of imagining the future with varying emphasis, we can better see choices and come up with the appropriate combinations of priority actions. Click here to learn more, as the information flows in!

Assorted Management Plan Documents
As the Management Process moves onward, there will be smaller sections of the management plan that need to be reviewed and commented upon so that we may help to create the best management plan possible.  Those important documents will go here.  Please feel free to comment!

FAQ
As questions arise, the most frequently asked questions will show up here, so feel free to click here and see if your question has been asked yet, if not, then just get a hold of us!

Public Comment
Please click here to give us your comment.