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LOST Arkansas: Challenges to Preserving Cultural Landscapes
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Friday, March 14, 2008

Giffels Auditorium, Old Main
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Lost Arkansas  . . . a tale of two worlds. One is where prosperous Houstonian developments obliterate archaeological areas, local ecologies and agricultural properties. The other is in economic decay, which leaves ancient and colonial settlements, parks and gardens in decline. Without documentation and preservation of our cultural landscapes, Arkansas' heritage is lost.

International and national leaders in preservation will offer a lively discussion on the challenges and rewards in putting cultural landscape preservation and nature first.

Highlights include:

•    Keynote address by Perry Howard, president of the American Society of Landscape Architects. A program coordinator for the landscape architecture department at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Howard has worked to involve landscape architecture professionals in rebuilding following natural disasters such as the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes. He has also called for educational efforts to promote an understanding of natural and managed environments that would mitigate damage from future natural disasters.

•    Lecture by landscape architect Charles Birnbaum, founder and president of the Cultural Landscape Foundation, a non-profit foundation in Washington, D. C. An outspoken proponent for the preservation of modern American landscapes, Birnbaum is author of Making Postwar Landscapes Visible, co-author of Pioneers of American Landscape Design and co-editor of Design with Culture: Claiming America’s Landscape Heritage and Preserving Modern Landscape Architecture I and II.

•    Panel discussions moderated by Birnbaum featuring presentations by Tom Green, Director of the Arkansas Archaeological Survey and Maurizio Fontana, Director of Monti Simbruini Natural and Regional Park.

The symposium is cohosted by the Arkansas chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and provides continuing education credits for design professionals. The registration fee of $45 includes a picnic lunch by the Fulbright Peace Fountain; students and media representatives may attend at no charge. The registration deadline is March 10. To register, contact Kyle Marshall as 479/575-4945 or kdm02@uark.edu.