Gettysburg asset removals

Gettysburg National Military Park

The agency files it as “Demolition/Removal of Select Assets”

Timing

The agency stopped taking comments on September 22. What you find still counts: it backs the formal objections from people who did comment, it goes to the lawyers on the fight, and it is the story.

The sentence we think is wrong

“Panels are missing from the east and west edges of the roof. This allows water to enter the interior of the addition”

The agency wrote that in its own document, under B301001-2 Outshed Granary Roof Finishes. Nobody has been out to check it. A dated photograph either backs it up or ends it.

How you settle it

At the Bishop Barn on Emmitsburg Road, walk to the north side and look at the small shed roof on the added granary. Photograph the east and west edges of that metal roof. A clear photo of the shed roof edges showing either bare gaps where metal panels are gone or an unbroken, intact panel run.

The decision

Gettysburg National Military Park is consulting with the public under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act about plans to demolish or remove select assets within the park. Because Gettysburg is a nationally significant Civil War battlefield, any removal of structures or features could affect historic and cultural resources that are central to the park's mission. This process gives

Read the whole thing, and write to the agency about it

How to record it so it counts

01Don’t touch, move, collect or disturb anything. Ever.
02Photograph what you see from where you stand. Don’t dig, brush away or reposition.
03Don’t post these photographs anywhere. Submit them here only; they go into a sealed record.
04Write down what you saw and, if you know, what it is.

What would count

A photograph in the sealed record, with the location held under the confidentiality the law provides.
Nothing public. The public card will say only that a sensitive observation exists.

All of it, with the phone settings, in the field guide

Are you going?

Say yes or no. It tells the next person whether anyone has this ground covered, and it is the only way we know a request was answered rather than just read. You can change your mind any time, and nobody follows up.

Join, then say you’re going

Nobody has answered yet

Before you go

Public land only. Plenty of land inside a national forest or park boundary is privately owned, and that is not yours to walk on. A gate or a closure sign means stop. Check the rules for the specific place you are going, because they differ.
Don’t touch survey stakes, flagging, equipment or anything a crew left. Photograph it; leave it.
Don’t approach crews, contractors or agency staff about the project. Don’t interfere with any operation.
Wildlife at a distance. No drones in wilderness or anywhere they’re prohibited. Stay off closed roads and trails.
If you’re not sure, don’t. Weather, terrain, water, fire and people are your call, and yours alone.

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