Trump officials seek to weaken historic-preservation reviews of projects

“This is not only a massive assault on laws that have benefited that nation for some 60 years, it almost completely eliminates the role of the public,” Charles A. Birnbaum, the CEO of the Cultural Landscape Foundation, an education and advocacy organization, said in a statement. “The proposal actually eliminates language that says: ‘The views of the public are essential to informed Federal decisionmaking in the section 106 process.’ How unAmerican is that?”