Outreach & Support
At the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office, our Preservation Assistance initiative serves as a comprehensive resource hub empowering communities, property owners, and preservation professionals across Idaho to protect, interpret, and celebrate the state’s historic, archaeological, and cultural treasures. From statewide and local planning guidance—including the Idaho Historic Preservation Plan and Certified Local Government support—to technical resources such as Preservation Briefs and Easement Program tools, the program fosters collaboration, provides funding opportunities, and offers actionable strategies tailored to diverse preservation needs.
Contact
(208) 334-3861
Preservation Resources
Preservation Partners
Our mission is to preserve Idaho’s historic places through collaboration, education, and advocacy.
https://www.preservationidaho.org/
For over 40 years, Preservation Idaho has worked to protect historic places of significance to Idahoans. Though at times limited in its ability to affect real change outside of the Treasure Valley, Preservation Idaho has worked across the state in small ways and large to preserve the architecture and history that makes Idaho unique.
Preservation Idaho is a 501(c)(3) non-profit registered with the IRS. We do not receive any State or Federal operating funds. We fund our education and advocacy work through memberships, donations, sponsorships, and grants.
The Idaho Archaeological Society’s mission is to preserve, educate, and encourage the study of Idaho’s antiquities.
https://www.idahoarchaeology.org/
The Idaho Archaeological Society (IAS), founded in 1971, achieves its objective through a series of programs. The society is a statewide organization providing a range of programming that includes lectures, seminars, museum visits, and field trips, among other events to its membership and interested parties. In addition, the society hosts an annual conference where Idaho archaeologists present the results of their recent research and supports several publications: a professional journal, the Idaho Archaeologist, and Artifacts, the newsletter of the IAS.
Preserving the historic fabric of Idaho for our State’s Bicentennial in 2090 through a program of grants and technical assistance.
https://www.idahoheritage.org/
Founded in 1989, the Idaho Heritage Trust began as a lasting legacy of the Centennial Celebration of 1990.
- Funded more than 400 projects totaling over $3 million in grants and technical architectural, engineering and conservation advice.
- Provided grants and technical assistance in every county in Idaho.
- Awarded more than 66% of grants to communities of 5,000 or less.
Idaho’s Bicentennial in 2090 will be the pinnacle milestone for the Idaho Heritage Trust. A century of preservation will take center stage for a new generation to visit in celebration.
Our mission is to protect significant places representing our diverse cultural experience by taking direct action and inspiring broad public support.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a privately funded nonprofit organization, works to save America’s historic places. We are the cause that inspires Americans to save the places where history happened. The cause that connects us to our diverse pasts, weaving a multi-cultural nation together. The cause that transforms communities from places where we live into places that we love. As the leading voice for preservation, we are the cause for people saving places.