Much like last year, LLO readers continued to be interested in articles that examined the effects of Trump administration policies on federal conservation and preservation programs. Other pieces that sparked interest - a call for an African American Burial Grounds Network, an overview of the definitions and values of rural landscapes, and an essay on what makes for long lasting public policy initiatives. Check out the stories five below.

1)  Best Laid Plans: What Ensures Program Longevity?  In February 2019, we asked  why some programs or ideas seem to gain traction and staying power, while others fade from view?

2) The Crying Need to Establish An African American Burial Grounds Network In April 2019, we highlighted a bill in Congress that would establish the African American Burial Grounds Network.

3)  Proposed National Register Rule Threatens Historic and Cultural Landscapes In May 2019, we reported on an attempt to  make it more difficult for the public to nominate historic properties and in particular cultural landscapes to the National Register of Historic Places.

4)  An Uncertain Future: Charting the Bureau of Land Management's Landscape Scale Work In August 2019, we covered the potential effects that relocation of BLM headquarters could have on the agency's landscape scale work. 

5)  World Rural Landscape Principles: Principle One, Definition and Values of Rural Landscapes  In August 2019, we launched a special series of articles on the World Rural Landscape Principles.