Bartram Trail Conference Resolutions

he Bartram Trail Conference is resolved to pursue the following:

1. expand the definition of its objectives to include Heritage subjects and serve as a focal point for national, regional, state and local Bartram Heritage efforts;

2. establish criteria for and administer the registration of Bartram Heritage sites and collections;

3. locate and arrange for the protection and interpretation of Bartram Heritage sites and collections;

4. coordinate heritage efforts developed and managed by others to complement each other and avoid undesirable duplication;

5. monitor heritage projects not under its own administration to ensure the retention of all heritage characteristics;

6. enter Heritage projects as a partner with other interests when no other way presents itself;

7. acquire, develop and maintain heritage projects when no other entity can be found;

8. cooperate with other groups in efforts that are compatible with the Bartram Heritage on local, state, regional, national and worldwide levels;

9. generate new ideas to recognize and memorialize the Bartram Heritage;

10. promote the further study of William Bartram and all Bartram Heritage resources;

11. seek to persuade other groups, private individuals, the business community, and all levels of government to undertake Bartram Heritage projects;

12. solicit financial resources, from all sources possible, to further heritage projects;

13. encourage and provide for the public dissemination of accurate information about William Bartram to increase public awareness of the Bartram Heritage;

14. continue its concept planning efforts with updates and expansions to keep them current with developing circumstances. It will prepare an action/implementation plan with cost estimates and step- by-step outline for Bartram Heritage efforts wherever they occur. The plan will include specific actions for governmental and private groups, funding sources, and a time frame for the actions designated.