Barbara Wyatt, FASLA

40+ years of contributions to landscape history and preservation
by National Park Service, Frederick, MD

Wisconsin Chapter - Category: Service

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Wisconsin Chapter - Category: Service

In Barbara Wyatt's long career in federal, state, and local governments, in her consulting practice, and in volunteer efforts for professional groups, her goal has been to integrate cultural landscapes into the nation's historic preservation consciousness, laws, and programs. At the National Park Service, Barbara serves as the landscape specialist for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and the National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL). In 2013, she organized the National Register Landscape Initiative, which convened some 50 preservationists from tribal, federal, and state historic preservation offices to discuss cultural landscape achievements and future visions. The 17 webinars over three years resulted in two publications: Acknowledging Landscapes and Maritime Cultural Landscapes. She Is part of the Historic Preservation Professional Practice Network (PPN) Leadership Team, is a judge for the HALS Challenge (Historic American Landscapes Survey/ASLA competition), and is involved in the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions (NAPC). Barbara is an active speaker, organizer, and researcher. Her 40+ years of contributions to landscape history and preservation earned her the Wisconsin Chapter Lifetime Achievement award and the National Trust for Historic Preservation awarded Barbara the Pocantico Center National Trust Residency in 2017. Barbara's advocacy and mentorship has positioned landscape architects in the national dialogue as important landscape historians, stewards, interpreters, and technical experts in the nation's historic preservation initiatives.