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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazarapplauded President Obama’s estab-

lishment of the César E. ChávezNational Monument at Nuestra SeñoraReina de la Paz in Keene, Calif.,Chávez’s home and the headquarters ofthe United Farm Workers of America(UFW) since the early 1970s whenChávez was its president. PresidentBarack Obama signed the PresidentialProclamation establishing the monu-ment on Oct. 8, 2012.

“César Chávez was one of the giantsof the civil rights movement, leading a

life rich with purpose and providing avoice for the powerless and oppressed,”Secretary Salazar said. “By designatingLa Paz as a national monument, Presi-dent Obama is ensuring that futuregenerations will have a place to learnabout this extraordinary man and thefarm labor movement that improvedthe lives of millions of workers.”

The NPS will manage the new nation-al monument as the 398th unit of theNational Park System in cooperationwith the National Chávez Center. Inconsultation with the UFW, the César

Chávez Foundation and members ofCésar Chávez’s family, the center donat-ed properties at La Paz (including theChávez home where Helen Chávez willcontinue to reside, the Memorial Gar-den where César Chávez is buried andvisitor center) to the federal govern-ment. Once the land was donated to thefederal government, President Obamaused the Antiquities Act to create theCésar E. Chávez National Monument.

NPS Director Jon Jarvis, who joinedthe president and Secretary Salazar at

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ArrowheadThe Newsletter of the Employees & Alumni Association of the National Park Service

Winter 2013 • Vol. 20 • No. 1Published By Eastern National

The recent pres-idential elec-

tion initiated anational discoursethat brought thediverse characterof American societyinto sharp relief.Although we mayhave different perspectives, focus-ing on what divides us does not fos-ter progress in a democracy. This iswhere the National Park Service canstep up and present an example tothe nation, an example of where we can go—together—because ofwhere we’ve been.

The national parks are a recordof this journey. From the Flight 93Memorial to Independence Hall,they commemorate not only ourmost trying moments, but also ourmost triumphant. They express thevalues that unite us. They remindus of our frailties, as well as ourextraordinary optimism.

Elevating this civic role that ourwork plays can serve as an anti-dote to divisiveness and intoler-ance. One way to achieve this is byvigorously pursuing the goals out-lined in A Call to Action. The planwas designed, in part, to increaseawareness of the ways in whichour national parks and programsserve as a kind of field guide toAmerican values, as examples ofhow we have historically tran-scended our differences in thename of the common good.

Each Civil War park speaks ofAmerica’s determination to achievea more perfect union. Parks thatcelebrate milestones in technologyand industry—like Thomas Edison’sinvention factory, Golden Spikeand the Wright Brothers Mem-orial—celebrate the formidable creative, intellectual and enter-prising ability of a nation of immigrants. At places like Manzanar and Sand Creek, we notonly memorialize our cautionarytales, we affirm our willingness tothink critically, reflect and do theright thing. And parks are alsoreminders of the great natural lega-cy we’ve inherited and our respon-sibility to care for a fragile andthreatened environment.

Those parts of A Call to Actionhaving to do with relevance andconnecting people to our missionall play a role in promoting the unifying power of the places wetouch. They were preserved as celebrations of our experience—who we are and who we hope to be.

Not only does this great ex-periment in democracy succeeddespite our differences, it is richerbecause of them. Nothing servesas a more powerful reminder of thisthan our work in the National ParkService, and we can all greet thenew year with a renewed sense ofpurpose and inclusivity.

—Jonathan B. Jarvis

F R O M T H E D I R E C T O R César E. Chávez National MonumentEstablished Under Antiquities Act

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Grand Teton NP Celebrates PathwayInclusion in America’s Great Outdoors

Mammoth Cave NP Celebrates NewVisitor Center with Open House

Secretary of Transportation RayLaHood gave a rousing and ener-

getic address as the keynote speaker foran America’s Great Outdoors (AGO)celebration event at Grand Teton NPon Aug. 9, 2012. About 200 local offi-cials, pathway users and park staff gath-ered to recognize the selection ofGrand Teton NP’s Phase II Pathway asa signature project that met the overar-ching goal of the AGO initiative—withits premise that lasting conservationsolutions should rise from the Americanpeople and protection of our naturalheritage is a nonpartisan objectiveshared by all U.S. citizens.

By Jenny Anzelmo-Sarles, Public AffairsSpecialist, and Jackie Skaggs, PublicAffairs Officer, Grand Teton NP

continued on page 5TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Ray LaHood served as keynote speaker for theAmerica’s Great Outdoors event and Phase II Pathway celebration at Grand Teton NP.

NPS photo by Jackie Skaggs

Mammoth Cave NP Supt. SarahCraighead invited the public to cel-

ebrate the completion of the park’s visitorcenter renovation and exhibit installation

at an open house on Tuesday, Nov. 27,2012. “This is a moment we want to sharewith our friends and neighbors,” she said.“The visitor center architecture, both

inside and out, is the classic National ParkService style. The long-awaited exhibitsare first-class and will be enjoyed by staffand visitors for many generations.”

“This has been a very green rehabilita-tion project,” said Steve Kovar, the park’sfacility manager who provided oversightof the project. “Practically everythingfrom the old building—bricks, concrete,wiring—was recycled, and the footprint ofthe new visitor center is virtually the sameas the old one. The result is amazing.”

Phase I, which was completed in 2010,began with demolition of the administra-tive building in 2007 to make way for aspacious lobby, information desk, ticketsales and restrooms. Funding for Phase I($6 million) came from fees collected inthe park (cave tour tickets and camp-ground fees) through the Federal LandsRecreation Enhancement Act.

Mike Adams, chief of interpretation atcontinued on page 5

THE RIBBON IS CUT at the Mammoth Cave NP Visitor Center open house on Nov. 27, 2012. Pictured left to right: Eastern National CEO George Minnucci, Supt.Sarah Craighead, Southeast Region Deputy Regional Director Gordon Wissinger andPat Reed, previous Mammoth Cave NP superintendent.

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• Lincoln Boyhood N MEM conclud-ed a four-day, 50th anniversary celebra-tion on July 10. The event included aclassic car show, speeches by membersof Congress and a naturalization cere-mony in which 75 people from morethan 20 countries took the oath of U.S.citizenship. Nearly 50 classic cars werefeatured in the “1962 Days” event. Over100 former park and Lincoln City, Ind.,alumni participated in an evening picnicand signed up to form the core of a newpark friends group. On July 8, presenta-tions were made by Pat Koch, a local res-ident to whom President Kennedyhanded the authorizing pen in the OvalOffice; Archabbot Bonaventure Knaebel,the only surviving delegate of the 1962park dedication; Indiana State TreasurerRichard Mourdock; and U.S. Represen-tative Larry Bucshon.

• On July 22, John Fitzgerald KennedyNHS rangers and visitors celebrated what would have been Mrs. Joseph P.Kennedy’s 122nd birthday. Mrs. Kennedy,who died just short of her 105th birthday,is perhaps best known as the matriarch ofthe Kennedy family, but was also a tirelessadvocate for individuals with intellectual

disabilities and an energetic figure on thecampaign trail for her sons. As part of thecelebration, rangers sought to engage visitors in Mrs. Kennedy’s political life.

“The event helped us to explore a little-known facet of her life, how RoseKennedy was a political figure in her ownright, apart from her illustrious family,”said Park Ranger Sara Patton. In JFK’s1952 race for Senate, the women’s votelikely decided the contest, and Mrs.Kennedy proved a natural campaigner.She regaled crowds with her own experi-ences abroad as the ambassador’s wife butalso her role as a mother. On the cam-paign trail, she appeared both exciting andat the same time relatable.

Rose Kennedy was instrumental inestablishing the birthplace of her son as apart of the National Park System, knowntoday as John Fitzgerald Kennedy NHS.“She spent three years restoring the houseto how it looked when her son was born,”said Sara. “The house is the past as seenthrough her eyes.” An afternoon walk,part of expanded neighborhood program-ming designed to introduce visitors tomore stories from the Kennedys’ years inBrookline, enabled visitors to follow inMrs. Kennedy’s footsteps through theneighborhood where she attended churchand ran errands and her children played.

• For the past 75 years, the NPS has beenpreserving and protecting the geologicwonder known as the Waterpocket Fold,a nearly 100-mile monocline, as well asthe diverse biologic and cultural resourceswithin Capitol Reef NP. PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt signed the procla-mation creating Capitol Reef NationalMonument on Aug. 2, 1937. The legisla-tion that created Capitol Reef NP wassigned 34 years later on Dec. 18, 1971.The park and its partner, the Capitol ReefNatural History Association, hosted athree-day event, Aug. 2 to 4, to celebratethis important milestone.

More than 6,000 visitors joined in thefestivities, which included special programsand activities. On the park’s anniversary,visitors enjoyed a cake cutting, displays onCapitol Reef’s 75-year history, a booksigning by local authors and the unveilingof new visitor center exhibits.

• Over 50 new Junior Rangers earnedpatches at the sixth annual Junior RangerDay on Aug. 18 at Lava Beds NM. Thetheme was “Lava Beds, More Than JustCaves,” and kids participated in fun andeducational activities to receive their patch.

Lava Beds NM is within the homelandof the Modoc Indians and their ancestors,who inhabited the area for the past 11,000years. In keeping with ancient cultural tra-ditions, aspiring Junior Rangers knappedarrowheads just as the Modoc knappedtools of obsidian from nearby Glass Moun-tain. The park is home to 5,000 petro-glyphs, one of the largest groupings inCalifornia, and petroglyph pendants werecarved and worn proudly.

Known as the “Land of Burnt OutFires” by the Modoc, the lava beds of themonument were created by eruptions ofMedicine Lake shield volcano, the largestin surface area in the Cascade Range.Rangers described how the lava createdthis landscape and how different animalshave adapted to this dry, rugged environ-ment. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stafftaught about waterfowl of the KlamathBasin. Even Smokey Bear made anappearance. A graduation ceremony andcertificate rewarded the young stewardsfor “Exploring, Learning, and Protect-ing”—the Junior Ranger motto.

• Effigy Mounds NM celebrated “Multi-Cultural Day” on Aug. 29 byholding an ethnic food sampling in thevisitor center break room at lunchtime.Employees from all departments partici-pated. Dishes included German potatosalad, Cuban black bean and SchaubelZup (German Mennonite) soups, GermanRunze, Norwegian lefse, German bratsand sauerkraut, Irish cream cake and Ger-man apple kuchen. Everyone thoroughlyenjoyed all the different foods, some toldstories of their childhood memories atholiday times and all left with an appreci-ation of everyone’s ancestral foods.

• George Washington Carver NMheld its annual Prairie Day celebrationon Sept. 8. Made possible by the Carver Birthplace Association and over125 VIPs, the event was attended bynearly 2,000 visitors and providedopportunities for area residents to learnmore about the heritage of southwest Missouri, especially during GeorgeWashington Carver’s childhood years.

Slavery and the Civil War and theimpact on Carver’s life were presentedin storytelling, music and exhibits.Demonstrations of everyday skillsincluded quilting, spinning and weav-ing; lye soap making and laundering;gardening and food preservation; usesof medicinal plants; and blacksmithing.Natural environment displays includeda bison exhibit, prairie animals andbirds, fire and prairie ecology andaquatic life. Entertainment featuredtoys and games, cornhusk dolls, story-

telling, traditional music from the era,banjo-building and horse-drawn wagonrides across tallgrass prairie. Throughinterpretive programs, exhibits and sto-rytelling, Prairie Day addressed A Callto Action item three: “History Lesson.”

• Over 17,000 visitors came to AntietamNB in September to attend events com-memorating the 150th anniversary of theBattle of Antietam, the largest and blood-iest single-day (Sept. 17, 1862) battle ofthe Civil War. Nearly 300 interpretiveprograms and presentations were heldduring the four-day event, including“real-time” walks on the anniversarythat drew upwards of 700 participantseach. A commemorative ceremony fea-turing the 3rd United States InfantryRegiment (The Old Guard) and theU.S. Army Brass Quintet was held onthe battle anniversary date. The conclu-sion of the ceremony was marked by amoment of silence followed by the ring-ing of the bell of the USS Antietam inhonor of those who fell in battle.

The commemoration weekend con-cluded at Antietam National Cemeterywith a reading of the names of all 3,354soldiers, Union and Confederate, killed ormortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam who are buried in the NationalCemetery and three local Confederatecemeteries. Anniversary programming at Antietam NB continued throughoutthe week, culminating on Sept. 22 with a commemoration of the 150thanniversary of the preliminary Emancipa-tion Proclamation. n

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Yellowstone NP joined the nationin observing the month of June

as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month.For the second year in a row, parkemployees participated in the Mon-tana LGBT Pride events. LGBT andstraight ally NPS and concessionemployees marched in the Prideparade and staffed an informationtable about the park on June 16,2012 in Bozeman, Mont.

Visibility is very important to theLGBT community, especially in such aconservative and rural part of thecountry. Yellowstone NP’s participa-tion at Pride shows that LGBTemployees are everywhere, includingthe world’s first national park. Pride isan opportunity to raise awareness of

the LGBT community and to cele-brate the diversity of the workforce.Pride is also a great opportunity toshow everyone that LGBT people aretheir friends, co-workers and neigh-bors, as well as the park rangers whoeducate them about national parks likeYellowstone NP.

At the 2011 Montana Pride, Yellow-stone NP was officially represented forthe first time at a LGBT Pride event.Like last year, hundreds of peopleapplauded and cheered us on duringthe parade. Approximately 75 peoplecame to the table and talked with staffabout the park. Several people came up to us and said they were veryimpressed that the NPS and Yellow-stone NP were represented at Pride.Our outreach efforts were a resound-ing success! Everyone had a great time,and we were all filled with pride. n

By Kevin Franken, AdministrativeSupport Assistant, Yellowstone NP

Yellowstone NP Employees Participate in 2012 Pride Event

YELLOWSTONE NP EMPLOYEES marched in the 2012 Montana LGBT Prideparade in Bozeman on June 16, 2012.

NPS

ACall to Action lays out the visionand goals for the second century

of the National Park Service, includingthe development of future leadership.The GOAL Academy is an innovativeleadership development program for theNPS directly addressing the call toenhance professional and organizationalexcellence. GOAL, short for “Generat-ing Organizational Advancement andLeadership,” is a mid-level leadership

development program targetingemployees at the GS-9 through 12,WG-8 and above, WL-6 and above andWS-6 and above levels. Throughout theprogram, participants learn about deci-sion making, team building, conflictmanagement, creativity, resiliency, self-awareness, partnerships and much morewhile doing assigned readings andgroup projects and participating in classdialogue and field trips.

“Most people want and strive to beexcellent. They just need an environmentthat fosters their desire for excellence andallows them to be their best,” says RaquelRomero, GOAL program manager.

In order to foster each participant’sexcellence, learning takes place in variousforms. Participants engage in a variety ofpersonality assessments to help heightenself-awareness of preferences, read currentscholarship and literature on leadershipand visit NPS sites and outside organiza-tions that exemplify “leadership inaction.” In addition, GOAL students par-ticipate in coaching calls and a mentoringprogram. But, perhaps most importantand impactful to the students and theNPS, students partake in group projectsthat challenge them to practice the leader-ship skills they are learning throughoutthe program. Noteworthy examples of

class projects include the creation of a for-mal partnership with Sesame Street, apartnership with the Wounded WarriorsProject, creation of employee wellnessprograms, outreach to underserved com-munities and many more.

GOAL had its inception at the grass-roots level at Grand Canyon NP in fis-cal year 2009. Over time, the programexpanded and was embraced at the

regional level in the IntermountainRegion as a means to “prepare the nextgeneration of leaders” in the NPS.

In FY12, GOAL consisted of twocohorts of 20 people each. Participants inthe 2012 class included a diverse groupmainly from the Intermountain Region,but participants also came from the South-east, Pacific West and Midwest regions and


Help Is Needed for Victimsof Hurricane Sandy

GOAL Academy Prepares NPS Second Century LeadersBy Matthew Tucker Blythe, SupervisoryPark Ranger, Oklahoma City N MEM

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Hurricane Sandy made landfall onOct. 29, 2012, just southwest of

Atlantic City, N.J. During the course ofthe hurricane, national parks fromFlorida to New England were affected.The NPS evacuated visitors andemployees and closed or cordoned off69 parks. Up and down the East Coastand farther inland, heavy winds, tidalsurge, rain and snow caused significantdamage to national parks, particularly inthe Northeast Region.

Among those hardest hit were 15parks located in the metropolitan NewYork area. Some of the parks that wereseriously impacted by the storm includedAfrican Burial Ground NM, AssateagueIsland NS, Governors Island NM, FireIsland NS, Hopewell Furnace NHS,Manhattan Sites, Morristown NHP,National Parks of New York Harbor,including Statue of Liberty NM, EllisIsland and Gateway NRA, National Cap-ital Region parks, New River Gorge NR,Sagamore Hill NHS, Thomas EdisonNHP and Valley Forge NHP. For the latest on NPS recovery efforts, visit theHurricane Sandy Response FacebookPage at https://www.facebook.com/HurricaneResponseNPS.

Many employees at the affected parkshad severe damage to their homes;some have lost their living accommoda-tions and are living in shelters, withfriends and relatives, in hotels or even inpark operation buildings. They havelost personal belongings, includingvehicles, refrigerators, washers and dry-ers, furniture and clothing.

The Employees and Alumni Associa-

tion of the National Park Service estab-lished a disaster relief fund to help theseNPS employees affected by HurricaneSandy. One hundred percent of alldonations to the fund goes to those inneed. As of Nov. 19, 2012, the fund dis-tributed over $35,000 to affectedemployees. Those who have been devas-tated by this hurricane and have receivedassistance from the fund so far have beenoverwhelmingly appreciative and deeplygrateful. Please see E&AA’s Arrowheadnewsletter supplemental edition forNovember 2012 at www.eandaa.org foradditional information. n

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PARTICIPANTS FROM THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN cohorts of the 2012GOAL Leadership Academy gathered in Denver last May with Intermountain RegionalDirector John Wessels.

A SECOND-CENTURY NATIONALPARK SERVICE will develop a work-force that can adapt to continuouschange, think systemically, evaluaterisk, make decisions based on thebest science and scholarship, workcollaboratively with all communitiesand maintain our characteristic espritde corps in the face of new chal-lenges. We will create an environmentwhere every employee can reach hisor her full potential.

—from A Call to Action: Preparing for a Second Century of

Stewardship and Engagement, 2011


Park staff, local residents and severalhistory buffs gathered together on

Aug. 25, 2012 to celebrate not one, buttwo special milestones: the 40thanniversary of the John D. Rockefeller,Jr. Memorial Parkway (JDR Parkway)and the 96th birthday of the NationalPark Service. Two—count ’em—twobirthday cakes were cut and served toparticipants at the day’s special activitiesthanks to the Grand Teton Association,Grand Teton NP’s cooperating associa-tion of 75 years.

Widely known as Founders Day,August 25 is not only the date that Con-

gress created the NPS in 1916, but alsothe date in 1972 that Congress estab-lished the JDR Parkway to honor JohnD. Rockefeller, Jr. for his important con-tributions to the conservation of remark-able places throughout America and theU.S. Virgin Islands. The JDR Parkwayjoins two world-renowned nationalparks—Yellowstone NP and GrandTeton NP—and serves as a gateway toeach for the visitors who travel betweenthe two. The 24,000-acre JDR Parkwayalso encompasses almost 80 miles ofHighways 89 and 191 from GrandTeton NP’s south boundary to WestThumb in Yellowstone NP, and it pro-vides a first look at the mighty Snake

By Jackie Skaggs, Public Affairs Officer,Grand Teton NP

PARK RANGER DAN GREENBLATT serves cake to Rigdon Hammond. Rigdon’s grand-father, Clay James, served as keynote speaker for the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. MemorialParkway 40th anniversary.

NPS photo by Jackie Skaggs


Saint-Gaudens NHS is not only NewHampshire’s only national park, it is

also the only national park dedicated tointerpreting the life and works of an Amer-ican sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens(1848-1907). Like most national parks,visitors to Saint-Gaudens NHS can enjoyranger-guided tours, an extensive muse-um and beautiful scenery, but unlike mostparks, Saint-Gaudens NHS has a staffmember whose job is to show visitors howsculptures are created. The park was hap-py to host Amanda J. Sisk as the 2012sculptor-in-residence, whose prior lifeexperience had perfectly prepared her forher duties: “My education was traditional,figurative and European; in essence, Istudied and work in much the same way that Augustus Saint-Gaudens did,”Amanda explained.

Sculptors often require models to sitfor them. To prepare for one of thesculpting workshops she offered to thepublic, Amanda asked seasonal ParkRanger Zuleica Gerardo to serve as a

model. This simple request spawned acomplex and beautiful work of art.Though Zuleica posed for only threehours, Amanda worked for nearly ahundred hours shaping her image inclay. According to Zuleica, “the best artI can do is a lopsided stick figure.”

The artistic process also helped to cre-ate a personal friendship: “Zuleica was astranger when she began sitting for me.I have little time for socializing, and sowe became better acquainted as a directresult of this sculpture,” Amanda said.Zuleica saw how Amanda’s artisticengagement led to a unique friendship:“We’ll be playing badminton, and she’llstop, stare at my left ear and say, ‘I gotthat wrong.’”

Zuleica also gained a better under-standing of the long and involved cre-ative process of sculptors like Amandaand Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who fre-quently created over a dozen modelsbefore he finished a work of art.“Amanda has a miniature version of mein the studio and is always consultingwith it to get feedback while I am off

leading tours,” said Zuleica. Now thatthe sculpture is completed it was givento Zuleica, who had planned to presentit to her mother as a gift.

Amanda Sisk’s work is part of a longtradition; Saint-Gaudens NHS hosts theoldest Artist-In-Residence Program in

Saint-Gaudens NHS Seasonal Ranger ImmortalizedBy Cyrus Forman, Public InformationOfficer, Northeast Region

Amanda J. Sisk

INTERPRETIVE RANGER Zuleica Gerardo poses with a bust of her created by sculptor-in-residence Amanda J. Sisk.

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La Paz for the ceremony, said, “CésarChávez was one of the most influentialLatino leaders of the 20th century. Thecontributions he made are an importantpart of the American story, and we arehonored to be entrusted with theresponsibility to preserve this place andshare its history to inspire future gener-ations. We are grateful for the supportthe National Park Foundation is provid-ing to ensure that the Chávez monu-ment is open for visitors from day one.”

The monument will be the fourthnational monument designated by Pres-ident Obama using the Antiquities Act.The president previously designatedFort Monroe NM in Virginia, a formerarmy post integral to the history of slav-ery, the Civil War and the U.S. military;Fort Ord NM in California, a formermilitary base that is a world-class desti-nation for outdoor recreation; andChimney Rock, which is located in theSan Juan National Forest in southwest-ern Colorado and offers a spectacularlandscape rich in history and NativeAmerican culture. First exercised byPresident Theodore Roosevelt in 1906to designate Devils Tower NM inWyoming, the authority of the Antiqui-ties Act has been used by 16 presidentssince 1906 to protect unique naturaland historic features in America, such asthe Grand Canyon, the Statue of Libertyand Colorado’s Canyons of the Ancients.

The American Latino Heritage Fund(ALHF) of the National Park Founda-tion, the official charity of America’snational parks, has donated $150,000to support the initial operations of theChávez monument. The ALHF sup-ports the work of the NPS in preservinghistoric places that tell a more inclusivestory of American Latinos’ economic,

civic and cultural contributions to theAmerican experience.

La Paz became headquarters to theUFW in the early 1970s when the UFW,under the leadership of Chávez, boughtthe former rock quarry and tuberculosissanatorium. From La Paz, Chávez andother leaders of the UFW orchestratedunprecedented successes for hundreds ofthousands of farmworkers, including pas-sage of the first U.S. law that recognizedfarmworkers’ collective bargaining rights.The site soon became a tangible symbolof the union’s growth and the crossroadsof the farmworker movement, a placewhere thousands of workers came tolearn how to operate their union, affectsocial change and plan their strategies.

Ruben Andrade, a native of Californiaand superintendent of Minuteman MissileNHS, was named acting superintendentof the new monument. He is the son offarm laborers and worked in the fieldshimself during school breaks.

“My family and I know firsthand thehard-fought accomplishments that arethe legacy of César Chávez,” said Supt.Andrade. “To now have the opportuni-ty to lead this new national park established in his honor and to workwith the National Chávez Center to tell the story of Chávez and the farm-worker movement is both humblingand exhilarating.”

César E. Chávez NM is located at29700 Woodford-Tehachapi Road inKeene, Calif., approximately 30 milessoutheast of Bakersfield. The site is opento the public daily from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. For more information, visitwww.nps.gov/cech. Other buildings onthe La Paz campus will continue to beoperated by the United Farm WorkersUnion, the César Chávez Foundationand the National Chávez Center. n

César E. Chávez NationalMonument Establishedcontinued from front page

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.Memorial Parkway TurnedForty on Founders Day


Off the Press

American Latinos and theMaking of the United StatesBy Stephen PittiEastern National, 2012ISBN 978-1-59091-122-844 pp; $5.95

The compelling story of American Latino heritage in the U.S. from the early19th century to today is the focus of thisnew publication by Yale University Profes-sor Stephen Pitti, Ph.D. The book pro-vides an overview of the Latino journey aspersonified in the experiences of five his-torical figures: the exiled Cuban priestFélix Varela, the Mexican Americanauthor María Amparo Ruíz de Burton,the Puerto Rican historian and collectorArturo Alfonso Schomburg, theGuatemalan civil rights organizer LuisaMoreno and the Mexican Americanpolitician Edward Roybal. As these figuresconfronted issues of Manifest Destiny, theeffects of war, racial discrimination and thestruggles for human dignity and civic participation, they demonstrated theinvaluable contributions Latino heritagehas made on American culture, politicsand economics.

American Latinos and the Making ofthe United States is available from Eastern National at www.eParks.com.

Women in Wonderland:Lives, Legends, and Legacies ofYellowstone National ParkBy Elizabeth A. WatryRiverbend Publishing, 2012ISBN 978-1-60639-029-0304 pp; $19.95

Twelve women who made their markon Yellowstone NP are described inWomen in Wonderland: Lives, Legends,and Legacies of Yellowstone National Park.The women rangers in the book includeMarguerite “Peg” Arnold, an intrepidadventurer who drove a Harley Davidsonmotorcycle from Philadelphia to Yellow-stone in 1924 and was the first woman tobecome a permanent ranger in theNational Park Service. Also featured is Dr.Mary Meagher, an expert on Yellow-stone’s bison and overall park ecology,who blazed a path for women scientists inthe Park Service. Among the early pio-neers in the tourist trade were sisters AnnaTrischman Pryor and Belle Trischman

with their “Devil’s Kitchenette,” and Ida“Mom” Eagle of the Eagle’s Store in WestYellowstone. The book includes numer-ous black and white photographs of thewomen and their lives in the park.

Women in Wonderland is available atbookstores or from Riverbend Publishingat www.riverbendpublishing.com.

Korean War Letters from aLieutenant and His BrideBy Larry KnowlesDorrance Publishing Company, 2011ISBN 978-1-4349-0814-8504 pp; $34.00 (paperback); $29.00 (eBook)

Korean War Letters from a Lieutenantand His Bride, written by E&AA LifeMember Larry Knowles, portrays what itwas like for a young lieutenant in the armyduring the last year of the Korean War andwhat it was like for his young bride, whohad their daughter while he was overseas.Larry writes, “It describes the stress wewere both under, wondering if we wouldever see each other again. Montine wasanxious and fearful about having her firstchild, and I was fearful that she and thebaby would not survive. I was more con-cerned about this than being wounded orkilled in combat.”

Korean War Letters from a Lieutenantand His Bride is available at bookstoresor from Dorrance Publishing Co. atwww.dorrancebookstore.com.

Saved in Time: The Fight toEstablish Florissant Fossil BedsNational Monument, ColoradoBy Estella B. Leopold and

Herbert W. MeyerUniversity of New Mexico Press, 2012ISBN 978-0-8263-5236-1168 pp; $24.95

In the summer of 1969, a federal dis-trict court in Denver, Colo., heardarguments in one of the nation’s firstexplicitly environmental cases, in whichthe Defenders of Florissant, Inc. opposedreal estate interests intent on developinglands containing an extraordinary set ofancient fossils. This book, the first accountof the fight to preserve the Florissant fos-sil beds, tells a story of environmentalactivism that remains little known morethan 40 years after the coalition’s victory.

Time was quickly running out as billsbefore Congress to establish a nationalmonument were stalled, and the develop-ers were ready to roll. The only hope wasto get the courts to listen before it was toolate. The cry to battle against the develop-ers came from Estella Leopold—thebook’s primary author—who tells her sto-ry about organizing a grass-roots effortand finding the country’s hottest lawyer tolead the charge. The book tells the story ofthe heroes, including a group of womenready to stand in the face of bulldozers. Italso exposes the villains as the story unfolds

with all of its many twists, turns andinsults. Herbert Meyer, the paleontologistfor Florissant Fossil Beds NM, recountsthe exciting fossil discoveries by early pale-ontologists, homesteaders and landown-ers, along with some of the stories behindthe national monument’s management.

Saved in Time: The Fight to EstablishFlorissant Fossil Beds National Monument,Colorado is available from University ofNew Mexico Press at www.unmpress.com.

The Moton School Story:Children of CourageBy Larissa Smith Fergeson, Ph.D.Eastern National, 2012ISBN 978-1-59091-123-536 pp; $5.95

Before the sit-ins in Greensboro,before the Montgomery bus boycott,there was the student strike at theRobert Russa Moton High School inFarmville, Va. In 1951, Barbara Johnsled her fellow students in protest against

the inadequate and overcrowded facili-ties they faced. Their strike, whichchanged the course of American history,is the focus of The Moton School Story:Children of Courage.

Moton High School was built in 1939and designed to accommodate 180 stu-dents. By 1951, it housed over 450 stu-dents. Some students attended class in“tar paper shacks” erected to deal withovercrowding. The facilities leaked, andstudents sat with open umbrellas in theclassrooms when it rained. The potbellystoves were too hot to sit near, and stu-dents shivered in winter coats away fromthe stoves. They had enough.

Johns’ compelling words exhortedthem to go on strike in protest until coun-ty officials agreed to build a new school.The resulting lawsuit to achieve educa-tional equality, Davis v. Prince Edward,became the only student-initiated case ofthe five cases that comprised Brown v.Board of Education. Their journey waslong, yet fruitful. The U.S. SupremeCourt’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education concluded that “in the field ofpublic education the doctrine of ‘separatebut equal’ has no place.” Read aboutthese courageous students in this newpublication that details the history of civilrights in education, specifically as it relat-ed to Prince Edward County and the roleits citizens played in America’s struggle to move from a segregated society to an integrated one.

The Moton School Story: Children ofCourage is available from EasternNational at www.eParks.com. n

Focusing on future generations, Secre-tary LaHood, who was on a family vaca-tion to Grand Teton NP, brought hisgrandchildren up to the stage—a sponta-neous gesture to emphasize the impor-tance of protecting wild spaces for futuregenerations. He applauded the manyrecreational opportunities offered by ournational parks and encouraged all citizensto visit and experience our nation’s publiclands and incomparable natural areas. Healso took time to recognize park staff fortheir daily contributions in protecting andpreserving Grand Teton NP.

“What we’re celebrating here is whatall of you have done for the next genera-tion,” Secretary LaHood said. “I don’tknow of another place I’d rather be inAmerica than right here, celebrating withyou. You should be mighty proud.”

Jackson Mayor Mark Barron and TetonCounty commissioners Paul Vogelheimand Hank Phibbs took the stage to recog-nize the collaborative local efforts to con-nect Grand Teton NP’s pathways to thetown of Jackson. The Phase II Pathwayparallels North Highway 89 and connectsMoose Junction, in Grand Teton NP, tothe town of Jackson. This section of path-way was completed and opened to thepublic in June 2012. Including pathwaysin Grand Teton NP, Teton County, Wyo.,now has a total of 55.8 miles of multi-usepathways. The League of American Bicy-clists recently recognized the pathway net-work and drew attention to Grand TetonNP by naming Jackson Hole one of 16 “gold-level” bicycle-friendly communitiesin the country.

The celebration of the Phase II Pathway

in Grand Teton NP brought the largerAGO vision to Jackson Hole and hailedthe collective local efforts toward alterna-tive transportation projects in the park andneighboring federal and county lands. TheAGO initiative was launched in 2010 todevelop a 21st-century approach to con-servation with a recreation emphasis, andthe secretaries of the Department of theInterior and Department of Agriculture,with support from other federal man-agers—including Department of Trans-portation Secretary Ray LaHood—tookthe lead in developing a broad outreachprogram to honor our unparalleled Amer-ican legacy of preserving natural and cul-tural resources and providing for theenjoyment of those resources by this andfuture generations. n

Mammoth Cave NP, oversaw develop-ment and installation of the exhibits.“Now with the exhibits in place, MammothCave is a showplace to rival any othernational park across the country.”

In Phase II, the rest of the old buildingwas stripped down to a shell and thenrebuilt for exhibits, office space and booksales. Funding for Phase II ($10.4 million) was provided via the AmericanRecovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.Demolition, recycling of materials andrenovation were all conducted underLeadership in Energy and Environmen-tal Design (LEED) guidelines. n

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• The members of James A. GarfieldNHS’s interpretive staff have receivedthe Midwest Region’s Outstanding ParkEmployee in Park Partnering Award.This award recognizes the park’s staff for“creating a partnership culture in a smallpark.” The nomination goes on to citethe staff for “integrating stakeholdersand enhancing partnerships for thepark” and notes that “partnerships haveincreased from approximately 10 in2008 to over 50 today.” The parkreceived a large crystal group award,which was presented via telephone byMike Reynolds, regional director for theMidwest Region. Individual awards werepresented to Park Guide Joan Kapsch,Park Ranger Mary Lintern, Park GuideScott Longert, Park Ranger AllisonPowell and Chief of Interpretation andEducation Todd Arrington.

“Our interpretive staff has done a fan-tastic job of identifying and workingwith partners over the past severalyears,” said Supt. Sherda Williams. “Wehave really created a culture here thatencourages visionary thinking about

projects, events and programs, and oneof the first questions we always consideris: who might be interested in partner-ing with us on this?”

“Simply put, we could not accomplishhalf of what we do without our manypartners,” added Todd Arrington. “Wemay be a small park with a small staff,but we never think of ourselves thatway. We’ve accomplished so many bigthings thanks to working with generouspartners like the Garfield family, theCity of Mentor, numerous Civil Warorganizations, educational institutions,Eastern National, the Lake County Vis-itors Bureau, local businesses, the Men-tor Public Library, Boy Scouts ofAmerica, the Cleveland ShakespeareFestival, Willoughby Fine Arts, the LakeView Cemetery and countless others.We’re proud to receive this award, andwe share it with our outstanding sea-sonal employees and our dedicated,hardworking volunteers.”

• NPS Director Jon Jarvis presented the 2012 James V. Murfin Award to

Rose Fennell, a Bevinetto Fellow inWashington, D.C. The award, created in1988, is named for Murfin, who was theNPS’ Servicewide cooperating associationcoordinator from 1974 to 1985. Murfin’sinnovative ideas included improved book-store design, training programs toimprove literature offerings—especiallychildren’s literature—in cooperating asso-ciation bookstores, even an awards com-petition for the biennial conference ofcooperating associations.

Rose was the Servicewide cooperatingassociation coordinator from 2000 to2011 and left the position to accept theBevinetto Fellowship. She received theMurfin award for her contributions tofacilitating partnerships between theNPS and cooperating associations.

“I was shocked to receive the award,”said Rose. “I know Jim Murfin’s legacyand what he did for the cooperating asso-ciation program. I am truly honored.”

Director Jarvis said Rose was “justbeing Rose. She is modest,” he said, “butshe is also an independent thinker, andthat is a quality we value in National ParkService leaders.”

As a Bevinetto Fellow, Rose spent herfirst year on the Senate Subcommitteeon National Parks and the House Sub-committee on National Parks, Forestsand Public Land and spent 2012 work-ing in the Office of Legislative and Con-gressional Affairs for Director Jarvis.Rose said she was particularly proud towork with the members of Congresswho would give Harriet Tubman much-deserved recognition as a national treas-ure through the designation of her ownnational park site.

• YouTube is one of the most visitedwebsites on the Internet with nearly100 billion page views last year. Over11,000 of those views were of LittleThings, Big Problems, a film seriesproduced by the NPS and Great

Lakes Restoration Initiative aboutinvasive species. The film series receivedfirst place in the YouTube category atthe National Association of Govern-ment Communicators 2012 Blue Pencil& Gold Screen Awards on June 6.

The short films, produced by ArgentineProductions and Harpers Ferry Center,tell the story of how little things like zebramussels, spotted knapweed, baby’s breathplants or emerald ash borer can cause big

problems for the Great Lakes. Theseproblems range from killing fish and birdsand altering sandy shorelines to destroy-ing trees.

“If we are going to reach this genera-tion of national park visitors, we need tospeak their language,” said Marcus Key,one of the film’s contributors. “Thesefilms take the invasive species preven-tion message and put it in a format thathopefully causes people to care abouthow invasives are spread and can harmthe environment.”

“Use of the web and other social

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In early 2012, Big Bend NP was award-ed the International Dark-Sky Associa-

tion (IDA) Gold Tier designation. Thedesignation of Big Bend NP as a GoldTier International Dark Sky Park adds ajewel to the worldwide network of darksky oases recognized by IDA for excel-lence in night sky stewardship.

A Gold Tier designation denotes a skyfree from all but the most minorimpacts of light pollution, a sight ofincreasing scarcity in North America.Measurements by the NPS Night SkyTeam show that the Big Bend regionoffers the darkest measured skies in thelower 48 states.

In the southwest of Texas on the Mex-ican border, clear skies, temperate nightsand miles of undeveloped space in thevast and remote Chihuahuan Desert pro-vide an unforgettable stargazing experi-ence. The area, within 150 miles of theMcDonald Observatory, is a recognizedastronomy haven.

Regional efforts to protect the nightsky have made tremendous gains inrecent years, with towns such as Alpineand Van Horn passing strict lightingordinances. Active efforts by city coun-cils and astronomy enthusiasts give acoherent voice to the dark sky movement

that surrounds and involves Big BendNP. In 2009, the development of Sierrala Rana became an IDA Development ofDistinction in a successful attempt topromote the area’s beautiful night skiesto homebuyers.

This healthy effort reaches newheights with Big Bend NP’s Gold Tierdesignation. The park has shown initia-tive in creation of park lighting guide-lines and has upgraded nearly everyoutdoor light fixture within the park.Upgrades were made possible by a BestPractices grant from Musco Lighting.The exterior lights all conform to minimum lighting guidelines, and thepark’s lighting energy use has droppedby 98 percent.

Big Bend NP’s ongoing outreachefforts are designed to teach visitorsabout the importance of protecting thenight sky. The natural darkness of thepark offers “seeing” opportunities valu-able for gathering scientific data and forexposure to a rare and breathtaking viewof the cosmos.

Big Bend NP’s stargazing program isheld frequently throughout the year.Activities include night hikes, telescopeviewing and sessions focusing on nightsky preservation. n

BILL WELLMAN, (then) superintendent of Big Bend NP, receives the InternationalDark-Sky Association (IDA) Gold Tier designation award for the park from Bob Parks,executive director of IDA, in early 2012.

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PETER ARGENTINE shoots footage forthe Little Things, Big Problems film seriesat Sleeping Bear Dunes NL.

Peter Argentine

In summer 2012, Lincoln HomeNHS and its five partners won an

NPS Midwest Region “Excellence inPartnerships Merit” award for its collab-orative promotion, planning and presen-tation of the “An Historic Christmas”program. By joining together, LincolnHome NHS and its partners—VachelLindsay Home State Historic Site,Edwards Place at the Springfield ArtAssociation, Elijah Iles House, PasfieldHouse Inn and Sound Celebration Cho-rus—were able to pool resources and tella richer, more complete story of how

Christmas was celebrated in the mid-1800s when Abraham Lincoln walkedthe streets of Springfield, Ill.

Over 1,000 visitors attended this pro-gram, which included a tour of five his-toric homes, a visit by Mr. and Mrs.Lincoln, Christmas caroling by SoundCelebration Chorus and special activitiessuch as children’s crafts, poetry readingand a Soldiers’ Aid Society program. The“An Historic Christmas” program servesas a model for the planning and presen-tation of future downtown Springfieldhistoric site programs. n

LINCOLN HOME NHS and its partners won an NPS Midwest Region “Excellence inPartnerships Merit” award in summer 2012. Pictured from left to right: Jennie Battlesof the Vachel Lindsay Home State Historic Site, Sue Baker of Sound Celebration Chorus, Laura Gundrum of Lincoln Home NHS, Erika Hoist of Edwards Place, TonyLeone of Pasfield House Inn and Sue Massie of Elijah Iles House.

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media is a key component to informingvisitors before they get to our parks,”expressed Carmen Chapin, film contrib-utor and Great Lakes Exotic Plant Man-agement Team liaison. “Prevention isthe most cost effective strategy in protecting America’s favorite placesfrom invasive species.” The films are available at www.youtube.com/user/Gr8LakesRestoration/videos.

• The recipients of the 2011 Director’sNatural Resource Awards, which recog-nize employees who go above and beyondin performance of their duties, have beenselected and were announced in June2012. The award winners for 2011 werenominated by employees from across theNPS—by the people who witnessed theirdaily efforts to conserve resource functionsinto the future. The nominees were cho-sen from an elite pool of regional submis-sions for their remarkable achievements in2011 and throughout their careers. Therecipients of each award with excerptsfrom the award citations for each follow.

Russell Galipeau, superintendent ofChannel Islands NP, received the Direc-tor’s Award for Superintendent of theYear for Natural Resource Stewardship.Russell demonstrated skill in ecology, lawand policy and public relations throughnegotiations culminating in 2011 thatwill bring the park’s Santa Rosa Island toa dramatically improved ecological condi-tion. His actions through 2011 haveinsured that the 54,000-acre Santa RosaIsland will be protected and restoredfrom damage caused by previously occur-ring non-native species.

Dafna Reiner, biologist at HopewellCulture NHP, received the Director’sTrish Patterson Student ConservationAssociation Award for Natural ResourceManagement in Small Parks. Dafna suc-cessfully developed a sustainable, long-term vegetation management program atHopewell Culture NHP that will stabilize earthen ceremonial sites andpromote interpretation of these funda-mental resources. Dafna has also workedon a prescribed and wildland fire module for Jewel Cave NM, completedtwo tours for oil spill response in theGulf of Mexico and worked to createpartnerships with bird and trail manage-ment organizations.

Dr. Nathan L. “Nate” Stephenson,research ecologist at Sequoia and KingsCanyon National Parks, received theDirector’s Award for Natural ResourceResearch. Nate has cultivated a broadand deep understanding of the SierraNevada ecosystems. He became aresearch ecologist at the Sequoia andKings Canyon Field Station of theUSGS Western Ecological ResearchCenter in 1997. He has developed thecapacity to systematically measure long-term change, recognize the implicationsof observed change within a holisticcontext and productively evaluate tradi-tional assumptions about NPS naturalresource management goals. Hisresearch focus since 1995 has revolvedaround the USGS’ Western MountainInitiative, a global change research proj-ect that he and his colleagues estab-lished, centered on national parks in themountainous western U.S.

Oron “Sonny” Bass, supervisorywildlife biologist at Everglades NP,received the Director’s Award for Profes-sional Excellence in Natural Resources.Sonny deserves recognition for his

improvement of the wildlife program atEverglades NP and, specifically, his rolein the design and management of themonitoring and research program for theendangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow(Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis).

Jan Balsom, deputy chief for scienceand resource management at GrandCanyon NP, received the Director’sAward for Natural Resource Manage-ment. Jan took on the challenges of threehigh-profile issues at Grand Canyon NPthat had far-reaching and long-termresource management implications Ser-vicewide. Jan supported the developmentof a 10-year protocol for high-flow releas-es at Glen Canyon Dam, non-native fishremoval from the Colorado River withinan area sacred to traditionally associatedtribes and the withdrawal of over a mil-lion acres of public land surrounding thepark from uranium mining.

David Manski, chief of the Divisionof Resource Management at Acadia NP,received the Director’s Award for Natural Resource Management. Davidtook the lead for integrating the naturaland cultural conservation elements andcoordinating campus operations at theSchoodic Education and Research Cen-ter, which will have a lasting impact onthe continued management of AcadiaNP. Additionally, through David’s man-agement, the park has nearly eliminatedmany wetland invasive plants, supportednationally recognized monitoring andresearch on mercury pollution, replacedculverts to restore key fish passagewaysand implemented science-based tech-niques to manage visitor impacts tomontane ecosystems. His efforts havehelped employ and engage young scien-tists in park programs, which haveincluded a focus on sea level rise andimplications for significant seabird-nesting islands.

Douglas “Doug” Buttery, chief offacility management at Arches NP andCanyonlands NP, received the Direc-tor’s Award for Excellence in NaturalResource Stewardship through Mainte-nance. Doug’s strong leadership anddedication to resource stewardship fos-tered the development of numerouscollaborations between the FacilityMaintenance Division and the parks’Natural Resource Program. Throughhis leadership and facilitation, collabora-tive interdivisional efforts resulted inthe formulation and successful fundingof major projects designed to improvenatural resource conditions and visitorexperience opportunities through thecontrol of exotic plant populations inCanyonlands NP and Arches NP.

• The National Park Service receivedan Achievement in Audio Descriptionaward in the museums category fromthe American Council of the Blind(ACB) at its 51st annual conference andconvention in July in Louisville, Ky. Theaward recognizes the NPS’ outstandingcontributions to the establishment andcontinued development of audiodescription programs in its museumsand visitor centers.

“The National Park Service is commit-ted to providing the highest level of acces-sibility to our programs and facilities for allof our visitors with disabilities,” said NPSDirector Jon Jarvis. “We are proud thatour efforts, often led by our designers atHarpers Ferry Center, make so many fea-tures of our nation’s natural and cultural

resources accessible to our visitors who areblind or have low vision.”

During the 1980s, the NPS becamethe first federal agency to produce audiodescription for its interpretive films andexhibits. Since then, the NPS has been a national leader in providing audiodescription for visitors with visualimpairments in its interpretive programsat visitor centers and museums, includ-ing films, exhibits, interactive media andranger-led programs. Most recently, theNPS has provided audio descriptiontraining for media specialists at HarpersFerry Center and park staff in theNational Capital Region.

ACB is a national membership organ-ization. Its members are blind, visuallyimpaired and fully sighted individualswho are concerned about the dignityand well-being of people who are blind

throughout the nation. Formed in1961, ACB is one of the largest organi-zations of people who are blind in theworld, with more than 70 state and spe-cial-interest affiliates and a nationwidenetwork of chapters and members span-ning the globe. Additional informationabout ACB’s Audio Description Projectis available at www.acb.org/adp.

• On Sept. 12, the United States ParkPolice (USPP) Aviation Section honoredthe achievements of its three newest mem-bers. Sergeant David Tolson and OfficerMike Abate were awarded their para-medic wings after 20 months of training.Sergeant Chris Perkins was awarded hispilot wings after approximately six years offlight training. Each of the three had dras-tically different journeys but have met asignature achievement in their USPPcareer. Congratulations! n

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Saint-Gaudens NHSthe NPS. The program began in 1969and has been continuously operatingsince then, funded in part through the generous support of the site’s nonprofit partner, the Saint-GaudensMemorial.

The sculptors-in-residence are estab-lished figurative sculptors. Each newsculptor lives in the Cornish communi-ty that inspired the artists of the Cornish Art Colony and works at Saint-Gaudens NHS, the home and studio ofone of America’s greatest sculptors, theentire season that the park is open, fromMemorial Day until the end of October.The sculptor-in-residence brings his orher talent to a historic studio the parkhas set up overlooking a ravine nearSaint-Gaudens’ home and studios, andthe sculptor provides his or her owntools and materials.

The sculpture of Zuleica helped tobring the artistic process alive for visi-tors, Amanda noticed. She said, “Thepublic seemed to enjoy recognizing

Zuleica in the studio after having beenon a tour with her or encountering herelsewhere on the grounds; she was theice breaker for many a conversation.”

Connections like those the sculpturefosters are completely consistent withthe park’s mission; according to Supt.Rick Kendall, “Saint-Gaudens NationalHistoric Site was established to be a liv-ing memorial, not only to the life andwork of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, butalso to engage contemporary sculptorsand living artists.” Consequently, pastsculptors-in-residence have includedindividuals who work in media similar tothose used by Saint-Gaudens and thosewho work in media that Saint-Gaudensnever used, such as paper sculpture;these artists demonstrate the techniquesused by sculptors to create vivid worksof art. Visitors are encouraged to dropin on the sculptor-in-residence andengage him or her in a dialogue on theirartwork and the creative process, there-by serving as a living bridge betweenAugustus Saint-Gaudens and the artistswho carry on his legacy. n

Second Year of Success forNative Conservation Corps

Thanks to a generous grant from theNational Park Foundation’s “Amer-

ica’s Best Idea” grant program, theNative Conservation Corps (NCC)enjoyed a second year of success. TheNCC is a paid internship programdesigned to build bridges betweenNative American youth, their commu-nities and the national parks. Partici-pants in the program learn about park resources and careers in conser-vation fields.

High school seniors from Hopi, Zuniand the Navajo reservation participatedin an expanded program this year,which included work at Petrified ForestNP (the home park for NCC), GrandCanyon NP, Glen Canyon NRA andRainbow Bridge NM. During the four-week program held in July 2012, NCCparticipants lived and worked in theparks and engaged in archeological,

paleontological and biological fieldwork; interpretive programming; lawenforcement ride-alongs; and nativevegetation planting and seed collection.

The 2012 NCC group had a deepunderstanding of the program’s mis-sion, and they took on their assign-ments with enthusiasm as they workedharmoniously with each other and NPSstaff members. The group had a perfectsafety record the entire four weeks andtook home many wonderful memoriesto share with their communities.

Since the program’s launch in 2011,NCC has grown to include new partner-ships with multiple parks and govern-ment agencies, multi-tribal participationand active involvement with localschools. Two participants from the 2011 program were rehired, one as a


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E&AA Life Member Paul R. Anderson,superintendent, Denali NP & PRES,Sept. 30 after 42 years.

Paul graduated from Colorado StateUniversity in 1976. He served as a sea-sonal ranger at Rocky Mountain NPfrom 1970 to 1976, and his first perma-nent NPS position was as a park ranger atBig Bend NP in 1977. Subsequently, heserved as a park ranger at ShenandoahNP (1977-1979) and Grand Canyon NP(1979-1983), a district ranger atDelaware Water Gap NRA (1983-1985)and Yosemite NP (1985-1988) and assis-tant superintendent at Shenandoah NP(1988-1992). He became deputy region-al director of the NPS Alaska Region in1992 and superintendent of Denali NP &PRES in 2002. Paul and his wife, Wendy,will divide their time between Homer,Alaska, and Tucson, Ariz.

Harry Butowsky, historian, WASO,June 30 after 35 years.

Harry began his history career as a pro-fessor at Monmouth College in New Jersey. He started his NPS career in theMid-Atlantic Regional Office in 1977 andjoined the park history office in 1978.Throughout his career, he conducted amonumental amount of research for theNPS. He wrote a number of NationalHistoric Landmark theme studies, suchas World War II in the Pacific, U.S. Constitutional History, AmericanAstronomy and Astrophysics, Man inSpace National Historic LandmarkTheme Study, Labor National HistoricLandmark Theme Study and the Histo-ry of Science and Geology. One of hiscrowning achievements was workingclosely with local citizens and membersof Congress to create Brown v. Board ofEducation NHP.

In addition to his research and devel-oping and maintaining the history web-page, which now has a collection ofhistorical studies, reports and publica-tions that numbers more than 4,000titles, Harry has been a frequent speakerfor the NPS and his local community. Hebecame an expert on World War I and IIand shared his knowledge with a widerange of audiences and as an adjunct fac-ulty member at George Mason Universi-ty and Northern Virginia CommunityCollege for over 30 years.

E&AA Life Member Douglas “Doug”Buttery, chief of facility management,Arches NP and Canyonlands NP, Dec. 29after over 31 years.

After serving three years in the U.S.Marine Corps, Doug started workingseasonally at Grand Teton NP whileattaining a degree in biology fromWestern State College in Gunnison,Colo. (now Western State ColoradoUniversity). After 11 years of workingseasonally on trail crews and fire crewsand in buildings and utilities, roads andhousing positions, Doug accepted asign maker job at Grand Teton NP andbegan his permanent NPS career. Abrief stop in Haleakala NP as generalmaintenance supervisor led to five yearsin the Midwest Region stationed atWind Cave NP.

In 2000, Doug became the ColoradoRiver District maintenance supervisor atRocky Mountain NP. In 2008, aftersuccessfully raising and sending theirdaughter off to Colorado University,Doug and his wife, Susie, transferred toMoab, Utah, where Doug assumed thechief of facility management positionfor Arches NP and Canyonlands NP.

During his tenure in Utah, Doug wasactive on the Intermountain Region’sMaintenance Advisory Committee andthe Executive Wilderness Committee.He also served in the IntermountainRegional Office as acting regional chiefof maintenance in 2010 and facility leadin 2012. Doug has a strong commit-ment to natural resource protection andwilderness values and capped his careerby receiving the Intermountain Region-al Director’s Award for Excellence inNatural Resource Stewardship throughMaintenance and then the Director’sAward for the same (see page 7).

Susie will continue her NPS career asadministrative assistant for facility man-agement at Rocky Mountain NP whileDoug pursues enjoying the places heprotected over the past three decades. Atrip to New Zealand with Susie and a2013 solo backpacking trip along the480-mile-long Colorado Trail fromDenver to Durango, Colo., will kick offthe next chapter.

George Bruce Corrie, supervisory parkranger, Mammoth Cave NP, Aug. 11after 38 years.

George’s interest in caving began earlyin his life with family trips to Luray Cav-erns in Virginia and Carter Caves StatePark in Kentucky. “Luray really sparkedmy imagination,” he said. “Then, atCarter Caves, a friend of the family whoworked there took us into Bat Cave, anundeveloped, wild cave. Not long afterthat, I joined the National SpeleologicalSociety—I was still just a kid, so my momhad to join with me.”

A family caving obsession began.George and his parents, George, Sr. andSara, are famous in the caving world forcave exploration, mapping and conserva-tion. During the 1960s, they explored

and surveyed James Cave and CoachCave (a.k.a. 1,000 Domes) in Kentucky

George studied forestry at the Univer-sity of Kentucky and worked seasonally atFord’s Theatre NHS, the WashingtonMonument, the Lincoln Memorial andCastillo de San Marcos NM. In 1976, hebecame a permanent NPS employee atFrederick Douglass NHS and joinedMammoth Cave NP in 1979.

Among his accomplishments at Mam-moth Cave NP, George proposed anddeveloped the Explorer cave tour to spanthe gap between the Trog tour (ages eightto 12) and the Wild Cave tour (ages 16and up). Explorer became the prototypefor the present-day Introduction to Cav-ing tour for ages 10 and up. He placedfirst aid kits along the Wild Cave routeand developed small kits for all guides tocarry. He implemented better crawlinggear for guides and visitors and upgradedflashlights for guides. In his 32 years atMammoth Cave NP, George believes heguided 5,875 historic tours and probablymore than 10,000 total tours along 19different routes.

In 1997, George joined the board ofLost River Cave, a commercial cave inBowling Green, Ky. Lost River was anunderground night club from the 1930suntil it closed in the 1960s. Georgeworked with the Friends of Lost River toinstitute boat tours in the cave; 1,500people took the trip the first year, 10,000the next, and now 50,000 people tourLost River every year. George plans tocontinue his work with Lost River Caveas a member of the Friends board.

E&AA Life Member Bernard “Chick”Fagan, chief, NPS Office of Policy, June 30after 40 years.

Chick began his career as a Land andWater Conservation Fund project offi-cer with the Bureau of Outdoor Recre-ation, which later became the HeritageConservation and Recreation Service(HCRS). He later worked on Wild andScenic River studies and participated inthe conception, birth and early nurtur-ing of the Pinelands National Reserve.When the HCRS merged with the NPS,he was able to gain experience in NPSfield operations over an eight-year peri-od at Assateague Island NS.

Chick came to Washington, D.C., in1990 as the first Bevinetto Fellow in leg-islative affairs. Although the presump-tion was that “Fellows” would moveback out to the field, he loved workingat the NPS headquarters and found aniche in the Office of Policy. (He alsoinitiated and led the “Arrowhead Pride”program, which is managed by EasternNational for the NPS.)

Chick reports that, throughout hiscareer, he was inspired by a great manysmart, talented and interesting people.He most appreciates having worked withso many employees, partners andactivists who are dedicated to preservingAmerica’s natural and cultural heritage.

Chick’s retirement plans includemotorcycling, visiting parks, traveling toother interesting places, researching fam-ily history, bicycling, sharpening skills inother activities that have languished overthe years, volunteering, writing angryletters to editors and working on manyhome repair and improvement projects.

Chick and his wife, Deborah, will bebased in the D.C. area until next year butwill probably look for more hospitablewinters beyond that. His email address inretirement is [email protected].

Frank Graham, chief ranger, Big SouthFork NRRA, Dec. 30, 2011 after 31 years.

Frank graduated from Clemson Uni-versity in 1980 with a degree in parksand recreation. As the son of a longtimepark ranger, he always knew he wouldwork for the NPS. His first permanentNPS position was at Kings MountainNMP as a part-time park aid working inthe visitor center.

After attending the Federal LawEnforcement Training Center, Franktransferred to Canaveral NS as a protec-tion ranger. This was followed by fouryears at Great Smoky Mountains NPpatrolling the Oconaluftee Subdistrict.From there, he went to Ocmulgee NM asa lead ranger and then to KennesawMountain NBP as a field supervisor.Frank spent a two-year stint in the South-east Regional Office as the emergencyservices coordinator at the Southern AreaCoordination Center, where he workedclosely with the USDA Forest Service andother agencies. From there, in 1995,Frank transferred to Big South ForkNRRA, where he has served as chiefranger for both the protection and inter-pretive operations.

Frank is married to Angela Graham,budget analyst at Big South Fork NRRA.If you can catch him off the lake, he can bereached at [email protected].

Mark Hardgrove, superintendent, VirginIslands NP, Aug. 3 after over 40 years.

Mark held key leadership positionswith the NPS at Chesapeake and OhioCanal NHP, George WashingtonMemorial Parkway, National CapitalParks-East, San Juan NHS, Big CypressN PRES and Cape Hatteras NS. Markhas served as superintendent at VirginIslands NP since 2007. He also servedas acting superintendent at the park inthe mid-90s during hurricane recoveryefforts. Over his extensive career, Markhas added land to the NPS, expandedprograms, created new partnerships,coordinated preservation and conserva-tion efforts and reached new audiencesthrough innovative agreements.

E&AA Life Member Albert J. “Al”Hendricks, superintendent, CapitolReef NP, Sept. 3 after 42 years.

Al’s first NPS assignment began in1970 at Mammoth Cave NP, where heled cave tours and worked as a fire con-trol aid. In 1972, he became the firstranger assigned to the remote MazeDistrict of Canyonlands NP when BatesWilson was superintendent. Other earlycareer jobs followed, with a “split-posi-tion” assignment at Saint Croix NSRand Delaware Water Gap NRA. In

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1973, after six months at each park, theSaint Croix NSR position changed toyear-round, and Al continued there asSouth District ranger.

In 1974, while completing LawEnforcement Class 14 at the Consoli-dated Federal Law Enforcement Train-ing Center in Washington, D.C., Al wasoffered the Old Faithful naturalist posi-tion at Yellowstone NP. He became areamanager at Jewel Cave NM in 1976 andbegan his first superintendent assign-ment in 1981, when Western RegionalDirector Howard Chapman offered himthat position at Lehman Caves NM.

The movement to establish Great BasinNP was just picking up steam. Al workedclosely with (then) Congressman HarryReid and NPS Legislative Affairs Officestaff in identifying resource values thatshould be included in the park, develop-ing boundary recommendations and serv-ing as the NPS on-site representative,leading to park establishment in 1986. Al

continued to serve as Great Basin NP’sfirst superintendent until 1995.

Al was superintendent of Crater LakeNP (1995-1998) and has been the super-intendent of Capitol Reef NP sinceNovember 1998. Capitol Reef NPremains a park where one can talk witha ranger, hike a trail, drive a back roador pick some fruit in a historic parkorchard; maintaining this classic parkambience has been a hallmark of Al’stenure. “It has been a privilege and anhonor to have been able to help protectthe national parks for 42 years of theService’s 96-year history,” says Al.

E&AA Life Member Daniel J. “Dan”Jacobs, chief, Natural Resource Manage-ment and Visitor Protection Division,Pecos NHP, Aug. 31 after over 31 yearsof federal service.

Dan earned a B.A. degree in natural sci-ences in 1977 and an M.A. degree inteaching in 1978 from the University ofSt. Thomas. He spent a short time as ahigh school teacher and in 1977, beganhis federal career as a seasonal forestrytechnician at San Juan NF.

Dan’s NPS career began in 1981 as aseasonal ranger at Death Valley NP, andhe worked additional summer seasons as aranger at Mesa Verde NP, Mount RainierNP, Bryce Canyon NP and ShenandoahNP as well as at the Old Post Office Tower and Cape Hatteras NS. He alsoworked as a professional ski instructorbetween seasonal park ranger positions.

Dan accepted a permanent parkranger job at San Juan NHS in 1986and went on to work at Fort LaramieNHS, Crater Lake NP and Pecos NHP.

During his career as a ranger, Dan’s dutiesprimarily involved law enforcement, emer-gency medical services, search and rescue,wildland and structural fire and naturalresources management. He has held inter-pretive, basic patrol, district, staff and chiefpark ranger positions. As a member of aType 1 National Interagency IncidentManagement Team, he responded tonumerous large wildland fires and nationalemergencies, such as the 9/11 incident inNew York City and Hurricane Katrina inNew Orleans. Some of Dan’s favoritememories include working with sea turtlesand nesting shorebirds on the beaches ofNorth Carolina, kayaking Death ValleyWash, skiing around Crater Lake, climbingMount Rainier and exploring the back-country ruins at Mesa Verde NP.

Dan and Dee Renee can now be foundat home in Port Angeles, Wash. He canbe reached at [email protected].

Stuart Johnson, superintendent, StonesRiver NB, Oct. 1 after over 31 years.

Stuart received his bachelor’s degreein political science from Duke Universi-ty. He also holds master’s degrees inpark and recreation administration fromClemson University and in history fromGeorgia State University.

After a season at Blue Ridge Parkwayin 1973, Stuart followed a circuitousroute back to the NPS that included astint in the Peace Corps, an internshipwith state parks in Georgia and a historicpreservation job with the South CarolinaDepartment of Archives and History. In1980, Stuart joined the Heritage Con-servation and Recreation Service, whichwas merged with the NPS in 1981.

Until 1990, Stuart worked as a histori-an and cultural resources planner in theNPS Southeast Regional Office. From1990 through 1993, he was the firstsuperintendent of Natchez NHP. Hethen served as chief of planning andcompliance for the Southeast Regionuntil 2001, when he became superin-tendent at Stones River NB.

Stuart and his wife, Beckie, will remainin Murfreesboro, Tenn. His first order ofbusiness after retirement will be to hikethe Appalachian Trail. Stuart then hopesto travel with his wife, become a betterphotographer, read voraciously andinvolve himself in missions work. Hewould also like to continue hiking, but hepromises Beckie to stick to trails that arecloser to home and that can be completedin a day or two, not months.

E&AA Life Member Rick Jones, inter-pretive planner, Harpers Ferry Center(HFC), Oct. 2 after 34 years of federalservice, 29 of them with the NPS.

Rick’s first assignment as a ranger was at

(then) Saguaro NM in 1978, followed byfour years of seasonal work that alternatedbetween Saguaro NM and Lava BedsNM. During that time, he honed his skillsas an interpreter, firefighter and back-country ranger. In 1982, Rick had the for-tune to be kicked out of his seasonal job atLava Beds NM by a new permanentranger coming from St. Louis. Two yearslater, he and that ranger (Cindy Ott) weremarried, and they have continued to pur-sue that optimum dual career path forover 30 years.

After Rick achieved permanent statusvia the clerk typist route, the couple wasoffered their first dual career move toHarry S Truman NHS, where Rick wasengaged in interpretive managementand law enforcement. He next workedat Lincoln NF, followed by El MorroNM, Cibola NF and El Malpais Nation-al Conservation Area for the Bureau ofLand Management.

An opportunity arose for Cindy toteach at the Federal Law EnforcementTraining Center, and the job search beganagain, but it was a short one, as the chiefranger at Fort Frederica NM had just losthis history association manager minutesprior to Rick’s arrival. This opportunityeventually led back to a permanent inter-pretive ranger position. Another dualcareer move brought Rick to GlenCanyon NRA, where he worked throughthe whole spectrum of interpretive man-

agement positions, including an extendedrole as acting chief and details to GlacierBay NP & PRES and Curecanti NRA.

Rick then became a national interpre-tive planner with HFC in a “remote work-er” position that allowed him to onceagain actually live with his wife. In thisposition, he traveled the country andassisted NPS units in creating strategicplans to guide their interpretive programs.

“Having crossed paths with many ofyou in the course of my NPS career, Iwant to thank you for adding tons oflevity, inspiration and encouragement asI traversed what surely is the best careerjourney on the planet,” says Rick. “Wecan count ourselves among the luckyfew who get up every morning to agreat profession that gives us an oppor-tunity to protect and bring to light anincalculable heritage.” Rick can bereached at [email protected].

E&AA Life Member Antoinette J.“Toni” Lee, assistant associate director,Historical Documentation Programs,Cultural Resources, WASO, June 29 after23 years.

Toni started her NPS career in 1989 asa historian with the National Register of

Historic Places. She subsequently heldother positions in the cultural resourcesprograms, including founding editor ofCRM: The Journal of Heritage Steward-ship. In 1998, she initiated the CulturalResources Diversity Program, whichincluded the Cultural Resources DiversityInternship Program (now in its 14th year).

In 2005, Toni was appointed assistantassociate director, Historical Documenta-tion Programs. The Historical Documenta-tion Programs include the NationalRegister of Historic Places, the NationalHistoric Landmarks (NHL) Program, theHistoric American Buildings Survey, theHistoric American Engineering Record andthe Historic American Landscapes Survey,among others. In this capacity, she oversawthe completion of a number of NHL themestudies. In 2010, Clemson Universityawarded her the Robert G. Stanton Award,which is given to a person of color for “sustained and innovative achievement inthe management of North America’s natu-ral, historic and cultural heritage.”

Toni has authored books, articles andreports that address American architec-tural history, historic preservation andurban history. She plans to pursueresearch projects in these areas.

Loretta Lujan, administrative officer,Pecos NHP, June 30 after over 40 yearsof federal service.

Loretta started her federal career in 1968as a seasonal employee with the USDAForest Service in Pecos, N.Mex. From1969 through 1986, she was a seasonalinterpreter at (then) Pecos NM. In 1987,she gained permanent status back with theUSDA Forest Service in Pecos, N.Mex.

In 1990, Loretta returned to PecosNHP and has served there ever since. Shehas the unique distinction of working forevery superintendent at the park since itwas designated a national monument in1965 and re-designated as a national his-torical park in 1990. Loretta is lookingforward to a life filled with holidays 365-days-a-year and complete dedication tospending time with her family.

E&AA Life Member Patrick H. “Pat”Reed, superintendent, Mammoth CaveNP, June 30 after 42 years.

Pat is a 1971 graduate of Iowa StateUniversity with a bachelor of sciencedegree in resource development for out-door recreation. He began his NPS careerat Mount Rushmore N MEM as a sea-sonal maintenance worker in 1969 whilestill a college student.

After becoming a permanent NPSemployee in 1970, Pat was consistentlypromoted to positions of increasing com-plexity and responsibility, which includedintake trainee at Grand Teton NP (1970-1971); urban intake trainee at JeffersonNational Expansion Memorial (1972);office services ranger at Death Valley NP(1973); subdistrict ranger at Sequoia andKings Canyon National Parks (1974);management assistant at Wilson’s CreekNB (1975-1978); district ranger at CapeHatteras NS (1978-1983); district rangerat Rocky Mountain NP (1983-1986); andchief ranger at Natchez Trace Parkway(1986-1991). He served as superintend-ent of Chickamauga and ChattanoogaNMP (1991-2005) and in January 2006,transferred to Mammoth Cave NP, wherehe served as superintendent until hisretirement from the NPS.

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groups, cave enthusiasts and elected offi-cials. Through partnerships, he and his staffgreatly multiplied the effectiveness andreach of the park’s budget and message.

Several large projects came to fruitionunder Pat’s tenure at Mammoth Cave NP,including replacement of the six-mile cavelighting system, installation of the parkwater system, construction of the Mam-moth Cave RR Bike & Hike Trail and plan-ning for rehabilitation of the Green RiverFerry. At the time of his retirement, theconstruction of the rehabilitated MammothCave NP Visitor Center was near comple-tion. Its completion was recently celebratedwith an open house on Nov. 27, 2012.Considered a legacy project, the new visitorcenter will serve Mammoth Cave visitors forthe next 40 years. Pat was recognized in2006 as the Southeast Region Superinten-dent of the Year and in 2009 as the Nation-al Park Service Superintendent of the Yearfor Natural Resource Stewardship.

Pat and his wife of 37 years, Darit, havetwo married daughters, Shannon and DJ,and three grandsons. The Reeds will livein Colorado, spend quality time withtheir grandkids, travel and volunteer.

Pete Reinhardt, chief ranger, CraterLake NP, May 31 after over 30 years offederal service.

Early in his career, Pete mentored youngadults at Tongass NF with the Youth Con-servation Corps. He had a college intern-ship at Lassen Volcanic NP. His summerseasonal positions included working as aBureau of Land Management recreationtechnician at Wrangell-St. Elias NP &PRES and Glacier Bay NP & PRES.

For 28 years of his government service,Pete was a federal law enforcement offi-cer. His permanent duty stations includedGulf Islands NS, Lake Meredith NRAand Glen Canyon NRA. His last duty sta-tion was Crater Lake NP, where he servedfor 20 years. Here, he was an operationssupervisor and later, chief ranger respon-sible for law enforcement, emergencyservices, wildland fire and fee collection.As a commissioned law enforcementranger, Pete was also an Emergency Med-ical Technician-Intermediate, search andrescue technician and Drug Abuse Resis-tance Education (DARE) ranger.

Besides marrying his wife, Debbie, Pete’sother greatest achievements are his fourchildren, all of whom work for the NPS. His retirement plans include coach-ing high school skiing and joining theCrater Lake Ski Patrol volunteer group.

Vivian Sartori, park ranger (interpreta-tion), Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Aug. 31after 20 years.

Vivian began her NPS career in 1991 as

a seasonal employee at Carlsbad CavernsNP. Three years later, she was hired as apermanent interpreter. She spent the nextseveral years leading cave tours, planningand participating in community and edu-cation outreach and becoming the unof-ficial “bat lady” of the caverns.

In 2002, Vivian continued her interpre-tation career at Organ Pipe Cactus NM.Over the next 10 years, she “filled everyposition available” in the Division of Inter-pretation. At one time, she was supervisorof seasonal and VIP staff. She temporarilyserved as fee collection supervisor. She notonly presented the standard range ofwalks, talks and evening programs, but alsoplanned and presented special events andcreated a variety of special graphic-relatedprojects including site bulletins. She wrotearticles for the monument’s newspaperand text for wayside exhibits.

Vivian was involved with comprehen-sive interpretive planning for the monu-ment’s visitor center exhibits that wereinstalled in 2011. Twice, she served as act-ing chief of interpretation.

Very active in the local community,Vivian presented a wide variety of inter-pretive programs to local civic and educa-tional groups. She is looking forward tobeing even more active in the local com-munity, revisiting favorite vacation sitesand traveling to other national parks.

Matt Schultz, information technologyspecialist and technology officer, Mid-west Region, June 26 after over 11 years.

E&AA Member Gary Thomas Scott,regional chief historian, National Capi-tal Region, June 1 after 35 years.

E&AA Life Member Jerry W. Simpson,associate director for workforce manage-ment, WASO, Aug. 3 after over 36 years offederal service, six of them with the NPS.

Jerry worked in the field of humanresources/workforce management for hisentire career. Prior to working for theNPS, he held positions in humanresources and strategic management atNASA. Starting his federal career as anentry-level staffing specialist, he pro-gressed to become a member of theSenior Executive Service (SES) as the HRdirector of NASA’s Goddard Space FlightCenter in Greenbelt, Md., and then asso-ciate director for advanced planning andintegration at NASA Headquarters. In2002, he received the Presidential Rankof Meritorious Executive in the SES.

Arriving in WASO in 2006 as the firstperson selected for the new position of assistant director for Human Capital, Jerry’sassignment was to create more efficient,effective, customer service-focused andprofessionalized workforce managementservices for the NPS. Among his accom-plishments, working with Servicewidesteering and advisory committees, he pro-vided vision, leadership and guidanceleading to the creation of the HumanResources Operations Center and the Sea-sonal Recruitment Operations Center; theupdating and expansion of the NPS Fun-damentals program; the launch of theNew Superintendent Academy; and revi-talization of the Equal Opportunity Pro-grams Office. With support initially fromthe Center for Park Management and thesenior leadership of the NPS, Jerry con-ceived and implemented a WorkplaceEnrichment program for the NPS to maximize the workplace satisfaction ofemployees in order to enhance employeemotivation, retention and productivity.

Jerry considers himself truly lucky tohave worked an entire career at what he

feels are the two best agencies in the fed-eral government—two of the most excit-ing organizations in the nation that canand do make a real and positive differencein people’s lives. He plans to stay in theD.C. area with his wife, Alda, and theirtwo adult daughters and their families.

E&AA Member Ann A. Van Huizen,project manager/planner, Division ofPlanning, Denver Service Center(DSC), March 30 after 34 years.

Ann began her career with the NPS in1977 as a student employee with theNational Capital Region. She worked atthe Ecological Services Lab, now knownas the Center for Urban Ecology, thencompleted her student position workingin resource management at Rock CreekPark. After graduating from Virginia Techin 1980, Ann accepted a position withDSC as an outdoor recreation plannerlocated in Falls Church, Va. She recallscompleting her first General ManagementPlan for Manassas NBP at age 27.

In 1987, Ann moved to Denver andworked for the eastern and central teamsof planning and after the DSC realigned,became a project manager in the Divi-sion of Planning. Some of her careerhighlights include working on the FortNecessity NB General ManagementPlan, because Ann was able to see its fullimplementation, and the Blue RidgeParkway General Management Plan. Inaddition, She completed many Louisianaprojects, including management plansfor the new Cane River Creole NHP andCane River National Heritage Area. In2003, the heritage area plan received theAmerican Planning Association federaldivision award for outstanding collabora-tive planning project.

Ann says, “Over the last few years, I’veseen the NPS hire some tremendously tal-ented people. The future of NPS planningwill be in great hands. I leave feeling goodabout the future of the Park Service.”

In her retirement, Ann plans to write,pursue folk dancing and create a memoirof the lives of her elderly father and moth-er-in-law for their grandchildren. She alsoplans to travel and spend time with herfamily in Colorado.

E&AA Life Member William E. “Bill”Wellman, superintendent, Big Bend NP,April 30 after over 40 years.

Bill began his NPS career in 1969 as aseasonal ranger at Blue Ridge Parkwaywhile on his summer break from his job asa schoolteacher. He became superintend-ent of Fort Union Trading Post NHS in1975, Timpanogos Cave NM in 1982and (then) Great Sand Dunes NM in1988. Subsequently, he was superintend-ent of Organ Pipe Cactus NM (1997-2003), Black Canyon of the GunnisonNP and Curecanti NRA (2003-2006) andBig Bend NP and Rio Grande WSRbeginning in 2006. During his NPScareer, Bill has also served as acting deputyregional director for the IntermountainRegion and acting deputy superintendentat Grand Canyon NP.

Some highlights of Bill’s time at BigBend NP include the completion of theBoquillas Crossing Station and the BestLighting Practices and subsequent DarkSky Park designation. A dramatic expan-sion of both ranger and Border Patrol staffoccurred within the park, leading togreater visitor safety and resource protec-tion along the border. He fostered a coop-erative relationship between the NPS andCustoms and Border Protection that has

become the model for other parks alongthe border. Bill received the DOI Merito-rious Service Award in 2003 and the 2012Regional Director’s Award.

Skip Wilfred, cartographic technician,Southeast Region’s Lands Office, Aug. 31after over 40 years of federal service,over 10 of them with the NPS.

Terry Winschel, historian, VicksburgNMP, Aug. 3 after 35 years.

A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Terryacquired his bachelor’s degree in historyfrom Pennsylvania State University andholds master of social science and educa-tion specialist degrees from MississippiCollege. He worked as a seasonal rangerat Gettysburg NMP, Fredericksburg andSpotsylvania County Battlefields MemorialNMP, Valley Forge NHP and VicksburgNMP before obtaining a permanent posi-tion at Vicksburg NMP in 1978.

Starting as a park guide, Terry movedthrough the ranks, becoming park histori-an in 1988. As Vicksburg National Ceme-tery sexton, he worked tirelessly to sort outdecades-old gaps in record keeping andwas instrumental in helping unravel someof the mystery surrounding 13 unmarkedgraves discovered in 2010. His achieve-ments included obtaining the properties ofGrant’s Canal and Pemberton’s Head-quarters and garnering support for theprotection of outlying battlefields impor-tant to the campaign and their possibleinclusion into Vicksburg NMP.

Terry has written more than 50 articlesand 125 book reviews on the Civil War.His awards include the 2004 Nevins-Freeman Award presented by The CivilWar Round Table of Chicago and the2006 Charles L. Dufour Award present-ed by The Civil War Round Table of NewOrleans, and he was named National ParkService Preservationist of the Year in2007 by the Civil War Preservation Trust.

Terry will reside in Vicksburg, Miss.,and spend time with family. He and hiswife, Theresa, have three children and afour-year-old grandson. He plans to getback to his roots sharing history withpeople and to lead commercial toursand programs, as well as to continue hisresearch and writing.

Madeline Yordan, management assis-tant, Virgin Islands NP, July 31 after 34years of federal service, 24 of them withthe NPS. n


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represented a cross-section of divisionswithin parks and the regional office.Tuition was generously funded by GrandCanyon NP and Grand Teton NP, andtravel was funded by the IntermountainRegion with the exceptional support ofRegional Director John Wessels.

This fiscal year, the academy will againinclude participants from multipleregions. Each participating region willfund their participants, so no park bearsthe burden on their travel ceilings.

As we approach our centennial andbeyond, the NPS will lose passionate,effective leaders to retirement. TheGOAL Program strives to fill thosegaps and create a workforce of innova-tive leaders to meet the challenges ofthe second century. n


Jack E. Boucher, 80, Sept. 2, at HolyCross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md.,due to complications resulting from aheart ailment.

Jack grew up in Atlantic City, N.J.,and his professional career began withthe Atlantic City Tribune and with theState of New Jersey, photographingsites along the newly created GardenState Parkway. He came to the NPS in1958 and was a photographer for theHistoric American Buildings Survey(HABS) for over 46 years before hisretirement in 2009. He originallyworked for both the Branch of Still andMotion Pictures and HABS, which wasthen part of the Eastern Office ofDesign and Construction in Philadel-phia. He left in 1966 to become chief ofhistoric sites for the State of New Jersey,returning to HABS in 1971.

Jack took photographs for HABS andthe Historic American EngineeringRecord and the Historic AmericanLandscapes Survey in 49 states and inPuerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islandsand has likely contributed more to theHABS photographic collection at theLibrary of Congress than any other sin-gle individual. His work was the subjectof a book entitled A Record in Detail:The Architectural Photographs of Jack E.Boucher, published by the University ofMissouri Press, and has been featured inother publications such as Landmarks ofPrince George’s County.

Jack’s images for HABS also routinelyappear in professional journals and maga-zines and are frequently used by scholars toillustrate books and articles on America’sarchitectural history. In 1985, he receiveda DOI Meritorious Service Award.

Jack’s survivors include two sons, onesister and four grandchildren. He waspreceded in death by his wife of 35years, Margaret.

Bill Line, 56, Oct. 7.Bill, associate regional director for

communications and public informationofficer for the National Capital Region,served as the face and voice of thenational parks in the Washington, D.C.,area since 2001. He was the spokesper-son for the region, including Chesa-peake and Ohio Canal NHP, President’sPark, Rock Creek Park, Harpers FerryNHP, Prince William Forest Park andCatoctin Mountain Park. But, he wasbest known in the D.C. area as thespokesman for some of the area’s largestand most important public events, fromthe annual blooming of the cherry treesalong the Tidal Basin to the Fourth ofJuly events on the Mall, the lighting of

the National Christmas Tree and presi-dential inaugurations.

“Bill was an outstanding professionalwho loved the National Park Service,which he represented with pride,” saidRegional Director Steve Whitesell. “Butwhat his colleagues will remember mostis that he was a caring and compassion-ate person. His charm and selfless dedi-cation will be missed by all.”

Among his previous positions prior tojoining the NPS, Bill was a news produc-er for Fox News Channel and worked inpublic affairs for the National ScienceFoundation. He was an avid bicyclist andan active member of Dignity Washington,a community of gay, lesbian, bisexual andtransgender Catholics, where he sang inthe choir and formerly served on theboard of directors. He also taught wateraerobics at the YMCA. His survivorsinclude two sisters and two brothers.

Michael Joseph “Mike” Mallen, 60,Feb. 21, following a battle with amy-otrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)/LouGehrig’s disease.

Mike held a variety of positions beforehe began his 30-year NPS career in1976 as a maintenance mechanic atGeorge Washington Memorial Parkway.He met Mary Elizabeth Manning, also acareer NPS employee, at ArlingtonHouse, the Robert E. Lee Memorial.They married in 1980 and made theirhome in northern Virginia for 32 years.

Mike truly enjoyed the esprit de corpshe found working with fellow NPSemployees in the beautiful natural andhistoric sites in the Washington, D.C.,area. He loved his family and his faithand enjoyed many hobbies, includingfishing, camping and hosting barbequegatherings with family and friends,where he caught up with those he lovedwhile discussing current events and politics. After retiring from federal service in December 2008, Mike spenthis most enjoyable hours playing withhis grandchildren.

Mike’s survivors include his wife, Mary;daughter, Katie; three grandchildren:Jack, Angelo and Talia; and a largeextended family. During the final phase ofMike’s illness, Mary became an approveddonated leave recipient so she could carefor her husband and continue to work asmuch as possible. Mary expresses herdeeply felt appreciation to her larger NPSfamily: “The donated leave given enabledme to focus on Mike’s needs and careduring his final weeks. I would like every-one to know that Mike had great peace ofmind knowing that thanks to many NPSfriends—known and unknown—I wouldnot have to suffer the loss of my salaryduring a period of mounting medicalbills. I have greatly appreciated the careand sympathy extended to me followingthe loss of my husband. THANK YOU.”

Thomas J. “Tom” Meier, 61, Aug. 12,unexpectedly, at home near Denali NP& PRES.

An avid outdoorsman, Tom workedfor over 35 years as a wildlife biologist.Most recently, he was a supervisorywildlife biologist at Denali NP & PRESsince 2004. After graduating from PineCity High School in 1968, Tom earned aB.S. degree in biology and an M.S.degree in zoology from the University ofMinnesota, which set him on the track tobecome one of the foremost experts onwolves in North America.

Tom began studying wolves in 1976

and worked for the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService in Minnesota and Wisconsin for10 years. He joined research trips toPalmer Station, Antarctica, in 1980 and1981 and lent his expertise to Israel in1998. He first moved to Alaska in 1986to conduct fieldwork for the Denali wolfproject for the NPS and returned to Min-nesota to pursue a doctorate in 1993.The trail next led to Kalispell, Mont.,where he joined a U.S. Fish and WildlifeService project to restore the wolf popu-lation in the northwestern United Statesin 1996, but his love of Alaska took himback to Denali in 2004 to lead the bio-logical program and conduct research.He coauthored what is considered one ofthe most comprehensive and accessiblestudies of wolves, The Wolves of Denali,and gave presentations around the world.A talented photographer, his workappeared in many publications includingNational Geographic.

Tom’s survivors include his brother,Michael (wife, Jill); sister, Karlen; niecesand nephews: Darcy, Amy, Tracy, Beth,Mindy, Jake and Rayna; grandnieces andnephews: Taylor, Kaylana, Kristi, Kyle,Ryan, Nicholas, Hayley Mae, Ariana,Kralen and Kinzley; goddaughter,Samantha; godson, Maxwell; and manymore close relatives and friends.

E&AA Life Member Robert C.“Rob” Milne, 73, Sept. 23, due tocomplications from leukemia.

Rob retired from the NPS aschief/special advisor, Office of Interna-tional Affairs (OIA), WASO. Heobtained his B.S. degree in zoology fromDuke University and an M.S. degree inecology from North Carolina State Col-lege. His first NPS assignment was as aseasonal naturalist in 1961 at Cape Hatteras NS; he was hired by E&AA LifeMember Vernon “Tom” Gilbert, thepark’s chief naturalist.

Rob’s NPS career path included stintsat Glacier NP, Lassen Volcanic NP,Stephen T. Mather Training Center, theEastern Service Center, the Division ofNew Program Development and a detailto the Conservation Foundation. Hisinternational career was launched in1965 in Nairobi National Park, Kenya, asan education warden for Kenya NationalParks. On his return to the U.S., he con-tinued to work in the environmentaleducation field in the Office of Environ-mental Interpretation. In 1973, the NPSassigned him to be an adjunct professorat the University of Michigan, AnnArbor, where he formulated and directedthe international seminar for the admin-istration of national parks and equivalent

reserves. When he became the chief ofOIA in 1975, he oversaw the continua-tion of the annual international seminarsthrough 1991. A total of over 700 parkand protected area leaders from 108countries participated in this program.

During his tenure as the chief of OIA,Rob served for nine years as the vicechairman for North America for theCommission on National Parks andProtected Areas, part of the World Conservation Union (now IUCN). Hewas also the U.S. government and/orNPS delegate/representative to multi-lateral and bilateral meetings, confer-ences and negotiations in over 45countries and chair and vice chair of the21-nation intergovernmental WorldHeritage Committee.

After retiring from the NPS in 1996after 33 years of service, Rob moved toParis, where he was principal policyadvisor to the director of UNESCO’sWorld Heritage Centre from 1996 until1997. Rob’s awards included the DOIMeritorious Service Award (1989), theInternational Union for the Conserva-tion of Nature World Commission onProtected Areas Fred Packard Award(1990), the DOI Distinguished ServiceAward (1996) and the Dubrovnik GoldMedal by the director-general ofUNESCO in Paris (1997).

Rob’s survivors include his wife, JaneDeGeorges; son, Michael; and son,Andrew, Andrew’s wife, Jalila, and theirdaughter, Alexa. Rob was predeceased byhis first wife, Tobey. Donations in Rob’smemory may be sent to any of the threefollowing organizations: Global Parks athttp://globalparks.org/website/; theInternational Ranger Federation athttp://internationalrangers.org/donate/;or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Societyat http://www.lls.org/.

Thomas J. “Tom” Moore, 81, May 16,due to heart-related complications asso-ciated with diabetes.

Tom served in the U.S. Army for twoyears and was stationed in Korea in the23rd Quartermaster Graves RegistrationUnit (1951-1953). He considered it anhonor to be the final custodian of his fallen compatriots before sending themhome to their loved ones. He earned theOverseas Service Ribbon Award and theKorean Defense Service Medal.

Tom was a graduate of The OhioState University and earned a master’sdegree from Indiana University. He wasa dedicated teacher for 35 years in theNewark City Schools, where he taughtindustrial arts classes.

From 1968 to 1989, Tom was a sea-sonal park ranger at Grand Teton NP.Throughout those years, he and hisfamily lived at Moose, Kelly, BeaverCreek, Colter Bay and Lizard Creek.He greeted visitors and supervisedemployees at the Moose entrance gateand worked as a road patrol ranger,backcountry patrol ranger and wildlandfire and structural ranger. He especiallyenjoyed his time as a boat patrol rangeron Jackson Lake. Tom also worked sea-sonally at Yellowstone NP (1990-2005)at the South and East Gate entrances.He enjoyed hiking, fly-fishing andcamping adventures with his family.

Tom’s survivors include four children:Tom, Jr. (wife, Terry), Kathleen, Bryanand Jim; four grandchildren: Christian,Allison, Conner and Matthew; andnumerous relatives and lifelong friends.He was predeceased by his wife, Sharon;

Requiescat in Pace


JACK BOUCHERJames Rosenthal NPS/HABS

TOM MEIERChristina Eisenberg


his parents; two brothers; two sisters; anda nephew. Memorial donations may bemade to the National Park Foundation atwww.nationalparks.org.

Cynthia Nadine “Cindy” Nielsen,61, Aug. 19, following a battle withbreast cancer.

Cindy earned a bachelor’s degreefrom the University of Missouri andmaster’s degrees in both park manage-ment and natural sciences from the Uni-versity of Wyoming. Her NPS careerbegan in the summer of 1972 as a sea-sonal naturalist at Grand Teton NP. Itwas at seasonal training that summerthat she met Wayne R. Nielsen, whomshe married a year later. They wouldspend the next 34 years as a dual-careercouple in the NPS.

Cindy enjoyed a long and successfulNPS career, serving in supervisory parkranger positions at Death Valley NP andGrand Teton NP and as chief of inter-

pretation at Channel Islands NP andGlacier NP. Subsequent assignmentsincluded serving as the deputy superin-tendent of Roosevelt-Vanderbilt NHS,superintendent of Navajo NM andsuperintendent of Great Basin NP, fromwhere she retired in 2007.

Cindy was active in Servicewideemployee development, first as a mem-ber of the interpretive skills teams in thePacific West Region and IntermountainRegion and later as the course coordi-nator for intake classes and NPS Funda-mentals courses at the Horace M.Albright Training Center and StephenT. Mather Training Center. She sharedher professional experience on parkplanning teams during assignments inMadurai, India, and Galapagos Nation-al Park in Ecuador.

In retirement, Cindy lived in Moab,Utah. She occupied her time with herlove of fly-fishing, gardening, birding,reading and traveling with her husband.Her love of the outdoors and nature hasbeen and will continue to be an inspira-tion to all those who knew her. Herfamily will be forever grateful to all thedoctors, medical staff members, familyand friends who assisted her throughher difficult journey with breast cancer.

Cindy is survived by her loving husband,Wayne; her mother; two sisters; two sis-ters-in-law; and nieces and a nephew. Shewas preceded in death by her father.Memorial contributions may be made to the National Park Foundation at https://myaccount.nationalparks.org/donate.

Jesse Lee Potter, Jr., 58, Oct. 6. Jesse served in the U.S. Navy from

1972 to 1975. He started work atNatchez Trace Parkway in June 1992and was on active duty until his death.Beginning as a maintenance worker, hecontinued his career as a tractor opera-tor and was promoted to tractor opera-tor leader in 2004. He worked in theNorthern District of the parkway withhis duty station at Leiper’s Fork, Tenn.In 2011, Jesse was honored with aSTAR Award for his outstanding contri-butions to the rehabilitation of theMeriwether Lewis Death and BurialSite. Jesse’s survivors include his wife of37 years, Susan Iverson Potter (also aNatchez Trace Parkway employee);three sons; and seven grandchildren.

E&AA Life Member James Arthur“Jim” Randall, 84, Oct. 21, at home inEstes Park, Colo.

Jim graduated from Wichita HighSchool North in Wichita, Kansas, in1946. In high school, he was a memberof the National Honor Society, playedthe snare drum in the band and earnedathletic letters in baseball, swimmingand football. He enlisted in the U.S.Navy and served from 1946 to 1948.He was the flight deck aircraft directoron the USS Boxer (CV-21).

After his honorable discharge, Jimspent the summer of 1948 at Uncom-pahgre NF as a trail laborer. He receivedhis B.S. degree in forest recreation fromColorado A&M (now Colorado StateUniversity) in 1952. While there, he let-tered in football and baseball.

Jim worked seasonally at RockyMountain NP in 1950 and 1951, thenat Mesa Verde NP in 1952. His first per-manent NPS position was in November1952 at Carlsbad Caverns NP, where hewas a tour leader and tour leader super-visor. He married Ruth Emily Pyke in1953, and the couple had two sons:Robin and Wayne. Jim’s NPS careersubsequently took him to ChiricahuaNM; Lassen Volcanic NP; the Divisionof Ranger Activities in WASO; GrandCanyon NP; Canyonlands NP, ArchesNP and Natural Bridges NM; and RockyMountain NP. He then served as chief ofthe Division of Protection and NaturalResource Management in the RockyMountain Regional Office (1974-1983)and finally, superintendent of Wind CaveNP and Jewel Cave NM (1983-1985),from where he retired.

Jim was awarded the DOI MeritoriousService Award and was a founding mem-ber of the Association of National ParkRangers in 1976. Jim and Ruth retired totheir Estes Park home in 1989, but thatyear, he worked with the NPS’ Incident

Management Team on the cleanup ofthe Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

In 1994, Jim and Ruth started spend-ing winters in Green Valley, Ariz. Hishobbies included sailing, river rafting, ski-ing and camping. Jim’s survivors includehis son, Robin. He was predeceased byhis son, Wayne, in 2004 and wife, Ruth,in 2009. No memorial service is planned,but a remembrance will be held in spring2013 to celebrate Jim’s life.

Richard E. “Rick” Smith, 64, June18, after a long illness.

Rick received a bachelor’s degree fromStanford University in 1970, a master’sdegree in history from the University ofCalifornia at Santa Cruz and a Juris Doctorate degree from the UC BerkeleySchool of Law. He retired in 2010 after a22-year career as a park ranger at LowellNHP. Most of that time was spent in theEducation District at the Tsongas Indus-trial History Center at the Boott CottonMills. His specialty was the history of theAmerican Industrial Revolution—focus-ing on the rise and decline of the water-powered textile mills in New England and

with particular emphasis on the changingtreatment of the workers, primarily the“mill girls,” who made up the labor forceof early industrial America.

Rick loved walking, hiking and sports,particularly baseball. Quiet by nature,he would readily engage in discussionand debate about players’ statistics. Heenjoyed traveling with his wife, Martha,especially to Martha’s Vineyard.

Rick’s survivors include his wife,Martha Barrett-Smith; son, Nicholas;three stepchildren: John, Mary andKathleen; two brothers: Christopherand Theodore; and many nieces,nephews, grandnieces and grand-nephews. Donations in Rick’s memorymay be made to the Saints Cancer Center, 2 Hospital Drive, Lowell, MA01852, or to the Tsongas IndustrialHistory Center (TIHC) Endowment,established by Rick and his family in2008, at www.uml.edu/givenow or bycheck payable to TIHC, 115 John St.,Lowell, MA 01852.

E&AA Life Member Richard “Dick”Strait, 83, July 2l.

After 36 years with the NPS, Dickretired in 1990 as associate regional direc-tor of planning and resource preservationin the Rocky Mountain Regional Office.His career started as a student at GrandCanyon NP in 1956. In 1958, he took apermanent landscape architect positionwith the Western Office of Design andConstruction. He became the resident

landscape architect at Rocky MountainNP in 1963, and in 1965, he took thesame position in the Midwest RegionalOffice in Omaha, Neb. After five years,he was named the Colorado state coordi-nator. When the Rocky Mountain Regioncame to Denver, he was named associateregional director of cooperative activities.

Dick loved football; he played semi-proball while in the army at Fort Lee, and heenjoyed the Broncos and Notre Dame.He was proud of his Irish heritage. Heand his wife, Shirley, took many trips toMexico over a span of 25 years, includingthe last one in January 2012. His latestinterest was in World War II model air-planes. Dick deeply loved his family andfriends and was very proud of the NPSand had many great memories.

Dick’s survivors include his wife of 55years, Shirley; five children: MickeyBurns (husband, Tony), Susan Andrews(husband, Mike), Kelly Knapp (hus-band, George), Kerry Rodrigue (hus-band, Paul) and Sean Strait; ninegrandchildren: Megan, Stuart and ErinAndrews; Kenny, David and KarinKnapp; Brittany, Kirk and JosieRodrigue; and one great-grandchild:Roan Andrews-Berntson. Donationsmay be made to the National ParksConservation Association, 777 6th St.NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC20001-3723 (www.npca.org); to anyother environmental organization ofyour choice; or to the Denver DumbFriends League, 2080 S. Quebec Street,Denver, CO 80231 (www.ddfl.org).Condolences may be sent to the familyat 5920 West Quarles Drive, Littleton,CO 80128; or [email protected].

E&AA Life Member Meraldine E.Walker, 91, Sept. 25, 2011, peacefullyat home in Santa Fe, N.Mex.

Meraldine was a homemaker and thewife of E&AA Life Member Carl O.Walker. Carl retired in 1974 as associateregional director, Administration, in theSouthwest Regional Office after over 37years with the NPS.

Meraldine’s survivors include her hus-band of 73 years, Carl; three children:Hazel, Carl Dean and Shirley; six grand-children; and eight great-grandchildren.She was predeceased by her twin sister,Geraldine, and granddaughter, Teresa. n

Requiescat in Pacecontinued from page 11

RICK SMITHNPS photo by Frank Clark

JESSE LEE POTTER, JR.NPS photo by Mary Brown

CINDY NIELSENWayne Nielsen

National Park Service park guide andthe other as the leader of the 2012NCC crew.

The NCC project is in direct align-ment with the NPS’ A Call to Action inthat it engages diverse communities,provides educational experiences,helps in the preservation of naturaland cultural resources and con-tributes to a diverse workforce. TheNCC has been so successful that ithas generated interest from a varietyof other parks in the Southwest, andplans are already in the making foryear three.

—Sarah Herve, Supervisory ParkRanger, Petrified Forest NP

NativeConservationCorpscontinued from page 7


Frank Alvarez, from human resourcesspecialist, Central Servicing HumanResources Office, Philadelphia, Pa., to management specialist, Indepen-dence NHP.

Jim Bacon, from outdoor recreationplanner, Yosemite NP, to superintend-ent, National Park of American Samoa.

Ken Bigley, from chief of administra-tion, Bandelier NM, to chief of admin-istration, Big Bend NP.

Gary Brown, from chief of culturalresources, Aztec Ruins NM, to culturalresource program manager, Santa Monica Mountains NRA.

Julena Campbell, from concessionsinterpretive specialist, Grand Teton NP,to chief of interpretation, Southeast Arizona Group (Coronado N MEM,Chiricahua NM and Fort Bowie NHS).

Bobby Carson, from acting chief, tochief, Science and Resource ManagementDivision, Mammoth Cave NP.

Valerie Chaney, from visitor use assis-tant, Zion NP, to senior visitor use assistant, Shenandoah NP.

Sarah Craighead, from superintend-ent, Death Valley NP, to superintend-ent, Mammoth Cave NP.

Sarah Creachbaum, from superintend-ent, Haleakala NP, to superintendent,Olympic NP.

Al Demonbreun, to painter, Shenan-doah NP.

Gretel Enck, from administrative assis-tant, to outdoor recreation planner, WaterResources Division’s Planning and Infor-mation Branch, Fort Collins, Colo.

Lisa Garrett, from program manager,NPS Upper Columbia Basin NetworkInventory and Monitoring Program, tochief, Division of Inventory and Moni-toring, Southeast Region.

Jay Grass, from safety manager, to safety,occupational health and wellness manag-er, Intermountain Region.

Wes Greene, to safety and occupationalhealth and wellness program manager,Blue Ridge Parkway.

Shelley Hall, from chief of naturalresource management, Cape Cod NS, tosuperintendent, John Day Fossil Beds NM.

Kristina Heister, from natural resourcemanager, Valley Forge NHP, to chief ofnatural resources, Northeast Region.

Dr. Antoinette T. Jackson, to regionalethnographer, Southeast Region.

Palmer “Chip” Jenkins, Jr., from super-intendent, North Cascades NP, LakeChelan NRA and Ross Lake NRA, to

deputy regional director for resource stew-ardship and planning, Pacific West Region.

Chris Lemons, from park ranger,Olympic NP, to lead visitor use assis-tant, Shenandoah NP.

Bill Leonard, from chief of strategicplanning and project management, todeputy superintendent, Delaware WaterGap NRA.

Catherine Light, from superintendent,Chamizal N MEM and Gila CliffDwellings NM, to deputy superintend-ent, Martin Luther King, Jr. NHS.

Bob Love, from chief ranger, SaguaroNP, to superintendent, Tumacácori NHP.

Pat Ludwick, from revenue and fee busi-ness manager, Cape Hatteras NS andWright Brothers N MEM, to fee programmanager, Shenandoah NP.

Steven “Steve” McCoy, from superin-tendent, Fort Donelson NB, to deputysuperintendent, Gulf Islands NS.

Cindy Ott-Jones, from superintend-ent, Lake Meredith NRA and AlibatesFlint Quarries NM, to superintendent,Big Bend NP.

Robert Reinhart, from seasonal parkranger, Great Basin NP, to term visitoruse assistant, Organ Pipe Cactus NM.

William Rodriguez-Cayro, from parkguide, Cape Hatteras NS, to lead visitoruse assistant, Shenandoah NP.

Colette Schlinkmann, from budgettechnician, Olympic NP, to budget analyst, Joshua Tree NP.

John F. “Rick” Shireman, from branchsupervisor for line item construction,Intermountain Region, to chief of facili-ty support, Southeast Region.

Woody Smeck, from superintendent,Santa Monica Mountains NRA, todeputy superintendent, Yosemite NP.

Dana Soehn, from volunteer coordina-tor, to management assistant, GreatSmoky Mountains NP.

Tracy Swartout, from superintendent,Congaree NP, to deputy superintend-ent, Mount Rainier NP.

David Szymanski, from superintendent,Lewis and Clark NHP, to superintend-ent, Santa Monica Mountains NRA.

Barclay Trimble, from deputy superin-tendent, Grand Canyon NP, to superin-tendent, Outer Banks Group (CapeHatteras NS, Wright Brothers N MEMand Fort Raleigh NHS).

Kathy Tustanowski, from administra-tive officer, Shenandoah NP, to admin-istrative officer, Blue Ridge Parkway.

Christie Vanover, to public affairs spe-cialist, Lake Mead NRA.

David Vela, from regional director,Southeast Region, to associate directorfor workforce management, WASO.

Whitney Vonada, from communica-tions operator, Mount Rainier NP, totelecommunications equipment opera-tor, Shenandoah NP. n

New Places & Faces

E&AA welcomes the following new members:

Joy Collette, Bernard “Chick”Fagan, Andy Ketterson and BrianPearce.

SARAH CRAIGHEADNPS

SARAH CREACHBAUMNPS

The following donations werereceived this quarter. Thank you for your support.

Keith PruittRuth Sager

In memory of Dani Guillet CookFrank Weingart

In memory of John KawamotoPauline Kawamoto

In memory of Dick StraitJack and Jolene Neckels

Frank F. Kowski Memorial Golf Tournament

Great Smoky MountainsIntermountain Region - SeattleMidwest Regional Office

Benefactors

DAVID VELANPS

River as it emerges from its wildernessheadwaters area near Yellowstone NP’ssouthern boundary. The JDR Parkwayserves as the principal unit that com-memorates Mr. Rockefeller’s generosityand his unfailing work toward preserva-tion of such places as Acadia NP, GrandTeton NP, Great Smoky Mountains NP, Mesa Verde NP, Shenandoah NP,Yosemite NP, Yellowstone NP and VirginIslands NP.

A series of programs took place on Saturday, Aug. 25 to recognize theunsparing philanthropy that John D.Rockefeller, Jr. demonstrated over hislifetime. His devoted stewardship to thenational park philosophy was the focus ofthe day. Activities included presentationsby local high school students taking partin the Pura Vida Latino outreach pro-gram; announcements about a new pro-gram that will connect the Jackson area

Class of 2016 with Grand Teton and theJDR Parkway, and a scholarship compe-tition for local students; the distributionof a new publication that offers a drivingtour of Rockefeller-related sites; a historywalk with a focus on the creation ofColter Bay Village and the role that the Rockefeller family played in developingvisitor services in Jackson Hole; and aslide-illustrated program about the histo-ry of America’s national parks featuring Rockefeller’s contributions titled, “ForFuture Generations: The Story of Amer-ica’s National Parks.”

The highlight of the day was a keynoteaddress by Clay James, retired CEO ofGrand Teton Lodge Company and cur-rent liaison between the Rockefeller SeniorAssociates and Laurance S. RockefellerPreserve. Mr. James delighted the audi-ence with recounts of his lifetime experi-ences working with Laurance, the thirdson of John D., Jr. and Abby Rockefeller.

Following in his father’s footsteps, Laurance recently gifted 1,106 acres ofthe former JY Ranch to Grand Teton NP.Reflective of John D., Jr.’s enduring lega-cy, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserveopened to the public in June 2008.

Forty years ago on Sept. 18, 1972, Laurance attended a ribbon-cutting cere-mony to honor his father and recognizethe newly established park unit. Duringthat ceremony, Laurance remarked, “...perhaps in the long run, Father’s greatestgift to the parks of America may not havebeen his generous donations of land ordevelopment of facilities. In the finalanalysis, his greatest legacy may have beenhis belief that man could live in harmonywith nature and his example of private citizens working with their government tohelp create places where man could comeand visit outstanding examples of nature’sbeauty and renew himself and his faith inGod’s presence.” n

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkwaycontinued from page 4

Thank you to the following newsletter contributors: Lindy Allen, David Barna, KarenBeck-Herzog, Paul Brooks, Robyn Burch,Vickie Carson, Chris Cauble, Eileen Cleary,James Dempsey, Kim Doty, David Elkowitz,Alan Ellsworth, Merle Frommelt, TomGilbert, Angela Graham, Laura Gundrum,Paul Henderson, Neal Herbert, Jessie Jordan,Rick Kendall, Marcus Key, Larry Knowles,Janet Lang, Teresa Ledford, Jan Lemons,Mary Mallen, Barb Maynes, Rainey McKenna,Herb Meyer, Marianne Mills, Bryan Moore,Jennifer Mummart, Wayne Nielsen, MartyOwens, Kris Parker, Fred Quesenberry, RobinRandall, Dave Reynolds, Linda Richards, PattyRooney, Naomi Shibata, Shirley Strait, MaryTechau, Patricia Turley, Richard Ullmann, SueWalter and Kathy Ziegenfus.

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