Vol. 28, No. 12 COURIER December 1983 The National Park Service Newsletter Washington, D.C.

Greetings to the National Park Service Family: Let us look ahead with courage and enthusiasm in this season of hope and renewal. Let us re-dedicate ourselves to our responsibility to "conserve the scenery and natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same. ..." As we face the future, let us excel in our activities as a finely-tuned team. Our unique role as caretakers of this Nation's natural and historic treasures can generate new strength, new results and new optimism. As professionals, in the days to come, we will meet unprecendented challenges for judicious and sensitive management. Let us pledge ourselves to balancing needs and opportunities with a keen sense of awareness. Let us sharpen our thinking, and work together toward a standard of excellence with vision and confidence. For working together we can rise to all challenges; working together we will attain personal growth and fulfillment. I thank each of you for your dedication and service, and I pray that in the New Year you will experience strength of purpose, success and happiness. Camp Fire project in national parks

By Jean Henderer, Chief Division of Cooperative Activities WASO

Last summer, over 6,000 hours of labor were eagerly volunteered to the National Park Service by high school age members of Camp Fire, Inc., formerly Camp Fire Girls, working on a variety of needed work projects. The participating parks were Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Mo., Mesa Verde National Park, Colo., Gateway National Recreation Area, N.Y.-N.J., Carlsbad Caverns National Park, N. Mex., and Redwood National Park, Calif. Between six to 11 boys and girls volunteered their services at each park, paid their transportation to the site and an additional fee for food and Camp Fire volunteers working on the stabilization of Sun Temple, a pre-historic archeological site at weekend recreation expenses. Other Mesa Verde NP, Colo. costs were shared by Eastern National Park and Monument Association and private donations including a foundation grant. The National Park Service provided camping or other sleeping and eating accommodations, supervision for the work projects and transportation within the park. WASO's Division of Cooperative Acitivities coordinated the projects. All youth signed on as a part of NPS's Volunteers in Parks program. Camp Fire, Inc.'s national office in Kansas City screened volunteers to make sure they met camping and other standards and provided two counsellors at each park. At Ozark, Camp Fire youth cleared scenic vistas, worked on river cleanup Laying out a trail at Floyd Bennett Field at Gateway NRA, N.Y.-N.J. In foreground, Camp Fire and began laying out a hiking trail; at counsellor with Sam Holmes of Gateway; Carol Bitner, Camp Fire's deputy national executive director, Mesa Verde, they completed a cultural and jean Henderer, chief of Division of Cooperative Activities, WASO. resource conservation project on the Sun Temple, located on the Mesa Top $7,345 if NPS seasonal help had been Fire's national organization was Ruins Road; at Gateway, the used; and at Redwood, six youth offered opportunities to provide volunteers helped in the preparation constructed 8 foot bridges of major training in outdoor recreation work of several ethnic festivals, and proportions for the continuing effort and broaden career opportunities for presented evening camp fire programs on the construction of the coastal trail. high school age youth. for visitors; at Carlsbad Caverns, the It was an everybody wins project Many park employees who were 11-person camp members worked on from all standpoints: (1) park involved in the project commented on the restoration of the Kings Palace personnel were able to complete some the high calibre of the youth and the floor, completed 8/10 mile of fire line long-standing projects; (2) the youth quality of the work they performed at around Rattlesnake Spring; completed were bursting with pride over their the park. one mile of trail in West Slaughter accomplishments in constructing It is hoped that the project can be Canyon and began a restoration bridges, or fire lines, they made new expanded next summer to include at project in New Cave among other friends and learned what it's like to least 15 youth at each site and, projects, with a value of approximately work in a national park; and (3) Camp perhaps more parks participating.

2 COURIER/December 1983 YCC and CETA workers at Redwood

counting, measuring, and releasing juvenile salmon and steelhead as a part of a major research program. The newest section of the Coastal Trail, between Wilson and Damnation Creeks, the 10-site campground on DeMartin Prairie, was finished up. The eight-person crew under the leadership of Bob Flores of Eureka put in picnic tables, bear boxes, site numbers, signs, and cleared each campsite east of the main trail. Another link in the Coastal Trail chain, south of Gold Bluffs Beach at Major Creek, was built by a crew of 14. The trail heads up a steep slope from the beach, and connects with U.S. Highway 101 along Skunk Cabbage Creek. Brushing the thick coastal vegetation and hacking switchbacks out of the hillside was difficult work, but leaders Gary Rost of Crescent City and Scott Morris of Chico and their combined crews pushed their way up at a rapid rate. YCC crew, with hay hooks in hand, working on the D-line rehabilitation project at Redwood NP, Innovation was the byword. They Calif. required water to put out the slash fire at the end of the day. Hard hats not only protected workers, but also doubled as effective buckets for a fire c brigade. S M> Rehabilitation projects in the 1978 •Cc B park expansion area got an extra boost m with Tim Gillentine's group. High $ above Redwood Creek on the old c

COURIER/December 1983 3 The park's historic setting offered special challenges, opportunities and YCC at Hopewell learning experiences for the corpsmen. Each participated in the costumed interpretive program, receiving a taste of "living history" and helping to expand the seasonal staff which had been cut due to budget limitations. By Janet Kennedy men and women from four nearby Conservation and resource-oriented Park Ranger school districts spent 8 weeks projects are the foundation of the YCC Hopewell Village NHS, Pa. working, learning and providing the program. Projects this year included park with the positive results of boundary clearing, vegetation removal It seems it's when times are tough, valuable work projects. from the historic east headrace (a staffs are cut and dollars are shrinking Hopewell Village is an early former waterway leading to the that enthusiasm and hard work of American ironmaking community in furnace), and painting picket fences in individuals really shines. This was the southeastern Pennsylvania. From 1771 the historic village. case at Hopewell Village National to 1883 the furnace provided stoves, One of the unique opportunities Historic Site, Pa., this summer when pig iron and other ironware to provided the YCC this year was the the Youth Conservation Corps worked customers in Pennsylvania and repointing of historic ruins in the park. for its seventh season. Sixteen young beyond. These two structures, with only the stone walls remaining, had once been homes for ironworkers and had collapsed over the years. With supervision provided by a maintenance worker skilled in masonry, corpsmen repointed the structures, thereby preserving them for many years to come. The YCC assisted maintenance and ranger staffs with projects that required much time or manpower. They repainted the maintenance building, including a new addition, posted "No Hunting" signs along the boundary, cleared trails and repaired boundary wire. Hopewell Village shares a boundary with French Creek State Park. For years the two parks have worked closely together and this summer provided a special opportunity for cooperation. French Creek has had a residential YCC camp in past years but was not funded this year. The YCC enrollees involved in fence painting and "living history" at Hopewell Village NHS, Pa. Hopewell Furnace YCC donated more than 400-manhours to the adaptation of a former State park family campground into an equestrian campground. This is the first of its kind in the Pennsylvania State Park system and will be a model for future equestrian campgrounds. A staff was not hired for the camp this year. Leadership was provided by ranger and maintenance division staff and by two corpsmen hired as Youth Leaders. A spirit of cooperation and working toward a common goal was evident as the divisions—in spite of their busy schedules—contributed time and expertise to the YCC. Thanks to this spirit, the program was a success. Park resources were improved, visitors received a quality park experience and 16 young men and women found employment and the opportunity to "make a difference" at a national park Hopewell Furnace Youth Conservation Corps, Hopewell Village NHS, Pa. in their own neighborhood.

4 COURIER/December 1983 Precious spikes returned for festival

By Michael Johnson Park Technician Golden Spike NHS, Utah

Bigger and better than ever, Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah, recently played host to more than 8,500 visitors at their 7th Annual Railroader's Festival. It was a day of historical reenactments, exhibits, and special events to commemorate the railroader's unsung contribution to the opening of the American West. Planning began last January when Golden Spike Empire, a regional branch of the Utah Travel Council, agreed to co-sponsor the event. With that underwriting, park staff, headed by Superintendent Edward "Ted" Nichols, set about developing a program that would be not only entertaining, but also introduce visitors to the themes of western settlement and the coming of the "Iron Horse." Popular features of previous festivals were retained, while months of brainstorming and hard work Fred Garlow of Cody, Wyo., grandson of Buffalo Bill, recreated the image of the famous scout who brought new ideas and approaches. was employed as a hunter for the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Negotiations were made to assemble a unique display of Last Spike memorabilia. Stanford University agreed to lend the genuine "Golden In the meantime, an invitation was balloon hovered overhead, but was and Silver Spikes." To add to the sent to Fred Garlow of Cody, Wyo. later forced down due to heavy display, two rare items made from the Garlow works with the Buffalo Bill breezes. Golden Spike's casting sprue were Historical Center and, in fact, is the The day's most exciting moment obtained. A gold ring made for grandson of the famous scout. For was undoubtedly the Professional President Grant was sent from the special events, Garlow recreates the Spike Driving Contest. Contestants White House Collections, while a tiny image of his ancestor from childhood turned out from most local railroads to Golden Spike watchfob was graciously memories. Buffalo Bill, of course, vie for the $100 first prize. The lent by Mrs. June Haseltine of San received his famous nickname when hammers were flying furiously as Francisco. The fob had been presented employed as a hunter for the Kansas entrants worked against the clock to to her great-grandfather, Alban Pacific Railroad. set and drive six railroad spikes. In a Towne, A Central Pacific official. Utah newspapers were very tense runoff, Dale Jones of Union Never before had these four items receptive to park press releases; wire Pacific took his second straight title been displayed together. services picked up the story, and with a record-setting time of 32 "Good Morning America" gave the seconds. event national coverage. There were also the famous An oldtime medicine show kicked reenactments of the Golden Spike off the schedule. Meanwhile, Fred ceremony, along with authentic Garlow, mounted on a white charger, 19th-century buffalo hunter and circulated through the grounds soldier camps. The park's steam interpreting the life of William F. engines were in continuous operation. Cody. Steam locomotive authority Park historian Paul Hedren John H. White, Jr., of the Smithsonian concluded, "The festival is a great way Institution, followed with a slide to bring out many visitors. Special lecture on the history of American events really help a small park to bring Steam engines, with the specific its story to the public." references to the park's own "119" and "Jupiter." Union Pacific's hot air

Golden Spike, loaned by Stanford University for display at Golden Spike NHS, Utah.

COURIER/December 1983 5 ParkJgJk Briefs

DEATH VALLEY NM, Calif.-Nev.—During October, 180 burros were removed from Death Valley National Monument. Superintendent Ed Rothfuss said NPS is pleased at the success during its first month of the 4-year program to remove all burros from the monument. The burros were taken to the Government corral near Ridgecrest, Calif., where they were checked and painlessly freeze-branded with a distinctive three-inch arrowhead (the symbol of the National Park Service). c All Death Valley burros will wear this brand. X The Fund For Animals, Inc., will be responsible for finding homes for the C first burros removed. The adoption fee 2 at Ridgecrest is $50 per animal. Superintendent Rothfuss further O said one load of burros has been taken O to the Fund's Black Beauty Ranch in E Texas to be adopted out from there. He also said that the Bureau of Land Management wranglers returned to Death Valley in November to spend 20 days rounding up more burros. Superintendent Ed Rothfuss and Assistant Superintendent Joe Mayers take a look at the burros, along with visitors at park headquarters. Death Valley NM, Nev.-Calif.

HAMPTON NHS, Md.—The Hampton mansion is one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in America, but it wouldn't be open to the public without the help of 300-plus volunteers. More than 90 percent of the guided tours (given daily every half hour) are conducted by VIP tour guides. These guides are required to donate at least 2 days per month in addition to being knowledgeable of 18th- and 19th-century American history, architecture and early American building methods. "Without VIP's we could not open the mansion to the public and still protect the valuable museum collection contained within," Site Manager Adam Karalius said. But the valuable collection in the mansion is not Hampton's only treasure guarded by volunteer workers. In addition to the VIP guides, Hampton receives tremendous local support from garden clubs. The planting and weeding of the gardens, placing floral arrangements and VIP Pat Vcrgara conducts a guided tour at Hampton NHS, Md. exhibits within the mansion and conducting fund-raising events to benefit the site are all carried out by the members of the garden clubs. Also, the gift shop is entirely staffed by volunteers. The 275 volunteers at Hampton are an impressive example of the public's wide support of NPS.

6 COURIER/December 1983 UPPER DELAWARE S&RR, "outline Birthhouse site with brick N.Y.-Pa.—Park Ranger Lou Sideris $3,500." performed a quick rescue Sept. 24, There is no fee to visit the park and preventing two fishermen from often visitors want to contribute. This suffering hypothermia in the 54-degree brochure will suggest ways to do so. water. Sideris was on duty at the Zane Assistance with the brochure was Grey boating access when he saw donated by Black Cat Studio and two fisherman go overboard. Cardinal Press of Fredericksburg, Va. Borrowing a rented canoe, he paddled to the pair, pulled them and their boat ashore with the help of two other canoeists and checked them for CUSTER BATTLEFIELD possible injury. Said Thomas Bartley of NATIONAL MONUMENT, Mont—A Northport, N.Y., and Patrick new white marble marker was placed Fitzpatrick of Jersey City, N.J.: "We along the Little Bighorn River in thanked God and the ranger service Mont., June 25 to honor the only black for men like Lou Sideris." member of Lt. Col. George A. Custer's ill-fated 7th Cavalry. Isaiah Dorman, who was married to a Sioux woman, was an interpreter TUMACACORI NM, Ariz.—On and scout with Custer's command. He Sept. 15, the monument celebrated the was hired only 6 weeks before the 75th anniversary of its establishment. Battle of the Little Bighorn. Legislation protecting the ruins of this His marker—11 inches wide and Hispanic mission community in standing 2Vz feet high—will be southern Arizona was signed into law emplaced on Bureau of Indian Affairs by President Theodore Roosevelt in land across the valley from the Last 1908. Stand site. It reads: "Isaiah In addition to speeches, Dorman—Interpreter—Fell near here refreshments and music in the patio June 25, 1876." garden, a postal substation processed The headstone inscribed with his Radio personalities Frank Harden and outgoing mail with a special name is the result of a drive led by Jackson Weaver flanked by Park Ranger Cris cancellation. A commemorative cachet Ms. Kathryne McKinney of Denver, Jefferson of George Washington Memorial set consisting of three special president of a black heritage group. Parkway, who frequently serves as a VIP in envelopes with appropriate stamps The cost of the marble marker was Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C. and the cancellation was designed and funded by the Adolph Coors printed. Sets are still available for $2 Company of Golden, Colo. ROCK CREEK PARK, D.C—The with a stamped, self-addressed spectacular fall colors of late October envelope from the Superintendent, in Rock Creek Park not only signaled P.O. Box 67, Tumacacori, AZ 85640. the seasonal change in Washington, YELLOWSTONE NP—Two female D.C, but also signaled the beginning cubs, approximately 6 months old of an exciting, new challenge for the were trapped near West Yellowstone, National Park Service. GEORGE WASHINGTON Mont. The cubs were with their BIRTHPLACE, NM, Va.—George Oct. 30 was Rock Creek Park's and mother, who had been frequenting Washington Birthplace National the National Capital Region's first areas around the area and was Monument was a gift to the Nation by Foliage, Fun, Friends and Volunteer teaching her cubs to be "garbage" the Wakefield National Memorial Appreciation Day. The events of the bears. Association on the 200th anniversary day were the private sector's salute to Needing to relocate the cubs and of Washington's birth. Today, the park the volunteers of the National Capital their mother, the park transported the is giving citizens another opportunity Region. two cubs to a location in the northern to support it through donations of part of the park, via helicopter. Along The day's activities began at a services, money, or materials. A gifts the way, the release system morning breakfast at the Shoreham brochure outlines several areas of need inexplainably malfunctioned and the Hotel highlighted by Director including improving programs and two cubs fell into the trees. One died Dickenson awarding over 200 facilities, protecting people and as a result of injuries, the other certificates of appreciation to many resources, and sponsoring the care of survived. important volunteers of the Region. plantation animals. Specific items After the breakfast the volunteers include "help with costumed Efforts are continuing to eliminate and the general public were invited to interpretation at the Colonial Farm," the availability of human foods from Rock Creek Park to enjoy and perhaps "provide unique entrance sign, bear habitat to prevent the necessity of learn to better appreciate the beauty of $3,500," "plant flowering shrubs, $25," such relocations. In addition, persons the Rock Creek ecosystem. Nature completing the first interagency bear hikes, carriage, and bus tours of the management/law enforcement training park were interspersed with outdoor program will work together in the concerts featuring spectacular country backcountry areas of Greater swing and bluegrass music. Yellowstone to provide information on bears, backcountry etiquette and regulations.

COURIER/December 1983 7 NPS people in the news

Rector to Assateague

Roger K. Rector, presently superintendent at Colonial National superintendent of Petrified Forest Historical Park, Yorktown, Va. From National Park in Arizona has been 1970 to 1973, he was a program selected to become superintendent of specialist at Independence National Assateague Island National Seashore, Historical Park, and from 1969 to 1970 Md.-Va. an administrative assistant on the staff Regional Director James W. Coleman of the former Northeast Regional Office Jr. of the Mid-Atlantic Region in Philadelphia. announced that Rector will replace He joined the Park Service in 1966 to Michael Finley who was reassigned in work at the Cumberland Gap Job Corps August as associate regional director for Conservation Center at Middlesboro, operations in the Alaska region. Ky. He completed the Department of Serving at Petrified Forest since 1979, the Interior's management Rector has supervised a staff of 45 that development program in 1974. He has preserves a section of the Painted received three Special Achievement Desert containing numerous examples Awards and one Superior Performance of petrified wood, Indian ruins and Award. petroglyphs, and fossilized ferns. Before coming into the Park Service, During his tour as superintendent, Rector was an investigator for the Retail paleontologists discovered the Credit Company of Knoxville, Tenn. former Betty Leonard of Harrogate, fossilized bones of at least 25 species of From 1957 to 1959 he served in the U.S. Tenn. The Rectors have one son, Roger 200-million-year-old reptiles within the Army. II, who is a student at Northern Arizona park. Other experts recently discovered He graduated in 1956 from Lincoln University. that prehistoric Indians who lived in the Memorial University in Tennessee with Rector, former chairman of the Board area used petroglyphs to take sun sights a Bachelor of Science degree in of the Employees and Alumni and create a solar calendar. education. He was born in 1935 at Association, currently serves on the Rector has had earlier experience in Middlesboro, Ky., and graduated from "Director's Task Force for Revitalization the Mid-Atlantic Region. From 1974 to Powell Valley High School in of the E&AA," under the chairmanship 1979 he served as assistant Speedwell, Tenn. He is married to the of John Cook.

Pollack to Salem

Cynthia L. Pollack, a 14-year career Derby St., Salem. The site also NPS employee, has been named comprises Derby Wharf, with the newly superintendent of Salem Maritime restored Salem Lighthouse, the Derby National Historic Site, Salem, Mass. House, Bonded Warehouse, Hawkes North Atlantic Regional Director House, Scale House, the West India Herbert S. Cables, Jr., said Pollack will Goods Store, and a new visitor succeed Acting Superintendent Angella information facility. Reid, who will return to New York City Pollack, a native of Saugus, has as the manager of Hamilton Grange and worked as an operating room nurse, as General Grant National Memorials. well as a day camp manager in New A graduate of Beth Israel School of York and Massachusetts. She has Nursing, Pollack has served as received numerous awards, including supervisory park ranger at Saugus Iron the Storrow Award for Excellence in Works National Historic Site, Mass. Nursing; the National Park Service Subsequent promotions have given her Superior Performance Award in 1975, assignments as Acting Superintendent and the Department of the Interior of Salem Maritime in 1982 and Acting Superior Service Award on Oct. 3. Superintendent of Saugus Iron Works Pollack and her husband Lewis have in 1983. two grown children, Susan and The headquarters for Salem Maritime Charles. is located at the Custom House, 174

8 COURIER/December 1983 Ellard moves up at Rock Creek

responsibilities in such fields as nine forts and the Old Stone House in administration, maintenance, visitor Georgetown. Mrs. Ellard's programs and services, concessions management responsibilities include and historical, cultural and natural the administration of Rock Creek resources." Park's $2.5 million annual budget and A native of Creighton, Pa., Mrs. supervision of 80 Park Service Ellard was assigned to Rock Creek employees and 100 park volunteers. Park as assistant superintendent in Established as a part of the National May 1981, and was named acting Park System in 1890, Rock Creek Park superintendent in early 1983. She today attracts some 26 million succeeds James J. Redmond, who died recreational and parkway users this past summer. annually. She moved to the Washington area Mrs. Ellard and her husband, in 1952 and joined the National Park Arnett, reside in Wheaton, Md. They Service in 1955. Other assignments have three daughters: Linda, a have been as general manager of the graduate student at Towson College; National Visitor Center and with Md.; Andrea, a statistical analyst with various regional Park Service offices, GEICO, and Roberta, a freshman at including personnel, design and the University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Mrs. Georgia A. Ellard, a 28-year construction and professional services. veteran of NPS, has been named As superintendent, she has superintendent of Rock Creek Park, management responsibility for the the Nation's first and largest natural, park's 1,700 acres, which also includes Woodside to urban park. Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, "Mrs. Ellard brings to this post wide Rock Creek Nature Center, Peirce Mill Gulf Islands and valuable experience and talents," and the Art Barn. Other park areas said Manus J. Fish, National Capital under her administration, totaling On July 23, Walt Woodside joined the Regional Director. "As superintendent, another 1,500 acres, include Montrose, staff as sub-district ranger for Ft. she will have overall management Dumbarton and Meridian Hill Parks, Pickens Area of Gulf Islands National Seashore, Fla. Prior to his new assignment Walt was A 1962 graduate of the University of supervisory park ranger in Visitor Nebraska, Pearson began his Park Protection at Biscayne National Park, Service career in Yellowstone National Fla. Walt has also worked as a park Park. He became a year 'round NPS ranger at Blue Ridge Parkway, N.C.- employee at the Blue Ridge Parkway in Va., Wolf Trap Farm Park, Vienna, Va., Virginia in 1966. Subsequent and Independence National Historical promotions have given him Park. assignments as chief ranger at Walt, his wife, Marsha and their Richmond National Battlefield Park in three children are residing in Gulf Virginia and superintendent of the Breeze, Fla. Manhattan Sites, which include Federal Hall, Castle Clinton, Hamilton Grange, General Grant, Theodore Roosevelt VanSlyke to Lake Clark Birthplace and St. Paul's Church in Eastchester. Larry C. Van Slyke has accepted the The Hyde Park headquarters is position of chief ranger for Lake Clark located at "Bellefield" on the Albany Post National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Road. This administrative unit of the He replaces Michael J. Tollefson who Pearson to National Park Service includes the was appointed superintendent at Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Hyde Park sites Vanderbilt Mansion, and Eleanor Van Slyke was the district ranger at Roosevelt National Historic Sites. Grand Canyon National Park. Duane R. Pearson, 42, a 21-year Pearson, a native of Wahoo, Nebr., Previously he was a park ranger at career NPS employee, has been named received his Bachelor of Science degree Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo. superintendent of the National Historic from the University of Nebraska. He also has held seasonal positions at Sites in Hyde Park, N.Y. Pearson and his wife Jeanne are Black Canyon of the Gunnison National North Atlantic Regional Director expecting their second child this winter Monument, Colo., and Everglades Herbert S. Cables, Jr., said Pearson and will make their home in the area. National Park. succeeds Dixon Freeland, who is He assumed the Hyde Park Van Slyke, 38, was born in Louisville, retiring after 35 years of service. Superintendency on September 19. Ky.

COURIER/December 1983 9 Russell to Klondike Gold Rush

rush and its effects on Seattle. The park is linked to other units in Skagway and Dyea, Alaskan and Canadian sites in Dawson and Whitehorse that commemorate the gold rush. Russell entered the Park Service in 1980 as a senior management trainee at Olympic National Park, Wash., transferring in 1981 to the regional office in Seattle. Born in Lessley, Miss., Russell spent 20 years of active service in the U.S. Army including tours in Korea and Vietnam. He was awarded two bronze stars, two commendation medals, a meritorious service medal and other decorations before retiring as First Sergeant, U.S. Army Advisor Group, 3rd Brigade, Ft. Lawton. He then served 6 years at Seattle Tacoma International airport as operations controller and operations supervisor. Willie Russell, former emergency Russell earned a B. A. degree in Public services coordinator for the Pacific Administration from the University of Davis to Gulf Islands Northwest Region, last June was named Puget Sound in 1975 and is now superintendent of Klondike Gold Rush completing his Masters degree in Christal Davis has been selected as National Historical Park, Seattle. Business Administration from City park aide in fee collection at Gulf Russell succeeded Elaine Hounsell University, Bellevue. He also is a Islands National Seashore, Fla. Prior to who was appointed assistant graduate of the U.S. Army Leadership her appointment she has worked as a superintendent of Crater Lake Academy for senior sergeants and the temporary employee in fee collection. National Park, Oreg. Seattle Police Academy. From 1980 to 1981 she was an enrollee Russell is the second superintendent Russell is married to the former with Young Adult Conservation Corps of the Seattle park that was created in Claretta Copeland of Suffolk, Va. at Gulf Islands. Christal and her 1976 to tell the story of the 1898 gold daughter live in Pensacola, Fla.

Reaves came to Gulf Islands following program for protection and several assignments in Washington, enhancement of the cultural Reaves to Gulf Islands D.C. Immediately prior to this environment. assignment he served a detail as chief Roy Reaves, a veteran NPS archeologist for the U.S. Fish and Smiley to Gulf Islands archeologist and ranger, has been Wildlife Service. He was chief named to the newly created post of archeologist for the National Register Mike Smiley has been assigned to assistant superintendent for Planning of Historic Places, and acting chief and Gulf Islands National Saeshore, Fla., as and External Affairs at Gulf Islands deputy chief of Interagency management assistant. He will be National Seashore, Fla. Reaves took Archeological Services Division. A responsible for management efficiency over his new post on August 7. native of New Mexico he began his initiatives. Prior to his assignment to Superintendent Frank Pridemore career as a museum aide at Saguaro Gulf Islands on July 23, Mike had been a said that Gulf Islands Assistant National Monument, Ariz., and later community planner in the Southeast Superintendent Ping Crawford "will served at Carlsbad Caverns National Regional Office where he worked in remain second in command of the Park, N. Mex., Casa Grande National administering the Urban Park and park staff, in charge of daily Monument, Ariz., and Pipestone Recreation Recovery Program. operations. Roy will provide valuable National Monument, Minn. Mike joined the Department of the oversight to the extensive cultural In 1972, Reaves was assigned as one Interior as an outdoor recreation resource at Gulf Islands, which of three consultants to advise Federal planner in 1979. Prior to 1979 he worked includes prehistoric archeological sites agencies nationwide about the 1971 as a community planner for the U.S. and coastal fortifications dating from Executive Order for the protection and Department of the Air Force and as an pre-Civil War through World War II." enhancement of the cultural associate planner and planning Reaves has completed graduate environment. When the Interagency consultant for the State of Georgia. He work at the University of Colorado in Archeology Services was formed, has also worked as a planning archeology and holds a B.A. degree in Reaves was assigned as deputy chief consultant for several private anthropology from the University of of the Denver Field Office. In 1978, organizations in Georgia nad Florida. New Mexico. Reaves was sent to the Washington, Mike and his wife, Carney, are A 22-year Park Service employee, D.C, office to coordinate the national residing in Gulf Breeze, Fla.

10 COURIER/December 1983 Awards

A Unit Citation for Excellence of Service was presented to Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore employees on Aug. 23. Receiving the award (from left) Superintendent Dale Engquist, Sub-District Ranger Sue Kylander, Seasonal Technician Phillip Lawson, Park Technician Fred Grish, Sub-District Ranger John Cannon and District Ranger David Montalbano. (Not in picture: Seasonal Technician Paul Crawford.)

Whiskeytown - Award Park scientist cited of Excellence

On August 25, Western Regional Dr. Donald R. Field, regional chief He also has examined Japanese Director Howard Chapman presented scientist of the Pacific Northwest tourism to areas operated by the a Unit Award Certificate for Excellence Region was presented on Oct. 2 the National Park Service since 1978, and of Service to ten Whiskeytown Unit Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt regional use of areas managed by the personnel. A massive mudslide on Award for Excellence in Recreation National Park Service in the Pacific Crystal Creek Road on Jan. 26, 1983 and Park Research. The National Northwest. swept away a State and county road Recreation and Park Association Since 1978, Dr. Field has looked at crew that was attempting to clear an presented it during the 1983 Congress the recreational use of Mount Rainier earlier roadslide, killing one county for Recreation and Parks, the Nation's and adjacent areas managed by the employee, critically injuring a State largest conclave of the park and Federal Government. Continuing his employee, and injuring numerous recreation movement. interest in demographics and others. The award, the highest citation for sociology, he has examined the social exemplary research in the park and factors that influence park use by Whiskeytown personnel receiving recreation field, carries a $1500 urban residents of the Puget Sound the award signed by the Secretary of honorarium. area. the Interior were Michael Cole, Delbert Goodwin, Thomas Teaford, Gerald Dr. Field, a professor of forest Among the large number of research Hawkins, Gerald Ivey, Dennis Plumb, resources at the University of publications to his credit, are many John Reeves, Francis Richard, Rollin Washington, has been with the that investigate the park usage Single and Terry DiMattio. National Park Service since 1970. In patterns of varying age categories and 1982 he was appointed chairman of a socioeconomic classes. task force to study the National Park "Through his talents of leadership Service and its employees "in an era of and organization, he has injected PNWR receives award change." social science into the decision-making Dr. Field earned his doctorate in process of the National Park Service," from State of Oregon rural sociology and demography from noted Director Russell E. Dickenson in Pennsylvania State University and has supporting the nomination. "I have A project which led to nomination done extensive research in those often sought his professional advice, of the Columbia Gorge Scenic fields. and his insights into the sociological Highway as a national historic Since the mid-1970s, Dr. Field has aspects of park management have landmark has won the Pacific analyzed hiking patterns in been influential at the national, Northwest Region an award from the Alaska—looking at the characteristics regional and local levels." State of Oregon. of those who enter the wilderness and Each year, at the annual Governor's their behavior in wilderness areas, at Conference on Historic preservation, recreation patterns in Southeastern the Historic Preservation League of Alaska with emphasis on cruise ship Oregon presents a single Award of travel patterns, at tourist expectations Merit to an agency or institution in the Nation's most untouched State; considered to have made an and occupational and recreation use of outstanding contribution to historic water resources. preservation in that State. PNWR was singled out for the 1983 award, with the Cultural Resources Division cited for "outstanding" work for the Gorge project and other preservation projects.

COURIER/December 1983 11 Fort Jefferson 'Award of Excellence' May 1983: Special Achievement Awards for Sustained Superior Performance were granted to Thomas J. Fair, microphotographer/printing foreman, Branch of Micrographics, to Vina M. LoSasso, secretary, Professional Support, and to Fred A. Spencer, civil engineer, SE/SW Team Branch of Construction. Special Achievement Awards were granted to Theodore Grant, cartographic technician, Branch of Mapping for his work as First Aid Coordinator and personal valor in a dangerous situation, to Katherine R. Hempel, legislative compliance specialist and Jackie W. Powell, archeologist for their work on the Combined Federal Campaign, and to Gerhard R. Tegeder for his long-term chairmanship and work on the Incentive Awards Committee.

July 1983: Special Achievement Awards for Sustained Superior Performance was granted to William D. Lovato, photodraftsman, Branch of (From left, back row) Tom Rutledge, Tom McCrath (DSC), Fort Jefferson National Monument Micrographics, Van Brower, Superintendent Kevin Kacer and Ray Moore. (Front row) Nina Kelson, Charles Kelson and Ron photodraftsman, Branch of Masters. (Not in picture: Dave Steivart (DSC). Micrographics, and to Ruth J. Kemper, secretary, National Capital Team; Sarah L. Kunke, architect, NA/MA Team for her work at the level of a On the night of June 16, 1982, more panic and confusion among vacant, higher-graded position, to Joan than 20 boats were anchored in passengers and crew. The heroic E. Manson, typist, Branch of Graphic Garden Key Harbor, Fla., when a rescue efforts were improvisational Arts and Editing for her fast and violent storm struck the Tortugas and, at times, unorthodox, but they accurate work on the Corps of shortly after dark. High winds in resulted in minimal property damage Engineers Project, to David R. Stuart, excess of 60 miles per hour caused and no serious injuries. archeologist, SE/SW Team for devising anchors to break loose, mooring lines Superintendent Kevin Kacer a new method of compiling sites for to part and boats to crash together. accepted the Unit Award for the Corps of Engineers Project, and Within minutes, the entire off-duty Excellence of Service for the six John C. Paige, historian, SE/SW Team staff of the Fort Jefferson National resident employees and two members for his work on the Corps of Engineers Monument responded and, working of the NPS Denver Service Center Project. from small power boats in high seas, Planning team, presented secured the boats and calmed the for their heroic duty. September 1983: Special Achievement Awards for Sustained Superior Performance were granted to Karen A. Denver Service Center awards Leitner, lead procurement clerk, Branch of Contracts, Judith Brandt, December 1982: A Special February 1983: Special Achievement secretary, National Capital Team, and Achievement Award for Sustained Awards for Sustained Superior Eric G. Strickland, Superior Performance was granted to Performance were granted to Richard microphotographer/printing leader, Michael H. Bureman, historian in V. Giamberdine, landscape architect, Branch of Micrographics; Glenda M. Legislative Compliance Division. MA/NA Team, to Kevin D. Brandt, Catanach, procurement clerk, Branch Special Achievement Awards were landscape architect, MW/RM Team of Contracts for doing her work and granted to Russ Virgin, landscape Branch of Construction, and to Charles that of a vacant position, Rosanne E. architect, SE/SW for his design work at L. Shaffer, exhibit specialist, MW/RM Manes, secretary, Branch of Contracts Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Team Branch of Construction. A for doing her work and that of a Site and to Sandra Lukosky, secretary, Special Achievement Award was vacant position, and to Terri A. MW/RM Team for her error-free work granted to Linda Romola, cultural Blecha, program assistant, NA/MA in computer programming. resource planner, MA/NA Team for Team for doing her work and that of a her work on Shenandoah and Upper vacant secretarial position. Delaware.

12 COURIER/December 1983 Wade earns NASAR Award

The Board of Directors of the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) recently announced that Bill Wade, of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, N.J.-Pa., has been presented with NASAR's most prestigious award—the Hal Foss Award. This award is presented annually to the person making the most significant contribution to national SAR. Dryfhout Beach NASAR President Bob Hill, of Sacramento, Calif., said, "Bill Wade Appleman-Judd 'Superintendent earned this award for being a creative awardee force in the advancement of search of the Year' and rescue management since 1973. John H. Dryfhout, Superintendent Warren D. Beach was chosen NAR While at the Albright Training Center of Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site "Superintendent of the Year" for his in Grand Canyon, he designed the in Cornish, N.H., is the recipient of exceptional leadership at Morristown "Managing the Search Function" the prestigious Appleman-Judd Award National Historical Park during 1983. course—a course that has been for 1983. The nationwide National In presenting the $500 award in a presented to several thousand people Park Service award is given to note ceremony on Oct. 4, Herbert S. and has been credited with directly special Preservation of Cultural Cables, Jr., Regional Director of the improving life-saving response. For Resources. North Atlantic Region, said these and numerous other Superintendent Dryfhout received "Superintendent Beach has provided contributions, no one has done more, the engraved award at a ceremony dynamic direction for his staff nor given more unselfishly." following the North Atlantic Region throughout 1983. Of specific note was NASAR is a national "umbrella" Superintendents Conference banquet his perfect orchestration of the 50th association, made up primarily of on Oct. 4 in Pittsfield, Mass. Regional anniversary celebration of the park people who volunteer their efforts to Director Herbert S. Cables, Jr. proudly held over July 4th weekend." carrying out NASAR's purposes. stated before handing out the award, These include data collection, training, A 21-year veteran of the National "John has made history among Park Service, Beach has been Governmental liaison, National Park Service superintendents communications, emergency medical superintendent of Morristown since with his fantastic work." Cables was 1981. He resides in Morristown, N.J., services, public education and referring to Dryfhout's excellent technology improvement. NASAR's with his wife LaRie and two children. research and writing ability shown in Criteria for the annual regional efforts are directed at these and other the 368-page The Work of Augustus activities, "So That Others May Live." award includes the review of 25 Saint-Gaudens published by University park superintendents in the areas of This award was presented to Bill at Press of New England late in 1982. National Park Service mission the Association's annual conference, Along with the book, Dryfhout's accomplishments and the development held this year in Dallas, Texas, Sept. masterful curatorial methods at the of relationships with other Federal, 15-18. Saint-Gaudens site enabled him to be State, local and private organizations. selected as the 1983 winner. Nominations are reviewed by a The award is named for Roy E. Regional Committee of Specialists and Appleman and Henry A. Judd who recommendations are made to the worked for preservation ideas during Regional Director. On the move the 1930s and '40s within the National Park Service. Dryfhout's nomination was made by Regional Director Cables HENRY, D. PAUL, Park Ranger to a Washington-based committee. (Instr.), WASO, to same, Joshua Tree NM.

MARTIN, SANDRA J., Program Asst., NORTON, SHIRLEY J., Admin. REED, JOHN C, Supv. Park Ranger, WASO, to Budget Asst., Assateague Clerk/Tech., Devils Tower NM, to SERO, to Supv. Biologist, WASO. Island NS. same, WASO. SEGER, JOHN, Maint. Worker, SHEA, JAMES M., Museum Aid, PADILLA, WANDA L., Park Tech., Dinosaur NM, to Maint. Worker, Boston NHP, to Museum Tech., Tuzigoot NM, to Library Tech., Homestead NM of America. Colonial NHP. Mesa Verde NP.

COURIER/December 1983 13 Arthur Stupka donates library to Great Smokies

What does one do with a lifetime collection of books, reports, pamphlets, and clippings when selling a home of 40 years? Arthur Stupka, park naturalist at Great Smoky Mountains National Park from 1935 until his retirement in 1964, recently faced this question. His nature library, organized in a methodical manner, filled a room in the house he and wife Margaret had built outside Gatlinburg. Margaret McCloud and Arthur Stupka met at Ohio State while both were students. Upon Arthur's graduation he went to Yosemite where he served as a seasonal ranger-naturalist; there he met and worked under Dr. Harold Bryant and Ansel Hall. When Margaret graduated, the two were married and headed to Acadia National Park, Maine. They both took a Civil Service Examination on the same day; the two names appeared at the top of the list. Ben Hadley at Acadia said no other national park was so fortunate as to get two naturalists for the price of one. Arthur and Grace Stupka receive certificate of appreciation from Superintendent John Cook. After 3 years at Acadia, Stupka was named Great Smokies' first Park Naturalist. When they moved to linear feet of vertical file material. A presented him with a certificate of Gatlinburg, they brought their college special book plate to commemorate the appreciation and said, "This is really a textbooks, field guides, journals, boxes gift has been designed and will be special day. The whole park will of clippings, and some of his school placed in each volume. benefit from this library." papers. This was the nucleus of the Superintendent John Cook, thanking library. Over the years, the collection Stupka for the generous donation, —Kathleen L. Manscill. grew. Christmas and birthdays were marked by gifts of books; authors who had sought Stupka's assistance presented autographed copies of their chief, Division of Maintenance. He and works; magazines and newspapers Retiring Helen worked in a variety of areas in were clipped and filed in handmade addition to Grand Canyon and print boxes. Trips to other parts of the Whiskeytown; Colorado National country fround them bringing home Zabriskie of Monument, Black Canyon of the such books as Bird Studies at Old Cape Whiskeytown Gunnison National Monument, Colo., May, Hudson Stuck's The Ascent of and Badlands National Monument, Denali, The Wolves of Minong, and Natt S. Dak. Mayo O. Zabriskie retired after 30 Dodge's Flowers of the Southwest Desert. Chapman states in his letter to Mayo: years of very fruitful service for the Park "I know that through your efforts ... all Margaret Stupka's death in June Service, with his last station at the the areas you served in . . . were better 1981 left Arthur alone in the house Whiskeytown Unit of the for your having been there. I also feel with the beautiful view of Mt. Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National that the hundreds of millions of visitors LeConte. The naturalist team was no Recreation Area, Calif., where he passing through these areas have had a more. served as chief of maintenance. better experience for your having In February 1983, Arthur Stupka and Mayo and Helen moved out of served in each one of these areas." Grace Grossman, widow of long-time Government quarters in April, a NPS employee, Charles Grossman, disability retirement was effective July Mayo and Helen will be living in their were married. The house has been 18, and Western Regional Director home in Redding. Their address is 343 sold, and the books have been Howard H. Chapman presented the Pearl Street, Redding, CA 96003. donated to the library at Great Smoky appropriate certificate on Aug. 25, Mountains National Park where they during his visit to the area. are to become a valuable resource and Mayo began his career with the Park a tribute to the Smokies' first and Service as a truck driver at Grand foremost naturalist. The Stupka Canyon National Park in 1954 and Scientific Library collection contains progressed through the maintenance some 700 books and approximately 50 ranks as Mixed Gang Foreman, Foreman III, Foreman IV and retired as

14 COURIER/December 1983 E&AA news and notes HOW CAN YOU HELP National Park Foundation's brochure

John L. Bryant, Jr., President of the For those of you who are not National Park Foundation, has sent a members of the E&AA, we include a letter to each member of the NPS copy of John's letter and a coupon so Employees and Alumni Association to that you may request information about advise how gifts can be made to our the needs and means of making a national parks. donation.

November 11, 1983

Dear Fellow Employees and Alumni Association Member: (From left) Superintendent Bob Binnewies, Bill Kirk and Christine Kirk. I wanted you to have a copy of the Foundation's new brochure, OUR NATIONAL PARKS...HOW CAN YOU HELP, which outlines ways individuals can make gifts to enhance our National Parks. Please read it and consider Yosemite passing it on to a friend. I hope the brochure will spark interest in all types of donations—those made through the Foundation for the benefit of alumni picnic individual parks or for general park programs, as well as those made to the National Park Service itself. The objective of the brochure is to acquaint people with the need and the means of making a donation which can The Third Annual Yosemite National do so much for our national heritage. Park Alumni Picnic was held Sept. 25 on the grounds of the Wawona Hotel. Today, as in the past, the best person to obtain such gifts is More than 200 people from all over the someone who is deeply committed to the National Parks and who understands United States attended, including their needs firsthand. That is why I am sending this brochure to you. If three former superintendents—John you or a friend would like to help, please let me know by returning the Preston, Laurence Hadley and Lynn bottom portion of this letter. Thompson. Betty Preston and Mary Hadley accompanied their husbands. Sincerely, After dinner, Superintendent Robert O. Binnewies presented the Yosemite Award to former employee Bill Kirk. Bill, a man of many talents, designed and made the metal mileage signs now John L. Bryant, Jr. used throughout Yosemite's President backcountry. These signs have become a permanent replacement for the Enclosure former wooden signs that required frequent maintenance. Bill also planned the bear-proof garbage cans Dear John: used in Yosemite today. I would like to help. (Please check): The park is most appreciative of these important contributions of Bill's I have some ideas I want to discuss with you about potential gifts. that solved two major maintenance Please telephone me at ( ) . is a problems. convenient time to call. Please send me additional brochures. Happy he, who with bright regard looks back upon his father's fathers, who Please send me copies of the National Park Foundation's Annual with joy recounts their deeds of grace, Report. and in himself, values the latest link in the fair chain of noble sequence. (NAME) —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. (ADDRESS)

CHARTERED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS IN 1967 TO ACCEPT AND USE GIFTS TO ENHANCE THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

COURIER/December 1983 15 NPS E&AA Task Force report

(From left) Debbie Trout, Great Smoky Mountains NP, N.C.-Tenn.; Mary Kimmitt, Independence NHP, Pa.; Frances Reynolds, Rocky Mountain Region; Roger Rector (formerly of Petrified Forest NP, Ariz.) Assateague Island NS, Va.-Md.; ]ohn Cook, Great Smoky Mountains, Chet Brooks (ret.), Duluth, Minn.; Terry Wood (ret.), Washington, D.C., Executive Secretary, E&AA; Tom Lucke, Southwest Regional Office, and Richard V. Giamberdine, Denver Service Center. (Not in picture: jim Tobin, Pacific Northwest Region.)

The Task Force appointed by representative from the Denver Service ranks of the E&AA, and the need to Director Russell E. Dickenson for the Center; Chester Brooks, recently explore new methods for the revitalization of the Employees and retired superintendent of Rocky additional funding of the Education Alumni Association of the National Mountain National Park, Colo., and Trust Fund. Park Service held its first formal Terry Wood, Executive Secretary of The group was honored and pleased meeting on Oct. 19-20 in the National E&AA and recently retired from the to have Director Dickenson visit Capital Region's Conference Room in Washington Office. them assuring them of his continuing Washington, D.C. Present were the The current bylaws of the E&AA interest in and support of the E&AA. Chairman, Superintendent John Cook and the benefits currently derived The group was also privileged to have of Great Smoky Mountains National from membership in E&AA were former Director Conrad L. Wirth Park; Mary Kimmitt of Independence discussed with special emphasis participate in the sessions and to give National Historical Park; Roger Rector, placed on the updating of the bylaws them the benefit of his support and newly appointed Superintendent of to today's needs and desires of the his expertise in the mission of the Assateague Island National Seashore, employees and the alumni as well as E&AA. Md.-Va.; Jim Tobin, Regional Director the future ability of the E&AA to offer of the Pacific Northwest Region, Debra more benefits to its members. Trout, representing the Association of John Cook will be making numerous National Park Rangers (ANPR); recommendations to the Director for Correction Frances Reynolds, E&AA employee his approval and the approval of the representative from the Rocky E&AA Board on the redefinition of the Mountain Region; Tom Luecke, The photo of the Fort McHenry aims and purposes of the Association, Guard was erroneously labeled as the Southwest Region; Richard V. ways and means to interest more Giamberdine, E&AA employee "Continental Color Guard," in the employees and alumni in joining the article that appeared on page 3, October COURIER.

lb COURIER/December 1983 people and parks. Many folks send in energy helping visitors at the Kettle NPS Women— their personal news, which is printed Falls Campground. Every fall when and sent out to subscribers 2 weeks the sun edges toward the south, he a recap later. This is truly a personal news packs his bags, hooks up his trailer sheet. It is available for $3 for three and heads to Boulder Beach and Lake issues a year. A reminder card is sent Mead National Recreation Area, All NPS women staff, wives, alumnae when news gathering time comes: Jan. Ariz.-Nev., for his winter and alumni wives have been organized 15, Apr. 15, and Sept. 15. Hurry! job—volunteering. nationally since 1952 under bylaws Address below. Checks: Thelma Lloyd says his only goal in life is "to uniting 10 regional representatives into Warnock. help other people as much as I can. Its a national board. The board meets at There has been some mention of a a good feeling to care and be cared the Director's invitation. This gives "bed & breakfast" project for NPS about and appreciated." To Lloyd recognition of the importance of such a folks. Other ideas, comments and Bishop and our many volunteer support group for the NPS. possibilities should be addressed to friends in the National Park On the regional level at various Alice Lee (address above) or to this Service—We thank you! superintendent's gatherings, correspondent. Share your ideas on accompanying spouses have the fund-raising, social events, isolation, By J. Jerry Rumburg opportunity to bring problems and newsletter, gripes, housing, projects, Chief Park Interpreter concerns from each field area to the living in parks, logo for NPW, Coulee Dam National Recreation Area, attention of the regional representative, retirement, morale, moving, whatever. Wash. who in turn communicates with the Write Editor Thelma Warnock, P.O. national chairperson. Currently this is Box 1602, Crescent City, CA 95531 Alice Lee, 209 Longwood Dr., (707) 458-3373. Vicksburg, Miss. 39180. (601-636-3432) Each NPS area is encouraged to send a Thelma Warnock Letter name of an interested woman from its NPW Correspondent area for a complete at-home mailing list for 334 areas plus 10 regional offices. To the Editor: NPW promotes friendship on the Please extend my hearty "Thank local level by helping park folks feel you" to all those who answered my acquainted, providing social activities, Volunteering ... plea in the COURIER for up-to-date and raising money for the E&AA a gift of time and energy addresses of a considerable list of NPS Education Trust Fund. Through many alumni; I'm sorry I can't write each of years, thousands of dollars have been these former associates of mine to forwarded to this loan fund for NPS "It all started in 1962 with a grass express my appreciation. employee dependents from proceeds fire charging toward a group of tent One of the sad reflections I have from unique and creative ways and campers," he commented. "All I could had from this response has been the means. Social events provide fun as think of at the moment was helping several reports of deaths, some of well as raise funds. These contributions people," and that's what Lloyd Bishop them several years in the past, that are sent to E&AA Trust Fund Officer, has done as a National Park Service have never been mentioned in the Pat Smith, National Park Service, Room volunteer ever since his retirement in COURIER. It seems to me that any 2431, 1100 L St., N.W., Washington, 1962. His alertness and willingness to present or former employee is entitled D.C. 20240. help others has become a yearly to an obituary that contains some tradition at Kettle Falls campground in Communication is a main project of account of the length and character of Coulee Dam National Recreation Area, his Government service. NPW. For many years orientation Wash. booklets for a park's newcomers have I would like to suggest most "Bish" as he is known to his friends, been rewritten and sent by wives to earnestly that you make a plea—as is a spry gentleman of 87 who new folks. Such information is helpful strong a plea as possible—that any attributes his good health "to a gypsy in making an easier transition at NPS employee or alumnus who hears way of living." Orginally from rural moving time. If your area has no such of or reads of the death of a former Indiana, he served as an electrician in booklet, take up the task for us. Ideas employee supply the COURIER with the Navy during World War I on "the were presented in July '83 COURIER as much information as possible about New Mexico," the first electrically or you may write to address below for the deceased—a newspaper obituary, driven battleship. Other work- help. personal recollection, or what have adventures took him to the Marmon you. But please don't tell them to send Because our NPS friends are Motor Car Company and then to the scattered all over the United States them to me; I can't take proper care of Duzenburg plant where he had the half the chores that I try to perform. and many of our previous regional privilege of driving L.L. Corams land newsletters have been discontinued, speed record car from Pittsburg to the Pacific Northwest and Alaska Indianapolis—it had no brakes!! In the —Herb Evison regions decided 3 year ago to expand 1950s Lloyd journeyed cross-crountry their newsletter to national scope. This to work for the famed Boeing was approved at the last national Corporation and finished up his "full board meeting. The time career" with the Washington Correction "Breeze-Northwinds" is now State Liquor Board "retiring" in 1962. In the August COURIER, we were published in the Western Region at incorrect in giving Horace Albright's Redwood National Park, Calif., and is Since 1962, "Bish" has spent 21 summers volunteering his time and son-in-law's name as Russell. It is Roswell a means of "keeping in touch" with Schenck; and the address is 12045 Viewcrest Road, Studio City, CA 91604.

COURIER/December 1983 17 National Park Rangers Rendezvous

Bill Halainen to interpretive training, uniforms, U.S. But an equally important aspect of Park Ranger Park Police vs. Park Rangers relations, the Rendezvous was the unparalleled Minute Man National NHP, Mass. park uses for computers, the role of opportunity to meet with rangers from law in park administration, seasonal all over the country, including friends For most of us, the National Park supervision, and methods for not seen for years. Service is a unique institution, an managing visitor impacts on resources. In short, this Rendezvous, like those organization with both high There were also night meetings on of former years, served to raise the professional standards and strong EO, mountain search and rescue, and morale of rangers from across the social foundations. It is both vocation the new general regulations. country and rekindle their zeal and avocation. But, because of the The third and final day was given through the stimulation of challenging large number of parks in the System over to association business, discussions and meetings. In so doing, and their remoteness from each other, interspersed with the presentation of the Association met its mandate of we often find it hard to meet socially awards and drawings for the host of supporting both rangers and the and communicate professionally. items in the annual raffle. The latter Service, and will continue to do so in The Association of National Park included a wide variety of superbly the future. Rangers, founded in 1977, has met handcrafted objects made and donated those needs. Its membership has by rangers. jumped over the ensuing 7 years from 33 to just over 1,200 rangers, and the reasons for its success are apparent to anyone attending one of the Stephen Tyng Mather Association's annual rendezvous. Held this past October in Las Vegas, By Horace M. Albright host of last year's Western superintendents' conference, this (Editor's Note: This is the last in the series of year's Rendezvous attracted more than articles on Deceased Greats, started by Herb 400 members from Kotzebue to the Evison several years ago.) Virgin Islands, and from Hawaii Volcanoes to Acadia. Traveling at their Stephen Tyng Mather was a popular own expense and on their own time, and well known officer of the these rangers came together to Department of the Interior when fraternize, hear speakers, participate in Franklin K. Lane of California was the professional workshops, and seek Secretary in the cabinet of President other ways to meet the Association's Woodrow Wilson. constitutional mandates of supporting He was Assistant to the Secretary management, raising professional from January 1915 to May 1917 and standards and communicating with then Director of the National Park each other. Service from May 1917 to January 1929. He was the leading promoter of The principal days of the meeting legislation to create the National Park were filled with a host of both formal Service and was its first Director, and informal activities. being well remembered for many goals Three speakers highlighted the he achieved while serving in this opening session on Monday. Associate position. He passed away January 22, Director for Management and closely associated for 15 years. 1930 and, for more than 50 years, has Operations Stan Albright spoke on Stephen Mather was an impressive rested with generations of his family current trends and developments at man. He was 47 years old when he in the little cemetery near the property headquarters, and was followed by came to Washington, D.C. He was of the Mather Homestead in Darien, National Parks and Conservation over 6 feet tall, athletic, vigorous, Conn. This house was built by his Association's Destry Jarvis, who strong features, slightly ruddy ancestor in Colonial days and declared offered an outside counterpoint to complexion with expressive eyes, a a Registered National Historic Service perspective on management. rare shade of blue, and a shock of Landmark in 1964. The final speaker, Dave Quarles of prematurely white hair. He was keenly Trend Reports, presented a However, few remember Mr. interested in many things, spoke fascinating, humorous and insightful Mather, the distinguished individual. I expressively and enthusiastically as his look at future trends in this country am often asked about Stephen mind darted from subject to subject. and ways in which they will affect the Mather's appearance, his physical He was essentially a newspaper man, National Park Service. characteristics, his temperament, his a public relations man. interests aside from his official Mather was born in San Francisco Tuesday was given over entirely to a activities—even his business from July 4, 1867, the son of Joseph and wide variety of small workshops in which he was semi-retired after Bertha Mather. His father was in the which participants could both listen earning a modest fortune. I have export-import business there from 1864 and respond to recent developments always found it difficult to accurately to 1888. Stephen was educated in the within the Park Service. Among the describe an individual, but I will try to schools of San Francisco and sessions held this year were outline the principal features of this graduated from the University of workshops on integrated approaches remarkable man with whom I was California at Berkeley in the class of

18 COURIER/December 1983 1887, 2 months before his 20th After an illness around the turn of focused on this project and fulfilled birthday. During summer vacations, the century, he decided to leave the him for the remainder of his life. he worked in various places, one year company and search for a deposit of selling books in villages and mining boron-bearing ores and initiate a borax To be concluded next month. camps in the foothills of the Cascades business with a friend, Thomas and Sierra Nevada, which probably Thorkildsen. They were successful accounted for his early love of and, in the course of a decade, had a What to do when your mountains, hiking and horseback profitable business of moderate riding. On leaving college, he became dimensions. They were, however, check doesn't arrive a reporter on the New York Sun. For 5 limited by the extent of their mine's years he worked under the famous production of raw material for their The Office of Personnel editor Charles A. Dana and acquired a refinery. Mr Mather was in charge of Management has announced new genius for publicity which he later refinery operations and sales of procedures for dealing with lost employed to convince Congress and products with a Chicago office while annuity checks. According to OPM his countrymen of the vital importance his partner directed mining operations instructions, an annuitant should wait of a national park system. in California. As the mineral deposits until the fifth mail delivery day after In the meantime, his father, having became depleted, the partners had to the annuity check date before come to New York to live, became the buy boron ores from the Pacific Coast contacting his or her local post office. agent there for the Pacific Coast Borax Borax Company. With expansion of Then the annuitant should sign a Company, and, after Stephen's stint their business limited, Mather's duties postal tracer form or write a letter on the New York Sun, he joined his left him time for his outdoor activities, stating the check was not received. In father in the Borax business. One of enjoyment of his family and a certain either case, the annuitant should be his better known achievements was to amount of travel. sure to include his or her CSA or CSF number, full name and address, and design the famous logo of the Twenty This was not enough for a man of the expected receipt date of the Mule Team for the company's Stephen Mather's temperament. He missing check. products. He had the trade name took up the challenge of Franklin K. patented, an early Washington Lane to come to Washington and try Signed letters may be sent to: experience. When a Chicago office was to establish a national park service, a Annuitant Services Division, opened, Stephen was placed in task left undone by his predecessor Attention: Check Loss, P.O. Box 7815, charge, and Chicago became his Adolph Miller and others before him. Washington, D.C. 20044. permanent home. His talents, energy and enthusiasm

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COURIER/December 1983 19 occupations will be included in the system as appropriate. Written comments and suggestions concerning the Automated Merit Promotion System are welcome and should be sent to the Branch of Employee Evaluation and Staffing, Books Personnel Division (in Washington). A year of books on FYI the Indiana Dunes Interpretive Skills Automated Merit course By Dale Engquist Superintendent Promotion Thirty-two park rangers and Indiana Dunes NL System technicians from California and Hawaii attended the fifth interpretive skills Since well before the turn of the Development course presented in the Western 20th century there has been a struggle Region during the fiscal year 1983. to preserve the Indiana Dunes. It is a underway A one-week Advanced Interpretive struggle between conflicting land use Skills course was conducted at the values—between the forces of By Mary J. Rinker Yosemite Institute by the Mather economic development and Personnel Staffing Specialist, WASO Training Center and the Western preservation. The conflict continues Region Division of Interpretation as today, 60 years after the creation of The Branch of Employee Evaluation part of the Park Service effort to the State park and almost 20 years and Staffing, Personnel Division, in provide professional skills training for after the National Lakeshore was the Washington Office is currently all Park Service interpreters. established. To understand the Dunes developing an Automated Merit today and to manage its resources one Dick Cunningham, chief of must understand its past, not only its Promotion System. Under this system, Interpretation, WRO, said, "The individuals interested in being natural history but also its human and number of courses available at our political history. considered for vacancies in training center cannot meet the needs occupations covered by the system of the parks. We must find a way to Although there is voluminous would submit one application/ localize our training at the Regional literature on the Dunes, this year has questionnaire to be used for level to meet our interpreter's needs. turned out to be the year of new consideration for any vacancies which We look forward to the day when books. A theologian has written the arise in their areas of interest interpretive skills training will be a Sacred Sands, two longtime residents throughout the Service. Applications mandatory course requirement in the have authored the Duel for the Dunes, would be rated and ranked and a list same manner as law enforcement and the Eastern National Park and of highly-qualified candidates skills," he added. Monument Association has published developed through use of a The Indiana Dunes. Toward that goal WRO held five computerized rating and ranking skills courses during the past year. J. Ronald Engel's book Sacred Sands, process. Applicants would be notified Two were held in Arizona and The Struggle for Community in the of their consideration for a position. California and one in Hawaii. Some Indiana Dunes, was released last spring The Branch of Employee Evaluation 100 park interpreters received training (Wesleyan University Press, $22.95). and Staffing expects the system to be in either basic or advanced training Kay Franklin and Norma Schaeffer's in place within the next 2 years. during these sessions. book Duel for the Dunes, Land Use Conflict on the Shores of Lake Michigan The Park Ranger occupation is the Instructors were Dave Todd, will be published soon (University of prototype for the proposed system. A Southern Arizona Group Office; Marti Illinois Press, $18.95). Both books are job analysis of Park Ranger positions Leicester, Santa Monica Mountains histories of the long and often bitterly that will determine the major duties National Park, Calif.; Robert E. Lee, fought battle to save the dunes. For and the knowledges, skills, and Fort Point National Historic Site, more than 100 years, and intensively abilities (KSA's) required of Calif.; Jerry Shimoda, Pu'uohonua O for the last 70, a battle has been waged incumbents is being conducted Honaunau Historic Park, Hawaii; Mike pitting preservationists against through interviews with managers and Watson, Mather Training Center; Tom industry, Illinois against Indiana and, employees in the regional and field White, Southern Arizona Group sometimes also, the people against offices. The study will also involve the Office; Jon Ericson, Hawaii Volcanoes their own elected representatives. Both use of questionnaires and other National Park; and Dick Cunningham, books do a thorough job of chronicling data-gathering methods prior to Western Regional Office. implementation of the system. the struggle and its long and It is anticipated that the Automated significant cast of characters including Merit Promotion System will January 5 is deadline for Stephen Mather, poet Carl Sandburg, substantially reduce the amount of receipt of copy for February ecologist Henry Cowles, landscape time and paperwork required to fill architect Jens Jensen, Hull House's vacancies—a major concern of issue of the COURIER. Send Jane Addams, the late Senator Paul H. employees and management officials. to: Editor, National Park COURIER, Douglas of Illinois and many more. If the test phase proves successful for Room 3420, Main Interior Bldg. Dr. Engel reports on the "save the Park Ranger positions, other Washington, D.C. 20240 dunes" movement from the viewpoint

20 COURIER/December 1983 of a philosopher and theologian. The in North America and why, in its experience for our own day. The first dunes preservation is treated as part of present-day land forms, one finds the section is filled with panaromic views the progressivism movement of the history of continental glaciation so of the natural wonders that met the Midwest as a ". . . battle ground in well illustrated. His book does not traveller's eyes. The second brings the the struggle for social justice and ignore the human history. The good and bad of the characters and environmental preservation." He people's relation with the land is part their trip to life in narration coupled concentrates more on the early years. of the natural history story; human with sketches, paintings and words Although he includes references to a history is summarized in the chapter from the traveller's first-hand modern-day struggle to defeat a on "People." experience. Lavender traces not only proposed nuclear power plant on the the everyday activities, but also the borders of the national lakeshore and a (Editor's Note: This was originally overall work involved just to advance few later events, his history ends published in longer form in the Fall issue the road for the day's travel. He largely with the authorization of the of Park Science.) follows those going to Oregon, those national lakeshore in 1966. The politics to California, the fortunates and of the struggle is included but he unfortunates like the Donner party concentrates more on the artists, who was stranded in 22 feet of snow poets, scientists, social reformers and Monarchs of the Mist, by Joseph E. and left to cannabalism. thinkers. His book explains why so Brown, Coastal Parks Association, Point Included in this work are stories of many people have fought for so long Reyes, Calif. the pilgrimages of the Mormons to Salt and with such devotion for their The layout and design of this book Lake City and the gold seeker's rush. dunes. For them the dunes meant certainly convey the feeling of majesty The reader is absorbed into the time more than a park or pleasuring due to the redwoods, but the chapters span, by being aware of what was ground. To them the Indiana Dunes is within are not only majestic, but happening on the trail, in Congress, at a sacred symbol and the "save the thickly informative. Filled with war, abroad and just over the hill with dunes" movement a lay religion. beautiful pictures, it quotes from the Indian tribes. Kay Franklin and Norma Schaeffer Thoreau and through poetic All along, places of importance and are, as their book title suggests, less descriptions, the reader is filled with interest to the settlers are pointed out philosophical and more pragmatic. awe and interest. and compared to their present state to They take a closer look at the history The redwoods are one of the few make visiting these monuments a of the dunes since the authorization of sights declared as a World Heritage two-phase enjoyment. The last section the lakeshore, including present Site, keeping company with Australia's of the book singles out 15 national management, conflicts over further Great Barrier Reef, the pyramids and parks to visit and learn from. They are expansion and the Park Service's the Grand Canyon. They are "living depicted in pictures with short proposal for planning and links to the age of dinosaurs." captions relating to the narrated tale development. The book not only concentrates on within. The debate over land use and values the stars of the Redwood National Throughout, the book is educational is not unique but the intensity and Park, but also includes the ocean, in depth without letting the reader length of the struggle is. While very rivers and prairies as star billings know he is being educated. The significant battles were won in the whose vastness "dwarfs, humbles, and narration is captivating and easily read dunes preservation movement, often overwhelms the human mind and in one sitting. An excellent preparation against overwhelming odds, major spirit." for a family vacation or singular outing battles were also lost. The towering to one of the parks that commemorate Though filled with many naturalist the overland migrations. and extensive central dunes were and scientific facts that the ordinary bulldozed into the marshes and lakes, reader might skip over, the book does —Dawn Currie-Scott. and the area is now home to steel answer any question you might have mills and the Port of Indiana. The as to the history, surroundings and Views of Cedar Breaks, by Beth national lakeshore's 13,000 acres uniqueness of the Monarchs of the Mist. surround residential communities and Gilchrist, Zion Natural History abut three steel mills and two power —Dawn Currie-Scott. Association, Zion National Park, Utah. plants. Still, much of the best of the This is a special Golden Anniversary dunes has been preserved within the pamphlet to commemorate Franklin D. boundaries of the national lakeshore Roosevelt's establishment of over 6,000 and the State park, even while the The Overland Migrations narrated by acres of limestone formation as a struggle to ensure preservation David Lavender, Jefferson National national park. continues. Expansion Memorial National Historical The pamphlet/booklet is filled with Association and National Park Service, panoramics and close-ups of the color, The Indiana Dunes (Eastern Acorn Washington, D.C. wildlife and formations unique to Press, $3.95), written by Chief NPS has combined David Cedar Breaks. It not only depicts Interpreter Larry Waldron, with Cedar Breaks in all of its seasons, but photographs by former interpreter Lavender's attentive narration for detail and photographic impressions of also shows the gorgeous results of Robert Daum, graphically illustrates Cedar Breaks frequent inclement the benefits of preservation victories. modern sites with historic sketches, paintings and diary fragments to weather such as August hailstorms The land, the lake, the plants, the and splendid rainbows. dunes and the bogs are described and successfully capture the adventure and beautifully illustrated. The book fear of the first overland pioneers. —Dawn Currie-Scott. concentrates on natural history The book is divided into three showing why Indiana Dunes is often sections, each one adding a layer of referred to as the birthplace of ecology reality to the immigrant "movers"

COURIER/December 1983 21 Shenandoah conducts bear population study

By Arthur Miller MAR Public Affairs Officer

With more visitors hiking and camping in the backcountry, Shenandoah National Park, Va., needs more basic knowledge about its sizable population of black bears. "We want to maintain a healthy bear population in the park," says Superintendent Robert R. Jacobsen. "But we also want to separate the < bears from the people." To get more information, the park is o collaborating with the U.S. Fish and 0 Wildlife Service, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute (V.P.I.) and State University to conduct the first comprehensive study of bears ever made in the 300-square-mile park. "We want to know how far they range, what kind of habitat they Jeff Waldron and Alison Teetor plot radio telemetry bearings on black bears on a topographic map. prefer, where thev den for the winter Shenandoah NP, Va. and how many we have in the park," savs Dave Haskell, the park's resource management specialist. The National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service are jointly funding the 3-year field study. Michael Vaughan, leader of the Virginia Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit at V.P.I, directs it. The Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries is also interested in the results and lends assistance. The field work began in the spring of 1982 when the V.P.I, team trapped and tranquilized 130 bears. While each animal was tranquilized, the biologists Alison Teetor turns the antenna until the weighed and measured it, took a Extracting a molar from a captured black signal comes in strongest on her radio receiver bear. Biologists will saw through the tooth and blood sample, made a paw print, in the Shenandoah Bear Surivy. read the rings as they do tree rings to extracted a premolar tooth to be determine the bear's age. Part of the VPI analyzed to determine the bear's age, research survey at Shenandoah. then applied antiseptic to the tooth area and drops to the eyes. The heaviest bear captured weighed 350 pounds. Alison Teetor, a wildlife management Alison would slide out of the truck, From the 130, the field team selected graduate from Colorado State climb a nearby rock and aim a radio 29, half of them male, half female. University, and Jeff Waldon, a student receiver antenna in the direction of the Each was fitted with a light collar intern from V.P.I, showed me how last-known location of a bear. carrying a radio transmitter as well as they track the bears by radio "If I hear a rapid beep-beep," she a blue or yellow ear tag. telemetry. explained, "I know the bear is up and In a four-wheel-drive pickup truck, moving. If the beeps come slowly, the we bounced along fire and service bear is probably resting or sleeping." roads in the park. From time to time, For each signal the receiver picked

22 COURIER/December 1983 up, she or Jeff drew a bearing on a grid map. Where several bearings from Deaths different listening points crossed, they pinpointed a bear's location. This on-the-ground monitoring is supplemented once a week with an James Baxter Myers of Fairfax, Va., of Rocky Mountain National Park aerial survey of bear movements. With died Oct. 2 in the Georgetown in Colorado and remained there until telemetry equipment on its wings, a University Hospital, Washington, D.C. 1955, when he was promoted to light plane crisscrosses the park's He was a native of Mt. Sidney, Va., superintendent of the former Millerton tree-covered hollows picking up bear was a retired employee of the National Lake National Recreation Area in signals (each bear transmitter has its Park Service, and a Navy Veteran of California. individual frequency) for use in World War II. Mr. Herschler, a native of Ashland, plotting bear locations on a map. The He is survived by his wife, Carol Ohio, retired in 1958, after serving 29 researchers then correlate the patterns Faulconer Myers of Fairfax, one years with the Park Service. of bear movements with other factors brother, Harry Lee Myers of Mt. He is survived by his wife, Edith; a such as the vegetation, people present Sidney, Va.; one sister, Elizabeth M. daughter, Wilma Diamond of Tucson; in the area, topography, remoteness Lisle of Richmond; two nieces and one a granddaughter, Christine Johnson, and type of forest cover. nephew. Houston; and three great-grandchildren. "A female may forage for berries and leaves in one area in the summer, J. Barton Herschler, 86, former Elizabeth (Betty) Skinner, 75, wife but seek a den in a different part of superintendent of Saguaro of Curtis Skinner who retired as the park for the winter," Alison National Monument, Ariz., died Oct. assistant superintendent of Mount explained. 17. Mr. Herschler began his Park Rainier National Park, Wash., in 1960, The data from the field surveys is Service career in 1928 as a ranger at died in a Salt Lake County Medical fed into a computer at V.P.I. "If we Grand Canyon National Park. The Center in Oct. She and her husband didn't have this calculating capacity, it following year he was transferred to upon his retirement built a home on would take months to organize and Yosemite National Park and in 1930 he the seashore near Newport, Oreg. In analyze all of our readings," said was named as custodian of Muir 1962, they sold their home and moved Vaughan. After the computer has Woods National Monument in to her birthplace in Salt Lake City, done its work, the V.P.I, team will California. Utah. Her husband, 83, survives her. display on a map the seasonal In 1938 he became chief park ranger movements of its sample of 29 bears in four selected regions of the park. From the information collected, the team will be able to answer questions about whether bear travel patterns take them outside the park and back in again, whether males travel more than females and what kind of mischief bears get into with local farmers. "From this research, we hope to learn what makes a good habitat for bears," said Haskell. "That in turn will enable us to locate campgrounds and trails and other visitor areas in locations that are not favorite spots for the bears." RUSSELL E. DICKENSON, Director National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. 20240

Editorial Board Sandra Alley, Public Affairs Officer, National Capital Region Bill Halainen, Editor, National Association of Park Rangers Vacant, Alumni Editor, Employees and Alumni Association Grant Midgley, Chief, Division of Public Information Duncan Morrow, Chief, Division of Media Relations Gene Scovill, Executive Board Officer, E&AA Education Trust Fund Thelma Warnock National Park Women Correspondent Conrad Wirth, Representative-at-Large, E&AA Theresa Wood, Executive Secretary, E&AA

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