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ANPR USNPS Stewards for parks, visitors and each other The Association for All National Park Employees Vol. 26, No. 1 • Winter 2009-10 RENDEZVOUS XXXII ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL PARK RANGERS RANGER • Winter 2009-10 u Sec1a 2009 PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS 1ST PLACE “Gift of a Yellowstone Bear Jam” Yellowstone Stacy Allen, Shiloh 2ND PLACE “Blue Mountains” Sixteen images were entered in ANPR’s annual photography competition. Start New South Wales, Australia thinking about entering your top images in this year’s contest in Bend, Oregon. Patrick Hattaway, Grand Teton 3RD PLACE “Mount Moran with Flowers” Grand Teton Jessica Sheffield Pennsylvania State University (continued on page 17) Sec1bt ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers The membership of ANPR is comprised of individuals who are entrusted with and committed to the care, study, explanation and/or protection of those natural, cultural and recreational resources included in the National Park ANGERThe Journal of the Association of National Park Rangers System, and persons who support these efforts. R USNPS Vol. 26, No. 1 Winter 2009-10 ANPR’s official address is 25958 Genesee Trail Road, PMB 222, Golden, CO 80401. Members receive Ranger Ranger (ISSN 1074-0678) is a quarterly publication of as part of their membership dues. Consult the inside back Board of Directors the Association of National Park Rangers, an organization cover for membership and subscription information. created to communicate for, about and with National Park Officers Service employees of all discplines; to promote and enhance Submissions President Scot McElveen, Retired the professions, spirit and mission of National Park Service Prospective authors should contact the editor or editorial Secretary Emily Weisner, ARHO employees; to support management and the perpetuation adviser before submitting articles. Editor, Teresa Ford, Treasurer Bill Schappell of the National Park Service and the National Park System; 25958 Genesee Trail Road, PMB 222, Golden, CO 80401, Past President Lee Werst, WORI and to provide a forum for social enrichment. (303) 526-1380; [email protected]. Editorial adviser, Mark In so meeting these purposes, the Association provides Herberger, (571) 926-1509. Board Members education and other training to develop and/or improve Deadlines Education & Training Rebecca Harriett, HAFE the knowledge and skills of parks professionals and those Spring issue .........................................................Feb. 28 Fundraising Activities Kendell Thompson, LIBO interested in the stewardship of national parks; provides a Summer issue ..................................................... May 15 Internal Communications Eric Leonard, CHIC forum for discussion of common concerns of all employees, Fall issue .............................................................Aug. 15 Membership Services Gregg Fauth, SEKI and provides information to the public. Winter issue .........................................................Nov. 1 Professional Issues Mike Anderson, SERO Seasonal Perspectives Tom Banks Special Concerns vacant FIELD NOTES FROM WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER Strategic Planning Stacy Allen, SHIL THIS IMAGE of a magnificent grizzly bear bear in the wild or their 100th. A volunteer Task Groups taken as the animal traversed the slopes of with the park bear management program, International Affairs Tony Sisto, Retired Mount Washburn, below Dunraven Pass in who was familiar with this particular female Centennial vacant grizzly, was present to assist visitors to find Rendezvous Dan Moses, Retired Yellowstone, produced considerable comment Retirement Frank Betts, Retired at the Ranger Rendezvous concerning the safe suitable parking off the road from where proximity of the photographer (myself) to the they could enjoy watching the animal from a Staff subject (the bear). On this day, since dawn, my reasonable distance without interfering with Membership Services Teresa Ford morning had been spent observing members her wanderings. As for the bear, she all but Ranger Magazine of the Druid Peak wolf pack on Yellowstone’s ignored the behavior of her excited human Editor Teresa Ford northern range, in the Lamar River Valley audience gathered along the roadside. Editorial Adviser Mark Herberger, MIMI This particular photo is one among several and further west at Slough Creek and Little Professional Ranger Section taken as the grizzly passed 40 yards upslope America Flats. At noon, with the wolf watch- Administration Michelle Torok, SAGU ing having calmed considerably, I decided to from my safe vantage at the turnout. From Interpretation Jeff Axel, BIBE proceed further into the interior of the park to there she rapidly descended to the road, Protection Kevin Moses, BUFF Hayden Valley. The day was cool and cloudy crossing to the west side, where she sidled Resource Management Sue Consolo Murphy, GRTE with intermittent snow in the afternoon. As down the mountain to disappear under I traversed southward, ascending to the west the canopy of conifers growing below. The Table of Contents side of Mount Washburn toward Dunraven image was taken handheld with a Canon Rendezvous Overview ............................................ 2 EOS 40D, digital SLR camera, using a Keynote Address by NPS Director Jon Jarvis .......... 3 Pass, along the section of Yellowstone’s Grand State of the Association .......................................... 4 Loop Road connecting Tower Junction to the 100-400mm zoom lens advanced to full Photos .................................................................... 7 Canyon area, I noticed this grizzly meandering focal length (400 mm), snapped at F/5.6 Breakout Sessions, Panel Discussions ...................... 8 southward across the slope of the mountain. with an exposure time of 1/400 second. ANPR Board Business ............................................ 8 The image has not been cropped and was ANPR Awards & Mather Award ........................... 9 It being mid-autumn, the bear was busily Quotables ............................................................. 10 engaged in what all bears do during this time selected for the Rendezvous photo contest More Photos......................................................... 11 of year—voraciously browsing on all things based on the recommendation of my wife, Oral History Project ............................................. 13 Diane, who considered it the best of the bear Exhibitors & Acknowledgments ........................... 15 edible that her highly efficient nose guided her ANPR Elections ................................................... 15 to discover. When first observed, the grizzly photos. The few minutes spent enjoying this An Alluring Note ................................................. 16 was roughly 120 yards upslope from the road, grizzly, number 14 of 18 total bears observed Suggestions to Board from Member ..................... 17 during this particular two-week visit to ANPR Reports ..................................................... 18 and luckily a convenient turnout was nearby Supernaugh Memorial Scholarship Fund .............. 18 for safe parking. Over the course of the next the park, remains my closest—but not too Professional Ranger .............................................. 19 15 minutes, as the bear steadily descended the close—encounter with ursus arctos horribilis IRF Update .......................................................... 22 slope, her presence near the road created one of throughout 10 unforgettable journeys to Yel- Ranger Rendezvous XXXIII ................................. 25 lowstone since 2001. I’ve always wondered All in the Family ................................................... 26 Yellowstone’s famous “bear jams” as motorists In Print ................................................................ 27 took notice of the always predictable human when this grizzly denned a month later, Fall Fund Campaign Report ................................. 28 behavior in response to any bear observable settling into winter’s hibernation, whether Cover art from a park road. To see a wild bear is one of she was pregnant and gave birth. The hope Rendezvous logo courtesy of Elizabeth Pols the remarkable gifts of wilderness and always for the continued existence of her species is Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. exciting for anyone privileged with the op- what I ponder when viewing this image. Articles and images in this publication are the sole property of ANPR and Ranger magazine, except where otherwise portunity, whether they’re viewing their first — Stacy D. Allen indicated. Republication in whole or part is not allowed without written permission. RANGER • Winter 2009-10 u 1 Rendezvous in Gettysburg Photos by Warren Bielenberg, Patrick Hattaway & Teresa Ford outh and energy merged with Gettys- burg’s history and tradition to create a dynamic mix at the 32nd Ranger were popular offerings. Also, an eight-hour YRendezvous. Operational Leadership training session took Nearly 200 participants of this annual place during a two-day period. gathering of the Association of National Park Nearly 30 students, many from Slippery Rangers met at the Wyndham Hotel Gettys- Rock University in western Pennsylvania, burg Dec. 6-10, 2009. attended the Rendezvous as new ANPR mem- A special viewing of the park movie, the bers. The youth factor was apparent as they restored cyclorama painting and the museum, delved into breakout sessions, job counseling all within the new visitors center, were the and networking with longtime
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