From the World Ranger Congress

The Journal of the Association of National Park Rangers

Stewards for parks, visitors & each other Vol. 32, No. 3 | Summer 2016

TECHNOLOGY IN THE NATIONAL PARKS World Congress Ranger Faces WRC RECAP OF THE

CONTENTS Summer 2016

Letter from the president...... 2 To infinity and beyond...... 3 The quest to explore other planets...... 6 ANGERThe Journal of the Association of National Park Rangers Vol.R 32, No. 3 Summer 2016 Technology for the 22nd century...... 8 A century of SAR II: 1960-1980...... 10 Ranger (ISSN 1074-0678) is a quarterly publication of Oral History Project: Ernie Quintana...... 12 the Association of National Park Rangers, an organization created to communicate for, about and with National Park 2016 ANPR Ranger Rendezvous...... 14 Service employees of all disciplines; to promote and enhance The Professional Ranger ...... 16 the professions, spirit and mission of National Park Service employees; to support management and the perpetuation All in the Family ...... 19 of the National Park Service and the National Park System; In memorium: Harold James Greenlee ...... 19 and to provide a forum for professional enrichment. In Print: Paths Crossed: Protecting National Parks...... 20 In meeting these purposes, the Association provides education and other training to develop and/or improve ANPR Reports ...... 21 the knowledge and skills of park professionals and those Life Century Club ...... 21 interested in the stewardship of national parks; provides a forum for discussion of common concerns of all employees; Welcome to the Family...... 22 and provides information to the public. Voices from the World Ranger Congress...... 23 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 Copyright © 2016. All rights reserved. Articles and images and recreational resources included in the National Park in this publication are the sole property of ANPR and Ranger System, and persons who support these efforts. magazine, except where otherwise indicated. Republication ANPR business address P.O. Box 984, Davis, CA in whole or part is not allowed without written permission. 95617, www.anpr.org. Members receive Ranger as part of their membership dues. See the website or Ranger for COVER: Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve membership/subscription details. Ranger and Geologist Andrew Valdez uses photographs to compare Great Sand Dunes terrain to images of the FINAL DEADLINES surface of Mars. Photo by Brian Sanders Spring issue...... Jan. 31 Summer issue...... April 30 Fall issue...... July 31 Winter issue...... Nov. 15 In this issue: he vision for this issue is credited interview, and a book review about what Tto Ranger Editorial Adviser Kendell rangering has been like in the late 20th Thompson, who set out to look beyond and early 21st centuries. the National Park Service Centennial Which brings us to the present. You and toward the next 100 years of the probably know by now that ANPR — BOARD OF DIRECTORS NPS. Importantly, Thompson wanted our very own Association of National Officers to make sure that readers heard from Park Rangers (yes, I’m a proud associate President Erika Jostad, DENA different voices both within and member!) — served as host to the President-elect Jan Lemons, PINN connected to the NPS. International Ranger Federation’s World Secretary Colleen Derber, WASO As a result, this issue of Ranger Ranger Congress in May. Throughout Treasurer Tom Banks, GLAC represents a fitting mix of articles that the magazine you will see articles and Board Members Education & Training Katlyn Grubb, GOGA not only look forward, but also look photos from the Congress, which was a Fundraising Activities Nick Mann, DETO back and offer a solid view of the present seminal experience for all. Internal Communications Cadence Cook, LEWI as well. In “To infinity and beyond,” The present always reflects both the Membership Services Kate Sargeant, USPP Professional Issues Ken Bigley, MANA/PWRI Thompson engages a panel of NPS past and the future, which is particularly Seasonal Perspectives Lauren Kopplin, BUFF representatives to look to 2116 and true when we consider the Congress and Strategic Planning Scott Warner, RETI consider the makeup of the NPS system, ANPR’s upcoming Ranger Rendezvous Task Groups how outside influences might affect the in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Both of these International Affairs Blanca Stransky, GWMP NPS and even global issues related to conferences are built on a foundation of World Ranger Congress Bob Krumenaker, APIS our parks. important issues and relationships that Staff Membership Services Alison Steiner, PORE Two articles related to futuristic have been and will continue to be Ranger Magazine technology are also represented: “The central to the ranger profession. Editor/Publisher Ann Dee Allen quest to explore other planets,” about Beyond these articles are three Editorial Adviser Kendell Thompson, LIBO NASA research at Great Sand Dunes columns that make up The Professional Graphic Design Sherry Albrecht National Park and Preserve (GRSA) in Ranger section “Here’s to the Antiquities Professional Ranger Section Colorado, and “Technology for the 22nd Act,” which bridges the centuries and Administration Michelle Torok, SAGU/TUMA century,” about robots at GRSA. brings up concerns about conservation Perspective: Alan Spears, NPCA Looking back in time, we have going forward. Cultural Resources provided the second article in our series Thank you, Ranger contibutors. Interpretation Brian Forist, MEVE about the history of search and rescue in We trust our readers will find this the parks, an Oral History issue of value. RANGER • Summer 2016 u 1 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Congress alpenglow ILLUMINATES UPCOMING RANGER RENDEZVOUS Erika Jostad, Denali National Park and Preserve, President ANPR

Bob Krumenaker with Dinh Huy Tri fom Vietnam.

312+62+30 =WRC e predicted that the World WRanger Congress would be the biggest, greenest and most finan- cially viable conference that either the International Ranger Federation or ANPR had ever put on. I am ab- solutely delighted to say that it was all we hoped for, and more. All told, Erika Jostad steps up to the mike for a question at World Ranger Congress. 312 delegates, 62 countries, and 30 workers and partners participated. If you missed the plenary talks or the reetings from the far north! I hope I would like to encourage you to attend inspirational opening flag ceremony, you are well and enjoying the long Rendezvous and donate to the Supernaugh check them out on YouTube. Or days of summer. I am delighted Scholarship fund. This scholarship allows search for #WorldRangerCongress Gto report what a grand success the World ANPR to assist members with costs when on almost any social media platform. Ranger Congress was at Estes Park. ANPR they attend their first Rendezvous. It is a Come to Ranger Rendezvous in shined as it put on an outstanding event. great opportunity to introduce new mem- October for a multi-media presenta- It was inspiring to connect with rangers bers to the trainings, engaging speakers and tion to relive the experience or around the world. So many great relation- camaraderie of Rendezvous. We received sample the flavor of what you ships were forged for future collaboration. a generous $1,500 donation to kick off missed, and hear a brief summary. The location of the 9th World Ranger Con- the fund this year. Please help us grow this I want to recognize the members of gress was announced — it will be in Kath- amount so that we can bring folks to this ANPR’s World Ranger Congress mandu, Nepal, in 2019. We look forward great event. Organizing Team and the many to joining friends, newly made and long I would like to take this opportunity to volunteers! ANPR can be very proud held, on the Roof of the World. report on our Association’s financial well of what it accomplished. Members are busily planning our being. We are continuing to process Watch the George Wright Forum annual Ranger Rendezvous for Santa Fe, expenses and income from the World for a special issue on the Congress. New Mexico, October 27-30. We have Ranger Congress and so that income is not — Bob Krumenaker, invited some new friends from the World reflected here, but here is a snapshot World Ranger Congress Chair Ranger Congress to join us, including of where our accounts stand currently: The World Ranger Congress photos in this Parks Canada and state parks associations ANPR Checking Account: $28.997.48 from the U.S. issue are by Ranger Editor Ann Dee Allen ANPR Savings Account: $33,450.64 unless otherwise credited. Rick Gale Fund: $2,373.49 IRF Dependents Fund: $6,301.83

2 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers A panel discussion about the future of the National Park Service RECAPWRC

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beyondbeyondChris Abbett | Nick Chevance Michael Rees | David Vela | Doug Wilder

Sequoia Foundation cave naturalist Michael Springer peers into a pool in By Kendell Thompson, Crystal Cave, Sequoia National Park. Photo by Alison Taggart-Barone Lincoln Boyhood Home

ike Buzz Lightyear’s famous RANGER: Today we are concerned with to diversify and increase our donor base/ charge, our 100-year-old National issues such as relevancy and global partner base even more than today. That Park Service mission is open-end- climate change. What do you think will will likely lead to tension of how we engage ed. It tells us we must protect be the most pressing issue for the NPS and recognize corporate partners — with Lparks and provide for their enjoyment for in 2116? [subsequently] greater support from the “future generations” — however long that Michael Rees, natural resource spe- National Park Foundation and potential may turn out to be. Yet planning for the cialist and planner at the Denver Service corporate partners to allow donor recog- future is becoming more challenging as Center, and David Vela, superintendent nition in parks [much like]... what is hap- our 10-year General Management Plan’s at Grand Teton National Park, both said pening at universities and in zoos (naming useful life begins to look more like that of that population growth over the next rights of buildings and programs). a kangaroo rat. It is becoming increasingly century and how that growth impacts car- There is general agreement among our difficult to consider infinity and beyond. rying capacity in parks is a major concern. panelists that climate change will be a As we celebrate the NPS Centennial, “Changing expectations may result in peo- significant issue for the NPS in 100 years. the Ranger editorial team began to wonder ple accepting a decline in the quality of the Nick Chevance, the Midwest Region’s what the NPS would look like at its visitor experience compared to what people planning chief said, “I suspect that most Bicentennial. Author and retired find today,” Rees said. “More and more of the changes to climate in the next 30 to Yellowstone naturalist Paul Schullery said people will be seeking a wilderness experi- 50 years are going to color our responses that part of what we must save for future ence they can only get in places like parks.” to threats 100 years out.” Chevance thinks generations are choices. But what are those Vela observed that “our ability to respond that if we don’t recognize what we’ve done choices likely to be? Ranger asked a panel to increasing visitation and use... will be a and develop ways to address short-term of some of the best thinkers in the Service major task of future superintendents.” issues, “It probably isn’t going to matter to gaze into the proverbial crystal... well, Chris Abbett, the Southeast Region’s much what happens by 2116. It will cave may be the closest thing we have... associate regional director for partnerships, already have happened to us.” and tell us what they expect to happen in interpretation and education, said: the next 100 years. This is the first article “A critical issue that will impact the NPS RANGER: The first item in the NPS Call in a new series that will explore the answers and other federal agencies will be reduc- to Action Plan is: Filling in the blanks. to this question. tions in real spending ability... . I believe What new park sites do you think will be that we’ll feel that squeeze and will look

RANGER • Summer 2016 u 3 Stalactites in the Crystal Cave. Photo by David Liu.

Michael Rees

included in the National Park System be viewed in 100 years? the desire to put federal lands to greater by 2116? Four national park sites in the “[Historical sites are] the core of what uses for private user’s needs, driven mostly system in 1916 were later de-authorized. the NPS is to many people, if not most,” by changed climatic conditions.” Strik- Do you think we could lose more sites Abbett said. “We will continue to have ing a more hopeful stance, Vela said that by 2116? much usage at natural sites, but the visi- “although there are some emerging and There was consensus among the pan- tation to historic sites will increase much disturbing trends, I am optimistic about elists that over the next 100 years, the more rapidly.” Vela said, “Through ongoing the next 100 years.” Abbett added, “I think National Park System will consist of a research and exploration, stories evolve that we’ll see more movement away from majority of units that, as Vela put it, “com- and or become public for the first time. areas that are primarily agrarian toward memorate human achievement and out- Therefore, historic sites and figures that are population centers/urban areas, so I see this comes (both positive and contemplative).” perceived today as being obscure or little type of confrontation decreasing.” Chevance observed, “The large natural understood may take on a different mean- areas are pretty much gone.” “I believe that ing and perspective 100 years from now.” RANGER: Security concerns have we will continue to add more new historic/ He added, “Connecting ‘Civil War to Civil continued to grow in the years following cultural sites than new natural sites,” Ab- Rights’ is but one of a number of potential 9-11. How do you see future security is- bett said. “I’m sure that we’ll add sites that examples to make these stories relevant to sues affecting park management reflect significant events that occur over the current and future generations.” and visitation? next 50 years... but doubt that many would “As a former law enforcement ranger be removed.” over 30 years ago, I could not have envi- Expanding on this theme, Doug sioned the type of issues, training needs Wilder, GIS program lead and planner at and enforcement challenges that we face the Denver Service Center, postulated that, today... . We need to continue to ask our- “By 2116, the U.S. will have recognized selves, what are the emerging trends?” Vela the need to protect lunar landing sites and said. Furthering that idea, Abbett said, “I perhaps those on Mars as well. The rapid see issues with online security making this rise in private space technology and space a challenge... . I think as a society we seem tourism will have forced an accelerated to [be] moving toward more filters on in- study and plan for protecting, interpreting Doug Wilder dividual freedoms, so I could see that trend and managing visitors to the Apollo land- impact our parks.” ing sites.” “The NPS could do more with the RANGER: Technology innovations, RANGER: The Center for American especially in communications, marine environment too,” Wilder said. Progress described the 114th Congress transportation and energy development, “Imagine a submarine park where visitors as the most anti-conservation Congress impact Americans at an ever increasing can learn about and experience the biology, in recent history. Incidents like the siege pace. What technological changes do chemistry, geology and physics of two- at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge you see significantly impacting the NPS thirds of the world.” highlight a growing anti-government land through visitation or operations in the management sentiment which is reflected next 100 years? RANGER: The NPS preserves stories and in efforts to curb or change the Organic places that are often little understood or Act and similar legislation. What political “I can easily envision innovations and remembered by the general public. trends do you see affecting the NPS in increased use on the communications and The context for sites like George Rogers 100 years? transportation front — especially with Clark National Historic Park and Charles Nick Chevance shared his concern for electric and more energy-efficient vehicles,” Pinckney National Historic Site may this issue in commenting that “those types Vela said. Abbett added, “I suspect that change considerably since their inception. of issues will continue as we see changes electric and hydrogen-powered autos will How will more obscure historical sites in the conditions of private lands, and replace much, if not all, of our existing

4 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers The International Ranger Federation and the Association of National Park Rangers thank the carbon-based automobile industry. I hope following organizations and individuals for their that it will lead to less atmospheric deposi- support of the May 21-27, 2016 World Ranger tion... within parks.” Congress. An additional 99 donors were listed in Doug Wilder speculated further: “We the Congress program. WRC RECAP will see a rise in virtual visitorship and an exponentially increased way for the NPS to expose parks to visitors. With the spread PRIME PARTNERS • Vaughn Baker of remotely controlled vehicles, we’ll see $50,000 and above • John Case more and more people ‘visiting’ the park • Thin Green Line Foundation • Cliff and Judy Chetwin • World Wildlife Fund • Charles (Butch) Farabee via remote means — think drones. Other • Vince Kordack Trust robotics will help make more park areas MT. KILIMANJARO • Bruce McKeeman accessible to more people. Instead of climb- $5,000 to $14,999 • Meg Weesner ing a mountain, you may send your ‘big • Lorraine Parmer dog’ [rough terrain robot]. Or you may pi- • National Park Conservation Association MT. VINSON lot a bug-like device deep into a cave. This MT. ELBRUS $501 to $999 sort of robotic visitation is already a prob- $1,000 to $4,999 • Counter Assault, Inc. lem with drones flying too near flesh and • California State Park Rangers Association • Rocky Mountain Conservancy blood visitors in the parks. While robotic • California State Parks Anniversary • Xanterra Parks and Resorts, Inc. • Rick Duncan and Beth Goodpaster visitation will greatly increase exposure to Committee • Eastern National • Rebecca Harriett the parks to millions more people, it will • New Belgium Brewery • Jeff Ohlfs also bring new stress to resource protection • Arlene Ash • Blanca Stransky and visitor experience. “Another way people will experience PARTNERS the parks is via large screen ‘windows’ to George Wright Society • National Park Service • Colorado State University the parks. Think of placing a 10 x 10-foot Center for Protected Area Management, and Warner College of Natural Resources monitor with a live view of the edge of the • ParkLeaders.com and Jody Maberry Grand Canyon in Times Square. Or Paris and London. From halfway around the planet, you could walk up to the screen RANGER: The World Ranger Congress met and see a live, full-scale view of the canyon. at Rocky Mountain National Park this year Imagine how a setup like this could bring and numerous NPS sites have co-manage- people together around the world. ment issues with Canadian and Mexican “In the future we’ll likely see more parks. China’s burgeoning industrialization use of mobile apps to help both parks continues to stress vast natural and and visitors. Location aware apps can let cultural resources in that country. How do park managers and visitors know where you see the NPS role on the international boundaries are. I also see an explosion of stage over the next 100 years? crowd-sourced data [from] visitors. Loca- Chris Abbett believes that “as the world tion-aware apps can enrich the visitor expe- becomes smaller due to communication David Vela rience by delivering [site-specific] informa- options, the opportunities to collaborate tion, pictures and videos [and] augmented on resource protection and interpretation reality will allow visitors to hold up their will grow.” For Wilder, “It’s important to world as part of a park experience... . It is phones and see a rendition of the area from the natural and societal world that the NPS my hope and belief that our future citizens times past.” increase its mission to spread ‘America’s best will continue to appreciate, and find value Wilder went on to say that self-driving idea.’ China is actively seeking direction on and relevancy in, what we do and how we cars and busses with zero emissions will be how to set up a national park system and perform our duties. Also, that they value the primary vehicles in the parks and this the U.S. should be at the forefront of help- the precious gifts of their birthright. I will have a profound impact in how visitors ing them.” Vela recommends establishing am also confident that the National Park plan their visits. sister parks around the globe as part of a Service employee of the future will carry Nick Chevance took a more philosoph- truly global community. Wilder summed and sustain the very agency values that we ical stance when he said, “My concern is up the value of this when he asserted that, hold dear today with honor, integrity and that it’s because places like Grand Canyon “The NPS is poised to have a positive passion.” exist that makes them so important to peo- impact not only on conservation around A vision that truly goes to infinity and ple who can’t visit. If they cease to exist as the world, but also on peace and goodwill beyond. natural places, then all we’re doing is look- planet wide.” ing at old photos… . The place will cease to David Vela concluded the discussion Kendell Thompson is editorial adviser forRanger be real to [the] people viewing them.” by saying, “I see the value for more social magazine and superintendent at Lincoln Boyhood science... and working within the virtual National Memorial in Lincoln City, Indiana.

RANGER • Summer 2016 u 5 The quest to explore

other  Image A shows examples of self-guided robotics entered in the Great Sand Dunes planets robotics challenge. Image B shows the Curiosity rover exploring Mars. The wheels on Curiosity are 16 inches NASA, Smithsonian conduct (40cm) wide. research at Mars-like national park

By Andrew Valdez, Great Sand Dunes, and James Zimbelman, Smithsonian Institute

THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HAS reat Sand Dunes National Park NASA comes to GRSA and Preserve (GRSA) in Colo- THE HAPPY TASK OF PRESERVING NASA’s Viking missions in the mid- rado is such a place. It’s the site 1970s included a landing vehicle that pro- AND PROTECTING SOME OF THE of the tallest dunes in North vided ground-level photos of Mars. Design- MOST INTERESTING LANDSCAPES IN America and is an arid environment dom- G ing the lander’s camera was challenging: THE UNITED STATES. SOME OF THESE inated by wind-shaped landforms similar It had to be launched from Earth, travel to what’s been studied in photographs of LANDSCAPES ARE UNUSUAL ENOUGH through space, land on another planet and Mars. work in a sandy environment. Engineers TO HAVE SIMILARITIES TO WHAT IS In the late 1960s and early 1970s, tested the camera at GRSA to ensure that SEEN ON OTHER PLANETS. IN THESE scientists from NASA’s Mariner program it could withstand Mars’ sand, cold and PLACES, SCIENTISTS HAVE NATURAL began exploring Mars. The images Mari- thin atmosphere (GRSA is 8,000 feet above ner captured revealed that Mars has sand LABORATORIES WHERE THEY CAN sea level). Although Mars is much colder dunes and sand seas. Some of the dunes that GRSA, with temperatures rarely above STUDY CONDITIONS ON PLANETS WE developed within craters. The crater walls freezing, and its atmosphere has less than 1 CAN’T YET VISIT. surrounded closely spaced sand dunes in percent of the pressure of Earth, GRSA is a manner similar to the way in which the considered to be “Mars-like.” Sangre de Cristo Mountains confine the The mission was a success; Viking closely spaced dunes at GRSA. images showed even more similarities to Because we know that southwesterly GRSA, revealing a rocky surface where winds at GRSA have blown sand to the wind had removed the sand and silt, mountain front, scientists can use this leaving a boulder-laden field above a information to determine wind directions sandy substrate. on Mars where the dunes are found on a The same environment can be found at specific side of a crater. Scientists found GRSA, where streams deposit sand and that the side of the crater containing the boulders. When a stream shifts its course or dunes was the downwind side, and so an dries, sand in the former channel blows off, understanding of the processes shaping the leaving a Mars-like boulder field behind. physical environment on Mars began These findings led to even greater use of to develop. GRSA by NASA.

6 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers See the full Curiosity figure: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20316  Viking lander imagery shows boulders overlying a sandy substrate. Similar surfaces can be found at GRSA near Medano Creek.

A Robotic challenge at Great Sand Dunes

Curiousity Rover on Mars

 Image C shows reversing dunes that are similar to the Robotic spacecraft like the Viking land- transverse aeolian ridges of er have become popular again in the 2000s Mars shown in image D. as the NASA missions have placed So- journer, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity and Phoenix landers on Mars, and university engineering departments are filled with stu- Great Sand dents eager to design such robotics. Since C Dunes 2011, NASA and Adams State University Great Sand E have sponsored an annual robotics chal- Dunes dunefield lenge at GRSA to test robotic, self-guided designs by their engineering students. The boulder and sand surfaces offer Mars-like challenges to the roving vehicles. New dune Mars D form found In January 2016, the Curiosity rover made the first up-close measurements of an active sand dune on Mars, which has provided important new insights into how F Mars dunefield sand moves on Mars and how to operate robotic vehicles on sand. NASA is now receiving vast quantities of high-resolution imagery that have led to more discoveries about the planet.  One such discovery is a unique dune Dunefields formed in similar topographic form called Transvers Aeolian Ridges traps (dunefields are circled by a red line). Image E shows GRSA nestled in a bend of continued on bottom of pg. 9 the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Image F shows a Martian dunefield in the downwind corner of a crater. Each image is at a similar scale.

RANGER • Summer 2016 u 7  Students with robots they built as part of the Space Grant.

Technology for the 22ndCentury

TECHNOLOGY HAS COME A LONG By Brian Sanders WAY SINCE 1916, WHEN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WAS y great-grandparents lived program called Space Grant. I see amazing ESTABLISHED. IT HAS ENABLED just outside Rocky Moun- technology that is enabling exploration of tain National Park close distant planets and a greater appreciation of SIGNIFICANT SOCIETAL to 100 years ago, and they our Earth and our changing environment. IMPROVEMENTS, AND IT HAS ALSO Mhelped many visitors experience the area The Colorado Space Grant Consortium PROVIDED NEW CHALLENGES. daily. I was fortunate that my parents took hosts an annual robotics event for students I BELIEVE TECHNOLOGY WILL me to Great Sand Dunes National Park & inspired by the U.S. space program and the Preserve (GRSA) when I was 5, and I have exploration of Mars. With support from PROVIDE AN AUGMENTATION TO fond memories of making dams in the sea- GRSA we hold the event just outside the THE MISSION OF PARK RANGERS sonal runoff at the base of the dunes. As an park near Alamosa, Colorado. We are able IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS; WE MAY adult, I have enjoyed sharing the beauty of to leverage geographical features similar to EVEN SEE RANGERS ON HOVER Rocky Mountain with my children on qui- what some of the participating students et fall days. These experiences have given might someday encounter while driving a BOARDS ONE DAY. me a great appreciation for nature. Mars rover — or perhaps when visiting the Working with technology on a daily ba- red planet themselves. sis, I help develop future leaders and engi-

neers as a part of NASA’s higher education Brian Sanders by Photos

8 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers Future roles for sized quadruped robot with legs similar technology to a mule. With the right technology it could be as quiet as a horse and carry more How can technology of the future help weight without the rest and food require- the mission of the park ranger as a steward ments of a horse. of the land, history and resources? Looking Artificial intelligence will transform at current technology to make projections society in the next century. Artificial intel- for the future is a good method for under- ligence conjures ideas of HAL 9000 from standing the possibilities. “2001: A Space Odyssey” or androids run- Take the Roomba as an example of ning amuck. Society and technologists will how current technology could be extend- need to assure that AI growth is responsible ed to the parks. This small, commercially and complementary.  available robot roves a home and vacuums Adaptive learning and the ability to A student-built rover about the up dirt and debris. A larger version of the harness endless stores of information could size of a house cat. Students build Roomba could rove parks to help clean up provide park visitors ready access to infor- robots as part of the Space Grant visitor areas, such as parking lots overnight. mation. Some of the most exciting program. Environmental data collection within advances based on current technology parks could be revolutionized through the could be in the areas of safety and com- capabilities developed for cell phones. As munications. Amazon has announced its look at the use of technology and balancing an example, NASA launched a few satellites plans for drone deliveries to customers’ the visitor experience also will be necessary about the size of a liter water bottle, each doorsteps. Although it is currently illegal to as technology enables new capabilities. with a smartphone at its core. Image if this fly drones in U.S. national parks, the idea It would be a shame to have park technology could be leveraged for terres- of using drones to scour the wilderness in visitors not looking up or not interacting trial sensors. This could create low-cost, search of a lost hiker and then deliver wa- with nature or other people. Visitors would highly capable low-power sensor networks ter, food and a method to communicate is miss the serenity and the opportunity of powered by thumbnail-sized solar cells, en- amazing. A drone could use sound, infrared learning from the experts in the park, park abling data networks that could telemeter and other superhuman senses to find and rangers. Rangers set the tone for visits to environmental data. deliver immediate aid. national parks and provide the human Consider a fleet of small hexapod ro- Augmented reality might be a way to connection to the land and its history. bots, each about the size of a tennis ball, provide detailed information to the user They can never be replaced. scouring the forest floor for ecological about the surrounding flora and fauna. The ranger’s mission may be augment- features. This distributed network of sen- For example, Google Glass could provide a ed by technology, but hopefully only sors, fixed or mobile, could be deployed real-time image of a park visitor’s surround- with careful consideration. I hope my in smaller packages with greater spatial ings and overlay augmenting information great-grandkids can enjoy a quiet fall day in density while providing smaller temporal such as plant and animal species identifi- 2116 in the Rocky Mountains, experienc- resolutions to monitor environmental or cation. ing the land just as my great-grandparents geographic changes, enabling the monitor- did in 1916. ing of microclimates, for example. Consider the Robotic platforms such as the Mule implications Brian Sanders is deputy director of the Colorado from Boston Dynamics could transform Space Grant Consortium located at the University how equipment could be transported over All this technology would provide more of Colorado in Boulder. challenging terrain. The Mule is a mule- information, but at a cost. A concerted

Exploring other planets GRSA mega-ripples and reversing dunes the creation of Martian Dunes continued from pg. 7 for comparison to TARs. International Park. Should there be a time when humans (TARs), which at first appeared to be settle on Mars, perhaps the National Park We wonder — unique to Mars. GRSA has played a key Service’s experience in managing sand role in improving our understanding of dunes will help shape decisions about the will there be an TARs. TARs are unusual because of their dunes there. Maybe we will even celebrate entrance fee? symmetry. Both sides of the dunes have the same slope, which is uncommon on Earth. GRSA has mega-ripples, which have Andrew Valdez is a geologist at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve (GRSA). larger than normal-scale sand ripples, and James Zimbelman, Ph.D, is a geologist at the Smithsonian Institute. Zimbelman was the first person to reversing dunes, where opposing winds note the uniqueness of Transvers Aeolian Ridges (TARs) on Mars and is a member of the scientific team that cause the sand to pile up. Since 2002, the named them. He is the lead Smithsonian scientist studying the environment at GRSA for comparison with Smithsonian Institute has been measuring TARs on Mars.

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ational Park Service search (DOI) Valor Award for heroism, tells the and rescue calls led off with a story of this “impossible rescue” (dubbed bang in the 1960s. On May by Reader’s Digest) in his compelling read, 17, 1960, several climbers We Aspired. In describing one of dozens from two separate parties of perplexing problems the rescuers faced Nhad fallen ill or were injured high on the over the course of this three-day ordeal, continent’s tallest mountain, known lo- Sinclair relates the impending nervousness cally as Denali, or “The Great One.” With he and his team felt while lowering the temperatures well below zero and gale injured climber and themselves 1,800 feet force winds brewing, personnel from then- into the void, not knowing whether they Yosemite Valley Structural Mount McKinley National Park, Alaskan had enough rope and cable to make it to Fire and SAR personnel military, the newly minted Alaska Rescue the next ledge. “Leigh [Ortenburger] tested secure the gear used in the Group and Northwest recue teams, plus his claim, that the unknown distances were Tenaya Creek rescue pic- more than 60 of the best mountaineers in known to him, by rappelling into the un- tured above. The extension the U.S. mustered for what SAR historian known in search of the two ledges,” Sinclair ladder was from a park fire and author Butch Farabee says became the writes. “He went on and on. We were fish- truck. Courtesy of Keith greatest mountaineering rescue ever to have ing for a ledge with him as bait.” Lober photo library. taken place in North America. In the end, Two years later, on June 14, 1969, the this mission of mercy lasted nine days and most massive search in NPS history began saw 23 world-record aircraft landings. Two after 7-year-old Dennis Martin vanished EDITOR’S NOTE: rescue volunteers died “that others may in the wilds of the Great Smoky Moun- This article is the second in a series to live.” (Seven years later, in July 1967, tains during a Father’s Day camping trip appear in Ranger magazine about the Denali claimed seven more lives in the with his family near the Appalachian Trail. legacy of U.S. National Park Service worst climbing accident of its time.) Despite the collective efforts of more than search and rescue personnel and events. A month after the Denali tragedy, 1,400 people — searchers from at least five The series will highlight some of the another epic tale unfolded a few paral- dozen rescue organizations; military units, more significant milestones of NPS lels south on the imposing north face of including Green Berets; Boy Scouts; and Grand Teton. Ranger Pete Sinclair, one of people using helicopters, horses, dogs and search and rescue (SAR) over the six members of the rescue party who were physics — as well as heavy media coverage, course of the last century. honored with the Department of Interior no sign of young Dennis was found despite

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RANGER • Summer 2016 u 11 ANPR Oral History Project

“The small community that basically raised me was very proud of the fact that one of their native sons is back in a very key role as a superintendent.”

Former Regional Director Ernie Quintana, an interview with Lu Ann Jones and Lillie Tichinin

Ernest “Ernie” Quintana grew up s fate would have it, a QUINTANA: Oh, it was special in park technician asked many ways. Being a superintendent in Twentynine Palms, California, Quintana to switch of a park is probably one of the best where Joshua Tree National Park positions, and his new assignments there is in the National job set him on the path to a dis- Park System. You are the mayor of was his “big beautiful backyard.” A tinguished 41- year career with the that piece of ground. The respon- Only after a flirtation with Park Service. During stints at Sa- sibility for what happens there, guaro National Park, Santa Monica the responsibility of how that park college and a tour of duty in Mountains Recreation Area, Joshua interacts with the communities, Vietnam did he become Tree National Park and the Midwest ultimately lands on your shoulders. Region, Quintana served as a ranger, The welfare of the employees is your acquainted with the National chief ranger, superintendent and responsibility. Park Service. As he explained, regional director. The other component of why it During a 2014 interview with was special for me to go to my first the father of a childhood historian Lu Ann Jones and folk- superintendent position is I went friend who worked at the park lorist Lilli Tichinin, Quintana back to Joshua Tree. I went full cir- described the satisfaction he experi- cle, went back to the park I started “grabbed him by the collar” enced upon returning to his home- out at, as a superintendent. So I was and put him to work as a town as park superintendent and going back to be the superinten- resolving competing public use and dent, not only in the park that gave maintenance laborer trainee. resource conservation issues. me my start in my career, but in the community that I grew up in. It JONES: What did it mean for you was just special pride. It was a thrill

to be a superintendent? when I got selected on the Hall of courtesy photo of Ernie Quintana Park; National Tree of Joshua as superintendent Quintana

12 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers ‘It was a compromise’ Fame from my high school because of my challenges. What were some of the resourc- So we had to manage through that. A achievement of becoming superintendent es issues that you dealt with there or com- lot of emotion on the issue from the climb- of Joshua Tree National Park. I still cherish munity issues? ing community. And they had a strong that. QUINTANA: A number of challenges, voice; they were well organized. TICHININ: Going back to your home actually, throughout my career. To me, that JONES: How was the issue resolved? park and your home community, were is what kept my experience exciting in the QUINTANA: I use the term, which is not there any particular challenges or particular parks I worked in. I was having fun, but I necessarily always a good term to use in opportunities that came about because you was having fun because I was dealing with the National Park Service, but it’s “com- already had connections with that park and some very, very key issues. At Joshua Tree promise.” It was basically an understanding with the community as well? National Park we went through a general that, “Okay, we’re not going to be able to QUINTANA: It was all very positive and it management plan, a big planning process. do away with it, but we can stop any addi- could have been the total opposite. I’m not How are we going to manage this park for tional bolts being put in.” quite certain why that occurred. My sense the next 20 years? A lot of community in- [Climbers] said, “Our bolts on these is the small community that basically raised volvement, public input, meetings. rock faces are, in essence, trails, like that me was very proud of the fact that one of One particular aspect of the general you put on the ground.” their native sons is back in a very key role management plan that created a lot of con- I said, “I can live with that.” I said, as a superintendent. I think it also had to troversy had to do with climbing. Joshua “Now, I can also live with the fact that if do with the fact that I wanted to make sure Tree National Park is known as a climbers’ one of them becomes unsafe and comes that the relations between the park and the park. It has a boulder field, not a lot of loose, that you can replace it without get- gateway communities were always upfront high-pitch multiple climbs, but it has a va- ting permission. But if you start to develop and priority. riety of small-pitch climbs. The controversy new routes, you need permission from us.” At first it was a little bit of a push-and- was we were going to regulate how the That was the accepted rule. By then I think pull to get the employees to come along bolting aspect of climbing was permitted in it was okay with the climbing community [and participate in community events], but the park. Now, bolting means that there’s a because they had pretty much established every little community has [these celebra- little hole that’s drilled in the rock, there’s quite a few of these vertical routes on the tions]. We’re up in every parade. We would a piece of metal, an anchor, that’s put in. wall with using their bolts, but there were put these floats together — a flatbed truck Then there’s a bolt that’s then screwed into still some that said, “I’m not so sure I want with some streamers on it, rangers in uni- that metal anchor which is attached to the to be restricted by that.” form. And we made it fun. We had the best rock, and then on that is a little piece of The other part was, “Well, how are you time, and the community loved it. metal with basically a hole in it so your going to regulate that? How do you know, Maybe that’s why we had such a good carabiner hooks through there. It’s a pro- if I’m out there and you can’t see me, I’m working relationship. Not only do they tection device. If you slip and fall, that’s putting a new route in?” I said, “Well, I’m know me because I grew up in the town, supposed to catch you. not going to be able to catch it all, but if but they understood in a very sincere way But we were seeing, wow, for years I do, you’ll understand that you’re in the that we wanted to be a part of the commu- we’ve been allowing the climbers to just wrong, and we’ll address it at that point in nity. And it was important for us to listen put them up wherever. We got to thinking time.” So it was a compromise. to the community, especially when they we wouldn’t let just anybody go out there had some ideas. There were some times and chip a hole in our natural resource Lu Ann Jones is a staff historian in the when I had to back away a little gracefully and stick something permanent on there. I Park History Program in Washington, D.C. said, “Something’s not right here.” But to from some of the ideas, but I was very for- Lilli Tichinin, a former intern with the Park tunate that they understood the reason why change that practice, it was going to take History Program and Supernaugh Memorial I had to say no sometimes. I was lucky in a lot of work and a lot of convincing. The Scholarship winner, is program coordinator for many respects, in that the community not climbing community said, “We’ve been do- Folk Arts, Art Projects and Accessibility at New only respected the position [I held], but ing it forever. So are you telling us we can’t Mexico Arts in Santa Fe. they respected me as well do it anymore?” They also said, “Well, it’s Kyle Bjornson, intern with the Park History the safety issues too. If you’re telling us we Program, edited this oral history excerpt. JONES: Even in that general wonderful can’t replace one that’s weak, that’s a safety experience, there must have been particular concern.” RANGER • Summer 2016 u 13 INTRODUCE US TO SUPPORTERS It is critical for you to help us identify and contact potential donors, sponsors and exhibitors for Ranger Rendezvous, whether or not you attend. Also, freely thank these supporters every time you have the chance (see the list of sponsors and exhibitors in every issue of Ranger). Information is available at https://www.anpr.org/ event-2207175. VOLUNTEER FOR RENDEZVOUS We need volunteers for specific assignments before and during the event. Past volunteer opportunities have included helping out in communications and pho- tography; logistics; registration; sponsor- ships and donations; scholarships; exhibit space; hospitality; and field trips. Please contact Alison Steiner at anprbusiness- Register NOW [email protected] today to inquire. FOR RANGER RENDEZVOUS IN CONTRIBUTE TO THE RAFFLE AND AUCTION SANTA FE THIS OCTOBER! Whether or not you come to Santa Fe, please plan to send or bring items for the raffle and silent auction to support ANPR. nline registration is open at www. programs and activities are designed for Items include national-park-related and anpr.org for the Association of attendees across all NPS divisions. one-of-a-kind items. These events may be National Park Rangers (ANPR) Highlights are national and regional especially interesting this year, given all of O39th Annual Ranger Rendezvous in Santa keynote speakers, professional development the trading of international memorabilia at Fe, New Mexico, October 27-30. Rendez- and training sessions on a wide variety the World Ranger Congress in May. vous is ANPR’s conference for national of valuable topics, networking, social park professionals. It provides an unparal- activities, guided tours, field trips and a ENTER THE PHOTO leled experience to learn and network with service activity. CONTEST current, past and future NPS colleagues Keynote speakers announced so Be sure to take your camera along on and friends from across the U.S. Bookmark far include NPS Associate Director of your day trips and travels so that you can and watch the website as information Workforce, Relevancy and Inclusion Mike enter your photographs in the Rendezvous about speakers and sessions is announced Reynolds, Fort Union National Monument photo contest (photos from the past are and updated. Superintendent Charlie Strickfaden and eligible, too). The categories are: Conference rates vary by registra- Bandelier National Monument • People in the Parks (receive permission tion date and for ANPR members and Superintendent Jason Lott. from photo subjects before submitting non-members, students, one-day partici- Conference sessions are being posted your photos) pants, spouses and evening-only attendees and updated online until the conference • Landscapes — allowing for many options. 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14 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers ANPR https://www.anpr.org/resources/ At Bandelier you will see cliff dwellings, Documents/ANPR_RangerRendez- petroglyphs, excavated archaeological sites, CALENDAR vous_2016_PhotoContestFlier.pdf. ceremonial sites and waterfalls (http:// www.nps.gov/band/index.htm). At APPLY FOR Pecos you’ll experience the Civil War Glo- ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL A SCHOLARSHIP rieta battlefield, Cicuye pueblo and Forked CONFERENCE AND Lightning Ranch. Pecos Valley represents RANGER RENDEZVOUS Bill Supernaugh was an ANPR life the meeting of Spanish, Mexican, Indi- member, an avid supporter of the an and Anglo conquerors, missionaries, October 27-30, 2016 Association, and a National Park Service communities and armies along the Santa Santa Fe, New Mexico employee for over 39 years. Since 2007, Fe Trail (http://www.nps.gov/peco/ Bill Supernaugh Memorial Scholarships index.htm). have allowed early-career employees, NPS At the Manhattan Project park site in volunteers and students to experience Los Alamos, you will see where more than Send us your the annual Ranger Rendezvous and learn 6,000 scientists and employees labored to about ANPR. Any ANPR member or park design and build the first atomic bombs. ideas and stories employee who has not attended a As a conference participant, you will have Rendezvous is eligible to apply. the rare opportunity to tour and talk with for Ranger Scholarships are funded by the generous https://www.nps.gov/ site employees ( lease send your feature article support of ANPR members. mapr/manhattan-project-los-alamos. ideas to kendellthompson@ Scholarships include: htm P ). gmail.com. Please send letters to • Basic conference registration fees Ten major airlines serve Albuquerque, the editor, completed announce- (not including additional trainings, an hour’s drive from Santa Fe. Santa Fe ments, photos and captions for field trips, etc.) also has a municipal airport and the city is All in the Family and all items for • Hotel room (likely shared) located along U.S. Interstate Highway 25, ANPR Actions & News, ANPR • Actual or partial transportation costs U.S. Route 285 and State Highway 599. Reports and book review ideas to (not to exceed $300) Amtrak’s Southwest Chief stops in Albu- Ranger Editor Ann Dee Allen at • One-year membership to ANPR. querque, Las Vegas and Lamy, which has [email protected]. https://www. Applications are being accepted shuttle service to Santa Fe ( Send fully completed content amtrak.com/southwest-chief-train through August 31 at https://www. ). for these departments for the fall anpr.org/event-2178216. Scholarships Whether you plan to participate in issue by August 31. Questions? will be announced by September 15. spirit or in person, please join us in making Kindly email or call Ann at Ranger Rendezvous a great success. To be eligible for a (414) 778-0026 Central time. scholarship, you must: Lauren Kopplin • Have never attended [email protected] Ranger Rendezvous • Currently be an ANPR member or an NPS employee • Be able to attend Rendezvous in its entirety from October 27 through 30.

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RANGER • Summer 2016 u 15 THE PROFESSIONAL RANGER

“We are family, both human and wild. We are storytellers. Story is the umbilical cord between the past, present, and future… Each of you carry a story of your home ground…YOU are the storytellers, the passionate ones, the interpreters, the ones who carry a passion for the land.”

uthor, environmental activist and enous welcome at the opening ceremony park advocate Terry Tempest Williams representing the Navajo People, one of the WRC RECAPWRC A offered these inspiring words at the 8th more than 500 indigenous groups in the World Ranger Congress in Estes Park, Col- U.S., the Native groups that our Canadian orado, on May 26, 2016. The Congress, colleagues refer to as First Nations and our INTERPRETATION the triennial meeting of the International Australian friends call Original Owners of Ranger Federation, was sponsored by the the land. U.S Association of National Park Rangers Henry also gave a compelling presen- Reflections in honor of the Centennial of the National tation of Navajo stories, demonstrating Park Service (NPS). exemplar skill and audience engagement. on the 8th Storytelling of the finest order was ex- Ranger Shelton Johnson of Yosemite emplified by two NPS interpretive rangers National Park in California performed as World Ranger at the Congress. Ranger Ravis McQuade Buffalo Soldier Sgt. Elizy Bowman, a Black Henry of Canyon de Chelly National Indian, sharecropper’s son, veteran of the Congress Monument in Arizona offered an indig- Indian Wars and one of the first rangers

ADMINISTRATION Bulletin 16-03. The National Park Service 24-month period for which they are estab- is also beginning to announce permanent lishing eligibility and must have initially Temporary jobs using the language of the LMWFA. been hired under competitive examining As a supervisor, I am excited about the procedures to the time-limited appoint- employees have opportunities that this new law opens up ment. Former land management agency for longtime seasonal staff at our national employees must apply for a position cov- more permanent parks. We can finally provide good news to ered by these provisions within two years job opportunities seasonal employees who have worked for after their most recent date of separation, many seasons in the hopes of getting a foot and they must have been separated for t long last it may pay off to work in the door as candidates for permanent reasons other than misconduct or perfor- Along term as a temporary seasonal positions. I, myself, worked for nine sea- mance. employee! A recent law has opened the sons as a temporary worker before finally Under the Act, eligible applicants must door for eligible Term and Seasonal landing that elusive permanent job. be rated and ranked with other merit pro- workers to apply to merit promotion job Now, under the LMWFA, two groups motion candidates under the same assess- announcements — an option formerly of individuals are eligible to apply to merit ment criteria such as a crediting plan. The off limits to non-permanent employees. promotion announcements: current and/or appointing official may select any candidate This has changed as a result of The Land former employees now serving or who have from among the best qualified group of Management Workforce Flexibility Act served under time-limited competitive ap- applicants, consistent with the procedures (LMWFA), P.L. 114-47) which was signed pointments at land management agencies. in 5 CFR part 335. If selected, an individ- into law on August 7, 2015. The Act allows Land Management Agencies include: the ual is given a career or career-conditional certain individuals who currently are or for- Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land appointment, as appropriate. Veterans merly were under time-limited competitive Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. preference does not apply when selecting appointments to compete for permanent Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park candidates under this authority, as it is not positions under “internal” merit promotion Service and U.S. Forest Service. a consideration when filling jobs under procedures. To be eligible for permanent employ- merit promotion. The Office of Personnel Management is- ment, both current and/or former em- It is my hope that this new hiring flexi- sued interim implementation guidance for ployees must not have any one break of bility encourages our longtime eligible sea- hiring agencies in April 2016 in Personnel service that exceeds two years during the sonal employees to apply to permanent job

16 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers in Yosemite. Telling stories that have been responded, “everything.” Williams showed hidden from history, Henry and Johnson us how to incorporate the stories of our spoke proudly of their home ground and audiences into our presentations, how to an authentic passion for the land, and stand aside and showcase their experiences demonstrated how to bring rangers and before ours. park visitors closer to the places we love. In Williams’ book, An Unspoken Williams inspired all and demonstrated Hunger: Stories from the Field, she writes of an audience-centered form of interpreta- her Maasai guide in Kenya, “Samuel gives tion, a style essential in the 21st century. away his knowledge sparingly — in gentle, Terry Termpest Williams Having spoken with numerous delegates to quiet doses. He is respectful of his teachers and Brian Forist. Photo the Congress before her talk, she incorpo- and those he is teaching. In this way he is courtesy of Brian Forist. rated what she had learned from them into generous. He gives me the pleasure of her address. She shared stories of a family of discovery.” In her speech, as Henry and brothers and sisters in service to one park, Johnson did in their presentations, visitors, their love of the protected the Earth; of the young ranger from Cam- Williams gave her knowledge sparingly, places of the world, and to help them eroon who was beaten by poachers protect- allowing each of us the opportunity to to personally dive in to the home ing the monkeys she loves; of the Mexican discover our own connections to past, grounds we all love. ranger protecting monarch butterflies and present and future. their pathway of peace between Mexico As she told us, “It is not enough to love — Brian Forist, Mesa Verde National and Canada; of the ranger from Korea who, the world. We must dive in.” As interpret- Park, Colorado, and Indiana University when asked what the parks meant to him, ers, as storytellers, our role is to honor our

announcements that now state: “open to executive action, the home of Suffragist legacies of such great value to the American current career/career-conditional National leader Alice Paul and the headquarters of people, the president would receive Park Service employees or individuals eli- the National Women’s Party — the group universal thanks and acclaim. You would gible under the Land Management Work- that fought for and won ratification of the be wrong. force Flexibility Act.” I hope supervisors 19th Amendment giving women the right Over the past five years, the president’s embrace the LMWFA as a means to finally to vote — will be protected in perpetuity use of the Antiquities Act has triggered a reach loyal seasonal workers who may be for the benefit and enjoyment of the Amer- torrent of backlash from critics who decry eligible under this act. ican people. the use of an “unjust,” unilateral authority For more information about the This president has not been shy about that forces Congress to acquiesce to the LMWFA please visit: https://www. using the Antiquities Act. He has respond- “whims” of an imperial presidency. These congress.gov/114/plaws/publ47/ ed to the will of preservation-minded com- critics claim that the use of the Antiquities PLAW-114publ47.pdf munities across the United States to protect Act lacks transparency, accountability and large natural spaces such as Chimney Rock public input. They accuse the president of — Michelle Torok, Saguaro and Tumacácori, Arizona in Colorado, the Organ Mountains in New overreach. And some critics in Congress Mexico and the San Gabriel Mountains have introduced legislation to restrict or in California. Yet, it is the president’s use eliminate the president’s ability to use the PERSPECTIVE: of the Antiquities Act to create smaller Antiquities Act altogether. national monuments like those in honor of At the root of this ill will is the 1906 CULTURAL RESOURCES Harriet Tubman, Charles Young and Cesar law that empowers the president to reserve Chavez — new park sites commemorating or withdraw federal lands to protect his- Here’s to the the legacies of Americans from diverse toric, cultural, scenic or scientific objects Antiquities Act racial and ethnic backgrounds that, in my within those lands from damage, theft or estimation, may be the greatest part of incompatible development. Designation of n April 12, 2016, President Barack Obama’s strong conservation legacy. the property as a national monument is the OObama used the Antiquities Act CRITICS CRY FOUL means by which a president may protect to declare the Belmont-Paul Women’s land and resources in perpetuity. Over the You might think that, in recognition Equality National Monument a unit of continued on pg. 18 the National Park System. Thanks to this of his preserving in perpetuity land and

RANGER • Summer 2016 u 17 continued from pg. 17 the remnants of as many as 15,000 people in response to pleas from the local Citizens of African descent from the 17th and 18th for a Fort Monroe National Park to estab- last 110 years, the Antiquities Act has been centuries who were buried in an unmarked lish federal protections for the site after used by 16 presidents (eight Republicans cemetery north of Wall Street. the Army discontinued its mission there. and eight Democrats) to protect sites as Bush’s action saved in perpetuity the In 2011, there were two public meetings varied as the Grand Canyon, the Statue of remains of enslaved foremothers and fore- and a long public comment period during Liberty and the African Burial Ground. fathers in their final resting place — a deci- which citizen groups from such disparate The controversy over the use of the sion made over the objections of some city backgrounds as the Sons and Daughters of Antiquities Act began in the 1940s in planners who opposed preservation of the Confederate Veterans and the Contraband Wyoming when President Franklin D. entire site. The planners believed that Historical Society shared their visions for a Roosevelt designated the Jackson Hole merely photographing the area and future national park. National Monument. There was little collecting a few relics would suffice as Achieving 100 percent consensus is local support and the site was eventually preservation. They were counting on the almost never possible, but the Fort Monroe de-designated by an act of Congress. Then, construction of a new federal building, a national monument campaign probably in 1996, President Bill Clinton used the building that would have obliterated this scored in the high 90s. The inherent Antiquities Act to designate one million sacred landscape. openness and commitment on the part acres of land at Grand Staircase-Escalante Absent the Antiquities Act authority, of the president to include public input in southern Utah as a national monument. it would have required an act of Congress in monument designations is something Locals were not involved in the process to stave off plans for such incompatible that the president’s critics appear to have and received just nine day’s notice that the development. Hampered by excessive and missed. That’s a pity because this president Grand Staircase designation was imminent. needless restrictions, it might have taken has proven that the Antiquities Act, as It is impossible, even as a supporter of the President Bush more time to act, drawing written, can be used with transparency Antiquities Act, not to acknowledge the out the process and further endangering and openness. lack of transparency in that process. preservation efforts. It’s not 1996 anymore. And the Antiq- A TOOL FOR GREATER GOOD OBAMA CHOOSES uities Act remains a valid, viable tool for Obama and subsequent presidents to use Yet, for every instance where use of the TRANSPARENCY when the people will it and the Congress Antiquities Act might be seen as an abuse, cannot or will not act to protect the lands there are myriad examples of presidents As for the Obama administration, trans- and resources we all value and love. using this authority to save endangered re- parency and public input have been part of each national monument designation pro- sources in a timely fashion. In 2006, Presi- — Alan Spears, National Parks Conservation dent George W. Bush used the Antiquities cess over the past five years. The president’s Association, Washington, D.C. Act to protect the African Burial Ground first national monument designation, Fort in lower Manhattan. The site contained Monroe near Hampton, Virginia, began

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18 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers All inthe Family Julena Campbell has been selected as U.S. Department of Interior (DOI). National Parks. During her tenure with the new chief of interpretation and The award is DOI’s highest honorary rec- NPS she worked in three national parks, a cultural resources at New River Gorge ognition and is presented to employees for regional office and had two tours of duty in National River, Gauley River National outstanding contributions made during NPS Headquarters. She received the Recreation Area and Bluestone eminent careers in DOI or for exceptional DOI’s Meritorious Service award in 1996. National Scenic River in West Virginia. contributions to public service. Finnerty is Finnerty is currently the chair of the She brings 23 years of experience to an Association of National Park Rangers Coalition to Protect America’s the position, most recently as the chief (ANPR) founding member, life member National Parks. of interpretation at the Southeast and past ANPR president (1985-86) who Arizona Group. has been integral to the success of ANPR. Richard Stirzaker has accepted a She retired in 2005 after 31 years in the permanent Park Guide position Maureen Finnerty has received a National Park Service, having served as at George Washington Memorial Distinguished Service Award from the superintendent of Olympic and Everglades Parkway.

Pennsylvania State University and helping with research on wildlife and Virginia Polytechnic University. In the vegetation. In addition, he wrote the In Memoriam 1980s, Greenlee was the project leader on proposal for a tree propagation and plant- Harold James (Hal) Greenlee, 81, died the Gettysburg deer management program ing program at Guanacaste National Park, March 26, 2016, in Fort Myers, Florida. that reduced the deer population to the Costa Rica. As a young man, Greenlee worked for capacity of the park. When Vickie Greenlee retired in 1998, United Airlines and served in Guam as a Greenlee also worked with the Future the couple spent most of the next five years U.S. Navy SeaBee. Following his return Farmers of America (FFA) to replant the traveling all over the U.S. and then moved to the U.S., Greenlee and his wife Alison historic Sherfy Peach Orchard. He planted to Florida. They summered near Smith moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, tree screens and directed YCC tree removal Gettysburg for many years. where he became a student and a graduate and planting to help restore the 1863 view. Hal Greenlee is survived by his wife of the Colorado State University School Also at Gettysburg, Greenlee served as su- Vickie, daughter Mary Greenlee, sons of Forestry. pervisor of the summer YCC and met Vic- Daniel Greenlee and Michael Greenlee, five Greenlee joined the National Park Ser- toria Brenner Weitzel. The two were mar- grandchildren and three great-grandchil- vice in 1969 as a trainee at Yellowstone Na- ried on June 6, 1981. They made a great dren. Memorial donations can be made to tional Park in Wyoming before transferring team and accomplished much work in and the Gettysburg Foundation, 1195 Balti- to Washington, DC, where he worked at for the parks. Weitzel had been a founder more Pike, Gettysburg, PA 17325. Please Rock Creek Park Nature Center. In 1971, of the Friends of the National Parks at Get- note that gifts are for the rehabilitation of the family moved to Utah, where Green- tysburg and later became executive director. the Historic Spangler Farm. lee served as a district ranger at Dinosaur Greenlee was instrumental in two signif- National Monument. In 1975, Alison was icant, successful efforts to remove unsightly killed in an auto accident and Greenlee power lines in Gettysburg. He also helped Send a new member to transferred to Zion National Park in Utah. found the Adams County Agricultural At Zion, Greenlee was the Kolob Ranger Rendezvous Land Preservation Board and served on the district ranger. He continued to work with board for eight years. ranchers who used park grazing lands and Upon his retirement in 1996, Greenlee also served as a search-and-rescue ranger DONATE volunteered for the Audubon Society of to the and wildfire fighter. He also developed and Belize, which has oversight of the country’s supervised Zion’s summer Youth national parks. On Half Moon Cay he Supernaugh Fund Conservation Corps (YCC). devised a program to eliminate the black In 1978, Greenlee became natural re- rats that preyed on young, rare blue-footed sources manager at Gettysburg National ANPR booby birds, installed a solar power system, SUPERNAUGH Military Park and Eisenhower National and provided park services for tourists and scholarship fund Historic Site in Pennsylvania. He super- scuba divers. He also worked in Audubon’s vised the farming program and initiated Belize City headquarters and upcountry, several masters’ degree studies with anpr.org/donate

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A RANGER’S RANGER He understands how to soak up each new experience for what it is: An opportunity Paths Edwards’ accounts are motivational to challenge himself and learn and grow, all because they make me want to be a better the while helping others. ranger. He continually refers to patrols Here’s another thing Edwards believes — whether by boat on the high seas of an about the ranger profession: it’s not just Crossed: angry Lake Superior or the backwaters of about protecting the parks, it’s also about the Everglades’ Ten Thousand Islands, in a serving, helping and protecting visitors. He Protecting four-wheel-drive rig at Pictured Rocks or relates a story about three inexperienced on foot in a designated wilderness — on paddlers who attempted to canoe the open National Parks which his primary mission was to ensure waters of Isle Royale’s large inland lakes. He that “things were the way they ought to warned the men about the hazards of Clif Edwards. ShowMe Publishing, USA. 2016. be.” What a simple reminder of one of our ISBN: 9781507680414. 264 pages. navigating the cold, windswept northern most basic and important reasons to go to waters in a small and overloaded craft, and By Kevin Moses, work every day as rangers: To make sure implored them to wear lifejackets. You’ll things are the way they should be in our Middle Buffalo District have to read the book to understand districts and parks. Edwards’ role in the outcome. Edwards always kept copious notes ’ve always wanted to see Isle Royale while on patrol. Time and again in Paths PAYING TRIBUTE National Park and Pictured Rocks Crossed, he recounts solving mysteries be- I appreciated Paths Crossed for more National Lakeshore in northern cause he could connect a suspect to a place IMichigan, and since reading Clif Edwards’ reasons than I can mention here. Two rea- and time via his diligent use of the simplest sons, however, are personal. Edwards opens Paths Crossed: Protecting National Parks, of investigatory tools: pen and paper. the book with a dedication to Kris Eggle, a my desire to visit these parks has only Most of the “who-done-its” that personal friend of mine and a fellow rang- increased. And although I have spent some Edwards deciphered during his time as er who was murdered in the line of duty. time in southern Florida’s Everglades a U.S. park ranger were misdemeanors, Eggle was killed in 2002 at Arizona’s Organ National Park, I want to return there and which was a significant change from the Pipe Cactus National Monument along the revisit the district in which Edwards hardcore crimes he had worked on as a Mexico border. Edwards tells of Eggle’s last rangered to see it through his eyes. Michigan State Police detective. To Ed- heroic patrol and relates a connection be- Edwards does an outstanding job of wards, it didn’t matter that most of his NPS tween himself, his son, Eggle and Eggle’s fa- painting the varied landscapes of these cases weren’t “the big arrests in the sky.” He ther, Bob, with whom I’ve come to be dear three magnificent parks, describing in de- poured his heart into cracking each case to friends. Edwards also gives a portion of the tail their changing moods, conditions and make things “the way things ought to be.” book’s profits to the daughters of slain U.S. terrain, their beauties, their hazards and the Edwards believes that a person who vio- Park Ranger Margaret Anderson, who was unique challenges to the rangers in each lates a regulation must be held accountable. murdered in the line of duty in 2012 at one. And he shouldered the responsibility of Mount Rainier National Park. Anderson Paths Crossed includes maps of the parks, holding criminals accountable the way any and I spent a week participating in cliff but I found myself digging up even more sworn officer should. Before long, word be- rescue training at Shenandoah National detailed maps while reading the book so gan to spread among returning park visitors Park in 2007. I remember her as a beautiful that I could better follow Edwards’ ad- that Ranger Edwards did not tolerate folks human soul and a fine ranger. ventures. This is because Edwards’ writing coming to the parks to harm the resource Edwards cares enough about what it leads the reader to experience what it is like or other visitors. to be inside the stories within these parks. means to be a ranger to introduce readers Stories, plural. Part of the charm of APPLYING EVERY SKILL to rangering through Eggle’s story. I cannot Paths overstate how much this means to me. Edwards’ third book (following Enforcing our parks’ laws wasn’t the Crossed: Villains-Victims-Victors and A In the opening vignette of Paths Crossed, only job Edwards performed with fervor. Closer Look Edwards honors both my friend and his ) is that it includes dozens of He tackled our “traditional ranger skills” short stories. These one-word-titled vi- Vietnam-veteran father — two fine Ameri- with equal enthusiasm: search and rescue, can patriots, one killed in action, the other gnettes illustrate his collective rangering ad- emergency medical services, wildland fire- ventures, which spanned 14 seasons across wounded — with a one-word title that fighting, backcountry stewardship and, in could not be more fitting: two states and three parks. In between the his case, frequent marine patrols. Perhaps stories, Edwards provides a peppering of this is another reason this book resonates “Warriors.” inspirational quotes from other people. with me. Edwards is my kind of ranger: Throughout the book his style is “boots Kevin Moses is Middle Buffalo District ranger One who knows that our calling demands and search and rescue coordinator for Buffalo on the ground” — authentic, to the point, much of us and that no matter how inspiring and motivational. National River in Harrison, Arkansas, and daunting the job can be, it’s an adventure. BTRT-E incident commander.

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Mark Flanders zone around the park to protect the ani- National Parks & Wildlife mals in the park. I talk to the women in 10 communities about agriculture, farming Service, Australia and domestic animals and ask them for I joined the national parks in 2000 as their permission to allow tourists to visit. I a cultural inheritance officer and am now like to help because the population is poor. a discovery tour guide. Being a senior I help the women with literacy and explain cultural inheritance officer means that I why they should eat the pigs and not the work with four staff members to look after animals in the park. I’m also in charge of human resources and staffing for the park. I’ve been working there for 22 years. Buhendwa Muzuri Germaine, DRC, with happy to represent Israel at the Congress Alan Spears, National Park and become part of the International Conservation Association, U.S. Ranger Federation. I believe nature has no borders. At the Congress I learned that rangers from around the world share the aboriginal sites and artifacts. As a discov- same values. I received invitations to work ery guide I lead tours for park visitors. It’s with rangers from many countries and humbling to educate people about aborig- I’m planning to do it because when we are inal culture. I’ve been given permission united together, we are stronger. from my elders to talk about our culture Ilan Yeger, Israel, with Florin Halastauan, and I’ve learned so much. I’m starting to Romania, International Ranger Federation see the fruition of my job after 25 years. regional representative for Europe. I’m seeing young people become role mod- els for others. Now I would like to do research on local aboriginal culture and write a book about foods and medicines. Sangay Dorjee Mark Flanders, Australia, with Lisa Eckert, Jomotsangkha Wildlife Bryce Canyon National Park, U.S. Sanctuary, Bhutan I was able to do training in Colorado with 28 rangers from 14 countries. The Ilan Yeger training we received was really important Nature and National Parks and quite energizing. We shared experi- Protection Authority, Israel ences and management practices. We were talking about the fact that poachers are not I am the head of special operations and localized, they are interconnected all over preventing hunting in Israel. I have worked Buhendwa Muzuri the world, and so we as rangers, as conser- for the NPA for 25 years. I work with vationists, as law enforcement officers, also rangers from all over the country in order Germaine need to connect ourselves. We have to work to bring them new knowledge and better Kahuzi-Biega National Park together as if we are in one national park. methods to protect nature. For example, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Whether you are in the eastern part of the we train sniffer dogs to find the remains of Democratic Republic of Congo world or the western part of the world, we protected wild animals [who were illegally have a common shared goal to protect hunted] so that now our rangers can easily I’m very happy to attend the World nature and the protect wildlife. handle everything from the identification Ranger Congress. I do sensitivization and of the crime place to the lab. I’m very education activities with women in a buffer NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis, U.S., with Sangay Dorjee, Bhutan.

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Michael Autenrieth.Pine Plains, NY Mark Bir...... Yucca Valley, CA Allison Bishop...... Hartville, OH Chelsea Blake.... Jemez Pueblo, NM Cathy Buckingham. Groveland, CA Allen Etheridge...... Sierra Vista, AZ Shanna Ramsey...... Sierra Vista, AZ Timothy Farrell...... Brooklyn, NY Thomas Garcia...... Arlington, VA Donna Gill...... Oro Valley, AZ Jackie Gonzales...... Albany, NY Hilary Grabowska...... Nageezi, NM Erica Haller...... Frisco, NC Jansen Hayhurst.... Hampstead, NC Benjamin Hoppe...... Green Bay, WI Gabriella Hornbeck ...... Middleborough, MA Elizabeth Jackson..... Carlsbad, NM Andrew Keller...... Denali Park, AK Jan Kirwan...... Mesilla NM Charles Lennox...... Seattle, WA Joseph Lombardo ...... Altamonte Springs, FL Jeff McKinney.... San Francisco, CA A.J. North...... Greencastle, PA Kevin O’Neill...... Bay Shore, NY Andrew Prinn....Owings Mills, MD Brian Rutledge...... Tucson, AZ Lea Selig...... Grants Pass, OR Shad Sitz...... Sisters, OR Scott Stang...... Tucson, AZ Rachel Vegors...... Jackson, TN Zachary Whitlow.... Alexandria, VA Cheri Worley...... Vienna, VA

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