Vol. 6 No. 4 Fall 1999 $3.75 (Newsletter Employees & Alumni Association of the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Director Stanton's DOI Announces NPS Advisory Board Members Founders' Day Message ecretary of the Interior Bruce According to the Historic Sites Act, The National Park System Advisory rectorate for Education and Human Babbitt announced his ap­ the 12 Advisory Board members are Board members follow: Resources Programs, American Spointment of members to the experts in archeology, anthropology, Margaret L. "Margie" Brown, Association for the Advancement I am pleased to send this message National Park System Advisory history, ecology, geology, historical former senior vice president, Cook of Science, Washington, DC to my fellow National Park Ser­ Board. The board advises the NPS or landscape architecture, biology, Inlet Region, Inc., AK Gary Paul Nabhan, director, vice employees as we look for­ Director and the Secretary on issues marine science, social science, park Conservation Sciences and Ari- ward to celebrating Founders' Robert S. Chandler, retired, concerning the national parks and management or business and finan­ zona-Sonora Desert Museum, AZ Day on Aug. 25, marking our 83rd programs managed by the NPS. It cial management. At least one mem­ NPS, CA birthday. also makes recommendations con­ ber is a locally elected official from Sylvia A. Earle, explorer in resi­ Marie W. Ridder, resource man­ ager, VA As the 15th Director of the Na­ cerning national historic landmarks, an area adjacent to a national park. dence, National Geographic Society, tional Park Service, I have had the national natural landmarks and pro­ The Advisory Board was established Washington, DC Stanley Selengut, civil engineer, pleasure of meeting with many of posed national historic trails. in 1935 to advise the Secretary of the John Hope Franklin, professor Maho Bay Camps, NY you while visiting national park Members were appointed Aug. 19 to Interior on matters of the National emeritus of history, Duke Parker Westbrook, president and sites and offices across the coun­ serve terms no longer than four Park System and the Historic Sites University, NC restoration advisor, Pioneer try. On my travels, I am constantly years. They represent various areas Act. When the board's authorization Javier M. Gonzales, Santa Fe, NM, Washington Restoration Founda­ reminded of how proud we all are of the country and have demon­ expired in 1995, it was reestablished Board of Commissioners tion, AR of these majestic and magnificent strated their commitment to the NPS administratively. The board's char­ Thomas B. Williams, former national parks that make up such Charles R. Jordan, director, Parks mission. Board members serve with­ ter has been extended to Jan. 1,2006 Democratic staff director, Com­ a significant part of this country's and Recreation, Portland, OR out compensation other than travel under legislative authority (Public mittee on Energy and Natural Re­ natural and cultural heritage. expenses and per diem allowance. Law 104-333). Shirley Mahaley Malcom, head, Di­ sources, U.S. Senate, VA. This past year has been a favor­ able one for the National Park Service. Last fall, we embraced Landmark Agreement to Restore Acadia's Trails two new parks that tell compel­ vate fund-raising efforts with $4 ling stories about our history. million from park entrance fees. Little Rock Central High School This is the first time the Fee and Tuskegee Airmen. Recently, Demonstration Program will be we launched the Natural Re­ used in combination with pri­ sources Challenge, solidifying our vately raised funds. "This agree­ responsibility of using sound sci­ ment sets America's compass to ence to protect resources better. blaze new trails along the corri­ We have found that the face of our dors of public-private partner­ workforce is more diverse, espe­ ships," said Babbitt. "Partner­ cially in our seasonal programs. I ships like this are models for am proud to say that we have re­ other units of the National Park vitalized our commitment to the System. It shows how deeply safety of our employees. And, we and creatively all Americans are passing all of this on to the love their public landscapes." youth of this nation through youth ft programs, like the Youth Con­ The Acadia Trails Forever res­ servation and Public Lands B toration project is estimated to Corps and our educational out­ I take about 10 years to complete reach efforts. Also, all of the and cost approximately $ 13 mil­ work with the First Lady and the lion. With the support of $4 mil­ White House on the Save Secretary of the Interior Babbitt unveils a trails sign presented to Tristram and Ruth Colket, Jr. in lion from park fees, Friends of America's Treasures Program, appreciation of their gift to Friends of Acadia.The Colket's donation is one of the largest ever to a Maine Acadia must raise $9 million along with the many other part­ conservation organization. Pictured left to right: Ken Olson, president, Friends of Acadia, Bruce Babbitt, through private donations. To nerships we enjoy, has proven Bob Stanton, Paul Ftaertel, Acadia NP supt., Tristram Colket, Jr. and Ruth Colket. help kick off the project, Friends to be a remarkable effort. of Acadia received a pledge of $5 million from Mr. and Mrs. I am especially looking forward Secretary of the Interior Bab­ effort to restore the 130-mile trail project since the massive Civilian Tristram C. Colket, Jr. The to the year ahead as we welcome bitt, NPS Director Stanton and system at Acadia National Park. The Conservation Corps in the early Colket's donation is one of the the millennium...finally! I am go­ Friends of Acadia have signed restoration effort, called Acadia 1930s. The agreement between the largest ever to a Maine conser­ ing to continue to pay particular a landmark agreement that Trails Forever, is considered the park and the Friends of Acadia calls vation organization. attention to the preservation of our launches a multimillion-dollar most comprehensive Acadia trails for the federal agency to match pri­ resources, the well-being of our workforce and press ahead to en­ gage our young in all aspects of Mount Rainier Celebrates 100th Anniversary the National Park Service. As employees of the National pproximately 400 guests tion for $1.4 million in planning signings by several prominent activities and events, which will Park Service, we are the keepers A and representatives from a money to replace the Jackson Visi­ Northwest authors and photogra­ continue throughout the remainder of the American heritage, and as variety of TV, radio and print media tor Center and $1 million for resto­ phers, special events for children and of the year. such, have an awesome responsi­ participated on Aug. 12 in a day-long ration of the historic Guide House, other activities. Director Stanton's Keynote fol­ bility. I know we are all up to the celebration of the park's centennial, both at Paradise. The event was only one of dozens lows: challenges facing us this coming commemorating a century of re­ Surrounding the formal program of special events and programs com­ Director Stanton's Keynote: The year because the future of our na­ source stewardship. were special interpretive programs memorating the park's centennial Natural Resource Challenge tional parks depends on it. Director Stanton delivered the key­ commemorating a variety of events, that have occurred throughout the "Improving Natural Resource Happy Founders' Day to each and note address, unveiling the Natural characters and issues in the park's Puget Sound region over the past Stewardship in the National Park every one of you and thank you Resources Challenge (See Director history, a Northwest salmon bake year. Washington's National Parks System," signed by the director and for a job well done! Stanton's Keynote). Senator Slade hosted by park concessioner GSI and Fund established a coalition of ma­ Gorton announced his recommenda­ several Native American tribes, book jor donors to sponsor many of the sent to all superintendents. continued on page 8 (V^wsletter

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Preservationists are rallying "with officially transferring 3,108 acres of presented throughout the day by sto­ the speed of Stonewall Jackson" to BLM lands in Lost Spring Canyon rytellers, dancers and musicians oppose a 203-home subdivision at to the NPS. Another 32 acres of state from the Three Affiliated Tribes the doorstep of Harpers Ferry land is to be transferred to the park (Hidatsa, Mandan and Arikara) re­ NHP. Supt. Don Campbell hailed in the near future. siding on the nearby Fort Berthold the efforts of the park's Friends Indian Reservation. The park is pre­ group and the Harpers Ferry Con­ El Mapais NM dedicated a new visi­ paring for a silver anniversary cel­ servancy, both of which are work­ tor center in Grants, NM. Known as ebration in October to celebrate its ing to block the development. The the "Badlands" in Spanish, El creation in 1874. S3 project abuts the park entrance. He Malpais preserves an ancient volca­ urged those concerned about the nic landscape and a rich history of On July 8, the nest of a federally "Murphy's Landing" development human inhabitation. The center will threatened loggerhead sea turtle c JJ to contact Secretary of the Interior orient visitors to the enormous rec­ (Caretta caretta) was confirmed on 5 Bruce Babbitt at 1849 C St., N.W., reational opportunities nearby. It is the northern portion of Assateague s2 Washington, DC, 20240; and operated in partnership with the Island NS. This nesting attempt is Sen. Byrd at SH-U, Washington, BLM and the U.S. Forest Service and the first for the species along the DC, 20510. was funded by both state and Atlantic coast of Maryland and g federal agencies. marks a northern range extension. a, Early morning visitors to Carlsbad This portion of Assateague lies im­ L to R: Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., Supt. Robert Sutton and Caverns NP experienced the After more than two years of nego­ mediately south of Ocean City, MD, Reg. Dir. Terry Carlstrom, ribbon cutting at the grand reopening of unique sights and sounds of thou­ tiations, the Rocky Mountain Elk which boasts a summer population the Henry Hill Visitor Center, Bookstore and Museum. sands of bats returning to the cav­ Foundation, Church Universal of 300,000 visitors who utilize the Manassas NBP had a grand re­ ing artifacts from the first major ern to roost. Bats fold their wings and Triumphant, Forest Service coastal waters and shorelines for opening of the Henry Hill Visitor battle of the Civil War. A fiber­ and dive from heights of several and Interior Department have their recreational pursuits. Decades Center on July 24. The grand open­ optic battle map presentation and hundred feet into the cavern. In ad­ reached agreement to complete the of maintenance for the Ocean City ing brings to an end a two-year a VMI cadet coat worn by a 17- dition to the dramatic bat spectacle, Royal Teton Ranch Phase II pur­ inlet has led to a sediment deficit on project to update the park's aging year-old cadet killed in the July the 42nd annual Bat Flight Break­ chase of lands and conservation northern Assateague, which is re­ Henry Hill Visitor Center, which 1861 battle are the centerpieces fast in August featured ranger pre­ easements. Final exchange of the sponsible for a sand-starved, early was built in the 1940s. The newly of the new exhibit area. The grand sentations and climbing demonstra­ property into Forest Service owner­ successional barrier beach. This renovated center houses a new opening coincided with the 138th tions. Mark your calendars for ship will occur in Dec. Adjacent to early successional beach, currently bookstore and an upgraded mu­ Anniversary of the First Battle next year! the border of Yellowstone NP near 9 kilometers (6 miles) in length, also seum with an exhibit area display­ of Manassas. Gardiner MT, the Royal Teton prop­ hosts approximately 30% of the fed­ Arches NP—Public Land Order erty provides critical winter range erally threatened piping plover 7402 went into effect on July 29, habitat for a multitude of species in­ {Charadrius melodus) breeding pairs on prehistoric survival and hunting around the world by the City of El cluding migratory elk, mule deer, within that species' southern recov­ skills. Mary led the children in games Paso's Arts Resources Department. bighorn sheep, antelope and bison. ery unit. In addition, the federally played by the youngsters of Plains threatened sea beach amaranth tribes. The program was an over­ Acadia NP has inaugurated a new whelming success. The annual Mount Rushmore NM (Amaranthuspumilus), an early suc­ regional transit system that will link Sturgis Motorcycle Rally attracted cessional annual plant, was rediscov­ communities on Mount Desert Is­ Q/rewsletter the usual heavy traffic, large crowds ered near the inlet in 1998 follow­ Jefferson National Expansion land to destinations throughout the and numerous incidents to area ing a 32-year absence. MEM—The National Governors' park. Eight buses, operating on six Employees & Alumni Association parks—Mount Rushmore, Badlands Association held its annual confer­ routes, will allow visitors to leave of the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NP, Devil's Tower NM, Wind Cave Fort McHenry NM and Historic ence in downtown St. Louis. On their cars at their hotels and camp­ Aug. 8, an after-hours permit was grounds and visit the park aboard Board of Directors NP and Jewel Cave NM. Rally offi­ Shrine commemorated the 185th an­ Chesley A. Moroz, President cials estimate that over 350,000 niversary of the Star Spangled Ban­ issued for use of the historic Old clean burning propane buses. Gary E. Everhardt, Chair people attended this year's event. ner and battle Sept. 10-12. The U.S. Courthouse, Gateway Arch and Called the Island Explorer, this free Terry Carlstrom, Vice Chair Approximately 80,000 bikers came Army Band entertained and visitors Luther Ely Smith Square for a recep­ transit system will reduce traffic Theresa G. "Terry" Wood, Secretary witnessed "the bombs bursting in tion for the 45 attending governors. congestion and vehicle emissions David L. Moffitt to Mount Rushmore during the About 1,350 people participated. on the island, while increasing visi­ Kitty L. Roberts event. Rally-related incidents at the air" over Fort McHenry as fireworks Gene S. Scovill park included four drug busts, two lit up the night. President Clinton flew into St. Louis tors' enjoyment of the area. The DUI arrests, three motorcycle acci­ early on the 8th to meet with the free transit system ran from June 23 through Sept. 6 and enabled visi­ Editor dents, public nudity, visits by out­ On Aug. 2, NPS Director Stanton governors. Federal, state and local Jennifer M. Allen law gang members and numerous and Southeast Regional Director enforcement agencies coordinated tors to enjoy the shops and restau­ Volunteer minor incidents. There's already Belson participated in a lease-sign­ events in and around the park. rants of Bar Harbor, Northeast Har­ Chester O. "Chet" Harris considerable hype about next year's ing jazz ceremony in New Orleans bor or Southwest Harbor without An early morning fire on July 11 searching for a parking place or Treasurer rally, which will be both the 60th with Mayor Marc Morial. The NPS fighting traffic. Hikers and bikers George J. Minnucci, Jr. anniversary of the event and the first entered a 99-year lease on four build­ completely destroyed the amphithe­ Trust Fund Loan Administrator of the new millennium. Rally offi­ ings in the city-owned Armstrong ater at Apgar Campground near West enjoyed the flexibility of taking Jack Ryan cials are predicting that over a half Park, which will be refurbished as a Glacier in Glacier NP. The cause of one-way trips and returning via the million people will attend. Park of­ visitor center/headquarters complex the fire is still under investigation. Island Explorer. The buses also Built in the early 1960s, the Apgar helped Acadia NP protect park re­ The Newsletter is a quarterly ficials are suggesting that you gas up for the New Orleans Jazz NHP. sources by reducing overflow park­ publication for National Park your Harley and come! Amphitheater is used by park natu­ ing along the shoulders of roads and Service employees and retirees. The Thirty-six children between the ages ralists to conduct interpretive pro­ E&AA is a non-profit, membership improving air quality. They use Sen. Thomas Harkin (D-Iowa) vis­ of 6-14, cancer survivors, were pre­ grams for the visitors. The wooden organization dedicated to promoting structure consisted of a stage with a propane fuel and are fully acces­ the values of the NPS family and ited the American Memorial Park sented a special interpretive program backdrop containing a large slide sible. The Island Explorer is the preserving its treasured resources. (Saipan) Aug. 18 and laid a wreath last week at Camp Alphie in Ama- result of a public/private partner­ The Newsletter is available to non- at the Court of Honor/Flag Circle in rillo, TX. These children are unable projection screen and a storage area ship among the NPS, U.S. Depart­ members and other organizations for remembrance of World War II mili­ to visit Alibates Flint Quarries NM behind this containing audiovisual $15.00 per year. ment of Transportation, Maine De­ tary casualties in the battles of Saipan because they must remain close to a and other interpretive equipment. partment of Transportation, Mount and the Philippine Sea. large hospital. Park rangers Mary Some nearby trees also suffered Desert Island League of Towns, Published by Dyer and Paul Jones at Lake fire damage. Eastern National Friend of Acadia and other Knife River Indian Villages NHS Meredith NRA took a program about 470 Maryland Drive organizations. The partners shared held its seventh annual "CultureFest" the prehistoric peoples who utilized Chamizal N MEM recorded its Suite 1 the funding for the project, a total Fort Washington, PA 19034 and over a thousand people attended the Alibates Flint Quarries area for 1,000,000th visitor in July to the of $871,000. Phone: (215)283-6900 the event despite temperatures in the over 12,000 years to the children. As popular summer event "Music Un­ Fax: (215)283-6925 high 90s. Eight tipis were set up for a descendant of Creek Indian fore­ der the Stars." "Music Under the E-mail: eastemnational.org In an effort to understand the causes 16 demonstrators (including bow fathers, Paul has substantial flint Stars," which began in 1983, is a ©1999 Eastern National of atmospheric hazes plaguing Big making, flute making and flint knapping skills and incorporated Sunday evening free concert featur­ Bend NP, the NPS recently an- knapping). Special programs were them into a comprehensive program ing musical groups brought in from

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Focus on the Parks nounced the start of an extensive tal Center is to house affiliates of his was Exotic Organisms in Greater prised of chiefs, warriors and other "Gallegly Calls for Park's Immedi­ scientific study that it hopes will Lucasfilm Ltd., including Industrial Yellowstone: Native Biodiversity key components. They marched ate Closure," June 9. There is a tell­ allow regulators to move quickly in Light & Magic, Lucas Arts Entertain­ Under Siege. The Yellowstone area down from Pu'ukohola to the papa ing omission in Rep. Elton addressing the problem of declin­ ment Company and the THX Group. has been subjected to the intentional (flats) fronting the heiau, where Gallegly's (R-Simi Valley) public ing visibility at the park. Atmo­ The companies, which employ the and accidental introduction of spe­ ho'okupu (gifts) were received and. condemnation of Channel Islands spheric scientists will focus on the bulk of Lucas's 2,000 workers, are cies spread by humans, and their ef­ where court dancers performed tra­ NP: Nowhere does he mention that causes of the hazes during a 4- to be housed in three groups of court­ fects on native species can range ditional hula. After the hula kahiko the park is under U.N. control. month period, July through Octo­ yard office buildings. They will flank from being economically beneficial performances and gift-giving rituals, Channel Islands NP has been des­ ber. The Big Bend Regional Aero­ a seven-acre "Great Lawn" that will to biologically benign or highly dis­ the court departed the area and the ignated as a biosphere reserve by the sol and Visibility Observational, or be open to the public. The seven- ruptive. Dozens of scholarly presen­ arts and crafts workshops began in United Nations Educational Scien­ BRAVO, study brings together sci­ member Presidio Trust, appointed by tations addressed non-native species pelekane, located below the heiau. In­ tific and Cultural Organization entists from various federal, state President Clinton to oversee the tran­ such as lake trout, whirling disease, structors and royal court participants (UNESCO). A plaque to that effect and non-governmental agencies in sition, expects to get at least $5 mil­ New Zealand mud snails, brucello­ were resource people from all parts is posted for all to see in the park one of the most extensive studies lion a year in rent from Lucas's de­ sis and invasive plants and how to of the island as well as from all of visitor center. Many from Gallegly's yet to be conducted in understand­ velopment of an abandoned medical manage their effects on the outer islands. party claim that control over the bio­ ing how air pollutants are trans­ complex. The Lucas development Yellowstone cutthroat trout, grizzly sphere reserves has been siezed by formed and transported in the at­ will be the largest in the park and bears and other native plant and ani­ On the morning of June 30, two Cali­ the U.N. from our federal govern­ mosphere to create regional hazes. convert 900,000 square feet of space mal communities. fornia Condors were seen flying over ment. That loss of federal control is The study is the result of recom­ into a mixed-use office park with un­ the escarpment around the fire lookout offered as "proof that the United mendations made by a U.S.­ derground parking. According to a The Alcatraz Island Tram has com­ station at Park Point in Mesa Verde States must withdraw from the U.N. Mexico work group that has been statement by Lucas, the complex will pleted its first year of operation with NP. It is the first record of this endan­ He has helped the anti-U.N. cohort investigating the causes of hazes at "help us to integrate into our lives the ridership of 26,321—including 874 gered species at the park. Starting at in Congress by having voted "aye" the park. vision of a great urban park that wheelchairs. The tram provides 10 a.m., fire lookout Bob Emer shared to prohibit funding for the Man and brings people together to produce transportation for physically-im­ the rare event with park visitors for one Biosphere and World Heritage Pro­ A former wildlife conservation club great ideas." paired visitors from the dock to thrilling hour. "It was the most awe­ gram, and to prohibit nomination of president recently pled no contest the cellhouse and back. This service some wildlife viewing experience I U.S. lands for UNESCO recogni­ to charges that he used bait to ille­ On July 10, nearly 1,200 people took is made possible through a partner­ have ever witnessed," said Emer. tion. If nothing else, the current flap gally lure bears out of Lassen Vol­ advantage of the first chance in six ship between the NPS, the Golden "They came so close over us that we about Channel Islands NP proves canic NP in order to hunt them. decades to tour four unique, historic Gate NP Assoc, and the Blue and could see details of their feathers, num­ that the claimed loss of federal con­ Gregory Morton was fined $5,000 homes located in Indiana Dunes NL. Gold Fleet. bered wing tags and one we watched trol of public lands to the U.N. is and sentenced to three year's pro­ The homes, which were originally casually scratching itself as they nonsense. But the nonsense put out bation. Eleven bears have been constructed for display at the Chi­ President Clinton and a large entou­ circled." The condors received quite a about the U.N. is not a laughing taken over the past five years in the cago Century of Progress Exposition rage made a short notice visit to bit of attention from the park's resident matter—it is a sabotage of the great­ same general area just outside the of 1933-1934, employed new tech­ Mount Rushmore NM on the birds as well. Many birds, including est humanitarian organization, the park, indicating that illegal baiting niques, revolutionary materials and evening of July 6. The president was several turkey vultures, flew out to greatest peace organization and the had occurred. Morton's truck, used ultramodern appliances. After the in the area to make a major speech investigate the giant newcomers only greatest giver of human rights law to haul a 200-pound pile of molas­ exposition, they were transported by at the Pine Ridge Indian Reserva­ to be dwarfed by the condor's 9-foot that history has ever known. ses-sweetened grains to the hunting barge across Lake Michigan to north­ tion. The park had been aware for wingspans. Emer stated, "It was like site, was confiscated. Ranger west Indiana, where they were sold more than a month that a presiden­ watching an air show." George Giddings was the first of­ as private homes. They were ac­ tial visit was possible, but was for­ ficer to observe the bait pile and quired by the NPS in the early 1970s; mally notified only 75 minutes be­ began the investigation, working residents were allowed the right of fore his arrival. The president ar­ Padre Island NS has vanished in in place. directly with state fish and use and occupancy until the 1990s. rived just after 9 p.m., toured the places, swallowed by the waters of game officers. The open house featured The Florida Although the far southern sec­ new museum, then watched the the Gulf of Mexico. The evidence Tropical House, which is currently tion of the seashore is no longer evening lighting of the Mount of Hurricane Bret can be found on under restoration through a unique accessible by vehicle, the open­ In June, NPS Director Bob Stanton Rushmore sculpture. Approximately the far reaches of the nation's long­ leasing program overseen by Historic ing of channels through the is­ hosted a ceremony to open a new 3,000 people were in the park for est segment of undeveloped barrier Landmarks Foundation of Indiana land is part of a natural process exhibit at Fort McHenry NM and the evening program and pressed island, where the Gulf of Mexico through a cooperative agreement that benefits the Gulf Coast, he Historic Shrine. The exhibit fo­ into quickly established rope lines now connects to the Laguna Madre with the NPS. Visitors were able to said. cuses on Maj. George Armistead, in 12 new places. walk through three other homes that in order to see the president. commander of the Fort during the "A hurricane is part of the eco­ are also available for restoration and "The hurricane has literally wiped system," Whitworth said. "It battle that inspired Francis Scott About an inch and a half of rain over residency under this leasing program. out part of the island," said Jock keeps everything in balance. It's Key to write the "Star-Spangled a 24-hour period caused flash floods Whitworth, supt. "It's a huge natu­ good for the Laguna Madre be­ Banner." The exhibit was funded and led to a rock fall and trail wash­ ral phenomenon. That's what bar­ cause it lessens the salinity." by visitor entrance fees. Eighty per­ IMRO—the first of seven public outs on the Bright Angel trail at rier islands do for us is dissipate part cent of moneys collected in this meetings scheduled across the coun­ Grand Canyon NP on the after­ of that energy. It's kind of exciting." Native vegetation that is not program are used for education or try for the public to learn and com­ noon of July 14. Forty people were highly tolerant to salt will die The eye of Bret first slammed into preservation/maintenance projects. ment on the proposed goals of a new stranded at the mile-and-a-half rest back because of the wash-over, south Texas—50 miles south of the Strategic Plan designed to provide house, 15 at the three-mile rest he said. That means that species park's beach driving entrance and According to an article in the New direction for the entire NPS through house and 30 at the Indian Garden such as cattails, which can tend 10 miles north of Mansfield Chan­ York Times, the Trustees of the new the year 2005, was held in Denver campground. Four people were in­ to overrun the island, will be nel, which divides North and Presidio area selected filmmaker on July 20. The open-house-style jured, including a park employee. cleared out to make room for South Padre islands. George Lucas over a partnership in­ public meeting was held in the Meet­ One of the four, a hiker who was on other plants. It's a process that cluding real-estate magnate Walter ing Hall of the Vitamin Cottage Natu­ the North Kaibab trail, reported hav­ In addition to the 12 new channels ultimately benefits the birds, Shorenstein as preferred developer ral Food Market. Interested persons ing to dodge what he described as to the Laguna Madre, there are an­ jackrabbits, lizards and other of the Presidio. The decision is ex­ can review the goals and provide "head-sized" rocks; he was hit in the other six washout areas visible from animals that call the island pected to become final after an en­ comments via the Internet at leg by one and sustained a fracture, the air where water completely cov­ home, he said. vironmental review is completed www.nps.gov/goalcomments. A but was able to walk another two ered the island during the height of John Gibson, facility manager later this year. The selection repre­ copy of the goals can be requested miles on his broken leg before the storm and later retreated, from the Seashore, said that sents a major milestone in the from GPRS Coordinator, Regional reaching help. Whitworth said. about 10,000 square feet of Presidio's unique quest to become Director's Office, NPS, P.O. Box The storm surge also sheared the roofs were lost from park a self-supporting national park. 25287, Denver, CO 80225-0287. Pu'ukohola Heiau NHS recently front line of sand dunes in half for buildings. At least two turtle Under a congressional mandate that celebrated the 27th anniversary of 20 miles on either side of where the stations, empty of wildlife, made the 1,480-acre Presidio part The fifth in a series of conferences its establishment with a Hawaiian eye made landfall, he said. were washed away. of the Golden Gate NRA in 1996, designed to encourage the awareness Cultural Festival in Kawaihae. A Old planks and buried soda bottles the park has until 2013 to raise $36 and application of scientific work in Royal Court procession was con­ are exposed by the erosion along million annually to pay its ex­ the greater Yellowstone area was ducted by Na Papa Kanaka o with the vine system of the penses. Under the proposal by held in Yellowstone NP in October. Pu'ukohola Heiau who depicts a sea grasses that hold the dunes Lucas, the 23-acre Letterman Digi­ The theme of this year's conference traditional and authentic court com­

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Dick Rayner writes that the Fort a year or two, but the prognosis for Collins, CO, contingent of retirees full recovery is excellent. is again meeting every Wednesday At the reunion, Roger "Pat" and at Toddys Supermarket for coffee, Robie Miller mentioned they re­ tall tales and fellowship. Time is cently learned that Robert Gibbs is usually 10 a.m. For a better update incapacitated in Williamsburg. He when you are in town, call either would like to hear from former col­ Ken Ashley or Frosty Freeman. leagues and friends; notes can reach Both of them are in the phone book. him c/o Patricia Gibbs, 630 All visitors are welcome. Counselor's Way, Williamsburg, We need more members like VA 23185-4059. Audrey; Audrey Hack that is, who Recognizing that all of us, plus the thoughtfully presented "Happy parents and Education Trust Fund loan Birthday" E&AA memberships to recipients are the real retirees Barbara Gray and Bernice winners—the on-course results of the Butler. She also alerted us to Reunion attendees at Mount Rainier NP. 1998 Frank F. Kowski Memorial "Barbara's 94th birthday on July 20, Golf Tournament follow for anyone and reported that she is still going and their gentle breezes, the great Nancy Dooley, on-site volunteer who might not have seen them: 1999 E&AA strong!" in her just-completed huge 600-year-old forests and fast-flow­ Mildred Eckard new home in Hammond, LA. It has National Champion (71) - Jim Reunion ing streams and waterfalls were here Gary and Nancy Everhardt a room for her birds (four parrots) as Coleman (Ret) - Southeast Region. to be enjoyed. Was this really the Joseph and Ann Gorrell well as rooms for her various hob­ 2nd Low Net (71) - Bob Bougie - The 1999 E&AA reunion began with Olympic peninsula, where visitors Bruce Gregory bies. She hopes to hear from some Olympic NP. hugs and happy-to-see-you antics. sometimes wait days to get a glimpse Neal and Carol Guse Jr. of the "old-timers." Her phone num­ 3rd Low Net (72) - John Dolan, And, Chairman Supt. Gary of Rainier's icy white top? Time per­ Neal Guse Sr. ber is (225) 567-6994. Look for spouse of Susan Dolan - Columbia Everhardt had no trouble getting the mitted us to ride miles of (well-main­ Bill and Evelyn Hall Barbara's new address in the 1999- Cascades S.O. 70+ diners to the tables, for the first tained) roads and there was some Robert and Adelaide Haraden 2000 Membership Directory. Low Gross (79) - Joe Lawler, Sr. - of some great NW gastronomic time to stroll (well-maintained) park Chet Harris NCR. treats. The soon-to-be enjoyed trails. While the beauty and tranquil Ruben and Peg Hart Since his retirement in 1966 as the Closest to Pin (3' 11") - Ray Yunk scenes were set by Ruth Kirk's spe­ scenes seeped into the mind's eye Frank and Nelda Hastings Polebridge ranger, Glacier NP, - DSC/PM - Hot Springs NP. cial "100th Anniversary of Mount producing a great serenity, the next Sam and Joyce Heath Jerry DeSanto has been doing a Longest Putt (36'0") - Gary Rainier" program. (Ruth had been view of the Cascades and the devas­ Warren and Betty Hill lot of volunteer projects. Last Everhardt - Blue Ridge PKWY. rafting the Colorado and somehow tation of aftermath of Mount St. Norm and Merrie Hinson March on a hiking trip up the North Scramble (-16) - (Dave managed to make it back home by Helens, reminded that nature can in­ Keith Hoofnagle Fork "something went wrong." Af­ Gackenbach, Randy Roundtree, mid-afternoon.) Her historic photos deed be violent. Bob and Phel Jacobsen ter several months his condition Rod Taylor, Chuck Weigman) - and personal experience and knowl­ After four days, the bad news be­ David and Daniel Kimball was diagnosed as a form of en­ Lake Mead NRA. edge of the park made it come alive. came apparent. We needed at least Clyde and Charlotte Lockwood cephalitis, which affected his brain. The "local" superintendents (David two more weeks to explore and en­ Joseph and Nancy Lynch By June the doctors deemed the Contribution to Education Trust Morris, Olympic; Bill Paleck, North joy this scene. Well, maybe there will Lester and Wanda McClanahan virus had run its course, and Jerry Fund: $6,250.00 Cascades; and Jon Jarvis, Mount be another reunion in a park in the Roger and Robie Miller began intensive mental and physi­ Number of Participants: 435 Rainier) shared highlights as well as next millennium. George Minnucci cal rehab. Released from the hos­ Average Donation per Golfer: some of their present park chal­ John and Sherry Mohlenrich E&AA Reunion Attendees: pitals in Aug., he is being cared for $14.37 lenges. Deputy Director Bill Walters, Nancy Murfin by a friend in Coram, MT. He is Jennifer Allen, E&AA Newsletter Bob and Marylou Perkins Note: the committee would like to PWRO, also extended greetings and still quite sleepy, but he has begun editor, Eastern National publica­ Jean Tobin explain that the course ratings and suggested that the PNW parks were to speak. Ann and Bob Frauson, re­ tions coordinator and on-site Ed and Marge Rothfuss associated degree of difficulty were some very special places. Local resi­ tired Glacier PR, reported that on a coordinator Gene and Doug Scovill crucial in the determination of the dent Russ Dickenson assured us he recent visit, "Jerry was monitoring Hugh and Diane Beattie Bruce and Carolyn Shaw eventual winners. would guarantee the weather. our conversation. All of a sudden Chester and Ebba Brooks Stuart and Elbe Snyder The good news turned out to be he said a couple of sentences very Bill and Jean Bullard James and Barbara Stewart Many thanks to all! sunny blue skies with four days of clearly." Doctors say it might take Carl and Sue Christenson Philip and Loretta Stewart summer. The mood of the mountains Russell Dickenson Doug and Thelma Warnock

report to the Support Office supt. for locomotive operations at Golden who is retiring. Steve Schackelton from ranger New Places all issues regarding the Support Of­ Spike has been incredible! They activities, WASO to supt. fice, and to the regional director as have enthusiastically worked hun­ Joy M. Pietschmann from Indepen­ Pinnacles NM. Gary Hartley from chief ranger, deputy for all ARD-operations is­ dreds of long days doing hard, dirty dence NHP to servicewide volunteer Pecos NHP to New River Gorge NR. sues. work in order for park visitors to the coordinator, WASO. Gary J. Candelaria from supt. Pin­ NHS to see and appreciate the his­ nacles NM to supt. Wrangell-St. Mary Gibson Scott from supt. of Steam locomotive engineers Bob tory of the completion of the trans­ Annette Chavez from lands pro­ Elias NP. the Staten Island Unit, Gateway Dowty and son, Eric Dowry have continental railroad." gram manager, Santa Fe National NRA to deputy supt. for operations, closed a combined 30-year service Forest to district ranger, Gila Cliff Jill York O'Bright from supt. Golden Gate NRA. Her husband at Golden Spike NHS to go work Clark A. Dixon, Jr. from supt., Dwellings NM. Ulysses S. Grant NHS to other in­ Roger, public affairs specialist at with the Durango and Silverton Rail­ Morristown NHP to youth programs terests, after nearly 20 years with Gateway NRA will join her and road. Their departure on July 3 and recruiting, SERO. Sue Kozacek from Gila Cliff Dwell­ the NPS. look for a new job. marked the end of an era in which ings NM to district ranger, Bienville the Dowtys have proudly operated Erin Broadbent from site manager, National Forest. Ernest Ortega from acting supt. to Randy Turner fromth e NPS 1999- the No. 119 and Jupiter replica steam National Mall, NCP Central, DC to supt. IMSO, Santa Fe. 2000 Bevinetto Congressional Fel­ locomotives. These engines have supt., Kings Mountain NMP. Erin is Stella Council from administrative low, Senate Energy and Natural Re­ been run during summer months to a second-generation NPS employee, assistant in the National Register Karen Wade from supt. Great sources Committee to Legislation recreate the historic scene when the born at Crater Lake and lived at Programs Division, SERO to admin­ Smoky Mountains NP to regional and Congressional Affairs, WASO. golden spike was driven on May 10, Carlsbad Caverns and Tonto NM in istrative officer, Natchez NHP. director Intermountain Region, 1869. The Dowtys have also been re­ AZ, where her father, Jack Denver. Ralph Tingey to associate regional sponsible for performing all winter Broadbent, retired as supt. Dr. Dan Huff from assistant re­ director for operations, AKRO, as overhaul and mechanical shop work gional director, Natural Resources a collateral duty assignment. He on the locomotives. According to Cynthia "Cindy" Orlando from and Science, IMR since 1995, to will continue his position as deputy park supt. Bruce Powell, "Bob and supt. Fort Clatsop N MEM to NPS deputy regional director, USGS Bio­ supt. Support Office. As is common Eric have an intense interest and love concessions program manager, logical Resources Division, CO. in the Alaska Region, Ralph will of railroading. Their commitment to WASO, replacing Robert Yearout

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A Letter to Dead Soldiers By Shelton Johnson Author's note: I work as a Park dusty road leave neither imprint on sive forest fires Ranger/Naturalist in Yosemite Val­ the ground nor sound in sky? burned in ley. 1 'm also part of Yosemite's Someone must have seen you after Yosemite. The Horse Mounted Patrol. I am Afri­ you left the Presidio of San Francisco smoke of those can-American, one of only a hand­ in early 1899. Is there no one in fires still seems ful working for the park service here Mayfield who remembers, or Santa to obscure your in Yosemite. One day I wandered Clara, or Firebaugh, or Madera, or lives. Even the into Yosemite's Research Library, any other town of the Central Val­ officers who re­ and was talking to the librarian ley you passed through that has lieved you, could when I noticed a photograph on the people old and wise enough to re­ only sense your wall. I took a closer look at the pic­ member? A century's accumulation presence by the ture and read the caption, ft was a of dust has buried the fourteen days condition of the k photograph of the 24th Mounted park when they Si it took for you to get to Yosemite. 5 Infantry taken somewhere in Even our memory of you fades un­ arrived, and Yosemite in 1899. The 24th, along der the pressure of years. Yet, there by what was with the 25th infantry and the 9th you are astride your horses in a recorded in and 10th Cavalry, were African- Yosemite that is as close as the open monthly reports ft. American Army regiments that dur­ to the Depart­ window of my office. Is this all that Some members of the 24th Infantry, Yosemite 1899 ing the Indian War period became remains that one can touch: a photo­ ment of Interior. known as "Buffalo Soldiers. " See­ graph, and a part of a sentence in a "I am unable to find any records as soldiers surviving into the present? story is bigger than just a chapter ing this photograph was like stum­ military report? to the operations of these troops out­ Because I choose to remember you, in Yosemite's military history. To bling into your own family while you live on in me. I know your lives consider it solely on that level "From records in this office I findtha t side of the monthly reports rendered travelling in a foreign country. had meaning to black folks. I know would serve only to diminish your the park was under the control of to the Interior Department, but from that someone called you son, brother, lives and the complexities of the I had no idea that 100 years ago Lieut. W.H. McMasters, Twenty- the present condition of affairs I am or father. I think that I understand country you lived in. the 24th Mounted Infantry and the fourth Regiment of Infantry, with a convinced that the park was as well why you joined the army. You had 9th Cavalry were entrusted with the detachment of 25 men of the Twenty- guarded and protected as possible Thus the memory of my family's few choices, and a military career protection of Yosemite National fourth Infantry, he being relieved June considering the small number of men sacrifice has become inextricably provided a sense of dignity, respect, Park. I had never read this infor­ 21, 1899 by Lieut. William Forse, detailed for the purpose." bound to the sacrifices of you who and, a pension upon retirement. mation in any history or heard Third Artillery, with a similar detach­ —E.F. Wilcox, Captain, Sixth Cav­ are long dead, but not completely about this from any other ranger, ment of that regiment." alry, "Report of the Acting Superin­ Understanding all of this leads me to forgotten. We have met before. but there, staring at me, across a tendent of Yosemite National Park, " my father. Dad grew up in rural South The face of history is never a gulf of 100 years were these black —E.F. Wilcox, Captain, Sixth Cav­ Carolina in the 1930's. He served in stranger. The deeper we gaze into alry, Acting Superintendent of October, 1899. soldiers who had overcome ob­ the Army and the Air Force from the the past, the greater our recogni­ Yosemite National Park, October, stacles that made my challenges When you arrived in Yosemite, the 1950's until the 1970's. He is a vet­ tion of ourselves in other places 1899. seem insignificant. I immediately stockmen noticed your presence, just eran of Korea and Vietnam. Although and other times. We are all amne­ wanted to know their names, to find This is all that is left of you. All your as they noticed your absence in the we lived as a family in several states, siacs stumbling around the world out as much as I could about them. hopes and desires, what you wanted months preceding your arrival. The and two other countries, my father, trying to find out who we are, They had almost completely disap­ out of life, your thoughts and demands of the Spanish-American was absent for part of my childhood. where we belong, and where we peared from Yosemite's history. If dreams, even you and your bodies, War forced the temporary suspen­ I remember venturing into my come from, until that moment it weren 'tfor this one photograph, your horses and wagons, the shad­ sion of military stewardship in parent's bedroom and touching his when we find a story that tells us who would know or care that they ows you cast on the ground, all Yosemite. This was of little concern clothes. I would hold, smell, and ca­ everything about ourselves. ever existed? I wanted to speak to to sheepherders who used parklands squeezed into the space of one sen­ ress them as if this action would re­ You, who are soldiers, who are them, to tell them that they weren't for grazing their flocks. They knew tence. To live only in a phrase, to lease dad from the void that had swal­ family, have given me that story. forgotten. I decided to write a let­ the country better than you, and ran find that all you ever were, or hoped lowed him, and return him home. In so doing you have assured your­ ter to these dead soldiers. to be, lies trapped among a proces­ their sheep far from the trails you Thinking of him leads me to a place self a presence in Yosemite. Thank sion of nouns, adjectives, and prepo­ patrolled. A million acres is a lot of Dear men, forgive me for not writ­ and not just a time. I imagine the you for clearing the trail that I fol­ sitions. To find that the collective space for twenty-five men to cover. ing sooner, but I only recently dis­ hardships he endured in Southeast lowed 100 years later. You can­ memory of your life has become It was easy in your time to avoid the covered that the dead do not com­ Asia. I imagine the hardships you not imagine how your passage has simply a reference in a government presence of other people, and to lose pletely vanish from this earth. I re­ endured in America and the Philip­ made my journey infinitely easier. document. This is a terrible kind of yourself in Yosemite. alize now that death does not occur pines. Those thoughts create a path­ eternity, but preferable to oblivion, with the stopping of the heart, but These stockmen knew where you way to you. I have made a bridge of because it means that you still live. when we choose to forget. One hun­ were and avoided you, but I wish the my father and it leads to you. You Reprinted courtesy of Yosemite dred years after horses and the History has momentarily forgotten opposite. How can I reach across 100 too left loved ones behind who cher­ Association, P.O. Box 230, El creaking of wagon wheels, your your names, but not your deeds. I years and hold out my hand for you ished your memory. You too risked Portal, CA 95318. names are air, unseen, yet moving know that in the months preceding to take? How can 1 convince people your lives so that the lives of your around us. How can something as your arrival, sheep and cattle were that you are not dead but live on? brothers and sisters, mothers and fa­ substantial as a column of twenty- grazing illegally in the park. I know Not just in documents and old pho­ thers, would be better. You are more six men riding side by side on a that in late summer of 1898, exten- tographs, or even in the park ranger than just soldiers of the Twenty- uniform I wear, but that you are real fourth Regiment of Infantry, and this

to provide assistance (PL 106-45, rience with these complex transpor­ held in four cities: Philadelphia (Nov. forester, announced the decision Issues of the 90s 113 Stat. 24). tation-planning issues is limited and 1-3), Denver (Nov. 15-17), Atlanta for the Growth Environmental Im­ "Alternative Transportation seek to better educate ourselves and (Nov.30-Dec. 2) and Seattle (Jan. 19- pact Statement for Tusayan, Grand The Congress is Still at Work Training Conferences," signed by our partners on a range of emerging 21,2000). Canyon NP's gateway commu­ transportation issues. For that reason, nity. According to USFS officials, The following bills have passed the deputy director on Aug. 30 Questions regarding sessions can be the NPS and the U.S. Department of this major undertaking to address Congress and been signed into addressed to Joni Gallegos, NPS trans­ "As visitation to our national parks Transportation (USDOT) will hold growth and development issues in law on the dates indicated (the portation planning program officer, at continues to increase, the NPS faces four regional training sessions, en­ the Grand Canyon/Tusayan area public law and statute numbers (202) 501-8926 or electronically at the challenge of ensuring protection titled 'New Approaches to Transpor­ began five years ago. The decision follow each in parentheses): May joni^[email protected]. There is on­ of park resources while providing for tation: Planning, Partnerships, and includes: Acquisition of 2,118 21 - supplemental emergency line registration and training info, at safe, efficient access to the parks. Programs.' We would greatly appre­ acres of private land (inholdings) NPS appropriations (PL 106-31, www.bikefed.org/nps. Increasingly, national parks and sur­ ciate it if you would lend your sup­ by the USFS thereby consolidat­ 113 Stat. 57). Aug. 10 - to pre­ rounding communities are looking to port to this effort by encouraging A Decision at Last on Tusayan ing federal ownership, preventing serve the cultural resources of the integrated transportation solutions to your staff and partners to attend these According to an August news release scattered future development; the Route 66 corridor and to autho­ address this growing problem. We, very important training sessions. The issued by the U.S. Forest Service rize the Secretary of the Interior in the NPS, recognize that our expe- 2 'A-day training sessions will be (USFS), Eleanor Towns, regional continued on page 9

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The Class of 1999 to achieve its mission and reach its being raised in the parks. After Alumni Association biennial re­ Hatteras, Cumberland Island and goals. Over the years, John Cook's breathing a sigh of relief on the suc­ union, the annual Ranger Rendez­ Cape Lookout. He also spent five Task Forces have guided a number cessful move of the now-famous vous of the Association of National years as chief of SERO's cultural of administrative changes within the lighthouse, he and Barbara are on Park Rangers or some other place. resources division. NPS. High on his list of retirement the road awhile before returning to Our best to you. We hope your asso­ activities in Oregon are hunting, fish­ their home in Manteo, NC. ciation with the National Park Ser­ Al Gore Visits Mt. ing and raising a dog! vice will be as rewarding and plea­ Dennis Schmidt, Sept. 30, as facil­ surable as ours has been." Rainier with Son Benny G. Mack, Sept. 1, as mainte­ ity manager, Amistad NRA, follow­ nance mechanic supervisor for Gulf ing a 26-year career with stints at Big Timmy A. Gray, Aug. 27, as car­ A couple of weeks ago Supt. Jon Islands NS, Florida District. Ben Bend NP and Rocky Mountain NP. penter for the Florida District of Gulf Jarvis received a phone call from the began his career when the park was He and his wife Finda plan to make Islands NS after more than 25 years White House informing him of good under state jurisdiction and called their home in Colorado. of federal service. news and bad news. The good news Fort Pickens State Park. It became was that Vice President Al Gore and John E. Cook Peggy Broersma, Sept. 30, as inter­ Ruby Peterson, July 31, from per­ Gulf Islands when it was turned over his son were en route to climb Mt. pretive PR at Petroglyph NM after a sonnel management specialist, John E. Cook, Sept. 3, as regional to the NPS in 1972. Rainier. The bad news: he could not director Intermountain Region. He 21-year career. Peggy also worked SERO after a 31 -year federal career. tell anyone. All went well until a as secretary at Channel Islands NP, has been a loyal friend and sup­ Historic Area Coordinator/Manager Washington "unidentified source" as secretary to the regional director, porter of the E&AA. He is also the Jude Rakowski retired in late July just happened to mention the Gores SWRO and as administrative assis­ father of the first fourth-generation after working at Indiana Dunes NF were on Rainier. Hounded by the me­ tant at Fake Meredith NRA. NPS employee daughter, Kayci for 20 years. Jude and her retired dia, the good superintendent took the Cook, asst. supt. Glen Canyon NRA Russ Lesko, Sept. 30, chief of Natu­ husband Alex will remain in the area heat. He would neither confirm nor and son Lafe, of Kingsport, TN. ral Resource Management at Fassen and plan to travel. deny the rumor. Volcanic NP. After more than 30 The vice president had arrived at the A native of Williams, AZ, Cook is Larry D. Reed, July 31, as supt. years of federal service, he'd like to park and embarked on the climb proud of his western roots and his Scotts Bluff NM, after 32 years in move on to some other ventures in life. early Wednesday morning, spending 45-year employment connection the NPS. Larry began as a seasonal two nights on the mountain amidst with the national parks; preceded by Douglas "Doug" Scovill, Aug. 3, as at Rocky Mountain NP while attend­ occasionally severe thunderstorms. an additional 17 years growing up chief, resource management, Mojave ing CSU. His permanent appoint­ The White House press office re­ in parks! Born a third-generation N PRES, CA. On Aug. 13, 1962 he ment as PR Everglades NP was fol­ quested privacy, but word leaked out NPS employee, his first appoint­ became a PR (park archeologist) at lowed by assignments in law en­ to the media and numerous satellite ment was as a mule packer at Robert W. Reynolds Gran Quivira NM, later becoming forcement training WASO, and as a trucks occupied the Paradise area for Saguaro NM, AZ. He has held di­ chief anthropologist of the Service. unit manager at Arches NP and two days. verse positions in the service, in­ Robert W. Reynolds, Sept. 30, as Doug sent the following note: "Over Rocky Mountain NP. Larry and cluding four regional directorships, general supt. of the Outer Banks the past 37 years my wife, Gene, and Linda have moved to 2724 Carib­ The vice president and his 16-year- one deputy directorship, five super- Group (Cape Hatteras NS, Cape I have enjoyed being associated with bean Dr., Grand Junction, CO 81506. old son reached the summit of Mount intendencies, plus stints as chief Fookout NS, Fort Raleigh NHS and the NPS family and have enjoyed Rainier in inclement weather on the William A. "Bill" Harris retired ranger, assistant supt. and chief Wright Bros. N.MEM). Bob has a contributing to the great, uniquely morning of Friday, Aug. 6, along May 30 from Cape Hatteras where ranger, assistant supt. and chief ad­ 55-year career with the Service. His American concept of national parks with a team of climbers and Secret he started his NPS career. A native ministrative officer. He spent four venues include the old E. Service set aside for all of our country's citi­ Service agents. Ranger Steve of the Outer Banks, Harris joined the years as an associate director in Center, PNWRO, San Juan NHS, zens. We have benefited in more Winslow accompanied the team. NPS in the early 1960s as a seasonal WASO. Craters of the Moon NM, Capitol ways than we can count from our at Cape Hatteras, then was appointed The Secret Service allowed the Reef NP, Great Sand Dunes NM, associations with park service em­ In 1979 he had management re­ as historian at Wright Bros. He also park to confirm the climb about Mount Rushmore N MEM, Colo­ ployees, their families and the pub­ sponsibilities for more than 47 mil­ served as historian at Fort McHenry two hours before the vice presi­ rado NM, Bryce Canyon NP, Acadia lic supporters of the national park lion acres of Alaskan NPS lands and and Mount Rushmore before getting dent arrived in the Paradise park­ NP, RMRO and IMRO. Being a sec­ idea. We bid you all a fond adieu. It became Alaska's first regional di­ his first superintendent's job at ing lot, where he was met by a ond-generation employee means, of is our hope that our paths may cross rector. His career has been directed Custer Battlefield in 1970. He later small crowd of well wishers. course, his career started as a child again, perhaps at an Employee and to improve the ability of the NPS served as supt. at Fort Sumter, Cape In the NPS Family Follow-up: Death of Ranger Kolodski family and staff at Great Brenda Coleman (Jamestown spirits with their telephone rate cruisers on Aug. 19. They Joe Kolodski, Great Smoky Smoky Mountains NP and Blue Glasshouse) got married in August calls...along with all those happy get were parked in the median about Mountains. Aug. 1999, Ridge PKWY would like to extend in the Great Smoky Mountains. She well cards, prayers and family vis­ 30 yards from the roadway when Jeremiah Lo'cust has been sen­ their deep appreciation for married Bill Cummins, an NPS em­ its. Thank you. I have completed my a southbound vehicle left the tenced to a mandatory life term everyone's support during this ployee at Jamestown NHS. They met chemotherapy and radiation treat­ highway and slammed into both in prison with no chance of tragedy. a few years ago, when Brenda liter­ ments, and am now back at my desk cruisers. Both officers and the parole for the 1998 murder. It ally fell on him into a manhole. full-time." occupants of the third vehicle was successfully argued that Harpers Ferry Center interpretive That's one way to catch a guy! were injured. Stewart was treated Focust should be held finan­ planner Katherine "Kate" Former Yosemite NP legal officer and released; McClanahan was cially responsible for the loss Hammond was seriously injured in Carol Falvey, wife of Zion NP Supt. Scott Connelly was charged with admitted, but subsequently re­ of future income to the a biking accident on the C&O Canal Don Falvey, is back at home after kidnapping and several counts of leased; the other driver's condi­ Kolodski family. The mon­ towpath in July. Hammond, who is undergoing triple by-pass surgery child molestation and subsequently tion remains serious. Get well etary calculation was based on stationed in Denver, was in town to repair of an aneurysm in the heart. pled guilty in state court to four wishes can be sent to Stewart and Kolodski's anticipated earn­ assist in an interpretive planning According to Don, Carol is recuper­ felony counts involving unlawful sex McClanahan care of USPP ings until retirement. Focust course currently underway at Mather ating well with exercise and plenty with minors. He was sentenced to 16 Headquarters, 1100 Ohio Drive was ordered to pay $900,000, Training Center. She apparently hit of rest. Get well wishes may be sent months in state prison, but was re­ SW, Washington, DC 20024. which also includes funeral and an obstacle and was thrown head first to Carol at P.O. Box 493, Springdale, leased shortly thereafter because he defense attorney expenses. The into a rock wall, sustaining numer­ Utah 84767. had already spent almost a year be­ Rudy Mondragon, maintenance money will be taken from the ous facial fractures and lacerations. hind bars and had credits for good worker at Fort Union NM, ex­ per capita payments Focust re­ Hikers found her unconscious and Ada Shepherd of the Budget Office, behavior. He must register as a sex tends his heartfelt gratitude to ceives from the reservation's reported the accident. We are happy WASO, has sent along the follow­ offender for the rest of his life and NPS employees and alumni who casino operations, but it's to report she "bounced back" quickly ing: "During my recent illness, I was report to the state parole office. None offered prayers and made dona­ nonetheless unlikely that full and is back at work. Prior to her cur­ extremely blessed and fortunate to of the crimes took place in the park. tions during his time of need. restitution will ever be made. rent position, Kate was the chief of be a member of the Park Service "The response has been over­ This may be the first time that interpretation at Amistad NRA and family. I send my most benevolent Park Police officers Dan whelming and my family and I restitution of this type has been also worked seasonally at Bandelier gratitude to those family members McClanahan and Rick Stewart greatly appreciate all that you granted by a criminal court for NM after returning from a stint with who so graciously shared their leave were monitoring traffic on the Bal­ have done. Thank you and God loss of future wages. The the Peace Corps. with me...contributed to raising my timore-Washington PKWY in sepa- bless all of you."

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Requiescant in Pace resources specialist, after beginning his NPS 3 to 4 years ago, from DSC. Earlier she had career in 1988 as an architect in Washington, worked at Lowell NHP and Boston NHP. She DC. In 1993 he served in the HABS/HAER is survived by her parents Georgia and John division, transferring to Rainier in 1996. Last Gavan of Florida and sisters Barbara of Florida year he received a historic preservation award and Maureen of Boston. from the Washington State Historical Society Linda Hill, 50, Sept. 15, in Kalispell, MT of for his work preserving historic structures cancer. Linda worked at Glacier NP for the threatened by road improvements in the park. last 28 years. Survivors include her husband Survivors include his parents John and Patricia Cork, at the family home in Nyack, a daugh­ Strong, at 1802 Brentwood Dr., Mountain ter Kendee and son Beau. After cremation her Home, AR 72653. Memorials may be made ashes will be spread in the mountains around to Washington's National Park Fund, 2112 her Nyack home. Kittridge "Kit"A. Wing Third Ave., Suite 501, Seattle, WA 98101. Gerry Peterson, Aug. 10, maintenance fore­ Pablo Bencomo, 80, June 28, in Fort Davis, man at Everglades NP and for the past several Retiree Kittridge "Kit" A. Wing, a char­ TX. Pablo retired as the maintenance foreman months on detail to the SERO, of cancer while ter member of E&AA, 86, July 4, at home at Fort Davis NHS in 1984. Since 1963, when at a hospice center. He also worked at Virgin in Santa Fe, NM. His wife Eleanor preceded the park was established, he had supervised Island NP and Jean Lafitte NHP & PRES. him in death in 1996. Kit retired in 1973, most of the initial stabilization work on the John J. Palmer as chief, division of park operations in fort's historic buildings and ruins. Highly re­ Gerald T. "Terry" Slaybaugh, June 22, a Washington, DC. He began his career with garded as an expert in historic preservation, utility systems repair operator at Big Bend NP John J. Palmer, 72, Aug. 25, while on va­ the NPS in 1946 as a seasonal PR at Grand he played a vital role in developing the park's since 1991. Condolences may be sent to cation in Bellingham, WA. John served Canyon NP. He then worked as a surveyor maintenance programs, for which he received Terry's wife at HCR 74, Box 87, Fort Davis, in the navy during WW II, then started his in the SWRO and then as a ranger at the DOI's Superior Service Award. Survivors TX 79734. service career at Carlsbad Caverns NP. He Bandelier NM. Kit also served as supt. at include son Johnny, and daughter, Lorina and lived and worked in many parks before his Fort Union NM, San Juan NHS, Gettysburg several grandchildren. Condolences may be John McDill, a Wind Cave NP maintenance assignment in 1969 to Sequoia and Kings NMP, Petrified Forest NP, Cape Hatteras sent to his family at P.O. Box 549, Fort Davis, worker, and his nine-year-old son Levi were Canyon NPs as chief of interpretation. It NS; assistant supt. at Shenandoah NP and TX 79734. killed in a small aircraft crash on Aug. 17. was a niche he made uniquely his own until chief of new areas in WASO. McDill, who had worked at Sequoia-Kings his retirement in 1987. He played a key Canyon NPs and Yellowstone NP, had been role in the parks commitment to the 1980 After retirement, Kit, his wife, Eleanor and at Wind Cave for about 20 years. He was at­ Giant Forest plan. their daughter Elizabeth (Betsy) moved to tending a family reunion in the Newcastle area Santa Fe, but continued to work seasonally when the accident occurred. Survivors include As the parks' Environmental Management for two years as a management assistant at wife, Dodie, and daughter, Shelby, age 11. Committee chair, John assured that park Yellowstone NP. In 1976, he served on spe­ decisions in planing and development not cial assignment to Riyad, Saudi Arabia, as Joie Ruth Armstrong was slain on July 21 at only followed the law but also did so with a park planner. Kit served in WWII as a Lt. Yosemite NP. She was an employee of the a clear sense of environmental responsi­ Col. of the 206th Engineer Battalion in the Yosemite National Institute (YNI), a non­ bility. During his tenure and even after his European Theater. Survivors include profit environmental education organization official retirement (some 30 years), his daughter Betsy and husband, Abdu that operates under a cooperative agreement greatest contributions were in education Mejdoub of Santa Fe, and daughter, with the NPS and she lived in the Foresta area. and information, enabling park programs Judi Massaro and husband Joe of The shocking circumstances received nation­ of quality to serve park visitors. He was Schwenksville PA. wide attention as well as park and FBI action. the executive director of Sequoia-Kings A suspect was immediately identified, ques­ Canyon Natural History Assn. for many Memorials may be made in Kit's name for tioned, but released for lack of cause. How­ years. Survivors include his wife of 47 preservation and protection of the Grand ever, the following day physical evidence tied years, Jean; at home in Three Rivers, CA, Canyon's North Rim. Contributions may the original suspect to the crime and upon his and two sons Mark and Richard. be mailed to the Grand Canyon Founda­ Anne E. Snpernaugh apprehension, he admitted his guilt to the tion, 823 North San Francisco Street, Suite Armstrong murder and also to the three women A, Flagstaff, AZ 86001-3234. Messages Anne E. Supernaugh, 89, July 29, in murdered near Yosemite last February. of condolence may be sent to Betsy and Sahuarita, AZ. Her husband William R. "Bill" the family at 710 Gonzales Rd., Santa Fe, Supernaugh (former supt. of Joshua Tree NM) The YNI, GGNRA, Bldg. 1055, Sausalito, CA Lake Mead NRA: NM 87501. preceded her in death in 1981. Anne began 94965 has established a fund in memory of her "career" with the Service in 1941 follow­ the young naturalist, The Joie Armstrong Me­ Exotic Species Julia E. Kendig Seasholtz, June 2, in Sun ing her marriage to Bill, then custodian at Or­ morial Fund, to be used for teaching children City Hospice. Wife of Lloyd W. Seasholtz. Management Request gan Pipe Cactus NM. She moved from about special places like Yosemite, so that her Julia began her government service during Twentynine Palms, CA to reside in Green spirit may live on. As Joie once said, "My pas­ WWII as a chief clerk for the U.S. Navy, A Las Vegas TV station advised the park Valley, AZ following the death of her husband. sion lies with teaching children about their Corpus Christi, TX and later with the U.S. that their news crew was headed to cover Survivors are William R. Supernaugh, Jr., supt. environment and I have dedicated all of my Air Force in CA. She worked as a secre­ a story about an alligator. A local teen­ of Badlands NP and two granddaughters, efforts toward it." tary-stenographer in ranger activities in ager who was fishing in the park had Michelle Torok, visitor use assistant, Lassen Yellowstone NP and Yosemite NP, retir­ George W. Hurt, 80, Aug. 21, a lifetime resi­ hooked a two-and-a-half-foot gator and Volcanic NP and Victoria Human, Fort ing with 25 years of federal service. She is dent of Estes Park, CO. He spent many years reeled it in. Rangers responded and con­ Huachuca, AZ. Remembrances may be made survived by her husband of 70+ years, NPS as a summer ranger at Longs Peak. He and his firmed the story. Ranger Liz Dupree em­ to the Educational Trust Fund of the E&AA. retiree Lloyd W., 1420 N. Baywood Court, wife installed and operated the rope tows at ployed her gator skills to secure the Sun City, AZ 85351 and daughter, Joyce, David Lopez, 50, July 9, a former employee Hidden Valley from 1947 to 1954 then became animal's mouth, after which it was turned of Park City, UT and three grandchildren. of the SWRO, where he worked in the records vice president and mountain manager of Hid­ over to the Nevada Division of Wildlife. Memorials may be sent to the Hospice section of personnel. He is survived by a den Valley Ski Area until his retirement in The TV station developed film taken by of Sun City, 10404 Coggins Dr., Sun City, sister, Pearl Gutierrz and a brother, 1980. Mr. Hurt is survived by a daughter, a friend of the teenager, which showed a AZ 85351. Richard Lopez. Robin Roetzel of Newcastle, WY, three sons; second alligator swimming away. It's Dennis of Denver, Greg of Steamboat Springs, believed that the pair were pets that were Thomas Baker, 47, June 15, of a heart at­ Will Lebon, 50, July 11, of cancer. Will joined CO and Monte of Okay, UT. dumped into the lake. It is unlawful to tack. Tom was the park historian at Guilford the NPS as a PR in 1991 after a 23-year army own gators in Nevada. Rangers Brian William "Bill" Baker, 76, Aug. 4, of pneu­ Courthouse NMP. He is survived by his career. He had worked at Grand Canyon NP Cooperider and Paul Crawford went fish­ monia in Billings, MT. Bill retired after serv­ wife Deborah, of 2503 Walker Av., Greens­ and Zion NP, prior to his assignment to Glen ing in an attempt to catch the gator, but ing 31 seasons as a ranger-naturalist in boro, NC 27403. Memorials may be made Canyon NRA. At the age of 45 he scored a without luck. The area will be monitored. Yellowstone. Survivors include his wife, to the Guilford Battleground Co., 2332 500 on the PEB while attending FLETC. He Anyone who can advise the park on how Lorraine, at 35 Burlington AV, Billings, MT New Garden Rd., Greensboro, NC 27410. is survived by his wife, Paula Lebon. long the alligator could live in this environ­ 59101, daughter Jane and son Superintendent ment is asked to contact Chief Ranger Dale Craig Strong, 36, June 25, killed when his Landscape Architect, Katie Gavan, 47, July Vaughn Baker, Lake Roosevelt NRA, WA. vehicle collided with a logging truck. Craig 23, in Jacksonville Beach, FL due to multiple Antonich via cc:mail or at (702) 293-8908. worked at Mount Rainier NP as a cultural sclerosis, which had prompted her retirement

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Kudos and Awards The Denver Chapter ITVA has presented the the Yosemite Lodge in Yosemite Valley. In tently exceeding requirements. Upon receiv­ and ongoing accessibility to the park, its pro­ Bronze Peak award to the Department of January 1997, Yosemite experienced record ing the award, Ramon shared credit with the grams and resources. The park added new Interior Audio Visual Center (AVC) for flooding that caused significant damage to staff in Contracting/Cooperative Agreements features such as a lift to the Old Courthouse. distinguished video production achievement many park structures. In July 1997, the park and General Services for achieving the high The park staff considered accessibility when in external communications for the documen­ received funding to remove the flooded and degree of success. renovating facilities. A particular challenge tary "Sacred Trees." This video tells the story deteriorating buildings and replace them out­ was allowing everyone to experience the top of the numerous culturally peeled ponderosa side of the floodplain. Contractor bids on the Michael Barnhart, park ranger at Catoctin of the Gateway Arch. The park worked with pine trees found at Great Sand Dunes NM. first phase of this project averaged $300,000. Mountain Park was selected as the 1999 win­ the President's Committee on Employment Alden Naranjo, tribal historian of the South­ Kim made the visionary suggestion to hire lo­ ner of the National Capital Region's Harry of People with Disabilities to develop inter­ ern Ute Tribe, narrates the documentary. The cal workers and train them in valuable and Yount Award, which recognizes excellence in active computer kiosks with video and audio documentary will be shown at the park visi­ sustainable skills to accomplish the work for the art and science of "rangering." To recog­ programs of the arch experience. The park tor center as part of the peeled tree exhibit. only $125,000. In addition to cutting the cost nize Ranger Barnhart, a plaque was presented incorporated sign language, captioning and In addition to AVC staff and Alden Naranjo, of the project by more than half, the crews were by Regional Director Terry Carlstrom on June assisted listening headphones in its interpre­ archeologist Marilyn Martorano of Foothills able to recycle an unprecedented $70,000 17. Barnhart has been a career ranger with the tive programs. Engineering Consultants in Lakewood, CO worth of materials for reuse. NPS for more than 25 years and has strong supplied much of the text. Chief of Interpre­ feelings about resource protection and the pres­ John Conoboy, chief of interpretation and tation Kathy Brown and Resource Manage­ Jim Tucker, district ranger for Yosemite NP's ervation of our national parks. He has fought resource management in the Long Distance ment Specialist Fred Bunch assisted with the Valley District, has received the Barry Hance wildland fires in over 22 states from 1987 to Trails Group Office in Santa Fe, who received production of this documentary. Award, which is given annually to the park present, including 34 days in the large the 1998 Individual Programmatic Accessi­ employee "who most personifies Barry's hard Yellowstone fire of 1988. Ranger Barnhart bility Award for developing and implement­ Davis McCombs, park guide at Mammoth work, excitement for life, concern for fellow participates in the local Fraternal Order of ing accessible programs, services or exhib­ Cave, KY is a winner in the Yale Younger employees and reverence for Yosemite." Barry Police organization, which includes federal, its. Conoboy formed community partnerships Poets contest for his work Ultima Thule. Hance was the Mather District roads foreman state, county and city law enforcement offic­ to design accessible wayside exhibits and to McCombs attributes his interest in the park who was killed during snow removal opera­ ers. He volunteered to prepare the exhibits for ensure that visitors with hearing, sight or mo­ and the environment to an elementary school tions on the Tioga Road in 1995. Tucker, a the concurrent jurisdiction agreement with the bility impairments can experience educa­ experience in Mammoth Cave's Environmen­ third-generation Yosemite employee, was bom State of Maryland and the Department of the tional programs. Conoboy serves as an ad­ tal Education program. He earned a in the Valley and grew up in Yosemite and Interior and recorded them in the appropriate vocate for accessible programs by teaching bachelor's degree from Harvard, a master of San Diego. He's been a ranger in Yosemite courthouses. This involved 14 parks in two at NPS workshops nationwide. fine arts degree from the University of VA and Golden Gate since 1974. regions, and all of the respective state, county, and was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford. The city and federal agencies. Barnhart has been Shenandoah NP and Boston NHP, which Yale Younger Poets contest is one of the old­ The American Institute for Conservation of involved in daily law enforcement patrols to are recipients of the Architectural Accessi­ est and most distinguished poetry awards in Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) recently enforce hunting, traffic and resource protec­ bility Achievement Award for designing, the country. Yale University Press will pub­ recognized Martin Burke, the associate man­ tion regulations. He has provided security for constructing or renovating facilities to exem­ lish McCombs' manuscript in April 2000, ager for conservation at Harpers Ferry Cen­ presidential visits as well as dignitaries and plify universal accessibility. Shenandoah re­ National Poetry Month. ter, by awarding him the Rutherford John other heads of state. ceived the award for the Limberlost Trail, the Gettens Award. Burke received this national first accessible trail in the park. The trail has Yosemite NP Buildings and Grounds Super­ award because his "public contributions to our NPS Director Stanton recently presented the a well-packed surface with a gradient of no visor Kim Slininger has received the national organization have been complimented by in­ first NPS Accessibility Achievement Awards more than eight percent. The trail is the re­ White House Closing The Circle Award. This numerable selfless, behind-the-scenes gestures to recognize park sites and individuals that sult of a partnership with the Telephone Pio­ highly competitive award is given annually of time and service...1 can think of no other have identified and eliminated barriers to equal neers of America who volunteered more than by The White House for outstanding efforts member more deserving of this special honor." access for people with disabilities. The win­ 8,600 hours of labor Boston NHP received to implement Executive Order 13101, which ners received engraved plaques and a letter of the award for rehabilitating Dorchester lays a foundation for "Greening the Govern­ Ramon Cintron, program leader for Contract­ commendation from the director. The winners Heights NHS. The park reduced the gradi­ ment Through Waste Prevention and Recy­ ing/Cooperative Agreements in the IMSO, are as follows: ents of old walkways and added handrails to cling." Slininger was chosen in the Recycling Santa Fe, has received a Special Achievement ensure the safety and enjoyment of all visi­ Non-hazardous Waste category for his lead­ Award by the Washington Office Minority Jefferson National Expansion MEM, which tors. Although the project required extensive ership in the deconstruction and salvage of Business and Economic Development Pro­ received the Park Accessibility Achievement construction, the changes retain the park's materials from flood-damaged buildings at gram for his superior performance in consis­ Award for taking actions to create consistent original design criteria and preserve historic landscapes. Director Stanton's Keynote: The Natural Resource Challenge continued from page 1 lic understanding and support for parks as increases, park-based positions or park project encourage their interest, understanding, sup­ Attachments are not included. (See end for important repositories of, and places to learn funding. This is not business as usual. port and enthusiasm. "In the next phase of sources for those attachments). about, the nation's natural heritage. "We must not, however, assume that enhanc­ the natural resource rejuvenation effort, we "You have heard me speak at superintendents' ing natural resource preservation depends will strive to educate the public and our part­ "It gives me great pleasure to update you on ners about the role of the NPS in conserva­ the National Park Service's natural resource conferences on this topic, and you have seen solely upon new money and staff. There are preliminary products—the Challenge Paper of many steps that we can and must take inde­ tion of the nation's natural heritage. We will initiative, and share with you the attached work diligently to secure the additional re­ 'Natural Resource Challenge: The National August 1998, and the Concept Paper of De­ pendently of our efforts to secure additional cember 1998. The Steering Committee, led by resources. Please pay particular attention in the sources identified in the Action Plan. And Park Service's Action Plan for Preserving with all of us working together, we will put a Natural Resources.' This Action Plan is the Deputy Director Deny Galvin, and 12 work Action Plan to the section called Actions to be groups led by superintendents and subject Initiated Immediately (page 15). I have di­ greater emphasis on resource stewardship in culmination of the first phase of an effort all of our activities. which began over a year and a half ago with matter experts, developed the 5-year action and rected the National Leadership Council to as­ my request to the National Leadership Coun­ budget strategy described in the Action Plan sure that these tasks be well underway before "Thank you for your strong support." cil that we explore ways of rejuvenating natu­ and initiated in our official budget request sub­ the end of this calendar year. I ask that each ral resource programs in the NPS. Since that mitted earlier this year to the Department of superintendent now identify what can be done the Interior. Early indications from Congress in his or her park to enhance natural resource The external version of the Natural Resource time, the Service has engaged in an open con­ Challenge can be found on the Internet at versation about the future, specifically what suggest optimism for the natural resources management capacity. portion of the first year (FY 2000) budget. www.nature.nps.gov/challengdoc; the entire our role in natural resource preservation and "Each park has been sent two versions of the plan, for internal use only, can be found on management is, and should be, in the next Over 5 years, we are proposing budget in­ Action Plan. One, for internal use only, has creases of over $100 million, and nearly dou­ the Intranet at wwwl.nrintra.nps.gov/ century. From the healthy skepticism and the complete 5-year action and budget strat­ challengedoc. broad range of opinion have emerged none­ bling the number of natural resource positions egy. As we are prohibited from publicly dis­ theless a remarkable consensus that our suc­ in the NPS. Actions are also proposed to in­ cussing the details of out-year budget requests cess in preserving the nation's natural re­ vigorate interpretation, protection, planning prior to Administration approval, the second sources in our trust in the next century de­ and information management efforts in re­ version omits the out-year budgets. Please pends largely on our skill in acquiring and source preservation. Most significantly, 92 share the appropriate versions of the Action applying scientific knowledge about those percent of the new positions and nearly 80 Plan widely with your staff and partners, and resources. Furthermore, we must build pub­ percent of the new funding would be park base

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Off the Press Lincoln's restoration of the Union and the end On the Prairie of Palo Alto: Historical of slavery are the foundations upon which Archeology of the U.S.-Mexican War Lincoln's popularity and his lasting place in Battlefield history rest. By Charles M. Haecker and Jeffery G. Mauck Prokopowicz claims that Lincoln's preparation Douglas Scott, renowned battlefield archeolo- for greatness began not in Kentucky or Indiana, gist, reviewed Charles M. Haecker and Jeffery but during his eight years in the Illinois General G. Mauck's book entitled On the Prairie of Palo Assembly. There he honed his skills as an "ef­ Alto: Historical Archeology of the U.S.-Mexi­ fective, shrewd and unshakably honest law­ can War Battlefield. The review appeared in the maker." But it was not his skills alone that most recent issue ofHistorical Archaeology, the brought Lincoln to greatness; it was also his journal of the Society for Historical Archaeol­ unswerving loyalty to the phrase "All men are ogy (1999, volume 33, no. 2, pages 136-137). created equal." This was the driving force that Charlie Haecker is an archeologist with the IMSF drew him into the debates with Douglas, to cam­ Cultural Resources Services—Anthropology paign for the White House in 1860, to perse­ Projects. Scott praised the book, calling it a "co­ Augustus Saint-Gaudens 1848-1907 vere in saving the Union, and in deciding to is­ hesive, readable, re-evaluation of the details of A Master of American Sculpture sue the Emancipation Proclamation. the Battle of Palo Alto. There are many fine el­ Edited by Alain Hureaux Throughout the book, readers will appreciate ements to the book to recommend it to a diverse Somogy Editions D'Art, Paris, 1999 Abraham Lincoln how the numerous historical photographs and readership. One of the great strengths of this America's 16th President 214 pp. 160 color & 98 b/w photos drawings richly enhance the text. Also, study, for archeologists, is the example it sets 10" x 11", ISBN 0-9670113-1-0 $49.95, By Gerald J. Prokopowicz Prokopowicz has included essays by National for those working in the confines of manage­ paperback and $69.95, hardcover Eastern National, 1999 Park Service staff members that describe the ment-driven archeology today. Haecker, to his 55 pp, 88 illus., soffbound, 8" x 10 72" significance of Lincoln's birthplace, his boy­ great credit, did not sit on the laurels of his fine A new comprehensive catalog on one of Available from America's National Parks, hood home in southern Indiana and his home cultural resource management limited distribu­ America's greatest sculptors, and the only 470 Maryland Drive, Suite 2, Fort Wash­ in Springfield, Illinois. This book fills an im­ tion report ["A Thunder of Cannon: Archaeol­ book in print covering Saint-Gaudens' work. ington, PA 19034-9684. Or call toll free portant need of all Lincoln sites, by offering ogy of the Mexican-American War Battlefield Eleven essays by leading art historians on the (877) NAT-PARK. an historically accurate text that will appeal to of Palo Alto," SRO, Divisions of Anthropology artist, including a detailed time line of his life all who have an interest in the life of our six­ and History, NPS]. Rather, he joined forces with and work; from the cameos done during his Gerald J. Prokopowicz, a rising Lincoln youth, to sophisticated portrait reliefs, monu­ scholar and curator of the Lincoln Museum teenth president. Mauck and followed through with this well-de­ veloped, highly readable and excellent example ments and coins. The essays contribute new in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has authored a fine -reviewed by Timothy S. Good, park ranger, scholarship on his career and art. work on Abraham Lincoln for the National Lincoln Home NHS and author of We Saw of a cultural resource management document Park Famous American Series. The Series is Lincoln Shot: One Hundred Eyewitness being developed into a full-blown, highly suc­ Published in conjunction with this year's ma­ published by Eastern National. He sets the Accounts. cessful scholarly endeavor." jor exhibition in France. Available from: tone early in his work by claiming that Available from the Southwest Parks and Eastern National, Saint-Gaudens NHS, RR Monuments Association, (888) 569-7762. #3, Box 73, Cornish, NH 03745.

Issues of the 90s the main artery of east-west travel by road. The that their names and home addresses gener­ Sand Creek Massacre Uncovered year 2001 will mark the 75th anniversary of ally are available to the public (see 318 DM 4, continued from page 5 In October 1998, Congress authorized the Route 66. App. 2.11, for suggested language). In light "Sand Creek Massacre National Historic protection of the public's natural and cul­ H.R. 66 is a follow-up to Domenici's "Route of the significance of the name and home ad­ Site Study Act" to determine the suitabil­ tural resources, housing for Grand Canyon 66 Study Act of 1990," from which the NPS dress issue, the Department recommends that ity and feasibility of designating the Sand NP and Tusayan-area residents and an en­ conducted a study on the impact of Route 66 bureaus/offices add the public disclosure state­ Creek Massacre NHS in CO as a unit of vironmentally sustainable and model gate­ on American culture. The study, completed in ment to the preamble of any Federal Register the National Park System. There was, how­ way community for Grand Canyon. July 1995, addressed the feasibility of preserv­ (FR) document seeking public comment, not ever, one glitch—the site was yet to be pre­ "The USFS and the NPS are cooperating ing what remains of the highway and the fa­ only rulemaking documents. To ensure con­ cisely located. sistency and to avoid unnecessary appeals and with its neighbors, Coconino County and cilities associated with it through private and Archeological fieldwork on the Sand Creek Northern Arizona Council of Govern­ public efforts. litigation in the future, please remind your pro­ gram offices, in particular those involved in Project was completed in late May. The ments, to better serve the tourists who fuel FOIA Decision Affecting Public successful field work included a team of the local economy, to serve the public's the preparation and review of FR documents, Comment Situations of their responsibility to include this statement NPS archeologists: Doug Scott of the Mid­ best interest, to protect the federal west Archeological Center; Charlie government's natural resources and to The Department of the Interior (DOI) lost a in FR documents soliciting public comments." FOIA lawsuit recently that involved the names Haecker and Art Ireland of the Intermoun- make living more affordable and bearable Northern Forest Canoe Trail Opens: Trail tain CRM and Steve DeVore also of the for the local workers who stoke this and home addresses of people who submitted Connects New York's Adirondacks with comments on a proposed rulemaking. The Fish Intermountain Support Office CRM. Prior region's economic engine, the Grand Can­ Maine's Northern Border to the fieldwork, NPS historian Jerry yon," Towns said. and Wildlife Service wanted to withhold the names and home addresses of commentors on A project of Native Trails, a small nonprofit Greene of the DSC prepared a historical Journey's End: Route 66 Bill a notice of proposed rulemaking concerning dedicated to the preservation of pre-mecha- documentation that accurately pointed ar­ Becomes Law the reintroduction of the grizzly bear in the nized travel routes, stretches from the cheologists to a site for the Cheyenne and According to a news release issued by the Bitteroot ecosystem (Alliance for the Wild Adirondacks of NY to northern Maine, cross­ Arapaho village at Sand Creek. The field office of Congresswoman Heather Wilson, Rockies, et. al. v. Department of the Interior). ing every major watershed in the Northeast. work culminated over a year of planning NM (R), the President has signed into law This was challenged in U.S. District Court, and For the past year, the Rivers & Trails program work by historian Christine Whitacre and legislation, H.R. 66, driven through Con­ DOI lost. While DOI disagrees with the court's of the NPS, in partnership with the Appala­ archeologist Cathy Spude of the Inter­ gress by Congresswoman Wilson and U.S. decision, and an appeal is being considered, chian Mountain Club, guided an effort in the mountain CRM. Senator Pete Domenici, to support there are both long-term lessons and immedi­ Rangely region to create the first Northern The work uncovered more than 300 pe­ grassroots efforts to preserve the historic ate instruction from the Department based on Forest Canoe Trail guide and map, to identify riod artifacts and included shell frag­ U.S. Route 66 that spanned eight states for this court decision that should be known by landowners and to sign all portages. Rangeley ments from artillery of the type used to much of the 20th century. The law estab­ any and all parks and offices that are involved Lakes Heritage Trust was the lead partner with bombard the Indians at Sand Creek, lishes a 10-year, $10 million NPS initia­ in a process involving public comments. Maine Conservation Corps/AmeriCorps, sev­ other period ammunition, a cast iron tive to support state, local and private ef­ eral local businesses and Trails for Rangeley kettle and cooking pot fragments, tin The Department's instruction as a result of this Area Coalition also playing key roles. Sale of forts to preserve Route 66 by providing court decision is as follows: "Litigation of this cups, tin plates, utensils, iron arrow­ technical assistance, participating in cost- the Rahgeley region guide, published by the heads, unfinished arrowheads, files and sort should be avoidable in the future if bu­ Rangely Lakes Heritage Trust, will provide sharing programs and making grants. The reaus/offices follow Departmental policy con­ personal ornaments. There is little doubt NPS will also act as a clearinghouse for funds for maintaining a portion of the Northern that the camp attacked by cerning names and home addresses of Forest Canoe Trail. Contact: Julie Isbill, NPS/ communication among federal, state, local, rulemaking commentors. The Departmental the Colorado Volunteer private and American Indian entities inter­ Appalachian Mountain Club, Rivers & Trails Cavalry has been found. Manual requires bureaus/offices to include a Program, Brunswick, Maine, (207) 725-5028. ested in the preservation of Route 66. The statement in the preamble of all rulemaking 2,448-mile highway was for many years documents notifying prospective commentors

9 (Vl^wsletter National Park Service Freeman Tilden Award

he Freeman Tilden Award, sponsored tion on the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative were met and overcome by John Adams and sponsibility for the preservation of Indiana in partnership with the NPS and the Coalition she has been able to integrate cul­ his family. The program has three parts: Fami­ Dunes NL. This program is not a one-time TNational Parks and Conservation As­ turally aligned standards into the state curricu­ lies in the Revolution: Patriots in the Coun­ activity, but rather involves 7-13 year-olds sociation, is an annual award recognizing out­ lum and then implement local outreach pro­ tryside, The Boston Massacre: John Adams in a series of weekly programs during the standing contributions to the public through grams that model these standards. Her assis­ to the Defense and Pen and Parchment: summer and for periodic weekend programs interpretation by a NPS employee. The award tance has allowed the Yakutat Tlingit native From Penn's Hill to Pennsylvania. Partici­ during the rest of the year. The activities in­ was created in 1982 by KC DenDooven to interpreters to share their stories of the sur­ pants assume the identities of historical char­ clude education programs, along with oppor­ stimulate and reward creative thinking and rounding landscape with the public. She cre­ acters in order to gain a greater appreciation tunities to work on resource management work by employees, which results in having ated opportunities that have been successful of the relevancy and significance of the John projects, help with chores on a historic farm, positive impacts upon the visiting public. in helping the Tlingit people sustain their tra­ Adam's family story and the historical back­ and help create and present seasonal pro­ Tilden provided a philosophical basis for in­ ditional knowledge and lifeways. drop against which their lives were grams to other children. The program is based terpretation in his book Interpreting Our played out. on the principle that children need frequent Heritage. Nominees for this award are judged exposure to environmental messages. His jun­ upon their creativity, originality and positive Alyssa Baltrus, Park ior ranger program provides multiple oppor­ contributions in enhancing the public's un­ Ranger Michael Vouri, Park tunities to positively influence the attitudes derstanding of the resources protected by the Rock Creek Park, Ranger and behaviors of the participating children. NPS. The national winner will be chosen from NCR San Juan Island the seven regional nominees: Alyssa created "Meet­ NHP, PWR ing the Challenge: A Michael demonstrated Robert E. Woody, Curriculum-based through a variety of Public Information Janet Ambrose, Urban Environmental Education Program" partnership initiatives Officer Education Specialist at Rock Creek Park, which uses all five senses and outreach programs Cape Hatteras NS, Carlsbad Caverns to explore the park. She produced lesson plans, the powerful message of "conflict resolution SER NP, IMR teacher's packets, pre- and post visit materi­ through peaceful means." His work included Bob Woody managed Janet was chosen for als and evaluation forms. She pilot tested and the creation of an expanded park Web site, the the mass media cam­ her outstanding work in made available to local school districts pro­ development of a traveling trunk, writing and paign for the moving creating the "Resource grams for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and publishing a definitive book, The Pig War: of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Focus­ Well: A Comprehensive Outreach Pro­ grades one through twelve. For many urban Standoff at Griffin Bay. In a partnership with ing on the essential need to educate the pub­ gram." The Resource Well creates the op­ students, their experience at Rock Creek Park the British Consulate in Seattle, Mike raised lic on heritage preservation, his work turned portunity for teachers and students to partici­ is their first exposure to the National Park Sys­ the funds for a new flagpole for the English the engineering adventure of moving the pate in educational opportunities that engage tem. By introducing the national parks to stu­ Camp. The dedication ceremony of the new lighthouse 2,900 feet into a learning experi­ the participants in fostering stewardship for dents and teachers and building a series of ac­ flagpole reaffirmed the strong ties of friend­ ence for the whole country. Through a very cultural and natural resources. She obtained cessible and exciting programs she has turned ship between the U.S. and Canada and at­ proactive complicated media campaign, Bob $150,000 in local matching funds to support Rock Creek Park into an introduction to the tracted international interest that promises to emphasized the importance of heritage pres­ ervation as part of our everyday lives. The grants, she negotiated free computer techni­ national parks. foster future interpretive and research oppor­ Web site that he established kept daily ac­ cal support, insured that all products were tunities between the park, Canada and the counts of the events as they transpired. As a aligned with the state curriculum standards United Kingdom. Mike has provided multiple John Stanwich, result of this project the public was able to and even acted in a ParKids video. opportunities for the public to enjoy and learn Supervisory Park about the historic and beautiful San Juan Island. identify with the universal values of tradition, Ranger pride, concern, care, hope, trust, determina­ Fawn Bauer, Educa­ Adams NHS, NER tion, courage and commitment. With the cre­ tion Technician John created the "Pic­ Kipton V. Walton, ation of 1,500 hours of high-definition video, Glacier Bay NP & ture Yourself in the Outreach Program 6,000 slides and the plans for a 60-minute PRES, AKR Past Program" in Coordinator video and definitive-study publication, Bob Indiana Dunes NL, turned an exciting project into the ultimate Fawn created the "Cul­ which students learn MWR recycling adventure. tural Connections at about the challenges that were met and over­ Glacier Bay and Be­ come by John Adams and his family. More Kipton created the yond Program" which than 6,000 students have participated in the "Connecting People recognizes the Alaska Native people's con­ packages John has created. Students learn, in to Parks Junior Ranger Program," which nection to the landscape and the value of tra­ this inclusive program which crosses national, offers young people "hands-on" activities to ditional knowledge. Through her participa­ cultural and gender lines, of the challenges that develop a sense of personal ownership and re­

NPS Chief Historian, Dwight Pitcaithley, defines what NPS Civil In rememberance of War site interpretation is all about to a critic and erstwhile Civil Michael "Mick" Clifford War area supporter: 1956-1997 July 30, 1999 tory were not presented at military sites. As chief ranger of Fort Union National Monu­ by Mary Devlin Clifford ment, one of the largest 19th century frontier Dear Jerry: At the same time, I would argue and have, that forts of the southwest, Mick became well if military history is all the public learns at a Mick's career in the National Park Service It was with some interest that I opened my versed in the western experience and intrigu­ battlefield, it is also being ill served. Battles began with a seasonal position at Perry's most recent issue of HERITAGEPAC and ing history of the Santa Fe Trail. This was and wars occur for some reason or reasons and Victory and International Peace Monument, found your open letter regarding the NPS in­ indeed his favorite park service assignment! a site that commemorates a major Ameri­ terpretation of CW battlefields. I, too, became the Civil War was no exception. The job of can Victory during the War of 1812. The Arriving at Jean Lafayette NHP, we both re­ concerned, but not for any of the reasons you the NPS, and any other entity managing battle­ War of 1812, coined by many historians as newed old acquaintances and took an instant list in your letter. Because somewhere along field sites, is to discuss the events that occurred on the field of battle and to place those events the "forgotten war" was Mick's favorite era appreciation for the area. Despite his short the line you have inferred improper action of stay, Mick's talents were immediately rec­ in a larger context. Indeed, how does one make of history. At Perry's Victory, Mick re­ the part of the NPS, 1 am writing to set the ognized. Unknown to him, word of his inter­ sense of the carnage at Antietam and ceived his first Park Service experience and record straight. pretive presentation traveled back to Penn­ Gettysburg and Fredericksburg and knew it was the right fit. sylvania by a relative of a friend who ac­ There is not now, nor has there been in the Spotsylvania without some idea of what caused After becoming permanent at Independence counted her enjoyable tour of New Orleans four years I have been Chief Historian, any hundreds of thousands of Americans to hate NHP, Mick's skill for historical research from a "ranger who had worked at Valley attempt to curtail in any way the presenta­ and quality interpretive presentations was each other so passionately and want to kill each Forge." As his career had begun, Mick was tion of military history in the battlefields recognized as he was selected during two other so expansively. Does this mean I want again at a site that commemorated the War managed by the NPS. The interpretation of consecutive years to deliver the reenactment to adopt a "broader scope" for our interpre­ of 1812. The Park Service has lost a fine in­ the events on the battlefield is as integral to of the public reading of the Declaration of tive programs at military sites? Yes! Does this terpreter, however, Mick's respect for historic the presentation of Antietam, for example, as Independence. Working at Valley Forge mean that the NPS is moving away from the preservation and interpretation will live on is the presentation of political history at In­ NHP and Fort Stanwix NM, Mick concen­ military interpretation of battlefields? Clearly with me, his co-workers and the many dependence Hall. I cannot imagine a scenario trated on the story of human endurance dur­ not! Neither does it mean, as you suggest in visitors who received a quality park experi­ ing the Revolutionary War and enhanced that would include a visit to a CW park where your newsletter, that the Service is ignoring ence from this honest and dedicated park many an interpretive demonstration from his the military history was not the cornerstone the Congressional intent at these special places. service ranger. of the presentation. Indeed, the public would knowledge of military history. be ill served by this agency if military his­ continued on backpage 10 Employees & Alumni Association NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Learning, Earning and Having Fun Doing It!

By Alice K. Thomas, editorial assistant, experimenting, young people were placed in Public Affairs Office, NPS, NCR a number of new roles. They took on tasks The National Park Service, National Capital from clerical to conservation and in some Region (NCR) has completed another suc­ cases, interpretation. cessful summer season, thanks to a dutiful Youth workers are expected to maintain the group of youths. Once again a barrage of ea­ same strict hours as regular staff, starting at ger young employees pleasantly bombarded 7:45 a.m. and ending at 4:15 p.m. the parks in the District, Maryland, Virginia At a time when the value of a dollar is low and and West Virginia areas. the prices of movies, CDs and video games NCR Regional Director Terry Carlstrom ac­ are steadily rising, youth are becoming more credits "the constant work of Kerne Ferrell, reluctant to work for minimum wage, which special emphasis recruitment officer, Ramie is around $5.25 per hour. Young people are Lynch, youth coordinator, park superinten­ also becoming very selective in the type of dents and the efforts of all NCR employees work they are willing to perform. Recogniz­ to enrich the work experience received by our ing this, the NPS has been adamant about pro­ youths," for the success of the youth program. viding youth with meaningful work experiences. Mr. Lynch adds that much of this year's suc­ The Youth Corp at Manassas National Battle­ Front row L to R: Arron Thompson, Jonelle Conger and Edith Uthofffrom the Youth cess is attributed to mandatory training. Park field Park were responsible for the rehabilita­ employees assigned to work with the youth Conservation Crew (YCC). Back row L to R: Regional Director Terry Carlstrom; Mike tion and repair of two different sections of a Spencer, YCC; Robert Sutton, supt. Manassas NBP; Gar Gauthier, maintenance worker were given training in safety, team building, 5-mile interpretive loop trail. "The trail sur­ coaching, mentoring and environmental foreman, Manassas NBP; Rawley Johnson, YCC; Deputy Regional Director Gentry Davis faces are worn down, exposing roots, stumps and Calvin Crowder at Manassas NBP. awareness, in addition to an overview of the and rocks that pose a serious safety hazard to youth program. It was equally important to the visiting public," said Gar Gauthier, main­ Mr. Lynch that prospective supervisors were tenance worker foreman at Manassas. "The educated on how to work with special popu­ work that the Youth Corp did resulted in a safer lation youths. "Now training is more com­ surface to travel over and also prevented fur­ prehensive," maintained Mr. Lynch. ther deterioration of the resource," Mr. Not only is NPS conserving our nation's scen­ Gauthier said. ery and natural and historic objects, they have At Harpers Ferry National Historical Park also taken on the responsibility to help pre­ (HAFE) the youth conducted living history serve young lives. Today, all youths are at tours dressed in period costumes and made risk. There are no residential or cultural historical authentic props for special events. boundaries exempt from the societal ills that Park Ranger Melinda Day said that this sum­ are claiming the lives of youths each day. mer two students presented 45 minute walk­ Therefore, all efforts made to nurture a posi­ ing tours to the public. For the entire 8-week tive self-image for youths benefits people of program students staffed the parks' living his­ all walks of life. tory exhibits, which afforded them on aver­ The NPS, NCR is fostering the attitude that age approximately 6,000 visitor contacts this youths are important and essential, by em­ summer. ploying hundreds of them each year, through The National Capital Region offered young organizations such as the Youth Conserva­ people a totally different experience. The re­ tion Corps (YCC), Student Conservation As­ gion offered an indoor office setting where L to R: Deputy Director Gentry Davis, Regional Director Terry Carlstrom and Supt. sociation (SCA) and the Summer Youth Em­ students were given a chance to see the admin­ Robert Sutton with Arron Thompson and Jonelle Conger, Youth Conservation Corps at ployment Program (SYEP). Many of the stu­ istrative side of the parks. These youth were able Manassas NBP. dents sign up with these and other organiza­ to receive coaching on telephone etiquette and tions out of the sheer need of employment. brush up on their interpersonal skills. Youth interact, talk and understand each other better," picked up good work habits. "I learned not But it is the initiative of the NPS to make working in the regional office learned how to said Becky Cool. Abigail Saunders also attrib­ to litter and try to use less water," said Adam responsible, hardworking, historically and use a wide range of office equipment from the uted the knowledge of the importance of team­ Williams. NPS helps the youth "develop an culturally employable individuals out of each phones to the fax machines. work to her enjoyment of working in the NPS. understanding of the cultural and natural en­ vironment where they work, prepares them of them, with the hopes that the NPS might NPS has certainly benefited from the work of How do young people cope with working like for future career choices and develops a work one day be their permanent place of work. the youth this summer as all others. "With a adults for the summer? It takes a combination ethic," said Regional Director Carlstrom. A series of field trips taken by Regional Di­ of three things—a good supervisor, a caring limited amount of maintenance workers, some­ It is important that our environment is con­ rector Carlstrom afforded him the opportu­ staff and last but not least camaraderie. Work­ times important projects like trail maintenance served, still it is more important that the lives nity to see first hand just how fortunate the ing side by side with peers is one of the main are not attended to as needed.. .we really rely of children be preserved. NPS is committed park service is to be able to employ young reasons that the youth were able to stick out on the contributions of the summer workers," to both and is achieving it by providing year- people, not to mention the hard work and the pangs of working a laborious 9 to 5. When said Mr. Gauthier. round youth programs that educate, stimu­ dedication that the youths display. asked what he liked about working for the park More importantly the youths are benefiting late and compensate young people. Traditionally, youth performed conservation service, 16-year-old Terrence Rhodes said, too. Senai Simon, 16, said, "I learned how to or maintenance projects. However, after some "The people made thejob interesting with their work with people." Zahir Reeder, said he personalities." "When we are out here we can Parks in Jeopardy

Many of the 378 areas in the National Park NPCA's List of 10 Most Endangered National Parks in 1999. Match the park with the threat. Answers on back page. System are endangered. The National Parks and Conservation Association has pub­ 1. Yellowstone NP A. obstructed views lished a 36-page report that lists 10 of the 2. Chaco Culture NHP B. development in the desert most endangered parks and the threats they face. Can you identify the each park's pri­ 3. Denali NP & PRES C. crumbling treasures mary threat? 4. Everglades NP/Biscayne NP D. mudding the waters 5. Grand Canyon NP E. invasive threats The NPCA contends that these problems 6. Great Smoky Mountains NP F. turmoil on the tundra in our national parks will not go away un­ less enough citizens make their voices 7. HaleakalaNP G. watery works in progress heard in the parks' defense. 8. Gettysburg NMP H. crowding the canyon 9. Mojave N PRES I. breaking the silence 10. VoyageursNP J. a battle for resources

11 CW site Interpretation sibility to the American public and E&AA Benefactors of its obligation to provide the most Please include, if possible, a continued from page 10 Contribute to the thoughtful and knowledgeable inter­ The following donations have been summary of the event at which the The interpretation of the specific pretation possible. It is also aware received this quarter, Thank you E&AA Newsletter. photo was taken, news release or event and the general context is and appreciative of the support you for your support. Submit information, stories and photos other important information. We will commonly found at places of histori­ and your readers have brought to the Edward H. Abbuehl to E&AA Newsletter, 470 Maryland use as many submissions as possible cal interest. They are not only com­ important subject of battlefield pres­ James D. Arnott Drive, Suite 1, Fort Washington, PA on a space-available basis. Time- patible, but also necessary educa­ ervation. I trust your readers under­ sensitive materials and those received David Barna 19034. Information can also be tional ingredients of any interpretive stand that NPS educational programs first will receive priority. We may Josephine Q. Barton faxed to (215) 283-6925 or E-mailed program. must also serve visitors whose inter­ hold submissions for use in a later Donald L. Bill [email protected]. est in the Civil War, though no less issue. Now, so there will be no confusion LeAnn Cauthen deep, is more general. The placing Photographs are welcomed. On the over the direction the NPS is headed Martin B. Christensen of battles in larger contexts does not back of the photograph please identify The deadline for the next issue and where that direction is coming Manuel H. Cortez diminish the military history of a site, who is in the photo, who took the is Friday, December 3. Please from, let me introduce "Holding the Denis R. Davis denigrate the values for which Con­ photo and your name and address if contact Jennifer Allen with any High Ground," a 1998 report devel­ Kenneth Franc gress established it, nor indicate a you would like the photo returned. questions about submissions at oped by the superintendents of CW Evelyn M. Hall lessening of respect for these sacred (215)283-6900. parks. While it deals with several is­ George Hall spaces. The NPS official you quote sues common to CW battlefield Leslie Starr Hart Newsletter Contributors in your letter is correct. Battlefield parks, its findings include a number Thomas L. Hartman sites, indeed, are about who was of useful "principles" to guide edu­ Michael E. Healy shooting, and where, and, as impor­ Roger Miller Stuart A. Snyder cational programs. These principles Bonnie Jenschke tantly, why. are not new, just restated. Frank F. Kowski Memorial Golf Jim Dempsey Pacific West Supts. Tournament Harry Robinson Tim Good Gary Gallagher expressed our pur­ "Battlefield interpretation must es­ Constance Y. Kurtz Norm Hellmers Martha Sloan pose best when he wrote that we tablish the site's particular place in William G. Laitner need "battlefields because they can Kayci Cook the continuum of war, illuminate the James M. Lambe serve as gateways to a fuller appre­ Thank You! social, economic and cultural issues Marian Lane ciation of how the war shaped nine­ Answers from page 11: ID, 2C, 3F, 4G, 5H, 6A, 7E, 8J, 9B, 101 that caused or were affected by the Bruce D. McKeeman teenth-century America and contin­ war, illustrate the breadth of human Cynthia McLeod ues to shape us today....That cem­ experience during the period, and George H. Merriken etery [at Gettysburg] and the fields establish the relevance of the war to Thomas D. Mulhern that surround it, as well as scores of people today." And, "Interpretive Faye Ogle Yellowstone NP Winter Use Plan other CW battlegrounds, stand as programs and media will recognize Stuart Snyder wonderful reminders of what men The impacts of snowmobiles in Parkway. The EIS stated that once that the aftermath of war—its legacy Edward J. Spicka and women, North and South, black Yellowstone NP should be moni­ adopted, the winter use plan should of personal, social, and economic Gilbert R. Wenger and white, struggled for and against tored with an eye toward setting allow a "planning and implementa­ trauma, and the continuing debate Northeast Region and Pacific during our most profound crisis. over unresolved issues—is a vital West Supt.s' Conferences sound and emission standards by the tion period" of two years before any component of understanding the war's They are wonderful stages for any­ winter of 2008-2009. A draft envi­ of the plan's controversial manage­ Additional Donations in relevance to subsequent generations." one who would coax out the subtle ronmental impact statement (EIS) ment decisions are implemented. Memory of Bob Deskins: shadings of the conflict's rich story, released on the Internet Aug. 9 by Park managers themselves devel­ and we should preserve and protect James and Patricia Coleman Public comments on the draft EIS the NPS proposes plowing the road oped these laudatory goals, not to them as national treasures." Eldon T. Deskins will be accepted through Dec. 1. replace or offset in any way, the mili­ Thomas L. Hartman from West Yellowstone to Old Faith­ The park could use your support. tary history of place, but to enhance I trust this corrects any Suzanne Lewis ful each winter to allow shuttle vans Address comments to Supt. Finley. it and make it more understandable misperceptions you have regarding Steve and Nancy Milton and bus traffic in the park. A key to more of the visiting public. Nei­ the Service's military interpretive Charlie and Sara Powell feature of the plan also calls for the The draft plan may be accessed from ther will the addition of a broader program, and respectfully request Antoinette Saunders addition of a year-round pathway in www.nps.gov/planning/yell/ context for the war require a subtrac­ that you reprint this letter in its en­ Laura E. Soulliere Grand Teton NP to separate highway winteruse or, hard copies may be re­ tion from the military history at tirety in your next newsletter and Simon Tran-M-Trung vehicle use and snowmobiles during quested from Clifford Hawkes, post it to your e-mail subscribers. Charles and Rebecca Vial these sites. The interpretation of the winter. The EIS covers winter use DSC, 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, historic sites is not, as they say, a Sincerely, In Memory of Frank Pridemore in Yellowstone, Grand Teton and the Lakewood, CO 80228. zero-sum game. and Mike Lordes: Dwight T. Pitcaithley, Ph.D. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Bob and Wylna McDaniel The NPS is most aware of its respon­ Chief Historian

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