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The National Park Service General Conference Arrowhead Summer 2000 • Vol. 7 • No. 3 The Newsletter of the Employees & Alumni Association of the National Park Service Published By Eastern National FROM THE DIRECTOR Discovery 2000: The National Cerro Grande Fire: Making Things Right Park Service General Conference he tragic out­ Tcome of the Cerro Grande By Kevin Schneider first nationwide NPS conference since fire in New Mexi­ the 75th anniversary conference, held in co has touched t the beginning of the twentieth Vail, Colorado, in 1991 (which pro­ the nation, the A century, five national parks, all duced the Vail Agenda). community and located in the West, represented the The goals of Discovery 2000 are: the entire • To develop a vision of the National National Park Service. I want to let infancy of the national park idea. The you know that I am committed to National Park Service had not yet even Park Service's 21st century role in the taking all necessary actions to been created. Today, the NPS cares for life of the nation. make the community whole and 379 diverse areas ranging halfway • To inspire and invigorate the Service, ensure this kind of disaster is never around the world and manages pro­ its partners and the public about this repeated. grams that touch the lives of millions of ture? The traditions of the NPS are vision. We have taken responsibility for Americans. Today we not only protect renown, but how can we make them • To develop new leadership to meet the fire. We will also let the citizens of spectacular natural areas, but also help just as relevant to the twenty-first cen­ the challenges of the future. Los Alamos know that we are deeply sorry for the personal pain and prop­ preserve the very fabric of our nation's tury as they were to the twentieth? The conference will feature four daily erty loss which resulted from our history and our quality of life. To help answer these questions, over program tracks covering cultural actions. We will do everything in our At the dawn of the twenty-first centu­ 1,300 NPS leaders, partners and scholars resources stewardship, natural resources power to help them recover. ry, the National Park Service must have been invited to come together in St. stewardship, education and leadership. The findings of the investigative reflect on its role within our American Louis this September at Discovery 2000: Each morning, a nationally recognized team appointed by Interior Secretary society for the future. Few could have The National Park Service General Con­ keynote speaker will address the confer­ Bruce Babbitt point to a number of foreseen the breadth of issues the parks ference. The conference will focus the ence on topics related to the day's track. serious errors in both practice and face today. What new challenges will the vision of the Park Service for the twenty- Centered around the day's program judgment, which led collectively to tracks are a series of instructive lectures, the wildfire. The Cerro Grande Fire twenty-first century bring? How will first century, while cultivating new lead­ investigation report is posted on the today's revolutions and tomorrow's ership ready to meet the challenges of off-site workshops and in-depth dia- Internet at www.nps.gov/cerro- unforeseen wonders change our cul­ the future. Discovery 2000 will be the continued on page 6 grande. I have thoroughly reviewed the report and spent several days in New Mexico reviewing the situation. An independent review board has N.Y* Town Benefits from NPS Program evaluated the investigative report. The Outlet Fire at Grand Canyon has also been reviewed. I will work with he Federal Lands to Parks Program the Service's leadership to imple­ Trecently completed the transfer of ment the board's recommendations. 32 acres of surplus federal property to In addition, I am working with Sec­ the city of Plattsburgh, New York. The retary Babbitt and the other directors property, which was formerly a part of of land managing agencies to review Plattsburgh Airforce Base, consists of and resolve any concerns related to nearly two miles of waterfront along the training, implementation and Lake Champlain. In a letter to the may­ interagency coordination elements of our prescribed fire program. We or of Plattsburgh, NPS Director Robert have a responsibility to review our Stanton said, "I salute the commitment prescribed fire program and correct of the City of Plattsburgh to preserving any deficiencies. I anticipate the full and protecting the natural resources of support of the men and women of Lake Champlain and providing impor­ the NPS as we move forward togeth­ er in our effort to ensure that this ter­ tant public recreational opportunities rible tragedy is not repeated. through the Federal Lands to Parks Program." I would like to thank all of the NPS personnel who have risen to The program is a NPS partnership that helps communities create new parks by the challenges of recent weeks by John T. Kelly fighting the fire, investigating its conveying surplus federal land to state PLATTSBURGH, NY MAYOR DANIEL L. STEWART, right, introducing Fort Stanwix causes and working on recovery and local governments at no cost. The Superintendent Gary Warshefski, who commended the city and the mayor for their hard efforts. For those of you not NPS works with communities to identify involved in the events in New Mexi­ work on preserving and protecting the natural resources of Lake Champlain. co, I appreciate the support given to eligible federal land and develop a plan the active participants. for its recreational use. Federal Lands to ister this little-known program. Federal over 1,300 properties (totaling approxi­ Parks permanently preserves the land for Lands to Parks gives people new places to mately 144,000 acres) nationwide to I continue to take a great deal of pride in the mission of the NPS, and recreational use. Surprisingly, only four ride a bike, go for a swim, play soccer, state and local governments. For more the men and women who carry it people located in Atlanta, Boston, San have a picnic, take a walk and to have fun. information on the program, call John out. Undeniably, our responsibility for Francisco and Washington, D.C. admin- Since 1949, the program has transferred Kelly at (617) 223-5190. the tragic Cerro Grande fire has cost us some of the goodwill of the Amer­ ican public. Our commitment to help­ ing the citizens of Los Alamos Years of Wear Take Toll on Tsankawi's Ruins provides us with the opportunity to take a step in the right direction. A National Park Service plan propos­ in room walls. Bandelier proposes a new manage­ We must also demonstrate our es changes to protect the Tsankawi Unit "It's a favorite hiking, recreation and ment plan for Tsankawi offering two dedication to preserving this nation's of Bandelier NM. The Tsankawi Unit is picnic area for residents of the Los alternatives to address the deterioration cherished natural and cultural the ancestral home of San Ildefonso Alamos community," said Charisse at Tsankawi. One alternative would resources for future generations. Day by day, throughout the system Pueblo and the site of numerous cliff Sydoriak, resource management special­ essentially leave the Tsankawi unit as is and through our programs, each one dwellings. The 828-acre unit was set ist at the monument. "The problem is and try to train visitors to have less of us must do whatever we can to aside in 1916 to protect ancestral that the cultural and natural resources impact. The second alternative includes restore the public's confidence. pueblo archaeological sites. The pueblo of the unit have suffered because of encouraging development of adjacent has never been fully excavated. The indiscriminate use for the past 84 years. lands that will be transferred to Los dwellings are unique because of their Visitor use, fire suppression and grazing Alamos County from the U.S. Depart- cliff notches, vertical ceiling holes, practices have combined to cause severe continued on page 10 groups of floor pits and deep incisions erosion problems," Sydoriak said. 2 Arrowhead • Summer 2000 Focus on the Parks • The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, closed since November 22, 1998, opened to the general public on May 26. The lighthouse closed for 550 days, during which time it was prepared for relocation, lifted, moved 2,900 feet, set down on a new foundation and made ready for public visitation once again. Park volunteers, as in years past, will staff the lighthouse making access avail­ able to the public on a regular and con­ tinuing basis. NPS negotiations with the contractor building the infrastruc­ ture facilities for the station, has enabled the lighthouse to be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily throughout the summer up to the traditional annual closing date of Columbus Day, October 9, 2000. Entry into the lighthouse is free this season, but the lighthouse will become part of the NPS Fee Demon­ stration Program in 2001. • Saguaro NP—Four Dutch citizens were returning from a hike on the Tanque Verde Ridge trail when they NPS were attacked by Africanized bees. They dropped their hats and sunglasses and FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER POSES WITH WINNING TEAM from the 4th Annual Academic Bowl sponsored by Andersonville ran down the trail to their car at the trail- and Jimmy Carter National Historic Sites (see story this page). head. One woman received five stings and the other members of the group and a local EMS unit responded, but • Saguaro NP—Since the beginning of schools to answer tough questions in a received one or two stings each.
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