The Journal of the Association of National Park Rangers

Stewards for parks, visitors & each other Vol. 31, No. 2 | Spring 2015

YOUTH IN THE NATIONAL PARKS

CONTENTS Spring 2015

Letter from the president...... 1 Interpreting the story of United Flight 93...... 2 Parenting in the parks: Wild country to be young in...... 4 ANGERThe Journal of the Association of National Park Rangers Four generations of dressing for success and happiness...... 5 Vol.R 31, No. 2 USNPS Spring 2015 National Parks from a Mather’s perspective...... 6 Eighty pounds of bronze...... 8 Ranger (ISSN 1074-0678) is a quarterly publication of Stephen Tyng Mather High School haikus and poetry...... 9 the Association of National Park Rangers, an organization created to communicate for, about and with National Engaging the next generation through CSC and YCC...... 10 Park Service employees of all disciplines; to promote and Eugenie Bostrom interview: ‘I found a sense of worth’...... 12 enhance the professions, spirit and mission of National Oral History Project: Dennis Burnett and Ginny Roussaeau...... 14 Park Service employees; to support management and The Professional Ranger...... 16 the perpetuation of the National Park Service and the ANPR Reports...... 17 National Park System; and to provide a forum for ANPR Actions & News...... 17 professional enrichment. In meeting these purposes, the Association provides Ranger Rendezvous XXXVIII...... 18 education and other training to develop and/or improve L.A. ranger helps connect kids to local parks...... 19 the knowledge and skills of park professionals and Eighth World Ranger Congress...... 20 those interested in the stewardship of national parks; All in the Family...... 22 provides a forum for discussion of common concerns of 2014 Fall Fund Campaign Donors...... 23 all employees; and provides information to the public. Life Century Club...... 23 The membership of ANPR is comprised of indi- viduals who are entrusted with and committed to the care, study, explanation and/or protection of those Copyright © 2015. All rights reserved. Articles and images natural, cultural and recreational resources included in this publication are the sole property of ANPR and Ranger in the National Park System, and persons who support magazine, except where otherwise indicated. Republication these efforts. in whole or part is not allowed without written permission. ANPR’s official address, through Dec. 31, 2015, is: P.O. Box 984, Davis, CA 95617, www.anpr.org. Members receive Ranger as part of their membership dues. See the COVER: Photo of Makenna Moses courtesy of Kevin Moses website or Ranger for membership/subscription details. FINAL DEADLINES Spring issue...... Jan. 31 Summer issue...... April 30 Fall issue...... July 31 In this issue: Youth in the National Parks Winter issue...... Nov. 15 tephen T. Mather, patriarch of the “I’m not that Mather,” in “National Parks National Park Service once said, from a Mather’s perspective.” “The national parks are … the play- For youth who do not grow up in Slands of the people … where men, women the outdoors, the parks offer new and and children can forget the cares and the life-changing experiences. For example, sounds of the cities for a few days.” Nearly Eugenie Bostrom walks Ranger readers a century later, our parks have “grown up” through her experiences with Yellow- Board of Directors to become more than playlands. They are stone’s YCC program in “I found a sense Officers natural places to restore physical and men- of worth,” and George McDonald and President Erika Jostad, SEKI tal health and also to make sometimes- Erica Austin fill us in on the current di- Secretary Colleen Derber, WASO difficult discoveries. They are essential rection for YCC in “Engaging the next Treasurer Tom Banks places for adults and also for youth, too, generation through CSC and YCC.” And Immediate Past President Stacy Allen, SHIL whether they are park visitors or residents. the thoughtful eyes of young writers and Board Members In this issue of Ranger, we look at youth photographers at Chicago’s Mather High Education & Training Katlyn Grubb in the National Parks, including the “kids” School offer readers another, more reflec- Fundraising Activities Seth Tinkham, WASO Internal Communications Cadence Cook of NPS. tive, view of the parks. Membership Services Kate Sargeant, USPP For NPS family members of all ages Perhaps the most important grown-up Professional Issues Ken Bigley, BIBE — especially second-, third- and even role for parks is explained by Adam Shaf- Seasonal Perspectives Lauren Kopplin, GLAC Special Concerns Wendy Lauritzen, TAPR fourth-generation rangers — leaving the fer and Dr. Mary Margaret Kerr in their Strategic Planning Scott Warner cares of the cities behind is a lifestyle. article about the Flight 93 National Me- Like me, many NPS kids grew up in morial, “Can you tell my child what hap- Task Groups parks. When I was 6, I spent my summer pened here?” As one parent explained after International Affairs Blanca Stransky, PEVI World Ranger Congress Bob Krumenaker, APIS building forts and fighting pinecone wars taking children to the memorial: “I don’t with the district ranger’s kids deep in the know how I would ever have answered my Ranger Magazine shadowed forests of Mount Rainier. In kids’ questions... Now I know how to talk Editor/Publisher Ann Dee Allen this issue, we hear from other ranger kids. with them about this.” Editorial Adviser Kendell Thompson, LIBO Kayci Cook Collins tells us about stand- Professional Ranger Section — Kendell Thompson, ing in a forest of green pants in her story, Administration Michelle Torok, SAGU Lincoln Boyhood, Indiana, Protection Kevin Moses, BUFF “Four generations of dressing for success Ranger Editorial Adviser and happiness,” and Chris Mather jokes, Resource Management Sue Consolo Murphy, GRTE LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Spring brings changes to ANPR Erika Jostad, Sequoia & Kings Canyon, President ANPR

hope this finds you well and enjoying Park Service is early spring. I want to share with you recruiting youth news of the Association’s new partners to our ranks. Iand ask for your personal help in enhancing Our business the work of ANPR. As your local National office is now Park units begin to emerge from winter, managed by ANPR is in the midst of an exciting former Board member Alison Steiner. Alison NEW BOARD MEMBERS transition on several fronts. is using membership management software We welcomed four new members to the You hold in your hands the first issue that has increased ANPR functionality with ANPR Board of Directors at the beginning of Ranger created by our new Editor Ann regard to membership renewals, communi- of January: Katlyn Grubb, Education and Dee Allen, in partnership with Designer cations and Rendezvous registration, while Training; Cadence Cook, Internal Commu- Sherry Albrecht and our Editorial Advisor also reducing costs for the organization. We nications; Tom Banks, Treasurer; and Scott Kendell Thompson. The new look is part of are also launching a new website this spring Warner, Strategic Planning. These new a concerted effort to attract new members to support ANPR services and member leaders have enthusiastically jumped into to ANPR in the same way that the National forums. their responsibilities and we are glad to have them on the ANPR Board. HELP GROW ANPR Now, to expand our influence, I would like ANPR to ask each one of you to give a $35 ANPR gift membership early this year. A number CALENDAR of you are retired or working in locations where you may not have regular contact with prospective members. That doesn’t mean, however, that you can’t support new ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL members who would enjoy and benefit WORLD RANGER CONFERENCE AND from an ANPR membership. Like me, you, CONGRESS RANGER RENDEZVOUS too, can be inspired by ANPR members May 21-27, 2016 Mark Herberger and Ed Rizzotto. At Ren- October 21-25, 2015 Estes Park, Colorado dezvous, Mark writes notes on copies of Asheville, North Carolina Ranger magazines that say gift memberships accompany the magazines, and offers the magazines to conference-goers to distribute The summer 2015 and captions for All in the Family and to potential members. Ed contacts chief Ranger theme is all items for ANPR Actions & News, rangers and superintendents in the region Transportation in the Parks ANPR Reports and book review ideas he retired from and offers gift memberships on an ongoing basis (regardless of the for them to distribute to high performing deadline) to Ranger Editor Ann Dee employees in recognition of their service. Please send your Ranger feature Allen at [email protected]. In the spirit of Mark and Ed’s generosity, article ideas for the summer issue to If possible, please send fully completed for every $35 gift membership that you pro- [email protected] and/ content for these departments for the vide, we will find a new member for your or [email protected] by summer issue by April 24. Questions? gift. You may purchase a gift membership at April 7. Kindly email or call Ann at www.anpr.org. On the membership form, Please send letters to the editor, (414) 778-0026 Central time. please request that ANPR match a new completed announcements, photos member with your gift.

RANGER • Spring 2015 u 1 hortly after the September 11th crash of Flight 93, thousands of people began visiting a temporary memorial Soverlooking the crash site in Pennsylvania. Among them were families, often with young children. This is the account of how we learned to answer the challenging question: “Can you tell my child what happened here?” As Jeff Reinbold, superintendent of the National Parks of Western Pennsylvania, observed: “It became evident once we opened the first phase of the permanent memorial in 2011, that parents were visit- ing with young children and they weren’t sure how to explain the story of Flight 93 or the Memorial. As the 10th anniversa- ry approached, there were few practical tools for addressing September 11th with younger children.” Traditional interpretation was inadequate for the task. Research had shown that children even indirectly exposed to mass trauma could experience distress. Rangers and volunteers grappled with how best to share this tragedy, yet safeguard the emotions of their “Can you tell my child youngest visitors. DISCOVERY TABLE A children’s discovery table seemed like a what happened here?” good first step. This hands-on experience provides young visitors with an opportuni- ty to touch objects that relate to the story of the memorial. Working with volunteers from the University of Pittsburgh special- Interpreting the izing in child trauma, child development and special education, rangers at Flight story of United Flight 93 93 National Memorial selected interpre- tive materials. We decided against some By Adam Shaffer, Flight 93 National Memorial, objects: A model airplane might frighten and Dr. Mary Margaret Kerr young children traveling by plane on their vacation. A pilot’s hat might be miscon- At 9:28 a.m. on the morning of September 11, 2001, four al Qaeda operatives, as strued as belonging to one of the deceased crew. part of a larger planned attack against the United States, hijacked United Airlines The table now includes sample tributes Flight 93. After incapacitating the pilots and killing a passenger and flight atten- and messages left by other children, small flags that represent the countries and terri- dant, the terrorists navigated the Boeing 757 toward Washington, D.C. and their tories of the passengers and crew of Flight likely target, the U.S. Capitol. The remaining passengers and crew members hud- 93, a piece of bituminous coal to represent dled in the rear of the aircraft, talking about their plight and sharing information the mining history of the site, samples of marble, granite and a mold similar to the from their phone calls to families and friends. They voted to rush the cockpit. The one used to form the hemlock-textured passengers and crew forced the terrorists to abort their plan. Within moments, at concrete surface of the memorial. Children can draw, color or write tributes and attach 10:03 a.m., Flight 93 crashed into a field in southwestern Pennsylvania, killing all them to a commemorative wreath. The 44 people aboard the plane. The cockpit voice recorder chronicled their struggle. discovery table has proven to be very suc- cessful, enabling rangers and volunteers to

2 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers Photo courtesy of Adam Shaffer courtesyPhoto of Adam share aspects of the story in a comfortable FIELD TESTING of the Memorial’s many different surfaces. and non-threatening way. Although the team was quite confident When students began tearing corners from After implementing the discovery table about the initial completed draft, we re- the Junior Ranger booklet pages, the team activities, our team soon saw the need alized our opinions were insufficient. As realized that students were spontaneously for a Junior Ranger program that would adults, we simply could not experience the writing or drawing tribute messages or embody Freeman Tilden’s principle that activities in the same way that our young drawings on these scraps to leave at the interpretation for children requires a fun- visitors would. Therefore, we invited 80 site. We responded with a new activity that damentally different approach. University fifth- and sixth-grade students and teachers allows space for children to draw or write of Pittsburgh faculty members and gradu- from the University of Pittsburgh’s Fanny their own tributes. ate students forged a partnership with the Edel Falk Laboratory School to visit the We conducted more field tests of the Flight 93 rangers to co-author, evaluate memorial and “field test” the Junior Junior Ranger Program activities and and revise a new Junior Ranger Program. Ranger Program. booklet with the public on weekends. Students offered candid advice, Sometimes we tried only a page or two, JUNIOR RANGER PROGRAM including: “I did not understand this observing how well young visitors respond- The team determined that the program page.” “Can you make this more interest- ed to the changes before the final version should be more than a collection of ac- ing?” “I don’t think kids will want to do was submitted for print. The resulting 20- tivities. Instead, it needed to a) include a this activity.” “This page took too long.” page booklet now includes 11 activities. child’s version of the events on the plane, “This was too easy.” Within the first three months, more b) engage children with the three key in- than 700 children had explored the terpretive themes and c) help children un- Memorial with the booklet and become derstand abstract aspects of the memorial, Flight 93 National Memorial Junior such as the architectural symbolism. Rangers. One grateful vacationing parent Together, the team identified three summed it up this way: “I don’t know appropriate themes to explain the how I would ever have answered my kids’ memorial as a place of reflection, a place questions in the hotel tonight without this of honor and a call to action. The goal, booklet. Now I know how to talk with then, was to communicate these themes them about this.” sensitively and age-appropriately for When the Visitor Center at Flight 93 children ages 6 through 12. National Memorial opens in September During hours of conference calls and 2015, the team will again revise the face-to-face meetings, the team reviewed Junior Ranger Program activities to the proposed text and illustrations, and support the permanent exhibit inside the checked each activity against these key Visitor Center. The team is planning to questions: develop Braille and audio-recorded ver- • Does this activity convey one of our sions of the program in multiple languages three interpretive themes? (If not, we to make it accessible to all children. eliminated the activity or redesigned it.) Our many discussions and the dozens • What will young visitors learn from this of lessons we learned from our field tests activity? will inform the Memorial’s ongoing effort • How does this activity encourage chil- to provide the highest quality interpretative dren to engage actively with the memo- “I don’t know how I would ever and educational materials for our youngest rial during all seasons? have answered my kids’ questions visitors. USNPS • How does the activity appeal to chil- ... without this booklet.” Adam Shaffer is a park ranger and volunteer dren with different learning styles or — A grateful parent coordinator at Flight 93 National Memorial disabilities? in Stoystown, Pennsylvania. The team used six formulas to evaluate readability, including the number of sylla- University of Pittsburgh faculty Dr. Mary Margaret Kerr is professor and bles and words, the length of sentences and members and graduate students chair of administrative and policy studies, paragraphs, and the difficulty of the words. forged a partnership with the Flight professor of psychology in education and professor of psychiatry at the University of (Microsoft Word™ offers a simple read- 93 rangers to co-author, evaluate Pittsburgh. ability analysis). If the ease of reading and and revise a new Junior Ranger comprehension was too high for an activity Program. or set of instructions, we rewrote our draft or changed the format altogether. This The students’ behaviors at the Me- focused review was painstaking (and some- morial gave us ideas, too. Most children times frustrating!) but seemed the only way touched the Wall of Names, so we added to pursue the precise understanding and activities to encourage their exploration outcomes we desired.

RANGER • Spring 2015 u 3 the older and stronger and more capable they get. Years ago, when they were 6 and 8 years old, my daughters giggled and screamed as I lunged down hard on the stern of their kayak, using the momentum of a building Gulf Islands wave to launch them skyward. The result of this seemingly reckless but surprisingly safe stunt was giddy squealing and ear-to-ear grins on their part and a feeling of fatherly satisfaction on mine, knowing that I had provided them with an adrenaline rush they could not have achieved on their own. Alyssa and Makenna Moses Parenting in the Parks: Sadly for me, both my daughters paddle their own kayaks now, without any assistance from annoying old Dad. “Oh Wild country to be young in yeah,” I spout. “I bet you can’t launch that By Kevin Moses, Buffalo National River thing 8 feet into the air without your Pops doing his handy work at the stern.” Their y 15-year-old daughter’s bed- knack for finding critters of all shapes and reply: “WhatEVER!” room wall explodes in a mosaic sizes, regardless of the environment. Snakes I am redeemed, though, in knowing of colorful snapshots: Rock and lizards in the desert, turtles and cray- that even as teenagers, my daughters still Mclimbing, caving, canoeing and camping fish in the rivers, salamanders in the caves need me for at least one of their adrenaline at Big South Fork; sand sledding and — you name it, she discovers it. She even highs. I serve as musher during “kayak rolling down dunes at White Sands, Sleep- caught (then released) a baby octopus on bobsledding.” Further elaboration on this ing Bear and Indiana Dunes; snorkeling, a snorkeling excursion in a place that will topic (which will hopefully be an Olympic motorboating and manatee watching at remain unnamed. event someday) will have to wait for Biscayne; kayaking through sea caves at During each of these episodes, her another column. Apostle Islands; hiking to waterfalls in the ranger father — protecting the resource Despite our silly banter, I’m thrilled Great Smoky Mountains; more caving at 24/7 — dutifully advised her that, accord- to see that, even as teenagers, the girls are Mammoth Cave and Carlsbad Caverns; ing to Chapter 1, Part 2, Subsection 2.2 jazzed to chase after that wilderness expe- scuba diving, cliff jumping, mountain bik- (a)(2) of 36 Code of Federal Regulations, rience; to spend time close to nature; to ing and canoe-camping at Buffalo Nation- “The feeding, touching, teasing, frighten- put down their iPods, take out their ear al River. And that’s just a third of the wall. ing, or intentional disturbing of wildlife buds, unplug and simply be Outside. I’m Each photo has three things in nesting, breeding, or other activities” is energized, too, by the knowledge that the common: Loved ones, magnificent expressly prohibited and that she was lucky totality of these National Parks experiences landscapes and adventure! All capture I didn’t have my ticket book handy. To this might just pay off in a grander scheme for memories that my daughter will cherish she always responded with that ever-ready each of my daughters in professional work forever. Some have been forged during teenager expression: “Really, Dad?” in wild places. My eldest wants to be a trips to NPS sites we’ve visited on family That’s okay; a couple of years ago I got National Geographic writer/photographer vacations, others at parks where I’ve been the last word on this little tug-o-war we’ve and my 15-year-old is considering a career stationed as a ranger over the years. In played during most of our trips. I bet her in marine biology. either case, my kids — like so many Park that she couldn’t catch a 400-pound alli- As I write this, reflecting on Service children — have been blessed with gator that was minding his own business Leopold’s words and almost two decades of childhoods punctuated by that particular basking in the sun at Big Cypress. That immersing my daughters in the exquisite brand of fun, challenge and excitement little jab from me was so pathetic, it didn’t topographies of America’s National Parks, that can only be found in the settings of even elicit a “Really, Dad?” The best I I’m struck by two revelations: My teenag- wild places. could get was an eye roll to remind me ers can look back with fondness on their In the timeless words of Aldo Leopold, that she had become a teenager while I was childhoods spent exploring wild places, my daughters are “…glad [they] shall still, ahem, “a dork.” while their 4-month-old baby brother can never be young without wild country to be For me as a poppa, though, I have look forward to the same. young in.” experienced unquantifiable joy in visiting I just hope his old man can keep up Zoos and aquariums are terrific, but national parks with my family and watch- with him. USNPS neither can hold a candle to the experienc- ing my girls progress to increasingly dif- es my kids have enjoyed in our national ficult outdoor activities. To some degree, Kevin Moses is Middle Buffalo District ranger and search and rescue coordinator for Buffalo parks. My 17-year-old has an uncanny though, it’s been bittersweet, too. They National River in Harrison, Arkansas. courtesyPhoto of Kevin Moses seem to rely less and less on their old man

4 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers Four generations of dressing for success and happiness By Kayci Cook Collins, Kayci Cook and John E. Cook Flagstaff Area National Monuments at FOMC 1999

s a fourth generation National his federal career in Northern Arizona. The well-worn footsteps of my fore- Park Service employee, the daugh- From what I could tell, wearing green fathers seemed a good path for me too. ter of a regional director and pants made these guys happy. They loved So, off I went to college at Northern granddaughterA of superintendents, I won- their work and it took them to many inter- Arizona University, where both of my dered what sort of advice my father would esting parks: Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, parents had gone to school, to get ready for have for me as I prepared to become a Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Chaco, my own career with NPS. superintendent. From the time I was small, Montezuma Castle, Saguaro, Navajo, I got my first pair of green pants in I knew that I wanted to be a park superin- Hubbell Trading Post. 1981, as a volunteer at Canyon de Chelly, tendent. Every decision I made, from col- By the time I was 9, my dad didn’t although they weren’t “real” uniform pants. lege major to the career ladder, was focused I got those the next summer when I was on attaining that goal. hired as a seasonal interpreter; my clothes Finally, in 1996, I was going to Fort closet has not been the same since. McHenry National Monument and My green legs have enjoyed hiking at Historic Shrine and Hampton National Death Valley, Apostle Islands, Glen Historic Site to live my dream. My dad’s Canyon, El Malpais and El Morro, among advice: “You will need to order the dress, other great places. I literally had ants in my blouse and skirt for formal occasions and pants at San Antonio Missions. These days, events.” What? You have got to be kidding my pants and I enjoy Walnut Canyon, me – the SKIRT? “Well, it is the accepted Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki when business suit for women.” I am able to break free of my headquarters I grew up in a forest of green legs. office for Flagstaff Area National Monu- I have early memories of my dad, retired ments. Regional Director John E. Cook, coming Thinking back to my first superinten- home to our government housing unit at John Edwin Cook (right) dency and my dad’s assertion that I needed Canyon de Chelly National Monument USFS early 1920s a green skirt, I consider why I was so put in his uniform. Next door, my maternal off by his advice. Was Dad gender-stereo- grandfather, Meredith Guillet, was wearing wear green pants much anymore. He was a typing me as a woman? I don’t think so — a similar pair of green pants. central office employee, moving from the after all, John Cook promoted many wom- Two time zones away, at Chickamauga Southern Arizona Lands Office in Phoenix en into leadership positions during his & Chattanooga National Military Park, to the regional office in San Francisco to long NPS career. More likely, those green my paternal grandfather, John O. Cook, WASO and then the Southwest Regional pants represented something special to me: would have already changed out of his Office in Santa Fe, where I graduated from the shared experience and joy of four gen- green uniform pants for the day. In a pho- high school. I recall some hilarious photos erations striding around in and caring for to album at his government quarters in of him wearing the dreaded leisure suit of America’s national parks. So, I skirted the Georgia would have been a picture of his the 1970s! The attire may have changed, issue and stuck with the family legacy. USNPS father in uniform, as well. Great-grand- but my dad still ate, slept and breathed father John Edwin Cook was both a U.S. Kayci Cook Collins is superintendent of

Photos courtesy of Kayci Cook Collins courtesy Cook Photos of Kayci NPS and was happy in his work. Forest Service and NPS employee during Flagstaff Area National Monuments in Arizona.

RANGER • Spring 2015 u 5 National Parks from a Mather’s perspective By Chris Mather, Fort Laramie

s a child I was fortunate to have my first park experience Upon passing through the entry gate to the park, my father asked a park guide, at Yellowstone National Park. My first memory however, “Where can we find the Mather memorial A plaque?” I had heard of Stephen Tyng wasn’t of the distinct smell of sulfur or the awesome power Mather, but only as some distant relative. As far as I knew, he was just a person who of Old Faithful, nor was it seeing the herds of bison moving had contributed funds to help support the agency or donated a piece of land. It wasn’t until we arrived at the plaque and my about the plains. It was a simple question. father began to read the inscription that I truly began to understand why the name Mather held such significance. The plaque reads: “He laid the founda- tion of the National Park Service, defining

and establishing the policies under which courtesyPhoto of G. Arthur Janssen its areas shall be developed and conserved

6 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers (b.1711- d.1800). Stephen Tyng and I are space during the budding years of related to several other more notable and Yosemite. Lewis writes: even infamous Mathers, including the Rev. Cotton Mather (b.1663- d.1728), who “… Mather himself seized upon gained fame as a New England Puritan curatorial measures in his vigor- minister. ous campaign to build public I would wager, however, that few Mathers have given as much to secure the support for the national parks.” stewardship and protection of America’s I often reflect on a photo that was treasures as Stephen Tyng. His love and taken when I was 5 years old. My uncle, dedication to the parks was exceptional, father, grandfather and I are standing be- as demonstrated by paying staff out of his side a Mather memorial plaque. The three own pocket and lobbying friends to donate generations in this photo are just a small new lands to the agency. Nearly five years example of countless families who contin- into my National Park Service career, I still ue to enjoy, appreciate and preserve what look in awe and admiration at what this Stephen Tyng Mather set out to do nearly man accomplished. 100 years ago. I hold deep appreciation and Although some days our jobs are filled Chris Mather with a photo of satisfaction in my work with national with challenges, donning the green and Stephen Tyng Mather at Yosemite park museums and collections as I help to grey fills me with a certain pride and joy conserve and secure the tangible remains that I hope all rangers and park staff feel. of our nation’s history. Museums play a We are truly blessed to continue the lega- unimpaired for future generations. There crucial role in the explanation and under- cy and take on the responsibility of what will never come an end to the good that he standing of our park’s resources. In 1993, Stephen Tyng Mather and countless others

has done.” Hearing this message read out Ralph H. Lewis produced the work Muse- began so long ago. USNPS loud was quite a poignant experience. “See um Curatorship in the National Park Service here, Chris,” my father exclaimed. “This 1904-1982. In the book, Lewis notes that Chris Mather is a museum technician at Fort Laramie National Historic Site in Fort Laramie, man gave so much to shape a culture of Stephen Tyng Mather foresaw the im- Wyoming. He was graduated from the University stewardship, ensuring places like this could portant role that museums and education of Idaho with a bachelor’s of science degree in be preserved and enjoyed by all.” would play in the continued success of anthropology and a minor in history. Mather is Growing up near San Francisco, my the National Park Service. He even called currently pursuing a graduate degree in American father spent his youth exploring the upon Congress to fund a large museum history and government from Ashland University. Yosemite Valley with my uncle and grand- father. Those experiences instilled in him a love and appreciation for the outdoors, which he passed on to my siblings and me. Similarly, I grew up hiking and fishing in the Coeur d’Alene National Forest in northern Idaho. My passion for nature was equaled by my love for history. I was fortu- nate to secure a position with the National Park Service in 2010, and I was excited to work for an agency to which a “Mather” had nobly given so much to preserve. It is not uncommon for NPS visitors and colleagues to ask me, “So, are you related to Stephen Tyng Mather?” The simple answer is yes. But to be precise, we are fifth cousins three times removed. The lineal spilt occurred with our grand- father Timothy Mather (b.1681- d.1755), who had six children. Stephen Tyng’s line continues with Rev. Moses Mather Chris Mather, 5, with his grandfather, Gary (back right), Photos courtesyPhotos of Chris Mather (b.1718- d.1806), while mine falls under father, Mike (middle), and uncle, Mark, and a Mather memorial plaque Moses’ brother, Captain Timothy Mather

RANGER • Spring 2015 u 7 The author with a Mather plaque at Grand Canyon’s Mather Point on the South Rim Eighty pounds of bronze By G. Arthur Janssen, MD

ather plaques can be found from Association, a group of friends, associates, to obtain a Mather plaque for the monu- Alaska to the Virgin Islands and colleagues and admirers of Mather. World- ment’s 75th anniversary. This ultimately Maine to Hawaii. Their loca- renowned sculptor Bryant Baker was cho- led to a rededication activity of 20 park Mtions cover the gamut — national parks, sen as the artist and was paid $1,000 for units in 1991, on the 75th anniversary of monuments, a seashore, a lake shore, the arts and crafts design. Gorham Bronze NPS. The original 1930 plaque at Wind parkways, memorials, a preserve, a battle- manufacturing company was contracted Cave National Park (then in storage) field, historic parks and historic sites. They in 1930 for the first run of 28 bronze served to make the master mold for a run adorn three administrative offices, a couple plaques: 25 for parks and three for other of 20 new plaques at Gorham. of state parks and two schools. There are venues. July 4th was Mather’s birthday and How many plaques over time have Mather plaques at 16 UNESCO Biosphere several dedications were conducted on or actually been made? Where are they now? Reserves and 10 World Heritage Sites. near July 4, 1932. What stories might they tell? What future Although Mather and Horace Albright, As the years passed and other parks plaques will there be? Keep your eyes and his protégé, were both opposed to mon- were legislated into existence, a second ears open for commemorative plaques, and uments of any sort in national parks, at run of 14 bronze plaques was ordered find a list of Mather plaques on the ANPR

least 62 plaques have been cast. They are from Gorham in 1959. The original mold website at www.anpr.org. USNPS bronze reminders of our history, they are at Gorham had been destroyed, so a new touchstones to our present, and they are a master mold was created using the original Gerriet Arthur Janssen, MD worked four summers with the National Park Service in the 1960s as a challenge to our future. They are America 1930 plaque from outside of the director’s backcountry firefighter, packer, crew foreman and at her best. Visiting them is a journey. office at NPS headquarters. (This mold ranger. After 40 years as an academic and a The first Mather Memorial Plaques was evidently lost as well.) clinical anesthesiologist, he is now a full-time

were commissioned and funded by the In 1986 the chief ranger at Colorado dirtbag hiker and is still searching for four courtesyPhoto of G. Arthur Janssen “lost” Mather plaques. private Stephen T. Mather Appreciation National Monument took great lengths

8 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers Haikus The Mountains By Xavier Montanez The snowy mountains Crisp, clear, reflective water White clouds, tall green trees

The Lifeless Tree By Teena Ratliff Leaves shrivel and die The tree begged for some water The leaves disappear Youthful expressions from Stephen Tyng Mather The Beach High School, Chicago, Illinois By Nicholas Perez The clear blue water A field trip provides the perfect lighting and viewpoint for a nature photo. Photo by Vannyda Heng Calm, white, sandy, bright, and clean Rocky sandy beach

ANPR is honored to publish photography and poetry submitted by students at The Wave Mather High School. The poetry is provided by members of the Creative Writing By Hassan Ahmed Club. The haikus are from a freshman English class. Faculty involved in this effort The ocean is deep include: Assistant Principal Maureen W. LaRaviere, English teachers Samantha The dark wave is dangerous The water is blue Kramer and Brigit Stacey, and photography instructor Kara Smith. Snowy Mountains By Jose Padilla Poetry On a snow filled night The mountains are white and bright Peaceful clear water Ode to Mother Earth Grandpa’s Joy” Tyler Paik Tom Kwak

With love, thou hath embraced us; I can still remember the life Our multitudes upon your lovely face On this warm summer’s day, Have long been sheltered. The smell of flowers and trees That my grandpa raised. With patience, thou hath raised us; Our cities and towns From left to right Have grown large and prosperous. Of nature’s children Stood a single flower With strength, thou hath lifted us; A single white stem lily Our daily lives He told me many things, Powered by her great resources. From what he gave to Grandma, From what he got in his grave, With silence, thou hath accepted us; It represents the joy Grandpa had. Our polluting ways And destructive creations. The joy that he gave He planted that day, It has long been about time that we The happiness he gave us Should take care of you: All day, every day, Canvas of Chicago’s nature from a wide Thank you, Mother Earth. As I pass by this garden of joy and low perspective . I still remember the love he gave me Photo by Gabriel Bricci when I was a boy.

RANGER • Spring 2015 u 9 Engaging the next generation through CSC and YCC By Erica C. Austin and George McDonald, NPS Youth Programs

he National Park Service is the A NEW APPROACH directly for the NPS as Federal employees, steward of some of our nation’s Millennials offer an opportunity for the their experiences through these work proj- most important natural and NPS to enlist new and innovative ways ects will help create lifetime supporters and Tcultural resources. The Millennial genera- advocates for the NPS. to engage this group, who have a world tion (35 years and younger), as our nation’s view that is different from previous gen- There is clear evidence that visiting youth, represent one of the most import- erations. Worldwide social, economic and parks at a young age leads to continued ant groups of stakeholders in the future of technological integration have created support in adult years. This is enhanced if these resources. Eventually, the Millennials exciting new challenges and opportunities a person works and/or contributes to the will assume the mantle of leadership for for engaging today’s youth. The 21 CSC development and sustainability of a park. the NPS. The keeping of our national Program is a new approach that builds on The expansion of our youth development treasures will be up to them. the legacy of the CCC Program utilizing a programs is an opportunity for park staff Work programs engaging young people nonprofit partnership organization model. to create new, sustainable programming in the Service have existed since the origin 21 CSC organizations recruit civilian and experiences for the American public of the NPS. The most successful youth young people and veterans to work on that could not otherwise have been ac- development program in the history of natural and cultural resource conservation complished. Over the last six years, under NPS was the Civilian Conservation Corps projects that are important to the NPS the collaborative leadership of Secretaries (CCC) Program during the 1930s. Today mission. These programs have a clear pub- Kenneth Salazar and Sally Jewell, NPS we are building on the legacy of the CCC lic purpose and the Service is substantially Director Jonathan Jarvis has been able Program with the development of the involved in the planning and design of to both dramatically expand NPS Youth 21st Century Conservation Service Corps each project. The participants working Development Programs and make them a (CSC) Program and the continuation and on these projects gain valuable vocational central component of the NPS operational revision of the Youth Conservation Corps skills training educational development infrastructure. (YCC) Program. and the Service is able to complete import- Another benefit to expanding Most park managers are familiar with ant projects that it might not otherwise be employment opportunities to the Millen- YCC — many of them started there them- able to accomplish. These projects include nial generation is that many of the partici- selves! The YCC Program targets youth a wide spectrum of NPS work ranging pants come from racially and economically 15-18 years old — Millennials — for con- from facilities, to scientific and historic diverse backgrounds. Their participation in servation work projects and focuses on vo- research, to interpretation and education. these programs will eventually expand the cational skills development, environmental array of people interested in visiting and education and life skills training. Most CAREER FOCUS financially supporting our park sites and YCC projects take place in an outdoor Through these programs, the NPS Youth mission. The NPS is committed to diver- setting during summer months, with the Programs Division is committed to de- sifying its visitor base and workforce. The program looking much as it did when it veloping employment opportunities that expansion of youth programs has enabled began in the 1970s. represent high-quality, sustainable and in- the Service to recruit a highly qualified, novative jobs. While only a fraction of the diverse pool of individuals with skill sets program participants will eventually work developed in the field that relate to

10 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers mission-critical occupational job series. including best practices, cost The engagement of these diverse Millen- effectiveness and quality outcomes. nials has created ambassadors for the Ser- 6. Research and recommend sustainable vice in communities that otherwise were funding opportunities. not exposed to or did not support their National Parks. After their positive expe- An enhanced Youth Conservation riences in parks and with NPS staff, these Corps will result in service, training and young people are sharing the important employment opportunities for thousands work that NPS employees are doing in of young Americans, and significant work their local communities and schools. accomplishments that preserve, protect and promote America’s greatest natural and PROGRAM UPDATES cultural treasures. Of even higher impor- Moving forward, the NPS Youth Programs tance, the YCC has the potential to serve Division is looking for ways to improve as a continued legacy program that will the YCC and 21 CSC Programs. While develop a generation of skilled workers, the YCC program is successful, the expe- educated and active citizens, future leaders, rience and quality of program delivery for and stewards of public lands, communities crew members, implementation methods, and the nation. and outcomes can and should be improved to provide the best possible opportunities NEW PARTNERSHIPS and experiences for enrollees, agencies and The 21 CSC Program will also improve Be a Mentor the public. A national assessment of the through new partnerships with a wider YCC program revealed a need to improve array of organizations, especially in urban o you feel passionate about outreach and recruitment, information areas where the NPS is attempting to sharing your knowledge sharing, the on-boarding process, staff engage new communities. Beginning in D training, internal and external capacity, 2015, the NPS will have established na- and experiences with the next and funding streams and sources available tional cooperative agreements with more generation of NPS employees? to youth programming. than 40 organizations. New programs ANPR’s popular mentoring The YCC Program needs to be like the Hands on Preservation Experi- restructured to effectively accomplish ence Program (HOPE) will offer youth program is looking for a good tangible conservation, restoration, and an opportunity to gain valuable historic leader or two to guide its other project outcomes, and deliver preservation vocational skills training while education, training and supervised work parks will accomplish necessary work proj- next steps. Please get in touch experiences to participants. ects in a cost-effective manner. Changing with Erika Jostad at Following the assessment, an administrative functions will improve the interagency team from the Department areas of financial assistance and human [email protected] of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service has resources processing for youth programs. for more information if you want been tasked with developing a strategy to This will make it easier for parks to engage to help fill this important role. improve the YCC program across agencies. these organizations in critical NPS work THE RECOMMENDED projects and eventually hire the best and — Erika Jostad, ANPR President the brightest of the youth participants into STRATEGY GOALS ARE TO: career positions. 1. Assess and develop tools to enhance The meaningful engagement of the internal and external capacity for next generation is crucial for the future of program implementation. the National Park Service and, through 2. Develop a vision of what the YCC our mission, the protection of our nation’s program should be and define how it most important treasures. Both by nature will tie in with 21 CSC. Share and design, we are an organization of tra- 3. Improve internal and external your news! dition. Through engagement of the new, understanding of the YCC program by Send an e-mail to diverse, digitally savvy Millennials we will [email protected] conducting training and enhancing and also keep a tradition of innovation and with your information (new expanding online presence. job, family news or more). continued relevancy. USNPS 4. Improve YCC outreach, recruitment, hiring processes and career path Erica C. Austin is a program analyst and information. George McDonald is a program manager; 5. Identify a framework for implementing both are with the NPS Youth Programs Division the YCC program through partners, in Washington, D.C.

RANGER • Spring 2015 u 11 Coalition and the Partnership for the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps. We ‘I found a sense of work closely with federal land manage- ment agencies in Washington, D.C. to engage community members in needed worth — we all did’ conservation work on public lands, utiliz- ing existing authorities through updated National youth leader Eugenie Bostrom: policy guidance. Additionally, we engage in policy advocacy on Capitol Hill, aiming An interview with Kendell Thompson to get Congress to understand the value of conservation corps in their communities.

THOMPSON: As director of strategic Eugenie Bostrom was raised in a Interior and the NPS Youth Programs partnerships, can you tell me what makes a group home just outside of Chicago, Division, as well as with Conserva- partnership “strategic.” far from any National Park. She was tion Legacy, a nonprofit organization 6 when the 1988 Yellowstone fires that works to engage local youth in BOSTROM: To me it’s important to call out the need for strategic partnerships grabbed national headlines and the outdoor conservation projects. rather than just partnerships. A strategic attention of the members of the Eugenie works tirelessly, tackling partnership implies that there is effort to Loyal Order of Moose, who would youth programs as if they were identify mutually beneficial interests and change her life’s course. Eugenie has washed-out trails. Ranger Editorial potential outcomes, and that you work since made major contributions to Adviser Kendell Thompson caught collaboratively to achieve those mutual the National Park Service’s ongoing up to Eugenie in Washington, D.C., benefits. By identifying strategic partners, I look for ways that our mission and model efforts to identify and recruit youth where she was shoring up support. supports our partner before looking at how and revamp the legacy Youth Con- Thompson asked her about her ex- they can help us. A good strategic partner servation Corps program through periences and philosophy related to is complex and brings varied interests and her work with the Department of the youth programs in the NPS. resources to the table, and through that we improve, as we hope they do as well.

THOMPSON: At the DOI, you helped THOMPSON: You spent over 10 years strategic partnerships and communications establish the 21st Century Conservation working in Yellowstone National Park as a for Conservation Legacy (CL). CL focuses Corps Federal Advisory Committee. member of the Youth Conservation Corps on operating programs with an emphasis What is the role of the committee? (YCC), a YCC program director and as a on local involvement but also maintains seasonal park ranger. How did you get an advocacy mission. How does CL define BOSTROM: The 21st Century involved in the YCC program? “local”and flex its advocacy muscle? Conservation Service Corps Federal Advisory Committee was established to BOSTROM: From the time I was 10 until BOSTROM: CL is committed to provide guidance and recommendations to I turned 18, I lived in a residential child- supporting localized conservation corps the Administration on the implementation care facility fully funded by the philan- and conservation service programs. Our of a 21st Century Conservation Service thropic fraternal organization The Loyal programs learn from and help each other. Corps. The America’s Great Outdoors Order of Moose. The Moose is an organi- The concept of local is critical. We believe (AGO) Initiative gathered recommenda- zation with an extremely generous heart. that the communities or populations that tions from across the country. This told us By 1998, during the summer I turned we serve know best how to work within how Americans wanted to see their public 16, the Moose had been funding the YCC those places. We want to provide support lands, waterways and cultural heritage sites program for 10 years, reserving crew to those communities, to steward the pro- managed and used. positions each summer for a couple of kids gramming and conservation service oppor- The first recommendation calls on 21 from the group home. We didn’t really tunities. We have learned that this leads to CSC to engage young Americans in public know what Yellowstone was, and we more sustainable, impactful programming. lands and water restoration. With this call certainly didn’t have any understanding of Local for us means stewarded by a to action, the Departments of Interior and the National Park System. I saw it as community — whether that is the Pueb- Agriculture convened the country’s conser- something that would look good on a lo of Acoma, New Mexico, or the entire vation corps experts to develop an imple- college application; I had no concept of state of Arizona, as with the Arizona Con- mentation plan bolstering current efforts how it would shape my life and career. servation Corps. CL staff also serve the and supporting new corps where none ex- national conservation corps community courtesy Bostrom Photos of Eugenie ist. The primary goal is to engage 100,000 THOMPSON: You are the director of through efforts of the Public Land Service

12 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers Eugenie Bostrom, left, and her friend, Jessica Wahl, on Eugenie canyoneering an Outdoor Industry Association service project

young people and veterans in conservation THOMPSON: You have been influential rather in your perception of how you can service annually by 2020. as a policy builder in Washington, D.C. contribute to that place or experience. It’s Your father, who died when you were about self worth and, in turn, what that THOMPSON: You were instrumental in young, served eight years as a U.S. place is worth to you. developing the America’s Great Outdoors Congressman and Senator. Does this program. How do you see this program connection give you a sense of legacy? THOMPSON: You once tweeted the Terry affecting future policy direction in the Tempest Williams quote: “… My medium National Park Service? BOSTROM: Both my mother and my has been dirt, clay, sand — what I could father were politically active and tireless touch, hold, stand on and stand for… .” BOSTROM: Some people may think that patriots. They instilled in me an under- How has working with your hands influ- AGO fizzled out. But it created a commu- standing of a commitment to civic duty. enced your work? nity and set in motion networks of support His commitment to service and change that are continuing to grow. Looking at definitely influenced me. Both he and my BOSTROM: Working with my hands is the NPS, we see efforts focusing on urban mother were passionate, caring people who a clear outlet for me. At Conservation populations and working more collabora- wanted to make the world better. That’s a Legacy, I have found another medium: tively with community programs. And we legacy I can be proud of. conversation. I am realizing how words are seeing policy changes like a directive to and interaction carry weight and that each utilize a percentage of cyclic maintenance THOMPSON: You told Mooseheart individual deserves to be treated uniquely. funds on conservation corps projects and newsletter that your YCC experience cultural shifts that embrace new concepts revealed that the concept of “home” is THOMPSON: Do you see yourself of how to engage people to care for their within you. How did YCC create that reconnecting at some point with the parks. AGO got groups within the conser- understanding for you? National Park Service? vation community and outdoor spaces to talk and begin breaking down silos. BOSTROM: A sense of belonging is so BOSTROM: When I left the green-and- important to understanding a sense of self. grey I think it shocked my NPS family. THOMPSON: Current NPS youth When I found myself thrust into Yellow- However, I still say “we” when talking program guidance defines youth as up stone’s backcountry, the YCC crew struc- about the National Park Service — I think to 35 years old. What do you think ture, the challenges that the crew must I always will. The NPS and its support for about that? face together, and the community with the Corps programs gave me a home, a pas- surrounding ecosystem, all contributed sion for place, and a career trajectory that BOSTROM: Many of the statistics behind to a family dynamic that had previously I couldn’t have imagined. The NPS will the need for more nature-engagement are been foreign to me. Through my ability always be home for me. USNPS targeted at the Millennial generation, and to contribute, the camp environment and specifically Millennial unemployment as a seeing a tangible impact on the landscape, Kendell Thompson is editorial adviser forRanger bigger issue that can be addressed through magazine and superintendent of Lincoln Boyhood I found a sense of worth — we all did. National Memorial in Lincoln City, Indiana. the Department’s efforts. I applaud the fo- I’ve since realized that a sense of belong- cus on Millennials at such a pivotal time. ing doesn’t reside in a specific place, but

RANGER • Spring 2015 u 13 ANPR Oral History Project

‘How can we make it work?’ Rangers Dennis Burnett and Ginny Rousseau: An Interview with Brenna Lissoway

inny Rousseau and Dennis Burnett met while BURNETT: We’d been on the Cape working as protection rangers in Yosemite Val- [Cape Cod National Seashore] for five years. Hard place to leave. There was little Gley and were married there in 1978. Each went promotional opportunity. So, we moved. on to accomplished careers in the National Park Service. ROUSSEAU: You moved. Often duty stationed apart, they grappled with balancing marriage, raising their children — daughter Lindsey and BURNETT: At least three of us did son Bryant — and pursuing their individual professional (laughs). goals. In an interview conducted in 2014 for the ANPR Oral ROUSSEAU: I rented an attic apartment History Project, Burnett and Rousseau shared how they in Quincy, [Massachusetts], closer to the Northeast Regional office where I worked. negotiated difficult decisions, adapted, compromised and I would drive to Delaware Water Gap on persevered — asking not if, but how, they could make their Thursday evening after work, stay until Sunday, and drive back to Boston. It was complex situation work. From delivering son Bryant in a a five-and-a-half-hour drive. I would be car in a snowstorm on the General’s Highway in Sequoia home for four days and Lindsey would go, National Park, to alternating as the stay-at-home “house “Who are you?” One of the interesting things when spouse,” theirs was a partnership that strove to integrate I was at Albright [Training Center] and family and career. This is their story. Dennis was on the Cape was the kids at school told them, “Your parents are di- vorced because they don’t live together.” We had a child psychologist school coun- selor tell us: “Keep communication open. They will be just fine as long as you talk about things.” The kids wrote me letters.

14 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers Ginny Rousseau and Dennis Burnett with their

The couple happily retired Rousseau courtesy and Dennis Burnett Photos of Ginny children Bryant and Lindsey

It was hard. We would get together I didn’t have this.” We felt it was important LISSOWAY: What was the highlight with family for Thanksgiving, and they to teach them life skills. When I was leav- of you both being able to stay in the would say, “How can you abandon your ing from the Cape to go to Albright, we Park Service? children? How can you abandon your hus- looked at what is it the kids have to know band?” how to do. We wrote up directions to how BURNETT: The mere fact that both of us to use the washer-dryer and taped them were able to continue doing what we loved BURNETT: “When are you going to get a on the dryer. Bryant was so little he had to doing. Yes, we sacrificed, but we didn’t real job?” (all laugh) jump to see if anything was in there. sacrifice what our true passion was, which was what the Park System means. It is so ROUSSEAU: A lot of family pressures and BURNETT: You don’t worry about the important to both of us. nobody around who understood what park small stuff. The clean clothes pile is over rangers did anyway. But it was hard, look- here, the dirty clothes pile is over here. ROUSSEAU: I think from the very start, ing back. I know I missed a lot. Would Shut the door. when we first got married, or before we I have changed it? I don’t know because got married, we both had this passion, and I wouldn’t be the person I am now if I ROUSSEAU: We put duvets on the quilts we didn’t give up on it. A lot of people say, hadn’t done what I needed to do. But there on the bed. To make their bed all they “Well gee, I had to get divorced to be a su- was certainly a price to pay. had to do was pull it up and their bed was perintendent.” We just said, “How can we made. Bryant is an excellent cook. They are make it work?” I’m not saying it was easy. BURNETT: But conversely, had you not both very independent. They both don’t You know, family counseling at times and taken the job, where would you be also? think there is one way of doing things. yelling matches at times. Again, it was just I remember we were on a trip to Ha- an extension of how we’ve lived our life. ROUSSEAU: I get teary thinking about it. waii when Dennis was investigating a We’ve worked it together. It’s been very homicide there and Bryant calls us on the satisfying. I know a number of people who BURNETT: You’re angry one way and cell phone and says, “How do you make have made it work because they have been you’re angry the other way. What’s the pasta?” So we had to give him directions happy to go to other bureaus or agencies, right thing? We did a lot of homework over the phone on how to make pasta. But and that’s fine. But for us, what we had to on this and it was not an easy decision, it they never felt — I think they never felt — do for ourselves was be true to ourselves — really wasn’t. Overall, we computed the there was one role a parent had. our own path. USNPS months, it was seven years living apart. It wasn’t something we did in a cavalier manner. We really tried to say, “What are Ginny Rousseau and Dennis Burnett retired in LISSOWAY: Have you talked to your kids the pros and cons and how can we make 2007 and now live (together) in Flagstaff, Arizona, where they teach for Northern Arizona about this? What do they say about the it work?” We really gave it a lot of thought University’s Park Ranger Training Program. way that they were raised? and talked it through. Brenna Lissoway, a “park brat” and second- ROUSSEAU: Well, they didn’t know any BURNETT: We really did. And whether generation NPS employee, is the archivist for different and that’s one thing, kids if they it was the right decision, wrong decision, Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. don’t know something’s supposed to be a we’ll never know. It was a decision. certain way then how can they say, “Gee,

RANGER • Spring 2015 u 15 THE PROFESSIONAL RANGER

ADMINISTRATION requirements stated in the vacancy an- and Expectations: The Future of Parks and nouncement for the position to which they Protected Areas.” The bad news is, NPS Hiring youth in the are applying. Also, applicants must provide attendance is restricted. National Park Service a certificate of eligibility, which serves as Let’s start with the good news. The proof that the former PLC member has two-day “Science for Parks, Parks for s we plan for our Centennial in 2016 met all necessary service requirements for Science” conference aims to bring together and look to our next century of stew- A noncompetitive hiring. Appointments un- “top researchers with park leaders, scien- ardship, the National Park Service must der this authority must be effective within tists, managers, educators and volunteers” continue to engage and evolve its em- 120 days of the candidate’s completion of to discuss the relevancy and scientific and ployment programs for people age 35 and PLC service. For more information, please management implications of the NPS younger. Three programs can help us meet refer to the Public Lands Corps Healthy mission in today’s changing world. It has a the Secretary of Interior’s goal of 100,000 Forest Restoration Act of 2005 (which powerhouse program of speakers, includ- youth involved in Interior Department amends the Public Lands Corps Act of ing E.O. Wilson, one of the world’s most employment programs over the next four 1993) and visit www.nps.gov/gettingin- noted naturalists in science and literature; years: the Pathways Program, Public Land volved/youthprograms/plc.htm. marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco; ecolo- Corps and Youth Conservation Corps. Finally, the Youth Conservation Corps gists Joel Berger, Dan Simberloff, Monica These hiring authorities, along with other (YCC) program is administered at the park Turner, Jill Baron, Dave Graber, Ernesto forward-thinking employment practices, level and offers eight to 10 weeks of sum- C. Enkerlin Hoeflich, Thomas Dietz, can help us remain relevant and vibrant mer outdoor employment to youth ages 15 Steven R. Beissingertz and David Ackerly; now and in the future. through 18. Projects may include building and experts in environmental planning, The Pathways Program went into effect trails, maintaining fences, cleaning up policy and law. in 2012, replacing the Student Career campgrounds, improving wildlife habitat The George Wright Society (GWS), Experience Program (SCEP) and Student and controlling exotic plants. The web ad- which is dedicated to the protection, pres- Temporary Employment Program (STEP). dress for YCC programs is www.nps.gov/ ervation and management of cultural and The Pathways Internship Program provides gettinginvolved/youthprograms/ycc.htm. natural parks and reserves through research students in high schools, colleges, trade Creating hiring opportunities for youth and education, also sponsors a conference, schools and other qualifying educational is an important mission of the National generally every other year. This year, the institutions with paid opportunities to Park Service. It would be immensely re- society’s five-day gathering “Engagement, work at U.S. agencies and explore Federal warding to see more young people in green Education and Expectations: The Future careers while completing their education. and grey “growing” the next generation of of Parks and Protected Areas” immediately The Pathways Recent Graduates Program park employees. follows the “Science for Parks” conference focuses on recruiting graduates, and the in nearby Oakland, California, the first Pathways Presidential Management Fel- — Michelle Torok, week in April. lows Program is a leadership development Saguaro and Tumacácori, Arizona Unfortunately, once again official avenue for advance degree candidates. attendance for NPS employees is limited, Noncompetitive conversion to permanent PROTECTION mostly to accepted session presenters. jobs applies under certain conditions. To evin Moses is a regular contributor to In some cases (at least in my case), not learn more, please visit www.opm.gov/ hiringreform/pathways and www.nps.gov/ KThe Professional Ranger: Protection even presenters’ attendance has been aboutus/pathways.htm. column. His article, “Wild country to be approved. Many employees’ requests to The Public Land Corps (PLC) is young in,” appears in this issue on page 4. attend were not approved. another hiring authority that targets youth. For at least six years now, participation This program grants noncompetitive hir- RESOURCE in the GWS conference — once a ing status to former PLC members who MANAGEMENT major biennial opportunity for science and have served a minimum number of hours resource management professionals and of satisfactory service on an appropriate Continuing education senior managers to reconnect — has been conservation project that includes at least vital for staff limited as a result of increased scrutiny 120 hours through the PLC. Participants of travel to conferences and workshops. he good news is, two upcoming must be between the ages of 16 and 25, I can’t speak to why this is, although I conferences are focused on science and several procedures must be followed. T have heard about other agencies sending within, about and for parks: University Former PLC members who wish to use employees to exotic destinations at con- of California at Berkeley’s “Science for the noncompetitive hiring authority must siderable government expense (which, of Parks, Parks for Science” and the George apply to a specific vacancy announcement. course, is quite reasonable to question). Wright Society’s “Engagement, Education Applicants must meet the qualification The last GWS conference was in Denver in

16 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers ANPR REPORTS

March; this time it is in exotic Oakland in Kudos List Share your views! early April. These people have either given gift mem- Do you have a comment on a particular From my perspective, it is equally berships to new members or recruited new topic featured in this issue? Or about any- reasonable for park and other agency sci- or former members to join ANPR. Please thing related to national parks or ANPR ence professionals to seek continuing ed- thank them for their membership support: business? Send your views to Ann Dee ucation and professional discussions with Allen at [email protected]. their colleagues once every two or three • Jamie Richards years. Conferences such as this provide the • Cassie Werne • Ken Bigley Contribute to the equivalent of hundreds of webinars in one e-newsletter week, and include the opportunity for di- • Flor Arellano I am happy to be starting my term as the rect interaction with presenters and other • Mark Herberger Board member for Internal Communica- participants on site. • Rebecca Harriett tions. I will be taking over responsibility Years ago, I was privileged to represent for the monthly ANPR e-newsletter, my agency at these conferences at times. Shop AmazonSmile and replacing Jeremy Kauffman who has done Each time I found myself greatly revital- make $$ for ANPR a wonderful job with it throughout his ized with new ideas and information about When you shop at Amazon.com, please term. Please send all submissions for the science and resource stewardship in parks link first to AmazonSmile. The company e-newsletter to me at cadencechinle@ and other protected areas. It was always will donate a portion of your purchase to gmail.com. The e-newsletter is a great way well worth the trip, even if it required ANPR. Get started here: to connect the membership and spread im- taking annual leave and paying my own http://smile.amazon.com/ch/58-1494811 portant ideas and news. I look forward to way — which I will do again as I head for working with the Board of Directors and Berkeley. Professional liability ANPR members during my tenure, and I hope to see some ANPR members insurance hope to hear from you. Be sure to check at the GWS conference. And I hope that Discounted from Wright USA for out ANPR’s Facebook page, as well, at future agency professionals will receive first-time enrollees: www.facebook.com/parkrangers. more support for their staff to periodical- www.anpr.org/liability.htm ly participate in professional continuing — Cadence Cook, Canyonlands, Utah education — education that helps us keep Other insurance options Sign up for ANPR’s email list up with the science that we so need, which Dental, accident, vision and more: enables us to make informed decisions rel- www.anpr.org/insurance.htm If you don’t receive email updates evant to the NPS mission. from ANPR, please let us know. Email ANPR’s business manager at — Sue Consolo Murphy, [email protected], Grand Teton, Wyoming and we’ll add you to the list.

Welcome A N P R to the ANPR family! ACTIONS & NEWS Here are the newest members of the Association of National Park Rangers: Expansion of FEHB to temporary and Gretchen Mominee...... Joshua Tree, CA seasonal employees in 2015 Joaquin Repollet…...... West Haven, CT Greg Waters...... Brookfield, CT In an exciting development on the benefit and we encourage temporary Diana Edwards…...... Big Bend, TX national front, as of January 1, 2015, employees to take advantage of this Isaac Galvez...... Akron, OH the National Park Service has begun program. When you enter on duty for Jonathan Maravelias...... Richmond, IL offering the Federal Employee Health your temporary position, talk with Brett Hartnett...... Vail, AZ Benefits program to most temporary your human resources officer about Jacob Van Veldhuizen...... Fairbanks, AK Erin Schoppmeyer...... Brooklyn, NY or seasonal employees with an agency the details of this health insurance Jordan Keiffer...... Frederick, MD contribution toward their health insur- benefit and how to sign up. Garnet Tritt...... Dover, TN ance. ANPR supported this valuable

RANGER • Spring 2015 u 17 Smoky Mountains Nigh

Ranger Rendezvous heads to Asheville

lans are well under way for ANPR’s There will also be a photography contest, center, it has affordable room and meal annual Ranger Rendezvous silent auction, raffle and hospitality suite, rates as well as activities for families and professional conference, with Rang- with beverages provided by local breweries. children. Visit www.blueridgeassembly. Per Rendezvous XXXVIII scheduled for the org for more details. YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly near MUCH TO SEE AND DO Asheville, North Carolina, from October Well-regarded as an art and music center, a GETTING THERE 21 to 25 — when the Blue Ridge place for rejuvenation, and home to nota- Major airports near Asheville are in Mountains explode in a montage of reds, ble luminaries, statesmen and bohemians, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Greenville, purples, yellows and oranges. Asheville is one of the most welcoming, South Carolina. Asheville and Knoxville, “Living the Mission” is the theme for vibrant cities in America. Frommer’s in- Tennessee, have regional airports. Asheville this year’s Rendezvous, which will feature ternational travel professionals tagged it is also accessible by car from many East- a wide variety of training and professional as a “Best Place to Go in 2015,” citing ern, Southern and Midwestern locations in development opportunities designed to Asheville’s great food, culture and natural the U.S. A “Roommate/Rideshare Match” appeal to conference-goers across NPS beauty. There you will find an eclectic form has been set up on the ANPR web- divisions. The line-up of keynote speakers downtown with 30-plus art galleries, more site, along with information about keynote includes representatives from the Blue than 20 breweries, a green-restaurant scene speakers, workshops, field trips, trainings, Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains, and thriving live music. Many people also the photo contest and the YMCA. Please National Parks Conservation Association know it as home to the lavish Biltmore Es- visit https://www.anpr.org/rr38-2015.htm and National Climatic Data Center. tate, the largest private home in America. regularly for information and updates. Networking, socializing and connecting Not far from downtown lie a wide variety Also, please encourage potential sponsors with the host community are also import- of outdoor activities, including hiking, and exhibitors to join us at Ranger Ren- ant experiences at Rendezvous. Confirmed rock climbing and rafting in the Blue dezvous and bring more awareness to their activities for 2015 include a guided bus Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains. products and services. tour of Great Smoky Mountains National The YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly is Park, a walking tour of downtown Ashe- nestled in the mountains 14 miles east — Ben Walsh, National Mall, Washington, D.C. ville with a local historian, and a service of downtown Asheville on 1,200 acres of Ranger Rendezvous XXXVIII, Coordinator project with the Blue Ridge Parkway. woodlands with steams, valleys and spec- tacular views. A full-service conference

18 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers L.A. ranger Ranger Jewel Johnson helps connect in action in L.A. kids to local parks

By Blanca Alvarez Stansky, Perry’s Victory Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority Chief Ranger Fernando Gomez, (back left), Supervising Ranger Jewel Johnson (back, uniform), Chief of Interpretation Jamie Cabral (front left) “We need to get the youth involved. We need to grab and Executive Director Joseph Edmiston (back right) with Compton Junior Posse Equestrians Executive Director Mayisha their attention and help them develop an emotional Akbar and Junior Rangers Justin Parron and Khalia Akbar. connection with the outdoors. By helping them create positive memories of nature, they will want to protect it.”

eet Jewel Johnson, the place to go and in turn they protect Congress in Tanzania. “The experience “accidental ranger” whose love the area.” was life changing,” she said. “We took kids of nature is helping Los Angeles from the projects and completely expand- Myouth discover the world beyond the city WRC ROLE WITH YOUTH ed their world. No one had ever flown be- blocks where they live. “It is important Johnson is helping ANPR’s World Ranger fore and there they were in Tanzania. that kids step away from the city and find Congress Organizing Group connect with It completely blew their minds!” peace in the outdoors,” she explained. the new generation of park stewards at Johnson called attending the 2006 Johnson, whose dream of being a police the 2016 Congress. Along with members Congress in Scotland the best decision she officer was altered by the grim realities of of the Communication Section, she has ever made, primarily because it gave her the job, said yes to being a ranger with the been tasked with developing a strategy for an international perspective on American Mountains Recreation & Conservation engaging the next generation of park stew- resources. “I saw what our counterparts Authority (MRCA) about 19 years ago ards — the young people of today in the experience in other parts of the world — and didn’t looked back: “I was never an Congress. they work more hours, have little to no outdoor person before becoming a ranger; “The older ranger generation needs to equipment and get shot for protecting now I’m trying to make up for lost time tell their stories to young people and pass the resource,” she said. “Yet, they are still because I’m always hiking or doing some- on their knowledge,” Johnson said. “We passionate about what they do. I realized thing outdoors.” She works as a superviso- need to get the youth involved. We need that I had no room to complain and I have ry ranger with MRCA, a local community to grab their attention and help them de- been involved with ANPR ever since.” partnership between the Santa Monica velop an emotional connection with the Johnson has been getting even more Mountains Conservancy, Conejo Recre- outdoors. By helping them create positive involved as time goes by — she is applying ation and Park District, and the Rancho memories of nature, they will want to to be a conference session speaker at the Simi Recreation and Park District. protect it.” 2016 WRC. If all goes as planned, she will MRCA and its partners build parks Johnson’s hope is that by engaging be sharing her stories and expertise at Estes

with local, primarily young, residents. The youth she is expanding the next generation Park. USNPS philosophy is that when residents become

Photos courtesy Johnson Photos of Jewel of park rangers. In 2012, she and co-work- invested in green space, they are likely to er Fernando Gomez took several youth Blanca Alvarez Stransky is superintendent become stewards of it. “MRCA works with at Perry’s Victory and International Peace from Los Angeles to the International Memorial in Put-in-Bay, Ohio. youth at risk, who don’t have stability,” Ranger Federation 7th World Ranger Johnson said. “The park gives them a safe

RANGER • Spring 2015 u 19 UPDATE: Eighth World Ranger Congress, 2016

MAY 21-27 | ESTES PARK, COLORADO | OPEN REGISTRATION BEGINS IN MAY 2015

NPR’s World Ranger Congress for almost $10,000, a third of which is in at [email protected] to help us de- Organizing Group (WRCOG) is hand. termine the best way to reach out to these delighted to announce that the In order to be strategic and targeted in potential funders. By providing your con- WorldA Ranger Congress (WRC) website our fundraising, WRCOG has outlined tacts to Bruce, you will enable WRCOG is up and running and we are planning to the most effective strategies for approach- to coordinate fundraising and track who is open registration in May. You can reach ing potential funders. Our goal is to being contacted by whom. the WRC online at www.worldranger- concentrate on contacts that are the most Next, we want to work with you to congressusa.com or through a link on the likely to generate results while avoiding determine the best way to reach your con- ANPR website (www.anpr.org) or the IRF duplicate requests to the same potential tacts. For example, WRCOG can: website (www.internationalrangers.org/ funders. 1) provide you with background material world-ranger-congress). WRCOG As you may know, effective fundraising about WRC and funding options, 2) have Communications Section Chief Blanca is based on relationships, and we need your our fundraiser work with you on a joint Stransky created most of the website’s de- help to establish and strengthen relation- approach or 3) have you call the contact sign, and Jamie Richards is the webmaster. ships with people and organizations that and introduce them to our fundraiser, who WRCOG is seeking web content from could support WRC. Are there people you can take it from there. ANPR members. Please send your sugges- know who are passionate about rangers, tions to Jamie at [email protected]. conservation, national parks or YOU (and CROWDSOURCING by extension what YOU care about)? Are The WRC Fundraising Campaign also ACTIVITIES any of them, or the organizations they are includes a crowdsourcing component Joe Evans’ WRCOG Logistics Section connected with, able to make a substantial designed to help rangers from developing is making great progress on pre- and financial contribution to WRC? It could countries attend WRC. The campaign on post-Congress trip options. Information be that they have not yet been asked for causes.com allows anyone to sponsor a about trips will be posted as it is finalized support. WRC delegate. To help spread the word on the website. In addition, it is highly likely that you about the crowdsourcing campaign, we are asking all ANPR members to share the FUNDRAISING and other ANPR members have connec- tions with businesses, foundations and link www.causes.com/campaigns/84845 Funding for the World Ranger Congress other funders that could support WRC. on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other — the biggest event ANPR has ever done We are also looking for information about social media. Please let your social — is an important focus of WRCOG’s these organizations — particularly those networks know that the WRC campaign efforts. The WRC Fundraising Plan, de- with whom you have a direct connection. is up and running and ask your social veloped by Lori Nelson under contract If you know people who might be able friends to donate to it. And if you’ve to ANPR, is complete and we have begun to help fund WRC, including someone at attended WRC in the past, use the causes. implementing it. Most important, we’ve a business or organization, please contact com web address to post testimonials already received a pledge from one donor Finance Section Chief Bruce McKeeman about your experience.

20 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers YOUR SUPPORT for you to make the case for WRC-delegate Thank you for your help in advance. Another avenue for you to support WRC support, if you need it. We estimate that We look forward to a great WRC and your is to send a donation directly to the it will cost $3,000 to $4,000 for each support to make it a success. international delegate to attend WRC. WRCOG. We suggest that after you — Bob Krumenaker, support the annual giving campaign for This would cover visas, airfare, round-trip Apostle Islands, Wisconsin, ANPR operations, you also donate to transportation from the Denver World Ranger Congress Chair the WRCOG. This is an arm of ANPR International Airport to Estes Park, and any donation would be considered as WRC registration, meals and lodging. potentially tax deductible. Checks should SHADOW ASSIGNMENTS be made out to ANPR-WRC and sent to While you’re thinking about raising funds Bruce McKeeman at 2359 Desert Willow THANK to sponsor a delegate, consider offering a Drive, Prescott, AZ 86301. Please keep in shadow assignment for an international mind that supporting the WRC supports delegate in your park before or after the YOU ANPR. Congress. WRC organizers are seeking national park units willing to host one or two international delegates for three to five days in a shadow or training assignment. Past Congresses indicate that there are Rendezvous mutual rewards in these opportunities. Hosting international delegates enables exhibitors help U.S. park staff to learn about park man- agement across the globe and make new support ANPR friends and contacts. As a potential host, please consider what you and your park These exhibitors supported can offer an international delegate. For ANPR by participating in last year’s example, a three-day shadow assignment Rendezvous. ANPR appreciates with a resource specialist could focus on their generous contribution. endangered species; the delegate could work on a trail crew for a week; he or she ACT BioRemediation Products could attend an interpretive or search and Adamson Police Products rescue training, or, if appropriate, shadow Backcountry.com a park manager. Backcountry Horsemen of America WRCOG plans to create a menu of FREQUENT FLYER MILES Big City Mountaineers Looking for more options to support options for training or shadow assignments Colorado Northwestern WRC? You can also donate frequent flyer on the WRC website. International dele- Community College, SLETP miles to support the travel of delegates gates will be able to choose parks and from developing countries. Please notify activities that interest them and contact Flare Alert Bruce McKeeman that you are willing to host park representatives directly. Flow397 donate miles, and provide the number of Delegates will be responsible for providing Geocorps America and miles and the name of the airline(s). their own meals and travel to and from the Mosaics in Science Programs shadow assignments. Host parks will be WRCOG will work with you to coordi- L.N. Curtis & Sons nate the timing of your donation. responsible for providing housing and travel support within the park during the Motorola Solutions FRIENDS GROUPS shadow assignment. Delegates should be Northern Arizona University Park WRCOG also has made a presentation to signed up as VIPs. Ranger Training Program the Friends Alliance requesting that park Due to the challenges of organizing Rocky Mountain Conservancy Friends groups consider sponsoring WRC international travel, particularly for Rocky Mountain National Park delegates from sister parks. We encourage people from developing countries, SPOT all ANPR members to ask your Friends WRCOG would like to begin advertising The Supply Cache host opportunities on the WRC website by groups to sponsor delegates from sister UCSF Fresno Parkmedic Program parks. Many Friends groups only consider the time WRC registration opens, if not Unicor Services Business Group donations to projects that the park re- before. For more information and ques- quests; if you influence your park’s request tions about shadow assignments, please Warner College of Natural to its Friends group, please consider contact activity coordinator Cindy Purcell Resources, Colorado State Photos by Connie Rudd Connie by Photos adding WRC to the list of requests. at [email protected] or WRC University The WRCOG can provide information Logistics Section Chief Joe Evans at VF Imagewear, Inc. [email protected].

RANGER • Spring 2015 u 21 IN All THE Fa mily

Roberta D’Amico became assistant director for communications at the National Park Service Office of Communications in January. D’Amico is a 32-year veteran of NPS, and a life member and former co-chair of the Mentoring Program of ANPR. D’Amico’s interdisciplinary career has focused on strategic communications, public affairs, interpretation, education and incident management team communications. Most recently, she had been the Communica- tion and Education Branch Chief with the NPS Division of Fire and Aviation Management. D’Amico and her husband, John Segar, enjoy spending time outdoors, traveling, and with family and friends. Se- gar is the fire director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. D’Amico can be reached Celebrating at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro are Joe Evans, Lisa Eckert at [email protected]. (holding ranger cap), Caroline Evans, Meg Weesner, and Kris and Craig Axtell. Photo courtesy of Meg Weesner

ANPR members at the top of Africa n early January, six trekkers with the montane forest, heather and various connections to ANPR and the raptors in the heath zone, and pockets of National Park Service headed to Africa amazing giant Senecios in high elevation Ito tackle its highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro. valleys. On day seven, they left before On January 14, all six reached the summit dawn for the final 4,000-foot ascent. With of the 19,340-foot volcano, the highest encouragement from their guides, they all Lisa Eckert, superintendent at free-standing mountain in the world. Trip reached the Uhuru Peak summit within Colorado National Monument, has organizer Joe Evans and his wife Caroline six hours. The summit crater was covered been named superintendent at gathered the group, whose members have in snow, and glaciers shrouded the sides of Bryce Canyon National Park. previous experience in Africa and taking the peak. Since 1999, Eckert has been a superinten- on mountains. Craig and Kris Axtell, Lisa The two-day, 10,000-foot descent on dent at Knife River Indian Villages NHS Eckert and Meg Weesner completed the the south side of Mt. Kili took them out of (1999), Devils Tower NM (2002), sextet, which followed the Lemosho Route the alpine desert, through the heath zone, Gateway’s Jamaica Bay Unit (2005), and for a nine-day ascent. Along the way, and down through rich rainforest, with prior to Colorado National Monument Eckert gave NPS patches and other tree ferns and dripping lichens reminiscent (2012), the leader of the Horace M. insignia to rangers the group met at of the Olympic rainforest and New Albright Training Center as a WASO Kilimanjaro National Park. Zealand. As they bid farewell to their employee (2008). During the first half of Starting at the far western edge of the guides, camp crew and porters — all of her career, Eckert was a park ranger and park, the group circled around the south whom helped make the trip a success — then chief of interpretation at Denali NP side of the peak, staying at progressively they exchanged the heartfelt expression & Preserve (1994-1998). She has worked higher camps each night. As they climbed “hakuna matata” (“no worries” in Swahili). in 12 different park units in all seven through the different vegetation zones, regions and proudly counts eight years as they saw monkeys and protea flowers in — Submitted by Meg Weesner, ANPR life member a seasonal.

22 t ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers Bill Halainen, “Mr. Communication” backcountry permit office. After 14 “some type of rangers group or association” for the National Park Service, has seasonal positions at Zion NP, Coulee that was being discussed “out West.” After been presented with The Coalition Dam, Big Thicket National Preserve and BLRI, Sager was supervisory park ranger of National Park Service Retirees’ Glen Canyon NRA, Klein was hired on at Shenandoah NP and held assignments George Hartzog Award for 2014. full-time at Big Thicket. He later trans- at the Southeast Regional Office, Halainen retired from NPS in 2007, is ferred to Lake Mead NRA and then to Chattahoochee River and Great Smoky a part-time NPS contractor, a longtime GC-Parashant NM. Klein and his wife Mountains NP. Along the way, she married ANPR member, and the founder and Joannie will remain in southern Utah. ranger LE and life ANPR member Alan first editor of Ranger magazine, as well as He can be reached at [email protected]. Sager (deceased). She returned to a longtime contributor. He has been the Shenandoah to work in fee supervision for editor of The Morning Report since 1986 the third and final time. Sager welcomes and has remained fully engaged in pro- being contacted at [email protected]. moting and assisting NPS throughout his career. Halainen was routinely called upon Russ Smith, a life ANPR member who to provide information and assistance to has served as the first superintendent many offices and people within the NPS of First State National Monument organization and family. Additionally, he since March 2013, announced his retire- was instrumental in founding the Interna- ment after 42 years with NPS. Smith’s tional Ranger Federation and edited and career includes 27 years of field experience, published its newsletter for over a decade. with assignments at Prince William Forest The Hartzog Award represents outstanding Sue Consolo Murphy, chief of science Park, Fort Sumter NM, Independence support for the mission of the National and resource management at Grand NHP, Hopewell Furnace NHS, George Park System and/or NPS. Nominations Teton National Park, has received the Washington Birthplace NM, and Freder- are solicited from the general membership 2013 Director’s Award for Natural icksburg and Spotsylvania NMP. In 1989, of the Coalition or NPS, with the recip- Resource Management for excellence Klein became chief of interpretation and ient(s) selected by the Coalition’s Execu- in conservation leadership and visitor services for the Mid-Atlantic tive Council. Halainen can be reached at resource management. She is a life Region, where he pioneered the current [email protected]. member of ANPR, a former Board NPS interpretive planning system. He also member and leads the Oral History Project held two other leadership positions in park Carol Hegeman, former supervisory submissions to Ranger. A 35-year veteran operations, working with park superin- historian at Eisenhower National of NPS, she has been the science and tendents in over 70 areas from Maine to Historic Site, has retired after 42 resources chief at Grand Teton NP since West Virginia. In 1984, Smith received years of Federal service and has 2003. She began her Park Service career the Mid-Atlantic Region’s Freeman Tilden also been recognized by the U.S. in 1975 as a seasonal employee at Rocky Award, the agency’s highest award for in- Department of the Interior for Mountain NP and has working seasonally terpretation. Three years later he received superior service. She is a life member at Muir Woods NM, and permanently at the NPS Director’s Design Award for his of ANPR. Hegeman first worked at the the U.S. Forest Service’s Wasatch National interpretive plan for the Edgar Allan Poe Eisenhower Site when it opened in 1980, Forest, NPS Appalachian National Scenic National Historic Site in Philadelphia. In has conducted more than 200 hours of Trail Land Acquisition office and Badlands 2002, Russ received a Department of the oral history interviews about the Eisen- NP. She was a biologist at Yellowstone NP Interior Superior Service Award for howers in Gettysburg, and served as editor for 16 years, editor of Yellowstone Science redesigning the NPS interpretive of Eisenhower National Historic Site Muse- and other resource publications, and planning system. In 2012 he was um Collections. Hegeman also worked at cultural resource program manager before awarded the National Park Service’s Gettysburg NMP, Lake Mead NRA and moving to Grand Teton. Appleman-Judd-Lewis Award for Lincoln Home NHS. Along with her hus- Excellence in Cultural Resource band, retired Gettysburg NMP Museum Nancy Greene Sager retired from Management. Smith has been active in Specialist Paul Shevchuk, Hegeman plans the National Park Service on tourism and preservation efforts where he to travel and contribute to the oral history Aug. 31, 2014. She joined NPS in 1972 has lived and worked. He will continue project. She can be reached at as a seasonal in Everglades NP, followed by those interests in retirement, along with [email protected]. Yellowstone NP, Mt. Rainier NP, enjoying time with his wife, sons, and Assateague Island NS and Big Cypress grandchildren. Raymond Klein, most recently Lands Office. She became the first per- chief park ranger at Grand manent female LE park technician/ranger Canyon-Parashant National at Blue Ridge Parkway (BLRI) in 1976, Monument, retired on Dec. 31, 2014, and recalls interesting times in 1977-78, after 36 years with NPS. His career meeting at a co-worker’s house near BLRI began in 1978 at Smoky Mountains, for a discussion about the formation of where he was a seasonal park aid in the

RANGER • Spring 2015 u 23 Yellowstone Level: $500+ Butch Farabee Gary Hartley Wendy Lauritzen Ron Sprinkle (updated 1/28/2015) Donald K. Steiner Life members who contribute $125 to ANPR are These people donated recognized in the Second Century Club. Once you to ANPR (a total of are a Second Century Club member, each additional $3,198) in 2014 $250 donation will increase your life level by one before the Fall Fund century. If you are a life member, please consider ANPR members generously donated $10,354 during Campaign began: raising your contribution to the next level! the annual Fall Fund Campaign. Total donations to Chuck Arning ANPR in 2014 equaled $13,552. These funds will Ken Bigley 2nd Century Club Steve Holder help cover ANPR’s operating costs and sustain the John Case Lawrence Belli Steve Hurd organization’s important initiatives. Thank you for Cliff Chetwin Tony Bonanno Mary Jeff Karraker your outstanding support! Rebecca Cumins Jim Brady Dave Lattimore Tom Engberg Paul Broyles Dan Moses Ranger Level: under Yosemite Level Joe Evans Rod Broyles Rick Mossman $25 $100+ Mark Flora David Buccello Alden Nash Brendy Appleby Fred Koegler Daniel Gelinas Patricia Buccello William Quinn Robert Armstrong Anonymous Amy Gilbert Robert Butterfield Teresa Shirakawa Chuck Arning Tim Oliverius Kary Goetz Michael Caldwell Ron Sprinkle Ken Bigley Martin O’Toole Dave Harmon & William Carroll Barry Sullivan Tom Cherry Scott Pfeninger Susan Dlutkowski Bruce Collins Phil Young Katie Dambrun Noel Poe Dr. Russell Clay Harvey Bruce Edmonston Deny Galvin Noemi Robinson Donald Havasy A.J. Ferguson 4th Century Club Clayton Hanson Bill Sanders Casey Horrigan Mitch Fong Deanne Adams & Jerry Kasten Helen Scully Jen Jackson Hal Grovert Tony Sisto Cliff Marsom Richard and Jonathan Jarvis Dr. Russell Clay Harvey Vaughn Baker Allison Owczarczak Judith Sellars Rick Jones Larry Henderson Cliff Chetwin Ron & Sherri Ramseyer Eric Trogdon Jan Kirwan Keith Hoofnagle Jonathan Lewis Kirk Singer Jessica Korhut James Hummel Deborah Liggett Patrick Stenshorn Mount Rainier Level: Robert Laine Craig Johnson Jay Ligett Ben Walsh $150+ Wendy Lauritzen Margaret Johnston Scot McElveen Jeff Ohlfs Tim Lombardi Ron Konklin Bruce & Georjean Acadia Level: $25+ John Lynch Bob Krumenaker McKeeman Bob Bryson Sequoia and Kings James Marks Mary Kimmitt Laxton Jean Rodeck Larry and Jeri Frederick Canyon Level: $175+ Cliff Marsom Tomie Patrick Lee Rick Smith George Land Donald Weir Sean McGuinness John Mangimeli John Townsend Emily Prud’homme Christina Mills Colleen Mastrangelo Nancy Wizner Daniel Romes Everglades Level: Kevin Moses Sean McGuinness Arnold Steiner $200+ Jesse Nivolo Jack Morehead 5th Century Club Vaughn Baker A.J. North Aniceto Olais Dennis Burnett & Grand Canyon Level: Scott Chapman Cindy Orlando Tim Oliverius Ginny Rousseau $50+ Gregg Fauth & John Ott Cindy Ott-Jones Edward Rizzotto Jerry Case Jenny Matsumoto Ron & Sherri Ramseyer Scott Pfeninger Don Steiner Don Daniel Mary Jenkins Wisdom Rasiel Bundy Phillips Carol Hegeman Meg Weesner John J. Reynolds Bill Pierce 6th Century Club Suzanne Kerrigan Liz Roberts Tom Richter Rick Erisman John J. Reynolds Death Valley Level: Marie Sauter Bryan Swift David Roberts $250+ Shiloh National Mark Tanaka-Sanders 7th Century Club Phil Young Dennis Burnett Military Park Staff, Dale & Judy Thompson Butch Farabee John Case in memory of Victor Vieira Gary Hartley Shenandoah Level: Rick Erisman Charles Allen Karen Wade $75+ Steve Hurd Gilbert Soper Philip Ward 8th Century Club Rebecca Harriett Dick Martin Sare Sprinkle Kathy Williams Dick Martin Jonathan Lewis Ed Rizzotto Kate Sullivan Janice Wobbenhorst Christina Mills Ginny Rousseau J. David Swift 10th Century Club Rick Mossman John Townsend Donald Weir 3rd Century Club Stacy Allen Alison Steiner Jason Wickersty Erin Broadbent John Stockert Denali Level: $300+ Richard Zimmerman, Carl Christensen 11th Century Club Deanne Adams & in gratitude for ranger Kathleen Clossin Wendy Lauritzen Tony Sisto assistance at the Maureen Finnerty Bill Wade John Ott Grand Canyon Rebecca Harriett

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100% Recycled Content Forest Stewardship 100% Post Consumer Waste Council Certified Directory of ANPR Board Members, Task Group Leaders & Staff BOARD OF DIRECTORS Membership Services Eighth World Ranger Congress 2016 Kate Sargeant, US Park Police Bob Krumenaker, Apostle Islands President (360) 286-3416 • [email protected] [email protected] Erika Jostad, Sequoia & Kings Canyon (559) 335-2840 • [email protected] Professional Issues Ranger Editorial Adviser Ken Bigley, Big Bend Kendell Thompson, Lincoln Boyhood Secretary (432) 477-2804 • [email protected] (703) 927-1029 • [email protected] Colleen Derber, Washington Office (410) 897-7645 • [email protected] Seasonal Perspectives Lauren Kopplin, Glacier BUSINESS OPERATIONS Treasurer (469) 831-3258 • [email protected] Tom Banks ANPR Business Address (508) 579-2521 • [email protected] Special Concerns P.O. Box 984 Wendy Lauritzen, Tallgrass Prairie Davis, CA 95617 Immediate Past President (nonvoting member) (580) 449-1132 • [email protected] [email protected] Stacy Allen, Shiloh (731) 689-3451 • [email protected] Strategic Planning Ranger Editor Scott Warner, Retired Ann Dee Allen Education and Training [email protected] (414) 778-0026 • [email protected] Katlyn Grubb, Golden Gate National Recreation Area (209) 262-7232 • [email protected] Financial Operations TASK GROUP LEADERS Tom Banks Fundraising Activities (508) 579-2521 • [email protected] Seth Tinkham, Washington Office International Affairs (571) 451-9627 • [email protected] Blanca Stransky, Perry’s Victory Internal Communications [email protected] Cadence Cook, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (858) 353-3231 • [email protected]