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New Perspectives about Parks in the 21st Century s RANGER • Summer 2009 Sec1a Share your news! We want to hear from you. Health insurance plan Take a minute to tell others your news. Use the form on available to members the inside back cover, send an ANPR members qualify for health e-mail to [email protected] or insurance through a special program visit the ANPR website: www. anpr.org/family.htm. from Aetna. The Aetna PPO Affordable SM Board of Directors Health Choices is particularly geared to seasonal park workers, fire crew members, Electronic version Officers volunteers, park partners and others President Scot McElveen, Retired of Ranger magazine Secretary Emily Weisner, ARHO who may not receive insurance benefits Treasurer Bill Schappell through their employers. ould you prefer to read Ranger maga- Past President Lee Werst, WORI The limited accident and sickness Wzine in full color on your computer insurance plan is an affordable option at screen instead of a paper copy delivered to your Board Members mail box? If enough people sign up for delivery Education & Training Rebecca Harriett, HAFE $87.66 per month for medical coverage. Fundraising Activities Kendell Thompson, ARHO Dental and life insurance options also are of Ranger as a PDF file, we could reduce the Internal Communic. Eric Leonard, CHIC available. For more details, visit ANPR’s print run and save paper and money. Please Membership Services Gregg Fauth, SEKI website and download the informational e-mail the editor if you prefer the computer Professional Issues Mike Anderson, SERO delivery option: [email protected] Seasonal Perspectives Tom Banks letter and enrollment form. Alternatively, Special Concerns Craig Ackerman, CRLA you may request paper copies from forde- Missing Members Strategic Planning Stacy Allen, SHIL [email protected] or write to ANPR, 25958 Please help us locate these members! Send infor- Genesee Trail Road, PMB 222, Golden, mation to [email protected]. Task Groups CO 80401. Carl Newman...... Los Alamos, NM International Affairs Tony Sisto, Retired Carter Vaugen...... Killeen, TX Centennial vacant Mentoring Bill Pierce, Retired Rendezvous Dan Moses, Retired Retirement Frank Betts, Retired Speak your mind! Staff Signed letters to the Membership Services Teresa Ford editor of 100 words or Ranger Magazine less may be published, Editor Teresa Ford space permitting. Please in- Editorial Adviser Mark Herberger, MIMI clude address and daytime phone. Ranger reserves the right to edit letters for grammar or length. Send to the editor at [email protected] or 25958 Genesee Trail Road, PMB 222, Golden, CO 80401. Professional Ranger Section Administration Heather Whitman, YOSE Interpretation Jeff Axel, BIBE Protection Kevin Moses, BUFF What can ANPR membership Resource Management Sue Consolo Murphy, GRTE do for you?

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R USNPS in-parks debate has consumed much of if you can master it. Vol. 25, No. 3 Summer 2009 O ANPR’s time and energy. While the outcome We thank the three policymakers who Ranger (ISSN 1074-0678) is a quarterly publication of is far from what we desired, at least our voice contributed to the summer Ranger, and we the Association of National Park Rangers, an organization helped protect the regulatory process so that appreciate their time in providing insights created to communicate for, about and with National Park Service employees of all disciplines; to promote and enhance a single person or ideology in the executive into national park issues. the professions, spirit and mission of National Park Service branch did not override thoughtful, inclusive During the public debate over the gun employees; to support management and the perpetuation statutory protections for the National Park regulation it became abundantly clear that of the National Park Service and the National Park System, System and other federal lands. both side’s talking points were anchored in and to provide a forum for social enrichment. In so meeting these purposes, the Association provides The National Environmental Policy Act speculation. While current and former NPS education and other training to develop and/or improve and the Endangered Species Act, among oth- employees offered individual incident summa- the knowledge and skills of parks professionals and those ers, involve many people, including political ries in which loaded, readily accessible firearms interested in the stewardship of national parks; provides a forum for discussion of common concerns of all employees, appointees, career federal employees and the by “law-abiding citizens” played a factor in the and provides information to the public. public, in any decision-making process. These destruction of park wildlife, we could give no The membership of ANPR is comprised of individuals laws strengthen resource stewardship in the scientifically supported data or projections to who are entrusted with and committed to the care, study, National Park System and they were/are worth back up those incidents. Wouldn’t it be nice, explanation and/or protection of those natural, cultural and recreational resources included in the National Park fighting for. from a protection standpoint, if in future de- System, and persons who support these efforts. While we disagree with the amendment bates we could defend park resources and our ANPR is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Congress passed to allow firearms in parks stewardship mission with real and meaningful Donations may be tax deductible; consult a tax adviser. ANPR’s official address is 25958 Genesee Trail Road, per state law, we recognize that 535 elected numbers? Neal Labrie’s article on pages 14-16 PMB 222, Golden, CO 80401. Members receive Ranger officials of the legislative branch, their staffs is worth your attention for this very reason. as part of their membership dues. Consult the inside back and their constituents had some amount of FORT is in its early stages and it may or may cover for membership and subscription information. deliberation beforehand. Their actions did not not be the final answer, but it could be one way Submissions ignore or abrogate federal law as the revised to show politicians the likely consequences of Prospective authors should contact the editor or editorial gun regulation had. their actions on the National Park System. adviser before submitting articles. Editor, Teresa Ford, The outcome may be the same but the Finally, we honor Rick Gale after his un- 25958 Genesee Trail Road, PMB 222, Golden, CO 80401, (303) 526-1380; [email protected]. Editorial adviser, Mark precedent is quite different, and the precedent timely passing in March. He was an ANPR Herberger, (605) 433-5552. is worth protecting because one never knows founding member, winner of a Harry Yount when ideology may overtake the executive Award for Lifetime Achievement and our Deadlines Spring issue...... Feb. 28 branch, and in particular, the Secretary of the friend. He was the only person to have at- Summer issue...... May 31 Interior’s office, in the future. tended all 31 Ranger Rendezvous. He also Fall issue...... Aug. 31 This discussion leads us to the theme of started ANPR’s first newsletter, which evolved Winter issue...... Nov. 30 this issue of Ranger. There may be some who into Ranger, and he was ANPR’s “fund-raiser believe political considerations play a small role extraordinaire.” During his term as ANPR’s in management of the National Park System. president (1988-94) we achieved our highest Table of Contents My perception was once such, but as my NPS levels of membership and professional accom- New Perspectives about National Parks...... 2 career and association grew in years I began plishment. Remembering Rick Gale...... 6 to see how and where political considerations I can only imagine the depth and breadth Omnibus Public Lands Management Act ...... 13 and pressures affected policy and outcomes in of ANPR accomplishments for NPS employees Setting Park Protection Priorities...... 14 the day-to-day management of parks. and the National Park System if we each had ANPR Actions...... 16 National and local politics change as newly the energy, dedication and foresight of Rick Professional Ranger...... 16 elected administrations and officials take office Gale. ANPR Reports...... 19 and work to achieve their agendas. Sometimes Goodbye, my friend. When I strike the IRF Update...... 20 these transitions are smooth and sometimes gavel to call ANPR to order in Gettysburg Ranger Rendezvous XXXII...... 21 All in the Family...... 22 they are not. Several contributors to this this December, I’ll be thinking of you. USNPS Ranger offer their experience and advice on Cover: Top image, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth how to maximize opportunities during these Sandlin, left, visits the White River Visitor Center at Badlands with park rangers from Pine Ridge Reservation transitions, and It is a skill worth mastering ,(left to right) Tanya Martinez, Sunny Clifford and Serena Clifford, and Badlands Superintendent Paige Baker. Photo courtesy of Rep. Herseth Sandlin’s office. Copyright © 2009. All rights reserved. Bottom, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar takes a close Articles and images in this publication are the look at a Burmese python held down by Everglades sole property of ANPR and Ranger magazine, biologist Skip Snow and Theresa Walters. The python except where otherwise indicated. Republication is an invasive species in the park. Photo by Tami A. Heilemann, Department of the Interior. in whole or part is not allowed without written permission. s RANGER • Summer 2009  National Parks in the 21st Century Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of South Dakota A new perspective

hange in Washington — It’s a famil- Statement from Interior Secretary wiped out in much of the country, Theodore Ciar phrase since the elections of 2008 Ken Salazar Roosevelt responded by creating the National and the swearing-in of administration and grew up in the San Luis Valley in southern Wildlife Refuge System and greatly expanding congressional officials earlier this year. For IColorado, on lands my family has farmed the National Park System. nearly 100 years, the National Park Service and ranched for five generations. My family’s In the 1930s, when the Great Depression has witnessed its share of new policymakers livelihood depended on the health of our land. and the Dust Bowl weighed heavily on our and lawmakers, and tended to the business of Our parents taught us, as their parents taught land, Franklin Roosevelt created the Civil implementing volumes of their code, regula- them, that we have a responsibility to be good Conservation Corps to undertake thousands tions and directives. stewards of the water, soil and wildlife around of projects on public lands across the country. In national park circles, employees of all us, so that we can preserve the balance that We now enjoy places like Skyline Drive in grades and titles seldom shy away from sharing allows us to ranch and farm, generation after Shenandoah and Going-to-the-Sun Road at their opinions of those in elected or appointed generation. Glacier because of the work done by millions positions that affect our stewardship mission. This sense of stewardship is the foundation of Americans in the Great Depression. So what is in store for 2009 and the near fu- for my deep appreciation of our public lands, Today, we face an economic crisis that is the ture? Will change, whether real or perceived, most of which are managed by the Interior greatest since those hard years in the 1930s. manifest itself in what administrators say and Department. Once again, we are responding by putting how legislators view the NPS? Our nation’s parks, refuges, forests, rivers Americans to work on our national parks and Earlier this spring, several individuals re- and seashores are national treasures. Those who other public lands. sponsible for NPS policy and legislation were work for the department have a sacred trust Under the president’s recovery package, we contacted by Ranger magazine to acquire their to protect and conserve these treasures as an are undertaking 750 projects at our national thoughts on national parks and selected issues inheritance for generations yet to come. parks across the country. We will invest $750 we face. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, This is why, when I was attorney general of million in these projects to create jobs, stimu- Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado, chairman of the Colorado, I helped establish Great Sands Dune late the economies of local communities and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Com- National Park and Preserve in my native state. get our country moving again. mittee, and Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin It is why, as a U.S. senator, I passed legislation From the Statute of Liberty to Yellowstone, of South Dakota, a member of the House to designate wilderness in Rocky Mountain from Independence Hall to Death Valley, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests National Park, created new national heritage American workers will revitalize our parks’ and Public Lands, were asked 10 questions by areas, and authored legislation to authorize infrastructure, rehabilitate visitor centers and Ranger. Those questions and their responses the Centennial Challenge initiative. And it tackle long-deferred maintenance projects. follow. Salazar chose to issue a statement is why now as Secretary of the Interior I have Our great asset for the future, of course, addressing some of the items in the original made the conservation of these our treasured is the professionalism and dedication of our questions rather than reply to the specific landscapes one of my highest priorities. park rangers and other National Park Service questions. Americans have a tradition of investing in employees. our national parks during times of national President Obama and I are committed to Editor’s note: Ranger also had hoped to get crisis. During the Civil War, the greatest crisis giving these exceptional men and women the comments from a new director of the NPS, our nation has ever faced, Abraham Lincoln set tools they need to make our parks even better but the position hadn’t been announced by aside the land that became one of our iconic places to visit. our publication deadline in mid- June. Perhaps national parks — Yosemite. In May the president released a 2010 budget additional comments will be published in a When our eastern forests were stripped bare proposal that includes $100 million program later issue of Ranger. and many wildlife populations had been all but increase in National Park Service operations s 2 s ANPRANPR • Association• Association of of National National Park Park Rangers Rangers funding and $25 million in park partnership near the Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge Q: National park superintendents are matching funds to leverage private donations in northeastern South Dakota, so as I grew mandated to make resource management in preparation for the 100th anniversary of the up, I witnessed the important role the federal decisions based on the best available sci- National Park Service in 2016. The matching government plays in conserving our natural ence. At times, however, political pressure funds will result in a combined benefit to our resources. With regard to national parks, from counters those decisions and sometimes even national parks of more than $50 million for the time I was young I visited parks such as threatens the decision-makers in the parks. signature projects and programs, effectively Mount Rushmore and the Badlands, and I What is your view toward making cultural doubling the federal investment. continue to enjoy spending time with my and natural resource management in parks We also recognize how much an economic family in these special locations. less subject to political pressure? engine our national parks are to local com- munities. That is why this summer we are Q: National park areas conserve the finest Udall: I respect the role of science in making offering three weekends when entrance fees will examples of our nation’s natural and cultural resource decisions — at parks and on a host be waived at our parks. We want to provide resources. These resources and themes can of other issues facing our planet. However, we Americans an inexpensive way to enjoy a great evoke a variety of feelings within individual must understand that science does not exist in vacation near to home while providing a boost visitors; they can move us and quiet us, and a vacuum and that our science is influenced to local economies. affect us emotionally, spiritually, intellec- by our values and vice versa. In other words, This is an exciting time for the National tually, and physically. Take a moment to I believe that we should bring science back Park Service and for our rangers. Everyone has describe one of your “moving” visits to a into park management and also be thought- an opportunity to be part of something bigger national park area. ful about how these scientific issues affect than ourselves – building a brighter future for management decisions and the full range of the world’s greatest system of national parks. Udall: In 1992, a climbing friend, Tony missions at our parks. I am proud to be Secretary of the Interior as Lewis, and I took the Cassin route to the top we lay the foundation for this future. of Denali. It was extremely strenuous. At the Herseth Sandlin: I respect the difficult deci- summit, at 20,000-plus feet, the temperature sions that our park superintendents — and, q q q was -40 degrees at the warmest part of the day. in fact, all public land managers — make on We realized six days in that we had brought a regular basis. Cultural and natural resource Q: Please give our readers a little background only seven days of food for a 10-day climb. We management issues are not always “black and on yourself including how you became in- couldn’t retreat as it wasn’t safe. It turned out white,” and it is important that the deci- terested in our nation’s national parks. the safest option was to make it to the sum- sion-making process, especially the public mit and down a more accessible route on the comment periods, are rigorously respected. Sen. Mark Udall: I grew up in the West, and other side. Obviously, we were successful. But Congress should continue to practice its over- my family has many connections with our that experience taught me a lot about myself sight responsibilities to ensure that resource parks. My grandfather was an outfitter serving and to respect the dangers of the outback, not management decision-making processes are Rocky Mountain National Park, so I have a to mention the need to be prepared to push robust and structured such that they can take personal familiarity with it given our many yourself and adjust to what is in front of you. into account all significant factors. trips there. As executive director of Colorado I look back on the experience as a valuable Outward Bound, I have also had many op- metaphor for life: sometimes the only way to portunities to explore and enjoy much of go on is by taking the hardest route over the our National Park System and to experience mountain. their beauty and the physical challenges that they present. I have come to appreciate the Herseth Sandlin: During my first bid for specialness of our national parks and the need Congress, I was holding meetings in Rapid City to see them protected, while allowing varied in western South Dakota, and it was there I recreational opportunities for a wide range of learned of the tragic events unfolding on Sept. visitors — whether through river trips in the 11, 2001. Stunned and overwhelmed, I asked Grand Canyon with family and friends; in Can- my father to take me to Badlands National Park, yonlands, where I spent time running Outward about an hour east of Rapid City. As he and Bound courses and on backpacking trips; or I drove through the park’s loop reflecting on Grand Teton, where I skied and climbed several the horror of the day’s events, I began to fully of the park’s famous peaks. As a member of understand the enormity of the devastation Congress, I was proud to help play a role in and its consequences for our country and our creating two of our most recently designated world. Surrounded by unique natural beauty national parks in Colorado, Black Canyon of and fully enveloped in the quiet solitude this Park rangers provide a Cold War perspective the Gunnison and Great Sand Dunes. beauty provided, my mind had the freedom to Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin while visit- and space it needed to come to terms with the ing one of our country’s newest additions to Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin: I am privi- new reality of a post-9/11 world and what the the National Park System, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. Military officers were leged to have been born and raised in South future would hold. prepared to launch 10 Minuteman II nuclear Dakota, which is home to many natural, na- missiles from this once-classified underground tional treasures. My family’s farm and ranch sits control center. s s RANGERRANGER •• SummerSummer 20092009 3 Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., is an avid outdoorsman and climber. Personal photos of the senator courtesy of his office.

Q: The establishment of national park areas The maintenance problem is especially acute enjoyment. What is your strategy to ad- has been described as “the best idea America as facilities age, yet in recent years, the federal vocate for and invigorate the Centennial ever had.” For several decades media sources budget has not fully kept up with current Initiative? and leaders in the NPS community spotlight needs. Ultimately, the lack of realistic budgets “parks-in-peril” headlines and studies. can threaten visitors’ experiences. Udall: Celebrations like this are about re- What do you consider the most serious connecting the public with their parks and perils facing the national parks? Q: What will the next generation of national recapturing the sentiments that lead to their park historians have to say about your tenure creation, while looking forward to instill a Udall: I am struck by the changes occurring in office and the condition of park resources continued appreciation for them. I hope to in our parks from climate change — glacier because of your actions? work with the National Park Service, the retreat, plant succession and animal migra- Obama administration and my colleagues in tions, among them. Addressing this requires Udall: I hope they will say that the parks are in Congress to remind people of this history, the actions and policies that transcend the parks. better condition — healthy, enjoyed, vibrant, purposes that our national parks serve, and to But since national parks are so cherished and robustly funded — than when I began my encourage greater awareness of the needs of so important — and so visible — the dramatic public service. our parks so that they can be cherished and changes occurring within them can help edu- nurtured for the future. cate the public and policymakers on the need Herseth Sandlin: During my tenure in office, to take action on climate change. They are I have sought to be an advocate for national Herseth Sandlin: 2016 is an important the proverbial “canary in a coal mine.” I also parks in South Dakota and across the country. and exciting milestone. One way that I have am concerned about funding backlog regard- Specifically, I was proud to support the Ameri- supported the Centennial Initiative is by ing facility needs, the so-called maintenance can Recovery and Reinvestment Act which supporting legislation to allow nonprofit backlog. made important investments in our national organizations to work with parks to leverage parks, including upgrades to infrastructure and funds for preparing parks for the Centennial. Herseth Sandlin: As a member of the House facility maintenance. As these improvements I am pleased to see the president’s FY2010 Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests are made, parks will be better suited to handle budget request includes $25 million for these and Public Lands, I have the opportunity increased capacity and ultimately, preserve the partnerships. to learn about successes and challenges from natural beauty of the parks for future genera- park managers from across the country. I tions to enjoy. Q: In October 2008 the National Academy am especially concerned with the mounting for Public Administration provided an deferred maintenance costs and need for ad- Q: In 2016 the National Park Service will independent evaluation of NPS Cultural ditional operations funding. National parks, celebrate its 100th anniversary. A $3 billion Resources programs, summarizing that like all of us, are faced with increasing costs Centennial Initiative has been launched “... evidence clearly indicates that cultural over time, and as a result, parks are faced with to prepare our national parks for another resources, including resources of national increasing operations and maintenance costs. century of conservation, preservation and significance are at risk throughout the

 s ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers National Park System.” How can NPS lead- ers successfully implement the recommenda- tions of the report and improve stewardship of park cultural resources?

Udall: The Park Service needs the tools and resources — the funds, the authority and the policies — available and in place so that it can perform the missions that we have asked it to, including preserving our nation’s rich cultural past.

Herseth Sandlin: It’s important that we recognize the value and the fragility of cul- tural resources. I believe the October 2008 report notes that while we have many tools to monitor and manage cultural resources, there Badlands in South Dakota, NPS photo is still room for improvement when it comes to utilizing the information that’s gathered enhance its professions, spirit and mission; circles, “competitive sourcing” is viewed as and implementing solutions. In particular, to support management and the National an assault on the integrity and morale of Congress should consider how to provide Park System; and to provide a forum for the NPS workforce. How deep do you see park superintendents with the flexibility social enrichment. Do you have any words efforts to contract out job and functions they need to address the specific challenges of wisdom for the Association of National affecting careers within the NPS? facing their unit. A one-size-fits-all approach Park Rangers? toward cultural resources management, or Udall: The public has come to expect a certain park management more generally, is unlikely Udall: Please stay engaged and involved. We look and feel at the facilities available at our to solve many problems. That being said, I need you! parks. I think that is better accomplished by understand that one report recommendation the employees within the Park Service itself. is to undertake a “servicewide effort to develop Herseth Sandlin: I want to thank the National While I do not categorically oppose competi- a comprehensive proposal” that documents the Park Service employees for their commitment tive outsourcing, I believe that we should con- stewardship needs and provides the needed to preserving and enhancing our national sider any such policy carefully and that there justification for additional funding and staff- natural and cultural history. Our National must be a strong and compelling case that any ing based on identified priorities. This deep Park Service is a truly American institution, outsourcing proposal will result in benefits to assessment seems like an important step toward and your work is continuing our tradition of the parks, the public and the taxpayers. protecting cultural resources throughout the conserving and celebrating the essential ele- NPS system. ments of our nation. Herseth Sandlin: It is important to appro- priately recognize and reward the passion Q: For 31 years, the Association of National Q: National Park Service employees have a and dedication of our National Park Service Park Rangers has been an organization to favorable public reputation as dedicated and employees and the critical role they play in the communicate for, about and with National professional federal workers with passion upkeep and protection of our national parks. Park Service employees; to promote and for their stewardship mission. Within NPS Without compromising the pristine condition of our national treasures, we must fully consider all viable options while also ensuring that our national parks are available for all to enjoy for generations to come.

Ranger: Please feel free to add any closing remarks.

Udall: I am proud to be in a position to work for our national parks — their managers and volunteers, their wildlife and resources, and their place in our national heritage. My family has a strong tradition of public lands steward- ship, and I hope to carry on that tradition in

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s Great Sand Dunes in Colorado, NPS photo s RANGER • Summer 2009  Remembering Rick Gale Ranger, Leader, Friend ounding ANPR member and blue Levis, which told the real story of legendary career ranger Rick Gale who he was; his dislike for ceremonies, Fdied of a heart attack on Friday, presentations or retirements that got March 27, 2009, at his home in Boise, too maudlin or self important, creat- Idaho. This unexpected departure of a ing the famous Gale “eye-roll” into the man who had such a singular impact on recesses of his face, eventually leading the National Park Service, its mission to a groaning, guttural growl, when he and employees, and this association sent sometimes stalked out of the ceremony a shock through the system that is still for a bit of fresh air; the gruffness and reverberating months later. growling directness that intimidated The obituaries and tributes have been most who met him until they came written and posted, and most of you have to understand the good heart behind read them or, more likely, know of his ac- the growl; the constant push to make complishments first hand. They will not a decision, to take an action; and that be repeated here, other than to summarize spare, bowlegged, limping gait coupled briefly those aspects that applied to this with a face that sometimes was clean association. shaven, had a mustache or even a beard Rick helped found ANPR in 1977 and . . . but was always well lived in, which served as its president for six years, from spawned a generation of park ranger 1988 to 1994. He was the only person in wood carvings that I carved, some of ANPR to have attended every Rendez- which sit upon some of your bookshelves vous, and reputedly had never missed a and desks to this day. All of us can add day of any of them. His fundraising efforts to this list reflecting our own personal — whether through raffle ticket sales, memory list of Richard T. Gale. Rendezvous fines, personal donations or Portrait of Rick Gale on his 70th birthday in November Our relationship started in earnest other means — went far toward keeping 2007, courtesy of his niece, Alicia Berardi. around 1980. The relationship was this organization solvent and helping it attain strong from the first handshake. The friend- its goals. me, who laughed at my foibles and taught me ship grew over time and prospered and never His efforts to promote membership were to laugh at myself, who advised and counseled diminished. We learned to work and play unceasing, particularly in recruiting members me, and who worked shoulder to shoulder with one another while he was chief ranger at from the ranks of new, younger employees. He with me. Santa Monica Mountains, and I held a similar mentored and supported many of us in both Rick’s accomplishments as a National Park position just up the road at Channel Islands. our careers and in our efforts to move ANPR Service professional are an open book, and I We shared many of the same views of how forward. And he worked hard to promote our shall not waste time in reiterating them. Rick to professionally manage an operation and shared vision of an organization serving the lived his life in plain sight. He was what he found that our frequent frustrations were over employees of the NPS and fostering its mis- was. He was not complex and he saw life’s the same issues. We found a common interest sion. There was no one like him. decisions as rather forthright. Even the tough in the early organizational days of the Asso- Shortly after his death, a call went out to all decisions were logically engaged, reduced and ciation of National Park Rangers when that ANPR members to send stories for inclusion arranged in such a way to make them easier. organization was at its best. Our individual in Ranger. The following were received and His personal life and professional life merged careers and lives moved according to each of are posted in alphabetical order. Although into a single volume of a narrative that was our own personal rhythms, which sometimes they provide a wonderful and comprehensive full, vibrant, energized and filled with the joy intersected one another as lives and careers in remembrance of this remarkable man, they are of living and working and playing and being the NPS are wont to do. At each intersection, in no way definitive. There’s always another . . . Rick Gale. the bond was reinforced and renewed anew. story to tell, another dimension to his life to Collectively, we share memories of the “little Of course, we shared and created stories reveal. At the end of this article you’ll find a things” about Rick. His precise note-taking in with one another. You are not much of a link to a web page with dozens more stories. pencil on 3 by 5 index cards; his outrageous ranger without a catalog of stories, and a — Bill Halainen laugh, which sounded like something between whole lot of my stories have Rick in them or a lion’s roar and a donkey’s bray; his short witness to them. As time goes by, the stories From Rob Arnberger attention span with dithering presentations; dim somewhat and I have lost track, in some I have lost one of my best friends. Rick Gale his organizational skills that, at times, could cases, what the “real” truth to the story was was not only my friend, but at times he filled get anal in their attention to detail; his neck- and what was the exaggeration. Some of those the role of a big brother who conspired with ties and dress shirts worn faithfully with his stories are still remembered by our generation

 s ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers and fondly ruminated on by those who might I remember one conversation with Rick early “remember” the time. Of course, others have Rick Gale’s Lists in our Hurricane Andrew assignment when I their stories to share and so it goes on and on in advised him that while I knew in my gut what sharing the collective memory of a generation Rick Gale, as many of us know, was a bit we were doing was the right thing to do, I wasn’t who hung with one another and continue to obsessive about order and an inveterate list sure we had the legal authorities nailed down. celebrate with one another. keeper — whether it was “to do” lists on We discussed the notion that we might get to In other cases, the stories were only ours. 3 by 5 cards, action items on a long-range have adjoining cells in Leavenworth, but that They stayed between us as something person- plan, or records of past activities and ac- it was worth the risk. Fortunately, a couple of ally shared and spoken of only during quiet complishments. weeks into the incident, Dick Martin’s research times. Sometimes they brought a chuckle, Below are a few gems that his daughters, into legal authorities paid off. Rick expected sometimes a sad headshake, sometimes just Cindy and Sarah, found on folded slips of us to manage our own areas of expertise and quiet memories. Now those stories reside only paper in the back of one of his notebooks. we all tried to measure up to his trust in our with me where they will stay and end. Even if you knew Rick well, you’re going abilities. Yes, we were told during the review When Rick retired, I was forced into back- to find some of these numbers to be eye that “we’d been given unlimited authority and pedaling on a promise I had made to him that openers. Most cover the period from 1958 we exceeded it.” he could count on me to attend his retirement to 2008, except for the book list, which Rick was exceptionally proud of his three party. I always had a guilty feeling about not also includes the 54 books he’d read so far daughters, not only in what they accomplished, going to his party. This feeling was exacerbated this year: but in who they were as individuals. His respect when a year after he retired he flew all the way to for women in the workplace went beyond Alaska for my own retirement gathering. Now, Books read: 3,559 words. He was an early promoter of women in I have lost one of my best friends. Attending Athletic contests attended: 737 both the ranger and fire management fields. I his service in Boise in memory of my friend Movies seen: 173 can’t think of another individual in the National was my final promise to him fulfilled. He made Concerts attended: 23 Park Service who had such positive influence my life better in knowing him. Perhaps, that is Lectures attended (the last in 1967): 81 on the careers of so many. the most important legacy any of us can leave Plays attended: 108 He made it a point in retirement to attend as we end our passage through this life. This as many retirement gatherings as he could. I I celebrate the most because it is a lasting gift The last entry is in some ways most feel fortunate and honored he made it to Alaska from my friend Rick Gale. USNPS intriguing. How many of us knew that for mine. All of us who had the good fortune Rick was an avid fan of Shakespeare? He’d to count Rick as a friend are better for having From Marcia Blaszak seen eight out of the 10 tragedies, two had him in our lives. USNPS Rick was my friend, mentor and advocate. I out of four tragicomedies, three out of 10 first met Rick in 1976. My Albright class made histories, and all 13 comedies, including From Butch Farabee an overnight stop at the North Rim prior to “Comedy of Errors” three times. He’d also Like most of you, I have a great many memories taking a cross-canyon hike. He had a force of seen some of the other plays twice. of Rick. The most recent range from watch- character that matched all the earlier descrip- The search continues for other known ing him bowleggedly stride toward with me tions I’d heard from folks who knew him. lists, including all the deserts he’d visited with that shit-eating grin on his face and his Although Rick and I never worked in the and the airlines he’d flown on. We hope welcoming, outstretched hand, to sitting at same park or office, he seemed to be watch- to have those for you at the Rendezvous the back of the room of at least two dozen ing out for my career; he helped influence in Gettysburg in December. Rendezvous, sharing catty comments about my decisions on what jobs to apply for, and I the world and/or the speaker du jour. know he took an active interest in making sure But my earliest and perhaps even my favor- I was given a fair shot by the selecting officials. at the USS Arizona Memorial in 1991. We ite memory of Rick (and the one that set the Even though I was an “admin weenie,” Rick responded to our own in the aftermath of Hur- tone for understanding the man/ranger for the made sure I was involved in fire and emergency ricane Andrew in 1992. We were also tapped next four decades) was at Lake Mead in 1969. response. The administrative payment teams to develop an implementation strategy for the He was a seasoned GS-9 subdistrict ranger at were a program he and Norm Clark advocated 1994 NPS reorganization plan. Probably our Katherine’s Landing and I was a newbie GS-5 for in the early 1980s and it was a great way most significant team accomplishment was in at Echo Bay, 75 miles apart. A super-busy July to participate. training and mentoring others in the use of 4th weekend came and went, and, as we did When the NPS Type I all-risk team was the incident command system. every morning at 0900, each ranger station begun in the early 1990s, he invited me to We also had fun. When Rick was invited was dutifully reporting the significant events apply to be the finance section chief. I worked to attend a party hosted by the admiral dur- of the previous day by parkwide radio — the hard on my application, as I knew I would have ing the Pearl Harbor event, I got to take him morning roundup of car clouts, drunk arrests, to prove my worthiness to work with such an shopping for an appropriate aloha shirt. We injuries, MVAs and boat rescues. experienced team. I was thrilled to be picked, also shopped for wine glasses and cloth napkins Each of us silently wished to outdo the other and what was accomplished under Rick’s lead- to put with the picnic lunch we provided for with his (there were no hers at the time) brief ership was some of the best and hardest work the Secretary of the Interior. Everyone else but hopefully gory account of mishap and of my career. We were able to deliver what had on the incident was getting sandwiches from mayhem. We were outgunned (so to speak) been planned for the commemoration of the Subway, every day! Many of us couldn’t eat at and never had a chance with Rick. Even then 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor Subway for years. he was direct and creative; always a dynamo s RANGER • Summer 2009  and a force to reckon with. It came Katherine’s working for me. He always complained that challenges and issues. He communicated that Landing’s turn and the other eight stations he had to deal with me in 20-second sound concept continually and effectively. respectfully listened. I learned that morning bites because that was all the time he could Rick was there for everyone. He was a superb that great things were in store for both he and get on my schedule. But nobody managed mentor, believing very strongly that he had the NPS when I heard him gleefully bellow: better than Rick. He could quickly get to the that major responsibility to the National Park “All I can say is . . . it was rape, pillage and point, lay out his arguments, and was more Service. It didn’t matter to him where someone plunder!” successful than not in getting the decision he was placed in the organization — at the top

I’ll deeply miss you, Rick. USNPS wanted. or the bottom — he would mentor them, give During my operations stint, we had an- them feedback and try to make them a more From Maureen Finnerty nual staff retreats. Rick was adamant that effective team member. Rick was truly larger I first met Rick on the North Rim of the we call them “advances,” assuming that was than life. It was amazing to me how many people Grand Canyon nearly 30 years ago. I was new what we wanted to do. So, advances they he touched from the bottom to the top of the in the regulations job in WASO, floundering were. I could always tell how well or poorly organization. around figuring out what I needed to work the meetings were going by watching Rick. If Rick was your friend, he was your friend on. He was complaining about the status of He was a bellwether; his patience quota went for life. He was there for me always and often. I the NPS general regulations and how much from low to nonexistent if he felt the sessions was proud to be in his close circle of friends, and they needed to be fixed. He then said to me, weren’t being productive. I can’t tell you how I’ll miss his company, conversation, intellect,

“Why don’t we just fix them?” So fix them many times he got us back on track. Rick was counsel and support. He was one of a kind. USNPS we did, and he became a valuable member of always working to make the team a success. the task force that I put together. It took us He frequently latched onto the weakest link, From Bill Halainen nearly three years, and we got them through a trying to make him or her stronger so the The many tributes and memorials to Rick often difficult assistant secretary, Ray Arnett, pretty team could be more effective. make mention of his belief in empowerment much intact. They have stood the test of time, On the fire and aviation front, he had no — that is, finding someone with an interest and still in place and working well. peer. His biggest contribution there was in the ability and passion for a particular task or mis- During the six years that I served as associ- area of interagency collaboration. He wanted sion, then empowering her or him to go forth ate director for operations in WASO (1994- everyone at the table so that we could deal and get the job done. Sometimes that meant to 2000), Rick was the chief of fire and aviation, coherently and successfully with all the major “empower” you even if you weren’t ready. It was always fun watching someone raise a hand with a suggestion at a Rendezvous board or general meeting, knowing that in all probability Rick would say something like: “Congratulations, you’re in charge.” That happened to me, too, and it changed my professional life. In 1982, I was at a small Eastern park, stuck as a GS-5 in the infamous technician series, unable to get out due to the intense competition for both ranger and tech positions throughout the NPS and looking for a way to both move ahead and contribute to the agency. I was also a new ANPR member and receiving the association’s small newsprint newsletter. Since I had a background in journal- ism and had been a college magazine editor, I sent a note to Rick, who was then chief ranger at Santa Monica Mountains, offering to help Rick Gale receives the first Harry Yount Award for Lifetime Achievement in ceremonies at the White him with the publication. House with President Clinton, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt (left) and Arthur O. Sulzberger A week or two later, someone from HQ called Jr., publisher of the New York Times. me on the radio while out on patrol, saying that

 s ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers a call had come in for me from some guy in his appearance and California. I drove back to HQ, found it was stride; they knew Rick and called him back. After telling him my right off he was name, he said, “Congratulations, Mr. Editor.” “one of them.” It was a first introduction to Rick’s penchant for He would make delegation, for empowering people with ideas his usual force- or a willingness to work for “the cause.” ful, pointed argu- Rick didn’t just delegate, though. As noted ments, but with above, if he was your advocate and sponsor, tact and deference he was actively behind you. From there on, — truly masterful Rick was a solid and continuous supporter presentations. of Ranger magazine, which evolved from that The second was original newsletter. Editing that publication his equal aplomb opened doors to a career I had only dreamed when hanging out about until that time. with the First Fam- We knew each other for 27 years and worked ily at the White Rick Gale joins General Taylor, center, and Ken Dittmer, left, for an award closely together on all sorts of projects, particu- House. When to the Yellowstone Joint Task Force. larly when he was president. I was in Ranger Rick got the first-ever career Harry Yount maximum performance from the people he Activities in WASO and he was at NIFC, and award from President Clinton, a few of us got worked with. He was the good “coach” who we’d work together on letters, talking points, to go to the ceremony. It was most impressive, everybody wanted to play for and that is how strategic plans, testimony and more. It could not the least because of the caliber of guests he affected my life. be a pretty interesting drill at times. I recall sitting in the folding chairs. (Jimmy Lee and The NPS has lost a great warrior who on more than one occasion working with Rick I were wondering who the woman was next to touched many lives, and he will certainly be on a letter to the director. When the director us, as it was early in that administration and missed. May he rest in peace. USNPS received it, he’d delegate it down to the most we yet didn’t know all the players, until a guy appropriate office for response, Ranger Activi- behind us said that he believed she was the From Einar Olsen ties, then I’d get the letter to draft a reply. So attorney general.) Rick stood with President In addition to his outstanding leadership in I’d call Rick up and ask him what he wanted Clinton, Mrs. Clinton and Secretary Babbitt, developing the wildfire and emergency services to say to himself. Somehow, the replies always among other VIPs, and took it all in perfect programs in the NPS, Rick was instrumental included rousing endorsements of the recom- stride. Watching him, you could see that he in developing the Association of National mended action. was honored but certainly not overwhelmed by Park Rangers and the International Ranger Washington brought out a dimension and the proceedings. We were half expecting him to Federation. This was possible in part due to abilities in Rick that you wouldn’t suspect from tell the president a joke, then slap him on the his great skills in raising funds through the art the blunt, gruff and bull-headed exterior he back while offering one of his great guffaws. of assessing and collecting fines (also known most often displayed. Two examples come to Rick could work in any environment. It was as a shakedown) from members of these or- mind. the goal that mattered. ganizations for sniveling, defined in Webster’s The first was his testimony on behalf of We all mourned for Rick, and in many as “complaining tearfully.” ANPR before Congress, particularly the “en- ways still do, but anyone who was schooled How did Rick become both judge and col- dangered ranger” hearings in the House and by and/or associated with him for any length lector of fines? It seems like there is a separa- housing hearings in the Senate. Rick took the of time knows that he wouldn’t tolerate that tion of powers issue here. No one ever dared halls of the Capitol in the same bowlegged for long. I’ve got the photo from his memorial challenge him on this front for fear of being stride as everything else. You could see him service program (see page 6) on my bulletin assessed further fines. Best to keep one’s mouth winning over the largely Western congressmen board in front of me. Every time I tend to get shut. One quickly learned not to snivel within who sat on our oversight committees just with sentimental, his image provides an immediate earshot of Rick or anyone who would share it reminder that there’s work with Rick for fear of being fined. Probably best to be done and it’s time to to just travel with extra dollars for fines to be get to it. That’s his legacy to safe. ANPR would have been bankrupt long us all — or at least one of ago if not for Rick’s “revenue enhancement them. USNPS strategy.” As I once found out, one could also be fined From Jimmy Lee for foolish and downright dumb acts. I learned Working with Rick in this the hard way by traveling to Zakopane, WASO was a rewarding Poland, for the first congress of the IRF many experience. His manage- years ago. Poland was converting to a new ment style and work eth- currency but it was still called zloty. I guess it ics were professional and was the jet lag, but I confused the currency worthy of emulation. Rick and tipped the taxi driver the equivalent of was a coach and a teacher $20 by mistake. The driver did not bat an eye. who knew how to get the That was not my worst mistake. I happened s RANGER • Summer 2009  to mention this within earshot of Rick. Next arriving just 48 hours after it cut across the around us. He is now expecting us to carry on thing I knew I was assessed a $10 fine in front Everglades. We had no phones, power, water, his tradition and take care of each other as we of the congress for just being dumb. I said, sewer or food, and we were trying to locate assume those leadership responsibilities. USNPS “But Rick . . .” He quickly responded, “Make more than 100 NPS families. I remember one that $20. And U.S. dollars only. No zloties!” afternoon in the rain when Rick was trying to From Lee Shackelton Rick never broke a smile but I knew he was communicate by satellite phone with FEMA. The National District Attorneys Association a good man just being creative. Rick must have He was standing outside under a tarp trying to held its Fourth National Institute on Narcot- scared these rangers from the far corners of the keep the equipment dry and not being success- ics and Dangerous Drugs in San Francisco world, wondering who this big American guy ful explaining the situation with FEMA. The during the week of Feb. 13–17, 1972. I was was. That was the last time I ever mentioned satellite phone kept cutting out and finally Rick signed up to attend by Yosemite’s chief ranger, any shortcoming around Rick. uttered his immortal words, “You are coming Jack Morehead, to better meet the increase in In all seriousness, have we ever had one in weak and stupid,” and cut FEMA off. substance abuse within the park. ranger contribute so much to the NPS? His Under Rick’s leadership, we focused on I had been the chief law enforcement officer contributions probably exceeded those of all finding, feeding, sheltering and taking care of less than three months and did not expect but a few directors. Rick made the most of his all the NPS families in the area, and we were to know anyone in the San Francisco class. life and left us with so much. USNPS able to provide for all of them in a matter of Imagine my delight when my old firefighting days. We had agencies like the FBI, Fish and pal, Rick Gale, arrived. There were a couple From Bill Pierce Wildlife Service and ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, of other rangers attending, but the balance of I was on his incident management team for Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) coming to the class was a mix of district attorneys and the 50th commemoration of Pearl Harbor. The us, asking for help in locating their people, narcotics officers from both federal and non- scene that sticks with me is when we sat down when they saw what we were able to do in federal agencies. with the conductor and staff of the Honolulu such a short time. It was an intense curriculum, and by the end Symphony and were told that a famous mezzo- Rick was the consummate leader and all-risk of the second day we were ready to unwind. soprano would sing a new classical piece for incident manager. His yellow sticky “com- Rick announced to our NPS foursome that he the event. Rick and I were across the table puter” was better than any of the high-tech knew of a great bar, one block long, between from them in their office in Honolulu, and tools we had, and he was always prepared, on Market and Mission streets. He bragged it up we were discussing the upcoming event where time and aware of the status of the incident as the only bar with two entrances, a block this piece would be played for the first time. and people. I later saw him go toe to toe with apart. I told Rick, “I’m in!” The other two We were definitely out of our element and did Deputy Secretary Steven Griles in the Interior rangers went thumbs up. not have a clue about the singer, the writer or Building during one of the big fire seasons and Once inside, I observed that the bar was the piece of music. back him down with his knowledge and his truly a block in length with too many barstools After some discussion, the conductor looked confidence. to count, multiple bartenders, and across from at us in disbelief, but Rick looked them right His abilities were never more apparent or the bar, a row of red leatherette booths lining in the eye and asked, “Does she know Willy needed than at the Yellowstone fires of 1988. the opposite wall. We seated our dehydrated Nelson?” That changed the whole meeting He was one of the two area commanders for all bodies in a booth and ordered a round of and we went on to work well together from the fires in the region for most of that summer, cocktails. We began to trade the usual lies, then on. At the end of 10 days of events, the and he saved a number of lives and protected a typical ranger activity in which long-lost team slipped a tape of the “Orange Blossom the resources of the park and the surrounding Smokey Bears often engage. A waiter arrived Special” into the sound system and we rocked forests through his leadership, knowledge and with our drinks. both Rick and the neighborhood. the respect everyone had for him. Within a few minutes, a small man in his Rick’s management of all the events for that Rick was tireless in his pursuit of excellence mid-40s, sporting a suit and tie, approached commemoration was amazing. Even though in the NPS, NIFC, all-risk ICS and all the other our table with a clipboard in hand. The clip we were out of our element, Rick focused on areas of rangering and incident management. held down a sheaf of forms. The conversation the key objectives immediately, and we fol- I owe him a great deal for what he taught went something like this: lowed his lead in providing the survivors of me and for the vision he communicated that Pearl Harbor and their families with personal challenged me to follow his footsteps as best Stranger: “Would you gentlemen sign my attention while juggling more than 20 events I could. He truly was one of a kind, and we petition to legalize marijuana?” over 10 days. We had over 1,500 credentialed said many times that he could not be replaced. Rick: “You want us to legalize the killer media 24 hours a day and the Navy to deal He would not want us to, but rather he would weed?” with, as all the property we were on was theirs. expect us to move forward, set our objectives Stranger: “Oh, it’s not dangerous. I use it We built a stage and seating for 5,000 in the together, develop our strategies and implement all the time and look at me. I’m a successful parking lot on Ford Island. the tactics to accomplish them safely and on businessman and it does me no harm.” Rick was amazing in his ability to work with time. He expected excellence from all members Lee: “Sounds like a felony is involved here. the many layers of the Navy, but not without of his team and an operational plan developed I won’t sign the petition.” one of his usual wry observations: “I now know by everyone on the team that anticipated each Stranger: “It’s not a felony to smoke pot.” how the Japanese were able to sneak up and other’s needs. Rick: “No, but the guy who sells it to you bomb Pearl Harbor . . .” Rick said that a good incident commander commits a felony.” In 1992, Rick’s team went to Florida to was a “heat shield” for his team, protecting Stranger: “Oh, no. I don’t buy it. I grow deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, them from the heat of all that was going on my own.”

10 s ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers the phone and call Jim Brady a staunch supporter of ANPR. That’s why he and simply say, “He’s on was the first recipient of the lifetime Harry his way.” For the next three Yount Award. He and I shared many of the hours, the three of us, Jim, joys and frustrations related to our involvement Rick and I, would solve all the in international ranger activities through the problems of the NPS. They International Ranger Federation. were fascinating discussions, When I became an associate in the consult- marred only by the impossi- ing firm, Organizational Quality Associates, bility of implementing even of which he was a founding member and the one of our solutions. It sure president, I was once again impressed by his was fun, though. drive and energy. Much of our firm’s involve- In retrospect, a lot of our ment in incident command and emergency suggestions did get imple- response training can be traced to his experi- mented, as Jim and Rick ence in those areas. He was also able to recruit ascended their career ladders other associates with similar experience to our Rick with his three daughters, (left to right), Sarah Fisher, Cindy and occupied positions of company. I was humbled to be elected president O’Neill and Beth Spencer, at his 70th birthday celebration in late considerable authority and after he decided that he wished to step down 2007; photo courtesy of his niece, Alicia Berardi. responsibility. Rick’s role in from that office. Lee: “But cultivation of marijuana is a fire management and ranger development is It is probably too soon to say with certainty felony.” without parallel. What he contributed to the what the extent of his contributions to the Stranger: “I don’t sell it. I just grow enough ranger profession during his terms as president National Park Service, to the ranger profes- for my own use.” of ANPR is significant. We used to joke that sion, and to men and women involved in fire Lee: “Where do you grow it?” he was doing so well that we should make him and incident command really are. They are Stranger – “In my apartment. I grow it on “president for life.” He was famous for his line, enormous. We will miss him. USNPS a little balcony there. Now will you sign?” “Who is going to do the work of the associa- Lee: “I never sign a petition unless the tion?” Somehow, he always found someone to From Bill Wade person presenting it has also signed.” whom to delegate the work. I first met Rick in 1967 or 1968 when we Stranger: “Oh, but I have. See here on page Unlike many other leaders, however, he was both attended a search-and-rescue seminar one, that’s me right there and that’s my also willing to grant authority to get things done somewhere in Washington state. We didn’t signature.” to those to whom he had delegated responsibil- really become close friends (some would say Lee: “And that’s the address of your apart- ity. It was one of his strongest attributes as a schemers) until we both worked at the Grand ment, next to your signature?” leader. No organization or work group that he Canyon — I was a staff training specialist at Stranger: “Yes. That’s my place, just a couple supervised or led could ever be characterized the Albright Training Center and Rick was of blocks from here. How about it guys. as static or stagnant. He got things done. the “God of the North” (unit manager for the Won’t you please sign my petition?” That was one of our reasons for selecting North Rim) — for several years in the early Lee: “No. I still refuse to sign it.” Rick to participate in the first Alaska task force. 1970s. It helped that we were both park brats, Stranger: “But why not? Look at all the other Not only was he a superb protection ranger but, beyond that, our values coincided and we signatures. Why can’t you fellows sign the with high level law enforcement skills and one lived about three doors apart on Park Circle, form?” who was unlikely to be intimidated by those providing ample opportunities to scheme. Rick: “Because we are all four narcotics of- opposed to the new national monuments in We also were close partners for a number of ficers, and as soon as we finish our drinks, we Alaska, he was also a person on whom we could years in the management of ANPR. Even after are going over to your apartment and...” count to initiate contacts with local opponents retirement, we often conferred about how the Before Rick could add any more, our little and explain the reasons for the monuments in Coalition of National Park Service Retirees man grabbed the clipboard and raced out of clear, precise language. We needed doers in could be an effective influence on the values the bar like a scalded ape. Rick speculated that, Alaska and we got one in spades with Rick. and mission of the National Park System. besides having no authority in San Francisco, During the rest of our careers and after, I Personally, I remember and will always the evidence would be destroyed by the time had brief professional contacts with Rick. I remember three things about Rick: his “clear we got there. Ranger Gale therefore ordered did some contract work for the NPS when he text,” his demonstrated care, concern and another round of drinks, and we all settled was stationed in the Washington office. His support for his people and the National Park back for a good laugh and with a feeling of employees always spoke highly of him and he Service, and his leadership.

“mission accomplished.” USNPS was always available for advice and counsel. Clear Text: Long before it became a prin- When I was part of a team that analyzed the ciple of the incident management system, Rick From Rick Smith effectiveness of the ranger operations office in was known (and admired) for using what’s I knew there was trouble as soon as I saw him WASO, he provided valuable information and called “clear text” in ICS terminology – that is, walking up Park Circle toward my house at the insight to the team. plain language. Like The Duke (John Wayne) Grand Canyon carrying a brown paper bag. Of course, I saw him every year at the in his movies, Rick’s directions and orders were There were always two six packs in that bag, Rendezvous, except for the three I missed. brief and clear. and I knew we were in for another session of He attended every one of them. He was a In his movies, The Duke could be heard to “what’s wrong with the NPS.” I would get on tireless promoter of the ranger profession and say something like, “Saddle up!” His follow- s RANGER • Summer 2009 11 It is hard for me to imagine a better friend, Stephen T. Mather Award.”

f you wanted the most a brother really, than Rick was to me. USNPS During an annual performance evaluation, competent leader, especially Rick told me that no matter what else I did I From Phil Young in my career I should always be proud of hav- in an emergency situation in I heard the news today, oh boy. Like many of ing bridged the gap between NPS and L.A. the NPS, you got Rick Gale. you, my head has been filled with reflection County Fire (hey, it was my job, and my job — Bill Wade ever since. I owe Rick so much gratitude (many was working for Richard T. Gale). of us do). He was a supporter and developer Yes, like so many of you, I owe a lot to Rick. ers didn’t stand around asking why or which of rangers. He helped get more from some of From Santa Monica Mountains, I moved on/ saddle goes on which horse; they saddled up. us who might not have the time and talent up to other roles and responsibilities. I know Then The Duke might say, “Let’s ride!” And otherwise. I wouldn’t have been tapped for the safety his people would ride, no questioning about My first visual memory of Rick was at the officer role in the S-520 advanced incident where, or maybe we ought to rest first. Ranger Rendezvous in Fontana in the Great management cadre had it not been for him; And The Duke always had a plan and a Smokies in 1982, a voluminous roll of raffle while there, I continued to learn with each as- backup plan. In True Grit, riding all day long tickets for sale at the ready. In late 1984, I had signment. I know with certainty that without across country, guiding a couple other people the opportunity (privilege, really) of going to Rick Gale I would not have been the person I to their destination, The Duke was constantly work for Rick at Santa Monica Mountains. became. Thank you, Rick, for everything. USNPS sipping from his whiskey flask. Toward the On the first day, he had me shown around the end of the day (and the end of his flask) his park by his future son-in-law, Cliff Spencer. My T T T horse shied from something in the trail, caus- education/outreach skills were strong, but my ing The Duke to fall off. Instead of offering protection skills (EMS, fire, LE, SAR), though More “Rick” stories and some great images excuses, or blaming the horse or whatever present, were not. Rick made working there can be found at the Sympathy Tree website scared him, The Duke transcended all that, a valuable training-in-progress assignment for created for Rick. Visit www.sympathytree. stating unequivocally: “We’ll camp here!” So so many rangers. Though several have retired, com/rickgale1937/tributes. There were about it was with Rick. He always had a plan and the National Park Service still benefits today 60 stories posted at last count. never minced words. from those who worked with Rick there. Rick is survived by his sister, Anne Berardi, At the end of the first day of an orientation Precious memories of Rick include seeing and husband, Pete Prince, of Goodyears Bar, session to GPRA (the Government Perfor- him walk, bowlegged, through the door at California; his sister, Judy Gale, and partner, mance and Results Act) held in Denver in Diamond X Ranch/Ranger Station, briefcase Gale Jensen, of Omaha, Nebraska; his daughter, the mid-’90s, the facilitator, following good in hand, and thinking to myself, good thing Beth Spencer, her husband, Cliff, and their practice, asked for critique and feedback on we have a mounted program here; watching daughter, Lily, of Show Low, Arizona; his the session. After several had commented, she him as the incident commander at my first daughter, Cindy O’Neill, of Jackson, Wyo- called on Rick for his comments. His response Renaissance Pleasure Faire (where we relieved ming, and her sons, senior airman Matthew was: “I think this was the worst day I have so many “knee-walkers” of their keys and lib- Wadsworth, stationed at RAF Lakenheath in spent in my NPS career, and if anyone ever erty); hearing him pronounce that the NPS the United Kingdom, and Cameron O’Neill, wondered why God invented Jack Daniels and needed to do whatever it needed to do to avoid of Port Angeles, Washington; his daughter, ‘after hours,’ it was for days like this!” a consent decree like the Forest Service Region Sarah Fisher, her husband, Chad, and their Care, Concern and Support: In my judg- 5 had received, then setting about to make sons, Beckett and Asa Reed (born May 28, ment, Rick never got enough credit for his sup- sure he helped NPS to attain a reverse ranger 2009), of Boise, Idaho; and his companion, port and actions taken relative to diversifying workforce; experiencing his serious side when Sherry Clark, of Napa, California. USNPS his work units and encouraging others to do I reset his patrol wagon’s clock to Zulu time; the same. His efforts to advance the careers of and a certain midnight call from Rick that was women are especially noteworthy. motivational in nature and encouraged me for Leadership: Rick was an extremely effec- years to come to be all that I could be. IN MEMORIAM tive, albeit atypical leader. I always compared Other memories: working with his national Type 1 incident management team for my him to Hawkeye Pierce, Alan Alda’s character Rick was a strong and unwavering sup- safety officer trainee assignment in 1987, and, in the TV show MASH. Like Hawkeye, Rick porter of ANPR from its creation through shortly thereafter, being with a California South could be different, brash, gruff, impatient, to his last days. The family has accord- Zone Type 2 IMT on the Klamath; hearing a sometimes rude, sometimes bizarre, irreverent ingly asked that contributions be made phone call he made to the FBI in Los Angeles and outrageous. But he could get away with to ANPR in his name. regarding the fugitive of the month that they all this because he was competent. Donations can be made online by were featuring in their recent bulletin (some- If you wanted the most competent battle- credit card via ANPR’s secure server at one they’d been seeking for decades) and Rick field surgeon in Korea, you got Hawkeye. If you https://www.anpr.org/donate2.htm. If your started by saying, “I’m not sure if this is the guy wanted the most competent leader, especially preference is to donate by personal check you’re looking for, but . . .” (turned out it was); in an emergency situation in the NPS, you or money order, please mail to ANPR, observing his skill in working with managers got Rick Gale. 25958 Genesee Trail Road, PMB 222, from local law enforcement and fire agencies Rick’s leadership was recognized at all levels. Golden, CO 80401 and write “Rick Gale and calling it like he saw it by saying, “It’s clear It was revered by his followers. It was counted Memorial Fund” on the memo line. on by those above him in the organization. that no one here will be in the running for the

12 s ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers free of modern human changes nd develop- A Step for Protection and Preservation ment. “Untrammeled” refers to a trammel, Omnibus Public Lands Management Act which is a shackle controlling the distance between two objects. One type of trammel designates new wilderness connects the legs on the same side of a horse and teaches the horse to proceed at a pace between a walk and a canter By Victoria Allen one bill set a precedent known as “ambling.” Arches for “derecognizing” PERSPECTIVE In designated wilder- designated wilderness to build a road. However, ness, mechanized and motorized vehicles are he papers have been signed and it is more wilderness acreage was added (than was not allowed, with the exception of wheelchairs official: more historic, cultural, natural lost) in exchange for building this first road and emergency vehicles. Wilderness does not Tand scenic lands of national signifi- to an airport for a native Alaskan community. exist solely for the hiker, backpacker and horse- cance have been protected for the enjoyment Many of the bills were a result of persistent man. of future generations. bipartisan efforts and compromise. Many see wilderness as a logical feature of I haven’t worked for the National Park The decision comes at a time when many NPS units. Visitors may walk, canoe or Service very long, but like many employees Americans can benefit from focusing on our horseride into designated wilderness, or simply and Americans, I hold a special place in my country’s amazing interior—our own cultural view it from the roadside or in a photograph. heart for all units of the NPS. This year is a and natural heritage. Many elements of the Either way, it is a chance to contemplate these special year because it isn’t often that we have package are not direct additions to the NPS grand, uncontrolled vistas and see nature the chance to celebrate additions to our family, system, but affect the landscapes, soundscapes flourishing with us. the National Park System. This year we are and skyscapes around us. Edward Abbey once said, “A man could sending out many “birth announcements.” The permanent establishment of the Na- be a lover and defender of wilderness without On March 30, 2009, President Obama tional Landscape Conservation System, or ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of signed into law the Omnibus Public Lands NLCS, protects Bureau of Land Management asphalt, powerlines and right-angled surfaces. Management Act 2009. This bill was a package landscapes of national significance such as We need wilderness whether or not we ever of smaller legislations proposed in years prior national monuments, national conservation set foot in it.” that were grouped together by Congress due areas, and wild and scenic rivers. The NLCS Many park visitors may never enter wilder- to their common interest in designating and includes 26 million acres where management ness, but the NWPS and NPS give them the protecting Public Lands. In some cases, these decisions must be made with conservation in chance to gaze upon it. protections have been long-awaited. mind. NPS additions to the NWPS: Authorized additions to the NPS include: A bill protecting the fossils on public lands • Beaver Basin Wilderness at Pictured • Paterson Great Falls National Historical declares that only scientific researches may Rocks National Lakeshore,11,740 acres Park in New Jersey receive a permit to collect rare and notewor- • Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness and • William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home thy fossils. It also creates tougher laws against John Krebs Wilderness, a total of 84,926 National Historic Site in Arkansas looting and stealing from the national fossil acres in Sequoia and Kings Canyon Na- • River Raisin National Battlefield Park in record. tional Park Michigan The legislation also includes many addi- • Rocky Mountain National Park Wilder- • Additions to the National Wild and Scenic tions to the National Wilderness Preservation ness, first introduced to Congress in 1974, River system and National Heritage Area System, or NWPS, the highest degree of pro- 249,339 acres system tection offered. This designation is accorded • Zion Wilderness, with additional wilder- • Additions to the National Trails System to the most pristine, most undisturbed, most ness on BLM lands adjacent to the park, including scenic, historic, and geologic undeveloped federal lands managed by the 124,406 acres trails NPS, BLM, Forest Service and the Fish and • Joshua Tree Wilderness, first established • Amendments to boundaries of existing NPS Wildlife Service. Seventy-nine units were in 1976 and already including 561,690 units, often land exchanges or additions included in the Omnibus package, including acres (36,700 acres plus 43,300 acres to It was a bumpy road to protect some of six that are subject to certain rule adjustments be added “when nonconforming uses stop these places due to small disagreements and and land acquisitions. In the case of Rocky and inholdings have been acquired”) hold-ups, but the overall Omnibus package is Mountain National Park Wilderness, park Rarely do we have the opportunity to cel- considered largely uncontroversial. officials and gateway communities have been ebrate the protection of many special places Some conservative members of Congress waiting decades for Congress to confirm this at one time. In these times of ever-expanding were concerned that not all the bills in the recommended wilderness designation. population and development, combined with Omnibus package had been thoroughly re- The Wilderness Act of 1964 was passed by the quest for better industrial efficiency, we viewed through the process of markup and Congress so that certain places can maintain feel pressure to grow and expand. committee hearings. Most of the bills in this their wilderness character, “. . . where the earth Preserving areas as roadless and designat- situation seemed to be broadly supported by and its community of life are untrammeled by ing historic locations to remain unchanged the congressional members of the states and man, where man himself is a visitor who does is a difficult decision to make. However, the by related committee members. not remain . . .” These federal public lands offer decision is one that is best for our local and Some liberal groups were concerned that opportunities for solitude, quiet, and scenery national pride, our economy and infrastructure s RANGER • Summer 2009 13 and our understanding of the world. It keeps our souls full of satisfaction and joy. As Wallace Stegner once said, “National Setting Park Protection Priorities parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely through Comprehensive Threat Analysis American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best. . .” By judiciously increasing the land we protect By Neal D. Labrie the answer is either a pocket notebook or a log and share with people from around the world, Katmai book in the office. Eventually the notebook the better off our cultural and natural resources and log book will fill up and be replaced, no will be. To all the new public lands, welcome he National Park Service knows more longer available for reference. The ability to to the family! about its resources than ever before, yet easily retrieve and use that historical patrol Tit still has no comprehensive approach information for future planning or analysis is Resources for using this knowledge. Although research lost. NPS Provisions in the Omnibus Public Lands and science are incorporated into a multilevel In addition to the inconsistency of recorded Management Act of 2009: http://www.nps. planning process, they remain separated from observations, the physical patrols themselves gov/legal/PublicLaw111-11Summary.doc a consistent form of threat analysis. remain largely subjective, dependent upon an The Field Observation Recording Tool, or individual’s understanding of perceived threats National Park System Timeline (valid through FORT, was designed to fill the operational gaps against known resources. Decisions on what or 2006): http://www.nps.gov/history/history/his- between science, planning, identification of where to patrol on any given day often revolve nps/NPSHistory/timeline.htm threats and allocation of personnel for resource around locations that produce quantitative protection efforts. case results. Threats are spoken of in general Wilderness Data and Information: Wilder- terms, such as those that affect visitor safety ness.net The Need for a Common Tool (speeding, drugs, theft) or archeological sites Effective use of collective knowledge requires (looting, vandalism, collection). Patrol efforts NPS Wilderness website: http://wilderness. a standard methodology and common set of may also be driven by individual interest or nps.gov tools. Consider the thousands of hours each skill in a certain field such as search and rescue, year that protection field staff spend interacting emergency medicine, traffic enforcement or ROMO Wilderness Information: http://www. with park resources and visitors. During this visitor education. nps.gov/romo/naturescience/wilderness.htm time, they consistently record only emergency assistance and law enforcement incidents. Be- Establishing Knowledge-Based For information on proposed and recom- cause systems are in place for recording formal Patrol Priorities mended wilderness in the Intermountain incidents, they will create written reports for Questions of where to patrol and why, and how Region (not yet designated by Congress), visit these emergency actions and enter information best to record those daily observations, form the http://inside.nps.gov/regions, click on Regions > into park reporting systems. basis for establishing knowledge-based patrol Intermountain Region > Offices and Functions So where do field rangers record the rest of priorities. There are four fundamental elements > Wilderness > Hot Topics and download their observations and activities? Most often, needed to answer these questions: the PDF file titled “Unfinished Wilderness Site ID KATM0026 FORT Work Needed Yes Exit USNPS in IMR.” Master File Patrol Needed No Site Name Caribou Herd UTM X UTM Y Reset Records Category Natural Resource LAT. LONG. Site Type Species of Concern Patrol History Victoria Allen is a seasonal interpretive ranger Patrol Area Mon, Dec 1, 2008 Labrie Patrol Log Site Contains T&E Species This is a sample Patrol Log. Threat Completed Photo Log at Arches. In prior years she served as an SCA Assessment Yes Here is where you would enter your observations regarding your intern, patrolling the Bandelier Wilderness Monitoring None patrol of the caribou herd resource. Site Listing area (Bandelier National Monument) and Devices Area None Site Maps providing interpretation at Wupatki National Hazards Monument. Threat Analysis

Access Directions Title Page Work Requests

Description The preserve protects the habitat for and population of caribou, including a major portion of the migratory range of the Western Arctic caribou herd.

Patrol Group Wilderness Special Notes Patrol Priority Very Low (Semi-Annually

Established By Labrie

Date Established 12/1/2008

Contact Person Chief of Resources

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Mitigation Action Plan – A revolving process that continues until established time frame for action plan is complete. Then it proceeds to next phase in cycle.

• Common format for patrol data collec- ly producing information about the parks. Too information necessary for the development of tion often this information is not easily accessible, task-based interdisciplinary resource protec- • Operational link to park management stored in the form of journal articles, research tion plans. plans documents and scientific papers. Managers The foundation of FORT is the patrol log • Comprehensive analysis of resource and field staff should share a common tool database. As field staff enter daily patrols, the knowledge that draws out key information from these logs are immediately linked to predetermined • Tool to comparatively assess threats across studies to clearly identify resource threats. A resources and/or geographic areas (sites). Each multiple resources system that allows comprehensive analysis of site has a master file record that records unique The integration of information begins threat knowledge relating to specific resources attributes and is capable of storing baseline with patrol logs. While traditionally used improves understanding of the reasons behind photographs and referenced map images. With by protection programs, patrol logs can and every field patrol. each patrol log entry, sites in FORT build a should be used by all field staff, such as biolo- With all pertinent research and patrol infor- library of related patrol information, providing gists, maintenance workers and interpreters, mation gathered in a single location, managers instantly searchable histories and trends. to make observations of visitor activity while can assess resource threats on a broader scale. Each site in FORT is also linked to a cor- carrying out daily tasks. A properly formatted Individual resources can be compared to one responding threat assessment record. Guided electronic patrol log that is easy to use and ac- another based on common threats to objec- by park planning documents, a standardized cess can collect and store an incredible amount tively determine which resources are more at Katmai National Park Field Operations Recording Tool - Threat Calculator of valuable information. This information can risk for injury or loss. The ability to determine Site Name Caribou Herd

Existing Cumulative then be searched, sorted and analyzed in any comparative risk through a reliable process Aesthetic Degradation Threat Severity Duration Frequency Timing Effect Total Ca Impacts from Infrastructure Ex number of ways to fit user needs. allows protection priorities to be adaptively Land Development Yes-1 Med-2 Short-2 Multiple-2 No-1 No-1 8 of Off Road Vehicle Use th If patrol logs represent the field-based seg- applied over time. By recording accurate patrol Logging sh Se Pollution "M ment of the park protection structure, science observations, understanding management plan Acid Rain Effects th Air Quality re ca and planning represent the management piece. directives and collectively analyzing available g. Physical Removal of Resources Planning clarifies our purpose by identifying science, parks can implement a comprehensive Resource Extraction Yes-1 0 Du Mining or be Poaching irr what we do know, don’t know and need to approach to resource protection. Collection/Legal Harvest Fre know about our given resources. With no field- Ecological Changes "si the Exotic Species Encroachment ov based extension stemming from our planning Using the Tool Climate Change Yes-1 0 we Tim documents, they continue to primarily serve FORT has been designed to fulfill the Existing Cumulative Do Physical Impacts-People Threat Severity Duration Frequency Timing Effect Total a b Visitor Impact (use) Yes-1 0 du programmatic needs. All planning documents need for effective patrol logs, objective work Soil Erosion se Accumulation of Trash Cu should lead directly into field-based patrol priorities and comprehensive threat analysis. Noise Levels "n re ma priorities. Furthermore, every employee should It is written as a field-based tool from which Water Quality & Quantity as Water Contamination understand the source and reason behind the managers can track, coordinate and address Groundwater Extraction work they do, and that work should be clearly resource protection issues. Used at its full Date Assessment Made 12/2/2008 Total Threat Value 8 linked to specific written protection objec- potential, FORT creates a direct line of com- tives. munication from management to field staff. Park scientists and researchers are continual- It functions as the collection point for all s RANGER • Summer 2009 15 threat calculator identifies and quantifies the site’s level of risk and provides for comparison A N P R to other sites in the system. The calculator uses a predetermined list of threats for each site to ACTIONS develop a numerical “Protection Level Score,” Legislative action on concealed Previously he worked for the Defenders of which is used to determine patrol frequency, carry firearms regulation Wildlife in Anchorage, Alaska. how often one site is patrolled in comparison Congress approved legislation in mid-May to another. Patrol assignments are managed that allows firearms in national parks and ANPR/Aetna health insurance flyer and tracked by the date entered in patrol logs wildlife refuges, overturning a Reagan-era distributed by NPS to parks relative to the site’s calculated frequency (e.g., restriction. The provision was attached as an Don’t forget to promote ANPR’s health daily, weekly, monthly). In this way protec- amendment to credit card legislation. insurance program to new seasonal work- tion programs move from a largely subjective ANPR joined the National Parks Con- ers at your park. The information was sent process to a risk-based, objective application servation Association and the Coalition of through NPS communication channels in of personnel and financial resources. National Park Service Retirees in opposing the spring. The Washington Office gave Combining information-driven patrols this action. ANPR’s insurance flyer to the regional offices with objective, research-based threat as- In a joint statement issued after the with instructions to consider distributing it sessments allows the park to operate with a vote, ANPR President Scot McElveen said: to parks in their respective regions. comprehensive resource protection plan. Park “Members of the ANPR respect the will of Information about the insurance program SM managers start by determining, through the Congress and their authority to pass laws, — Aetna’s Affordable Health Choices — is planning process, the fundamental resources but we believe this is a fundamental reversal one of our best recruitment tools for seasonal of a park. Field programs perform the research, from what preceding Congresses created and temporary NPS employees. It added information gathering and public interac- the National Park System for. Park wildlife, significantly to the number of new ANPR tion necessary to collectively understand the including some rare or endangered species, members in 2008. In addition to medical resources. Protection teams use FORT to will face increased threats by visitors with insurance, members now can sign up for produce interdisciplinary protection plans firearms who engage in impulse or oppor- dental and term life insurance. Pass this that clearly identify mitigation and preserva- tunistic shooting.” information on to seasonal employees and tion efforts. By using this type of process, a The new legislation, signed by President supervisors in your park. park can effectively apply the broad guidance Obama, will go into effect next February. It ➤ Read more: www.anpr.org/insurance.htm provided by management plans to the daily will allow individuals to openly carry rifles, work priorities of field staff. shotguns and semi-automatic weapons in Rick Gale Memorial Fund FORT is as much a process as it is a soft- national parks unless the state forbids it. The board has discussed possible uses for the ware tool. The gaps in current management ➤ Read more: www.anpr.org/legal.htm memorial fund set up by Rick Gale’s family. strategies prevent programs from operating Under consideration are scholarships and as a single unit in pursuit of common park New board member outreach to bring more diversity to the NPS protection goals. The information it records Tom Banks was appointed to the vacant and the Rendezvous. and tracks produces a history of decisions that board position for seasonal perspectives after offer continuity through time and employee a resignation earlier this year. He brings more Training at the Rendezvous turnover. than 20 years of seasonal experience to the ANPR is exploring the possibility of offering FORT is currently being tested at Katmai, post. Recently he accepted a career position the Operational Leadership course at the Buffalo National River and Acadia, where it (six months annually) with the Forest Service Rendezvous in Gettysburg this December. is providing positive results for three different as the lead wilderness ranger for Eldorado Watch the ANPR website and the next park structures and patrol environments. National Forest in California. He may Ranger for updates. To receive additional information on the pursue NPS seasonal work in the winter. FORT process and software, contact the author of this article. USNPS The Professional Ranger Administration being away from the office! The presentations Close to 100 National Park Service human were informative and put together well. I’m resources professionals gathered in late May sure we all learned a lot about changes we can Neal Labrie has been the chief ranger for Katmai to discuss the implementation of the services expect in the next few years and the importance National Park, Aniakchak National Monument to be provided by the Park Service’s new Hu- of staying involved with the process as we and Alagnak Wild River since 2007. Previously man Resources Operation Center, scheduled continue down the path of implementation. he has worked in Acadia, Pinnacles and Indepen- to begin operating in Denver on July 1. Some Second, it was apparent that HR profes- dence. He is the developer, designer and author of my thoughts about this meeting and its sionals at all levels of the organization need of the Field Observation Recording Tool software purpose and the whole transformation to a and integrated resource protection process. He also to continue to have open and frequent com- serves on the instructor team at Albright for the “most efficient” Human Resources organiza- munications with one another. For me, it resource protection course. tion are outlined in this article. was the first time I was made aware of some First, the workshop was worth the time of programs that will be different beginning

16 s ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers in the new future. For example, the NPS is time, that real, meaningful transformation will measures to see how well our HR operations moving back to a centralized recruitment occur. are doing. This is partly the result of there process for temporary positions (similar to the The quote below seems appropriate for being no clear, agreed upon, purpose defined former Seasonal Employment Program where us to consider as we move forward with our for HR operations in the NPS. Some want applicants for park ranger positions put in current activities. vacancy announcements issued within one one application for seasonal jobs throughout “We trained hard, but it seemed that every week, some want retirement counseling today, the Service). Other changes to policies and time we were beginning to form up into some want advice on managing a disciplinary programs are in the works. teams we would be reorganized. Presum- case, and so on. All of this means that people Third, I came to the conclusion that the ably the plans for our employment were care very much about human resources and NPS HR program has “reform churn.” What being changed. I was to learn later in life how we manage our employees, but people I mean by this is the NPS hires new leaders that, perhaps because we are so good at can’t tell how well we are doing. (managers and supervisors) who come in with organizing, we tend as a nation to meet This workshop, though, leads all of us to great promise and lots of new ideas. A lot of any new situation by reorganizing; and a return to our offices to help the NPS hire the changes are proposed and occur for a couple wonderful method it can be for creating right people, with the right skills, at the right years, but there may be no dramatic improve- the illusion of progress while producing time (as stressed by Jerry Simpson during this ment, so the current managers and supervisors confusion, inefficiency and demoraliza- workshop). It also provides us opportunities move on because things have not changed tion.” to develop performance measures for HR much. Then new managers and supervisors — Charlton Ogburn Jr. (1911-98) processes and operations. come in, again promising to fix things by From “Merrill’s Marauders: The truth I encourage all of you to get together with implementing a lot of changes. The net result about an incredible adventure,” your HR staffs to find out what was discussed at is no reform lasts long enough to truly fix any Harper’s Magazine, January 1957 this workshop and how all of us can be involved problems. The organization keeps lurching in in making the NPS the best organization to different directions every couple of years, never A pattern of constant reform is not new. work for in the federal government. q making any real progress. I am hoping, this Unfortunately, we have no simple, objective — Heather Whitman, Yosemite

Interpretation important to consider whether a proposed acknowledgment that a resource possesses 21st Century Parks — What will the park can engage new audiences because they importance. The job of interpreters is not new parks of the 21st century be? Re- will be the visitors of the future. A comple- just to respond to a resource once it has an cently I watched the campy Cold War film mentary question must be asked. Is the current identified value. Interpreters were right there WarGames. It got me thinking that perhaps assemblage of NPS units adequate to engage at the birth of each of our parks, facilitating the NORAD/Strategic Air Command com- new and future audiences? My suggestion is the process of establishment so that that place plex deep in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, that it is not. But there is no ideal number of is proven as valuable, meaningful, relevant would make a great NPS unit because so parks. Identifying national places of value is a and worthy of being a park. A park concept much of the Cold War was coordinated in journey of discovery for the country with no then coalesces. that mountain. ultimate destination. The National Park System reflects who The next day I watched the NASA chan- With all the hardships of the last decade, it we are as a people and what we, as a col- nel and saw various shots of Cape Canaveral is easy to forget that our agency can and will lective, say our priorities are. The national at sunrise. One of the space shuttles stood continue to make bold steps in order to tackle landscape is ripe for some fresh and diverse at the ready, elegantly lit by rays of the new the future It was heartening to find out that stories to be added to the makeup of the day’s sun. I think Cape Canaveral would the NPS has a group discussing potential park system. As we bring new units online, we make a fine national park in cooperation units right now. This tells me that our agency will stay relevant and keep the assemblage of with NASA. Just imagine the space shuttle is thinking of the future and evaluating our our units conceptually diverse and timely. Endeavor and its rockets forever perched next frontiers. Our challenge as defenders of the original proudly on the launch pad, an eternal symbol Much of the continued relevance of the NPS intent of the NPS mission and the values of of America’s skyward aspirations. lies in the creation of cultural sites where we our parks is not only to tell the old stories, I strongly believe that interpretive think- as a nation broke major new ground between but also to look for strong, new park stories. ing plays the leading role when envisioning 1940 and 1980. Just as America continues to The current lineup of almost 400 NPS units new parks. A potential park’s merit can be evolve, so must the NPS. Minuteman Missile is not a finished product. America is a mov- judged by ascertaining whether or not it and Minidoka Internment are good examples ing, evolving entity, and our system must stands on the bedrock of national meaning of this future-oriented thinking, especially continue to reflect that. It is time to usher and significance. It is the work of interpre- since there are so many people living today in a new generation of park units with new tive-minded folks to identify that. This can who lived during these times and resonate with stories full of fresh national significance. be accomplished by anyone of a political these stories. These “living history” visitors can Interpretive values and vision guide where mind, such as retired interpreters. A major come to these parks and share their personal we go next as an agency and what places component of meaning and significance stories with their descendants. and ideas will engage the next generation is that it engages with audiences. As the Realizing the interpretive potential of a of visitors. q Interpretive Renaissance is implemented place is key when thinking about the first — Jeff Axel, Big Bend across the National Park Service, it will be steps for park creation because it requires the s RANGER • Summer 2009 17 Protection when making that decision: Resource Management If It’s Always There, Then It’s Always There: Just because we have our firearm on our I missed the last Ranger Rendezvous in As commissioned U.S. park rangers we have person doesn’t mean we have to use it. I hope I Santa Fe, but in thinking of its theme, “Being the opportunity and privilege of being armed never need to use it. Thus far in my life, knock Green Means More Than Wearing Green,” it anytime, anywhere. Whether it be out to din- on wood, I’ve not needed it off duty. So what reminded me of an issue under discussion at ner, at a crowded sporting event, flying on an inconvenience do I pose upon myself to just my current park and perhaps others. airplane or even at church, we can travel armed. have it on me? None. I live in Wyoming, land of much snow and Our agency policy explicitly permits us to carry How many thugs out there are carrying cold, as do many of you and your friends. About our firearms at all times, on duty or off. firearms illegally every day? It’s only a matter 10 years ago, in keeping with NPS policy, my Parameters do exist, of course, and it’s pru- of time before we run into a situation where park moved to phase out wood stoves in park dent to be familiar with them prior to carrying someone brandishes a firearm. By carrying housing units due to safety and environmental off duty. Here are the highlights (paraphrased ours, we at least have the option of engaging concerns for air quality. Recently, because of from RM-9, 2009 version): if the situation renders it prudent. And here’s higher propane prices and discussions about 1. Credentials. Our law enforcement cre- a sobering question: How terrible would a what types of fuel are most sustainable, park dentials and shield must be immediately ranger feel if he or she truly could have pre- staff have begun to rethink whether old-fash- available anytime we’re in possession of vented a violent criminal act had they only ioned woodcutting (close to home, maybe even our Service-issued firearms, both on and been armed? with a hand saw or ax rather than chain saw!) off duty. Since we are allowed to carry them, why is “greener” than using natural gas, propane, or 2. Conduct. Anytime we carry our firearms would we ever choose not to? We are highly electricity produced at a considerable distance off duty, we must conduct ourselves in a trained professionals and skilled with the tools and trucked or piped through native plant manner fully consistent with the conduct of our craft. Weapons retention, marksmanship and animal habitat. At least locally, there are provisions of DM 446 and RM-9 and carry and situational awareness are ingrained into no simple answers on how to balance these our firearms fully concealed from public us. If we ever need our firearm off duty, we’re concerns with human health and safety and view. trained to use it and use it well. Some feel we the logistics of not “flipping” home heating 3. Type I vs. Type II Commissions. would be remiss to not carry them, that we owe and cooling systems, whether NPS-maintained a. Type I-commissioned employees can our readiness and vigilance to society in return or not. But surely we will have many similar carry National Park Service-issued for the training and skills we’ve received. discussions and start to re-think traditional and/or approved firearms off-duty Some rangers will carry some days and not operations with a new eye to practicing green inside and outside NPS areas. on others. What factors do they consider when life- and work-styles. b. Type II-commissioned employees can choosing to or not to carry off duty? Clothing? In a servicewide effort to get “greener” carry Service issued and/or approved Destination? Do some maybe even go through in field operations, the acting NPS director firearms off-duty within the park to the thought process of, “I doubt I’ll need it issued a memo in March announcing that which they are assigned. today”? If a ranger ever thinks that, he or she rangers and resource managers would use non- c. A Type II-commissioned employee’s should consider another career path. lead ammunition to cull animals or dispatch chief ranger may provide written I can think of maybe two venues where I wounded ones, in addition to eliminating lead authorization for them to carry fire- don’t actually have my firearm on my person: fishing tackle by 2010. The negative effects of arms off-duty outside of the park on a while on a long run and while swimming. lead on human health and in the environment, case-by-case basis. That’s it, both for obvious reasons. Otherwise, especially in scavengers and predators, is well 4. Display and Use of Firearms Off Duty. it’s right there in the holster. documented; numerous scientific papers have The display and use of firearms while off- Here’s the crux of why rangers should carry focused on how lead adversely affects water- duty outside of NPS jurisdiction will be in firearms off duty all the time, not just some of fowl, California condors, bald and golden accordance with applicable federal, state and the time: If we ever need it, we might need it eagles, and other species. Although NPS law local laws and regulations, and all provisions now, right now! The two seconds one has to enforcement officers are still required to carry of RM-9. Authorization to carry firearms in stop and think, “Gosh, did I grab my firearm lead ammunition, in some parks and state areas outside of the National Park System prior to leaving the house?” might be the same wildlife or conservation agencies, officers are does not, in and of itself, convey authority two seconds the thug uses to get the drop on training with nontoxic ammunition. for commissioned personnel to display or use him or her. At a 2008 conference, representatives of deadly force in response to crimes that are If rangers develop the habit of always hav- The Peregrine Fund noted 29 countries around outside of their federal jurisdiction (see ap- ing it on their hip, they’ll never have to lose the world that regulated lead ammunition plicable jurisdictional inventory and Good those two seconds wondering if they brought and documented this growing trend over the Samaritan legislation for guidance). it. There will be no wondering, there’ll be no past 15 years. It’s probably a trend that will Though viewed as a daunting realization “if.” It’ll always just be there, and they’ll have continue in and outside the NPS. q by some, carrying our firearms with us every- the confidence of knowing that it’s there. — Sue Consolo Murphy, Grand Teton where we go is seen as a rare opportunity, or Bottom line with packin’ heat off duty: If even obligation, by others. The NPS cannot it’s always there, then it’s always there. q Write for Ranger require us to carry off duty. That is a decision — Kevin Moses Are you a resource manager interested each of us must make for ourselves. It is wholly Buffalo National River in writing for Ranger? Please contact the a personal choice. editor at [email protected]. That said, here are a few factors to consider

18 s ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers Reserve continues to act aggressively to keep Fundraising links on ANPR Reports credit flowing through the economy. “This is acting as a buffer and should keep us from ANPR’s home page Membership Services seeing unemployment rates like the ones seen If you already shop online, consider par- KUDOS LIST in the 1930s,” Young says. ticipating in several fundraising efforts of These ANPR members or others have either History’s other encouraging news is that ANPR. Just link to Amazon, for instance, given a gift membership to a new member in once a prolonged stock market slump does through ANPR’s home page (www.anpr.org) recent months or recruited a new member or end, the rebound is often swift and strong. and click on the Amazon icon at the bottom an old member to return to ANPR. Thank In the two years following the 1973-74 bear to begin shopping for books, CDs, DVDs you for your membership help. market, for example, large-company stocks, as and more. A portion of every purchase goes to Ed Rizzotto Erika Jostad measured by the S&P 500 stock index, earned ANPR through Amazon’s Associates Program. Jim Hummel Heidi Strow 37.2 percent and 23.9 percent, respectively. Remember, you must link through ANPR’s Todd Stoeberl Josh Boles This takes into account both price appreciation website for our organization to get credit for Terry Boren Pam Koenig and dividend payouts. After investors were your purchase (approximately 4 percent). Dawn Sierer Gary Moses ravaged by a bear market in 2001 and 2002, Another online link is to iGive. This pro- Matt Graves Pete Peterson the S&P followed up with a total return of gram asks you to sign up as a member (it’s Darrellyn Barrett Dale & Sharon Wollenzien 28.7 percent in 2003. free, no obligation). Designate ANPR as the Jamie Hart Teresa Ford These rebounds tend to be front-loaded. beneficiary of your shopping efforts. When Jorge Acevedo Fred Tessier Upon examining the historical patterns of you shop at the nearly 700 brand-name on- Ricky Wise Ariel Mills previous stock market reversals, Fidelity’s vice line retailers, a percentage automatically goes Jeanine Farrell Phil Strehle president of market analysis, Dirk Hofschire, to ANPR. Merchants typically donate 2 to 5 found that since 1930 more than 12 percent of percent of the purchase to a designated group, Retirement a bull market’s total gains have been registered, but some donate as high as 26 percent. Using History as a Forecasting Tool — Ana- on average, in the first month of the advance. A third partnership program is through lysts often cite the market’s ability to recover More than 25 percent have occurred in the Expedia, the No. 1 online U.S. and Canadian from every past downturn when they want to first six months. travel agency. ANPR is an Affiliate Partner, reassure investors that a current slump will be From March 9 through May 19 of this year, and if you link to Expedia through our web- temporary. The past they reference typically the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly site, a portion of your travel purchases (2-5.5 goes back only to 1926, the earliest year for 30 percent, a sharp reversal from a 12-year percent) goes to ANPR. q which high-quality data on U.S. stock market low. Whether that reversal proves sustain- return is widely available. Is a mere 82 years able, remains to be seen. But if history tells us of history really enough to warrant faith in anything, it is that the swiftness of the move the future? shouldn’t have been surprising at all. q While no sure view of the future results, — Frank Betts, Retired historical data “can give us insight into the shape of the future,” says Derek Young, chief Rendezvous Scholarships USNPS investment officer for the global asset alloca- ANPR intends to provide several scholar- tion group and fund company, Fidelity Invest- ships to the next Ranger Rendezvous from Dec. ments. “Looking at economic measures that 6-10 in Gettysburg, Pa. If you’ve never been ROAD MAP for my heirs accompanied bear markets in the past helps to the annual gathering, now is your chance give us context for what is happening today to get your way paid. This ANPR-produced “Road Map” can assist family or friends in handling details when a and what might happen tomorrow.” The Bill Supernaugh Rendezvous Scholar- spouse or loved one dies. At the moment, many of those comparisons ship Fund has money available to fund several are reassuring. For example, market pundits people, thanks to the generosity of attendees A notebook has fill-in-the blank forms routinely lament that unemployment levels at last year’s Rendezvous in Santa Fe. about: are hovering near 9 percent. That’s certainly You must be either an ANPR member or an • your desires about final arrangements high, and there’s no question that unemploy- NPS employee, never have attended a Rendez- • civil service, military & Social Security ment rates will have to start trending down if vous and able to stay for the entire conference. details • insurance facts, bank accounts and more the economy is going to mount a sustainable The scholarship will pay for registration fees, • synopsis of life, obituary & family his- recovery. But in 1933, at the bottom of the lodging and up to $500 for transportation to tory stock market’s great crash, nearly 25 percent and from the Rendezvous. • list of disposition of personal items of American were unemployed. Today’s un- The application is now on the website at • anatomical gift wishes employment levels aren’t nearly as onerous. www.anpr.org/scholarship.htm. Download it • examples of durable power of attorney In a similar vein, interest rates today are online or contact Teresa Ford, fordedit@aol. $10 per book, plus $4 for shipping and handling. much more favorable than they were during com, for a paper application. U.S. currency only. some previous market declines. During the bear In addition to supplying basic information market of 1973-74, for example, the prime rate about yourself and your career, you will be Make check payable to ANPR. shot up to 12 percent from 6 percent. Today it asked to specifically state how you intend to Send to: Frank Betts, 1326 Catalpa Drive stands at a modest 3.25 percent as the Federal help ANPR if you are chosen. q Fort Collins, CO 80521 s RANGER • Summer 2009 19 Inauguration photo wins international recognition Presidential Sundial Like a giant sundial, the Washington Monu- ment points to the White House as President Obama takes the oath of office. This photo taken by ANPR member Dave Barna, public affairs chief for the NPS, has been selected as a winner in the FOTOBAMA interna- tional photography contest sponsored by the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The image, shot from the top of the Washington Monument at noon on Jan. 20, the day of President Obama’s inauguration, is on display at the Newseum, an interactive museum on news and journalism located on Pennsylvania Avenue, through Sept. 7. It will also be published in a book later this year by the museum featuring the other winners. New edition now available IRF Update Stock ANPR’s popular booklet in your park site’s bookstore In the spring I forwarded to the ANPR mem- Call for IRF Board Nominations — The next bers e-mail list a special edition of The Thin IRF World Congress membership meeting will Refer visitors and prospective park employees Green Line, with an update on the Bolivia be held on the final day of the World Ranger to this informative publication. Go to www. World Ranger Congress, and information on Congress in Bolivia. At this meeting, we will anpr.org/publications.htm for single copies or how to run for an IRF board position. For those need to vote for international officers (presi- bulk ordering details. Support ANPR. members without e-mail, here is a summary dent, vice president, secretary and treasurer) of these reports. and for regional representatives (including North America). Update on Bolivia World Ranger Congress An election committee, chaired by Reeta 2009 — If you are interested in attending Hyttinen of Finland, is being established. The the sixth World Ranger Congress in Bolivia role of this committee is to receive and validate this coming November, the website for the nominations for positions and to oversee the Give a gift membership to ANPR Congress has been moved from the Chile election process. Introduce a talented new NPS employee or host site to one in Bolivia. Updates to the web Nominations need to be received by IRF park partner to ANPR with a gift member- pages now can be posted quickly and directly secretary Elaine Thomas ([email protected]. ship. This special gift category is at the added by the organizers. The new website is www. au) and the election committee chair (reeta. incentive of a reduced rate: $35 for one year. worldrangercongress.org. [email protected]) no later than Aug. 31. For The category is intended only for single- Arrangements with the newly available registration documents, please send an e-mail time gifts to new members (no renewals or PayPal service in Bolivia are taking longer to Elaine at [email protected], or you may lapsed members, please, or “gifting yourself”). than anticipated. If you want to use the PayPal contact me at my e-mail. Visit www.anpr.org to enroll a new member option, you may register now without paying I look forward to seeing many of you in or use the form on the inside cover of every yet. The Congress organizers will notify you Bolivia this year! If you have particular ques- Ranger. when PayPal is available. Once PayPal is ready, tions, please e-mail me at [email protected]. you will have two weeks to pay via PayPal. Travel well. q U S N P S Here’s the schedule of registration fees: — Tony Sisto, International�������������������� Affairs Jot it down! $1,000 if paid between June 1 and July 31, and Ranger welcomes short $1,200 from Aug. 1 to Nov. 1. The registration submissions for: covers room, board and Congress attendance.  Humor in Uniform: NPS humorous We already have more than 90 world delegates anecdotes  Quotable Quotes: pertaining to the registered, with another 40 confirmed with national parks funding from sponsoring agencies. As soon Send your submissions to: as PayPal is available I anticipate registration Teresa Ford, Editor, [email protected] will be brisk. or address on back cover

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America’s History Protecting the Past, Informing the Future reparations continue for Rendezvous XXXII, which will be held from Sunday, Dec. 6, through Thursday, PDec. 10, at the Wyndham Hotel in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The theme will be “America’s History: Protecting the Past, Informing the Future,” and the keynote addresses, plenary sessions, workshops and breakout sessions, with some exceptions, will largely explore issues pertaining to the Service’s management, protection and interpretation of historic sites. Although the agenda is not yet final, the elements have largely been worked out. Here are some of the highlights:  The Rendezvous will open on Sunday evening with a reception at Gettysburg’s spectacular new visitor center, followed by special viewings of the park movie, “A New Birth of Freedom,” narrated by Morgan Freeman, and the magnificent restoration of the 1884 cyclorama painting of Pickett’s Charge.  Monday will feature a three-hour afternoon field trip of the battlefield and the national cemetery (where the Gettysburg Address was delivered), guided by Logo design courtesy of Elizabeth Pols a park ranger. (There will also be opportunities to see the Eisenhower Farm at the same time.)  Receptions are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday Rendezvous XXXII nights, both at the Wyndham Hotel. AssocIAtIon of nAtIonAl PARk RAngeRs  The popular film night will return and you’ll see excerpts from films on the national parks presented by Harpers Ferry Center. Annual Photography Contest  Workshops, presentations and breakout sessions eep ANPR’s annual photo contest in mind as you visit national park are being worked out on myriad topics, including areas throughout this summer and fall. interpretation and protection of historic sites, man- K Last year the contest attracted 36 entries. With its increasing popularity, aging NPS sites in collaboration with park partners, we have established several new rules to encourage your creativity with the issues in landscape restoration and other aspects of unlimited photographic opportunities in our national park units, allow for battlefield management, issues in park operations, easier display of entries and level the playing field for related contests. Here ANPR international activities (including a report on are the criteria for the Gettysburg Rendezvous photo contest: the IRF World Congress in Bolivia set for this fall), • Photos should be of a national or international park unit collecting NPS oral histories for the upcoming 2016 • Submit photos without matting or frames centennial, and engaging in Civil War genealogy. • Provide photos in 8-inch by 10-inch size or less  Several potential keynote speakers are currently be- • No more than two photo entries per person ing contacted; information on speakers and their • Participants must be members of ANPR scheduled days will be posted to our web page as • Winners will be asked to provide a digital copy of their photo for soon as available. publication in Ranger magazine. The Rendezvous will be dedicated to Rick Gale, an So far we have received two prize donations from Eastman Kodak, both ANPR founder, unflagging supporter, past president, fund- classic photography books: Alfred Stieglitz: Photographs and Writings (valued raiser and the only person ever to attend every Rendezvous at $75) and Douglas Kirkland’s Light Years: Three Decades of Photographing up to this one. His daughters hope to attend, and we are among the Stars (valued at $45). looking at various ways to remember his extraordinary We look forward to seeing the results of all your great photographic tal- contributions to the association. If you have thoughts on ent come December, and we hope to have other great prizes for this year’s the matter, please contact [email protected]. q contest. Contact Liz Roberts at [email protected] with questions. Keep — Bill Halainen q Program Chair those shutters clicking. s s RANGERRANGER • •Summer Summer 2009 2009 2121 portunity primarily targeting NPS employees Liberty, Texas, native, he and wife Adamina, an All in the Family within their first three years of employment. elementary school teacher, have two children, The five-part training program includes three Ananda, 24, and Juan Diego, 17. Please send news about you and your family. Send online courses, a two-week session at Albright via e-mail to [email protected] or to Teresa Ford, Editor, 25958 Genesee Trail Road, PMB 222, and a weeklong grand finale at Mather Train- Steve Thede is the new deputy superintendent Golden, CO 80401. You also can send your news ing Center. A Denver native, Pam is married of Badlands. Previously he and/or update your address/home phone/per- to Paul Koenig, a utility systems operator at was the chief of interpreta- sonal e-mail by visiting ANPR’s website: www. Grand Canyon. They enjoy traveling and the tion and cultural resources anpr.org Go to Member Services. great outdoors. at Whiskeytown for the past 10 years. He has 25 Tom Banks (ROMO, GLAC, REDW, OLYM, John Morlock, a 29-year years of experience with the MORA, NOCA, DENA, SEKI), ANPR’s veteran of the NPS, is su- NPS, including four years at board member for seasonal perspectives, has perintendent of Fort Davis Badlands in the 1990s as a supervisory park moved to California as a permanent, subject- National Historic Site in ranger. He started his NPS career at the North to-furlough, lead wilderness ranger with the Texas. Previously he was the Rim of the Grand Canyon. He also has worked Forest Service on the Amador Ranger District fire management officer at at Yosemite, Glen Canyon, Bryce Canyon, of Eldorado National Forest. Previously he Big Bend. He also has coor- Castillo de San Marcos and Bent’s Old Fort. worked for Defenders of Wildlife in Alaska. dinated the Los Diablos Program, which brings Steve completed details as a special assistant In his spare time, Tom continues his living- Mexican firefighters to the United States to help in the director’s office in Washington and as history impersonations as John Muir and now with wildfire fighting and prescribed burns. superintendent of Oregon Caves. He and wife conducts these opposite his district ranger as Morlock has worked at Rio Grande Wild and Cheryl can be reached at 25226 Ben Reifel Gifford Pinchot. Address: PO Box 419, Pio- Scenic River, El Malpais and Bryce Canyon. A Place, Interior, SD 57750. q neer, CA 95666; [email protected].

Phil Campbell (NCP-E 69-71, DEWA 72-88, Welcome to the ANPR family! NOCA/LACH 89-99, MNRR/NIOB 99-03, Here are the newest members of the Association of National Park Rangers: OBRI 03-08) has retired after almost 40 years Derek Arakelian...... Midpines, CA Sarah McCormack...... Yellowstone NP, WY with the National Park Service. He and wife Laura Avedisian...... Sacramento, CA Adam Millington...... Haverton, PA Nancy will continue to reside in Oak Ridge, Naomi Avissar...... Durham, NC Healther Moulton...... Hagatna, GU Tennessee, where he intends to take on the role Patricia Bean...... Bozeman, MT Lauren Muccino...... Rochester, NY Julia Bell...... Cortez, CO E. Wade Muehlhof...... Kalispell, MT of house husband and watch birds. weiscamp@ Dario Bravo...... Tipton, CA Stephanie Myers...... Nags Head, NC comcast.net. Christine Convissor...... Lake Ann, MI Lucia Napolitano...... Port Angeles, WA David Coyne...... Poestenkill, NY Natalie Newman...... Allentown, PA Lisa Klinger has moved from the Caribou- Amy & Jerramy Dear-Ruel...... West Glacier, MT Jeremy Nugent...... Mount Vernon, WA Targhee National Forest to the Payette Na- Chris Derman...... Mililani, HI Kerry Ohare...... Terlingua, TX tional Forest as the McCall district ranger. Lindsey Doermann...... Medina, OH Adriann Partrick...... Central Square, NY Address/phone: PO Box 735, McCall, ID John Duwe...... Glen Arbor, MI Wesley Peters...... Madison, AL 83638; phone, 208-569-6469; lisakooskia@ Teresa Eddington...... Pray, MT Frank Platt...... Hot Springs, SD yahoo.com Mark Filonczuk...... Livingston, MT Glenn Reynolds...... Mobile, AL John Finn...... Wallingford, CT Sara Robinson...... Bainbridge Island, WA Ryan Ford...... Boulder, CO Hannah Russell...... Moab, UT Pam Koenig has been selected as the NPS Deny Galvin...... McLean, VA Peggy Sandretzky..... Shenandoah Junction, WV Fundamentals train- Shalini Gopie...... Far Rockaway, NY Vincent Santucci...... Gettysburg, PA ing manager (universal Adam Greenfield...... Sausalito, CA Adam Shaffer...... Somerset, PA competencies man- Sharlot Hart...... Phoenix, AZ Preston Smith...... Covington, TN ager) at the Horace Al- Brian Higgins...... Minot AFB, ND Alison Steiner...... Davis, CA bright Training Center. Robert Hrabik...... Groveland, CA Jeffrey Sussman & Previously she served as Bryce Hummel...... International Falls, MN Mary Ann Dowd-Sussman...... Babb, MT the cultural resources Meg Jensen...... Copper Center, AK Kevin Sweeney...... Mineral, CA Carl Kautz...... Moran, WY Kelsey Taylor...... Springdale, UT training manager at Emily Kirby...... Marion, VA Christopher Thayer...... Estes Park, CO Albright. She started her NPS career in 2000 Richard Kook...... Washington, DC Darrah Thelin...... Moose, WY working in the Intermountain Region’s cul- Roy Kuenzer...... Bear Lake, MI de Teel P. Tiller...... Falls Church, VA tural resources group. She also has been park Kirsten Larsen...... Jackson, WY Sandie Walker...... Buxton, NC historian at Grand Teton, and served a detail Amanda Lasley...... Lexington, KY Tami Weissberg...... Sitka, AK as acting superintendent there and acting Keri Leaman...... York, PA Lela White...... Springfield, IL chief of interpretation at Mount Rushmore. William Leggett...... Carlsbad, NM Amanda Whitty...... Mineral, CA Prior to her federal service Koenig worked Alexis Lewis...... Grand Canyon, AZ Jason Wickersty...... Bayonne, NJ in the financial industry. She now oversees Russell Lindsay...... Charlotte, NC Kristin Wollenzien...... Williams, AZ Daniel Maturen...... Maplewood, MN Stacy Woods...... Tribune, KS all components of the NPS Fundamentals Kevin McCardle...... El Portal, CA program, a learning and development op-

22 s ANPR • Association of National Park Rangers Housing offer to rangers Park rangers at Shenandoah can enjoy Life Members beautifully remodeled chalets at a deeply ife members who contribute an ad- discounted rate, says ANPR member Bruce Lditional $125 are recognized in the Peters, president of BruceMoose.com chalet Second Century Club. Third Century rentals and remodeling. membership can be attained by contrib- “Our family has enjoyed Shenandoah uting an additional amount to bring your National Park since our childhood in the total life membership to $500; Fourth 1960s,” he said. “We want to give back. Help- Century membership can be attained by ing the hard-working park rangers is our way contributing an additional amount to bring to make their service in Shenandoah more your total life membership to $750; Fifth enjoyable.” Century to $1,000 or more. Peters divides his time between remodeling If you are a life member, consider raising homes and taking scenic/wildlife photographs your contribution to the next level. Your at Shenandoah. He is working on a book of donation is tax deductible. poetry and photographs inspired while hiking Second Century Club there. Glen Bean Tomie Patrick Lee CARVED WOOD All BruceMoose.com properties provide Member receives unique holiday gift Tony Bonanno John Mangimeli excellent views, privacy, remodeled baths and Jim Brady Colleen Mastrangelo Raymond Delamarter’s wife, Linda Dono- kitchens with new appliances, new paint and/or Paul Broyles Bruce & Georjean van, surprised him with an unusual gift — a wood paneling. The homes have a nature set- Rod Broyles McKeeman personalized wood carving by longtime ANPR ting and easy access to the park. Residences David Buccello Jack Morehead member Rob Arnberger. Delamarter is a park are also available near Washington, D.C., and Patricia Buccello Aniceto Olais ranger at Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt the Assateague National Wildlife Refuge. Michael Caldwell Tim Oliverius NHS. For more information visit www.Bruc- William Carroll Bill Pierce An image of a similar wood carving, also eMoose.com/rentsale.html or call 202-641- Cliff Chetwin Tom Richter by Arnberger, was on the cover of Ranger, 4707. Bruce Collins Jean Rodeck Summer 2008. Bruce Edmonston Bryan Swift Richard Erisman Mark Tanaka-Sanders A.J. Ferguson Dale & Judy Hal Grovert Thompson Dr. Russell Clay Karen Wade Harvey Philip Ward James Hummel Kathy Williams Craig Johnson Janice Wobbenhorst Margaret Johnston Phil Young Ron Konklin Deanne Adams & Mary Laxton Tony Sisto

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Board of Directors President Professional Issues Mentoring Scot McElveen, Retired Mike Anderson, Southeast Regional Office Bill Pierce, Retired 288 Letner Road, Helenwood, TN 37755 51 Oak Shores Drive, Newnan, GA 30265 4325 N. Plainsman Way, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 (423) 286-8644 • [email protected] (770) 253-2902 • [email protected] (928) 775-2597 • [email protected]

Secretary Seasonal Perspectives Rendezvous Emily Weisner, Arlington House Tom Banks Dan Moses, Retired 250 11th St., SE, Washington, DC 20003 PO Box 419, Pioneer, CA 95666-0419 418 Lafitte Way, New Bern, NC 28560 (614) 406-9400 • [email protected] (508) 579-2521 • [email protected] (252) 626-9692 • [email protected]

Treasurer Special Concerns Retirement Bill Schappell Craig Ackerman, Crater Lake Frank Betts, Retired 3231 Key Largo Drive., #102, Las Vegas, NV 89120 211 Avenue de Teresa, Grants Pass, OR 97526 1326 Catalpa Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80521 (484) 332-1521 • [email protected] (541) 476-4267 • [email protected] (970) 226-0765 • [email protected]

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