National Park Service 2008 Director's Report
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National Park Service National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior 2008 Director’s Report National Park Service National Park Service National Leadership Council U.S. Department of the Interior November 2008 Dirk Kempthorne Voting Members Standing Staff Members Secretary of the Interior Mary A. Bomar David Barna Director Assistant Director, Communications Mary A. Bomar & Public Aff airs Director, National Park Service Dan Wenk Deputy Director, Operations Larry Curran Chief Information Offi cer Lindi Harvey Deputy Director, Support Services Tom Wolfe Our nation’s founders said it best: Assistant Director, Legislative “E Pluribus Unum — Out of Many, One.” John Piltzecker & Congressional Aff airs Acting Chief of Staff Kate Stevenson This outstanding year was made possible by Bruce Sheaffer Assistant Director, Business Services an equally outstanding team: the exceptional Comptroller members of the National Leadership Council; Jerry Simpson our visionary Secretary, Dirk Kempthorne; Dennis Reidenbach Assistant Director, Workforce Management and every one of our dedicated employees, Northeast Regional Director Phil Sheridan partners, and volunteers. Ernest Quintana Assistant to the Director Midwest Regional Director My heartfelt thanks to them all for making my Jennifer Lee fi nal year as Director the best it could possibly Mike Snyder Associate to the Director be, for me, for our visitors, and for the special Intermountain Regional Director places entrusted to our care. Sue Masica Alaska Regional Director Mary A. Bomar David Vela Southeast Regional Director Jon Jarvis Pacifi c West Regional Director Peggy O’Dell National Capital Regional Director Steve Whitesell Associate Director, Park Planning, Facilities & Lands Bert Frost Associate Director, Natural Resource Stewardship & Science Jan Matthews Associate Director, Cultural Resources Karen Taylor-Goodrich Associate Director, Visitor & Resource Protection Chris Jarvi Associate Director, Partnerships & Visitor Experience National Park Service 2008 Director’s Report Read it online at: www.nps.gov/2008DirectorsReport Editor/Writer: Sue Waldron Design: Dennis | Konetzka | Design Group Special thanks to Joanne Blacoe, Holly Bundock, Jennifer Mummart, and John Quinley for their help throughout the creation of this report and to all those whose work made it possible. This report is printed on paper made with 100% postconsumer waste fi ber. The paper was manufactured with non-polluting, wind-generated energy and is Forest Stewardship Council and Green Seal certifi ed. Front cover: A National Park Service Ranger raises the fl ag at New River Gorge National River in West Virginia. Photograph: Joseph Sohm/Visions of America/Alamy Community Historic Federal Acres National National Recreation/ National Rehabilitation Grants Objects in Park Transferred for Register Historic Sites Historic Conservation Natural National The National Park Service State Tax Credits (1) Awarded (2) Collections (3) Local Parks (4) Listings (5) Documented (6) Landmarks (7) Projects (8) Landmarks Parks (9) Alabama $341,272,142 $100,252,889 265,878 4,068 1,212 1,225 36 23 7 7 in Your State Alaska $3,925,537 $66,456,409 4,004,924 266 406 507 48 70 16 23 American Samoa $0 $6,127,326 20,393 0 21 0 2 0 7 1 Arizona $58,113,492 $86,113,957 4,376,992 832 1,291 491 40 48 9 22 Arkansas $93,897,028 $75,176,263 1,779,644 852 2,408 140 17 11 5 6 California $1,464,421,731 $346,666,593 19,807,830 12,602 2,395 3,130 136 129 35 24 Colorado $390,230,250 $87,547,381 4,698,288 3,014 1,347 871 20 53 11 13 Notes Connecticut $454,490,598 $87,695,992 210,203 297 1,503 637 59 31 7 2 Delaware $75,176,261 $52,756,557 0 2,444 676 390 12 15 0 0 1. Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits (1995–2008). Data for previous District of Columbia $340,057,685 $38,983,037 2,788,785 0 490 974 74 12 0 22 years not available by state. Total private investment leveraged since program began in 1976 is $48 billion. Florida $479,574,070 $156,662,491 8,390,074 11,452 1,573 631 40 44 18 11 Georgia $533,023,416 $115,072,937 3,452,054 3,802 1,980 883 48 33 10 11 2. Grants from the National Park Service include: Land and Water Conservation Guam $0 $8,926,407 11,561 88 115 4 0 0 4 1 Fund grants (1965–2008), Historic Preservation Fund grants to State Historic Hawai‘i $8,481,512 $51,526,685 877,979 368 325 635 33 25 7 7 Preservation Offi ces (1978-2008), Tribal projects grants (1990–2008), American Idaho $12,146,885 $55,960,292 389,617 2,915 1,000 369 10 27 11 7 Battlefi eld Protection Program planning grants (1992–2008), NAGPRA grants (1994–2008), National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Illinois $1,020,376,443 $183,752,323 514,529 5,020 1,661 879 83 48 18 1 grants (1994–2008), grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities Indiana $568,705,915 $102,284,718 172,171 12,565 1,636 409 37 39 29 3 (1995–2008), Historic Preservation Fund grants to Tribal Historic Preservation Iowa $291,209,365 $75,735,409 151,179 906 2,068 481 24 35 7 2 Offi ces (1996–2008), Save America’s Treasures grants (1999–2008), American Kansas $124,575,022 $64,754,468 228,074 899 1,118 200 23 9 5 5 Battlefi eld Protection Program land acquisition grants (1999–2008), and Preserve America grants (2006–2008). Total includes grants to Palau ($57,400), Kentucky $297,693,910 $94,578,238 1,311,234 7,474 3,251 393 30 18 6 4 Northern Mariana Islands ($3,895,531) and multi-state grants ($519,700). Louisiana $991,999,180 $118,688,642 461,007 1,125 1,326 488 54 34 0 5 Maine $57,816,819 $57,939,967 1,307,601 273 1,504 302 41 58 14 3 3. Total includes 779 objects from the Northern Mariana Islands. Maryland $918,012,309 $110,421,240 770,588 1,525 1,445 1,523 71 64 5 16 Massachusetts $1,437,277,087 $140,045,266 5,425,758 6,835 4,062 1,621 184 50 11 15 4. Federal Lands to Parks, surplus federal property transferred since 1948. Michigan $625,910,340 $156,425,440 694,711 4,503 1,699 619 34 54 12 4 5. There are also National Register listed properties in the Republic of the Minnesota $407,552,422 $97,237,765 288,300 508 1,570 560 22 47 7 5 Marshall Islands (4), Federated States of Micronesia (26), Minor Islands (39), Mississippi $79,045,711 $104,445,947 1,362,199 796 1,308 336 39 21 5 8 Republic of Palau (2), Northern Mariana Islands (36) and Morocco (1). Missouri $2,460,440,561 $110,286,578 2,071,797 6,336 1,958 1,323 37 37 16 6 Montana $38,632,062 $61,336,835 761,988 120 1,033 399 25 20 10 8 6. Documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey, Historic American Engineering Record, Historic American Landscapes Survey, and Cultural Nebraska $244,580,838 $59,900,992 256,519 1,152 980 111 20 43 5 5 Resoures Geographic Information Systems. Nevada $7,290,996 $57,268,811 249,374 432 360 290 7 34 6 3 New Hampshire $27,980,987 $52,179,322 55,419 184 716 278 22 59 11 2 7. There are also National Historic Landmarks in the Republic of the Marshall New Jersey $641,965,586 $138,459,932 6,134,657 2,143 1,572 1,569 55 37 11 8 Islands (2), Federated States of Micronesia (2), Midway Islands (1), Republic New Mexico $13,633,974 $69,647,389 6,056,540 1,808 1,077 246 43 42 12 13 of Palau (1), Wake Island (1), Northern Mariana Islands (2) and Morocco (1). If totaled, the column would equal more than 2,461 as some NHLs are in more New York $2,271,231,561 $299,140,074 3,030,402 6,452 5,027 1,928 263 74 25 22 than one state. Sixteen designated on October 6, 2008 are included in the North Carolina $780,486,634 $117,092,143 1,517,476 245 2,648 493 38 32 13 10 total. North Dakota $40,517,883 $49,796,255 755,893 100 410 126 5 5 4 3 Ohio $1,332,801,505 $182,451,421 726,957 2,623 3,725 846 69 41 23 7 8. Projects of the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program (1987–2008). Oklahoma $138,582,378 $83,936,742 168,933 1,350 1,133 68 20 16 3 3 9. If totaled, the column would equal more than 391 as some parks are in Oregon $324,141,450 $80,978,220 425,388 3,472 1,883 464 16 73 7 5 more than one state. Pennsylvania $2,098,785,909 $212,689,245 9,371,106 9,718 3,228 3,693 160 127 26 18 Puerto Rico $0 $53,567,384 230,529 4,650 286 165 4 0 5 1 Rhode Island $557,416,381 $65,256,081 11,165 1,881 738 463 44 19 1 1 South Carolina $188,095,883 $93,596,290 605,417 7,850 1,422 1,107 77 13 6 6 South Dakota $52,128,280 $56,838,084 310,171 169 1,253 78 15 11 13 6 Tennessee $414,269,233 $102,815,102 2,103,130 3,227 1,958 306 28 40 13 12 Texas $735,245,228 $209,578,216 3,575,159 8,618 3,035 834 46 80 19 13 U.S.