NOTICES

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Editor's Desk
No Morning Report On Thursday, Friday

Due to my absence from the park on leave, there will be no Morning Report on either Thursday, August 14th, or Friday, August 15th. Morning Reports will resume on Monday, August 18th.

INCIDENTS

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Hovenweep National Monument (UT)
Death of Maintenance Employee E.C.

On Friday, August 8th, temporary maintenance employee E.C., 46, of Hovenweep died from injuries sustained in an accident on his ranch in the Chuska Mountains of New Mexico. He apparently was looking for ranch stock with the assistance of two nephews when he slipped and fell from a rock promontory. Superintendent Greg Dudgeon sent this remembrance: "E.C. was a humble, bright, creative and skilful man. We first knew him as a locally-hired employee of park contractor EPC where he was involved in nearly every aspect of the construction of Hovenweep's new visitor center. E.C. began working as a seasonal employee for Hovenweep in 2002. He took considerable pride in the park's new facilities, even the bathroom tiles were kept gleaming. It was E.C.'s idea to paint all our garbage cans with a 'Moki' motif for the visitor center dedication service. I don't expect to ever receive so many positive comments about trash receptacles again. No matter the job, E.C. tackled it with enthusiasm and an artist's eye for detail. Whether the new split rail fence in the campground, the flagstone steps to the amphitheater or the rehabilitated trail into Little Ruin Canyon, he left a lasting legacy at the park with his heart and hands. And for those of us who had the privilege to come to know him and a bit about his life on the reservation, he left an indelible part of himself with us too. E.C. will be sorely missed by the Cajon Mesa community. He quietly and patiently took local youth with too much time on their hands and much too little to do into his home and under his wing. They became weekend ranch hands in the Chuskas and park volunteers (in one case a seasonal employee) at Hovenweep. His purpose was to teach them some work skills, bring a little discipline into their lives and show them another way. His concern and compassion for his fellow Navajo made a difference. We saw that and were glad to assist him in our own small way to help make that difference. As large as the void is at Hovenweep and for the residents of the mesa, it cannot compare to the void his passing leaves at home. E.C. is survived by his wife C.C. and their five children, ages 6 to 16. Our hearts go out to them." Those interested in making a contribution to E.C.'s family during this time of hardship and unanticipated expense can make checks out to the ABC Club (the park's employee association), referencing C.C., and send them to P.J. The association will pool them to make one contribution to the family to help offset the expenses of the funeral, which will be held today at 10 a.m. in the mountains above Toadlena, New Mexico. The NPS will be represented at the funeral.
[Submitted by Greg Dudgeon, Superintendent]

Grand Teton National Park (WY)
Rescue of Injured Hiker

In the midst of a massive ground and air search for a missing park employee on July 7th, park dispatch received a 911-cell phone call reporting an injured person in Garnet Canyon. J.A.P., 17, a member of a high school geology group, fell on a steep snowfield, slid for over 200 feet, and came to rest in a precarious position, sustaining several serious injuries. J.A.P. was hiking at 10,000 feet in the South Fork of Garnet Canyon, west of the Caves area. The remaining members of the 20-person school group were stranded on the same snowfield from where J.A.P. had fallen and were without proper equipment for self-arrest. The Grand Teton/Bridger-Teton NF contract helicopter was immediately redirected from the first search and two park rangers were flown to the injured hiker via short haul. The short-haul technique involved flying two rangers, suspended below the helicopter on a 100-foot long line, to the canyon, then lowering them to the accident scene. J.A.P. was immobilized on a scoop stretcher with full c-spine precautions and lifted out using the same short-haul technique. She was transported by park ambulance to a Jackson hospital, where she was admitted and treated for multiple injuries, including a tension pneumothorax, burst fractures of three vertebra with pieces of bone lodged in the spinal cord, and several less serious injuries. The remaining members of the school group were led to safety from their hazardous location by a guide from Jackson Hole Mountain Guides while rangers continued the search for the missing person.
[Submitted by Bill Holda, Acting Chief Ranger]

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (PA)
Tree Falls on Car, Killing Mother and Daughter

Early on the afternoon of Monday, August 11th, a Pontiac Sunfire was heading south on Route 615 in the park's New Jersey District when a tree fell on the vehicle. The tree crushed the passenger side roof of the Sunfire, entrapping both the front and rear seat passengers. Both passengers suffered severe head and chest trauma and were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was flown by medevac helicopter to Morristown Hospital, where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The passengers were identified as K.M., 41, and her nine-year-old daughter, Ka.M.. The accident is being jointly investigated with the New Jersey State Police.
[Submitted by Brad Clawson, District Ranger, New Jersey District]

FIRE MANAGEMENT

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Fire and Aviation Management
National and NPS Fire Summary - August 13, 2003

Preparedness Level 5

Initial attack yesterday was heavy in the northern Rockies and in southern California. Nationally, 265 new fires were reported — 20 of which became large fires. Another 14 large fires were contained.

Fire Danger

Day	8/7	8/8	8/10	8/11	8/12	8/13
Alaska	--	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Arizona	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
California	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Colorado	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Connecticut	--	--	VX	--	--	--
Hawaii	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Idaho	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Montana	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Nevada	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
New Mexico	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Oklahoma	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Oregon	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
South Dakota	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Texas	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Utah	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Washington	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX
Wyoming	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX	VX

VH — Very high
EX — Extreme
VX — Very high to extreme

Fire Weather Watches and Warnings

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH has been issued for gusty winds and low humidity in western and central North Dakota.

National Resource Commitments

Day	8/6	8/7	8/8	8/10	8/11	8/12	8/13
Crews	270	265	274	245	233	309	368
Engines	411	438	452	422	488	769	763
Helicopters	110	115	200	106	136	161	144
Air Tankers	1	0	9	0	2	6	1
Overhead	3,335	3,079	2,324	2,118	2,177	2,608	3,227

National Team Commitments

New team commitments or changes in teams are indicated in bold face.

State	Type Team	Team IC	Fire/Location	Acres	Percent Contain	Est Full Contain
MT	ACT	Mann	Flathead NF/Glacier NP Fires	---	---	---
MT	ACT	Greenhoe	Lolo NF/Bitterroot NF Fires	---	---	---
MT	T1	Ferguson	Robert Fire Flathead NF/Glacier NP	38,350	60	9/15
MT	T1	Ferguson Hart	Trapper Creek Complex Glacier NP	21,840	65	9/5
MT	T1	Hart	Wedge Canyon Fire Flathead NF	30,594	70	UNK
ID	T1	Mortier	Slims Complex Nez Perce NF	11,550	UNK	8/20
WA	T1	Lohrey	Fawn Peak Complex Okanogan-Wenatchee NF	81,343	95	UNK
MT	T1	Vail	Crazy Horse Fire Flathead NF	4,000	0	UNK
ID	T1	Whitney	Rough Draw Fire Gallatin NF	500	0	UNK
ID	T1	Martin	Canyon Creek Fire Boise NF	4,100	3	UNK
ID	T1	Frye	Beaver Lake Complex Clearwater NF	2,500	5	UNK
MT	T2	Chrisman	Dirty Ike Fire State Lands	1,200	0	8/30
MT	T2	Kechter	North Howard Complex Lolo NF	1,175	5	UNK
MT	T2	McElwain	Twin Lakes Fire State Lands	120	10	UNK
MT	T2	Dietrich	Black Mountain 2 State Lands	409	0	UNK
MT	T2	Hoff	Boles/Rattlesnake Complex State Lands	5,000	5	UNK
MT	T2	Sandman	Cooney Ridge Complex State Lands	3,000	0	9/15
ID	T2	Van Bruggen	North Fork Lick Fire Payette NF	830	20	8/25
ID	T2	Van Bruggen	Marble Fire Payette NF	500	NR	9/10
ID	T2	Saleen	South Fork Fire Boise NF	4,003	15	8/26
ID	T2	Muir	Falconberry Fire Salmon-Challis NF	2,500	0	UNK
ID	T2	Muir	Withington Fire Salmon-Challis NF	270	0	UNK
WY	T2	Mullinex	Little Horn Fire Bighorn NF	700	0	UNK
WA	T2	Johnson	North Zone Complex Baker-Snoqualmie NF	135	40	UNK
WY	T2	Blume	Big Spring Fire Casper FO, BLM	3,340	100	CND
MT	T2	Swope	Cherry Creek Fire Lolo NF	3,600	10	UNK
MT	T2	Benes	Fish Creek Fire Lolo NF	6,275	0	8/27
MT	T2	Larsen	Hobble Fire State Lands	34,000	40	8/14
MT	T2	Philbin	Gold 1 Fire Bitterroot NF	2,500	0	UNK
ID	T2	Broyles	Hall Fire Payette NF	1,613	40	8/14
WA	ST	Holloway Reed	Black Canyon Fire State Land	2,300	10	8/20
OR	ST	Mair	Hell's Half Acre Fire State Lands	465	90	8/13
ID	FUM	Cones	Clear/Nez Complex Clearwater NF	1,200	N/A	N/A
WY	FUM	Clark	Clear Creek Fire Bridger-Teton NF	105	N/A	N/A

PARK FIRE SITUATION

Glacier NP

An area command team (Mann) is coordinating the Type 1 teams assigned to the Robert, Trapper Creek Complex, and Wedge Canyon Fires. The fires were slowed by an inversion on Monday which lasted into the afternoon. An inversion keeps the fire smoldering because the smoke provides shade, keeps the temperatures down, and keeps the winds light. The inversion lifted around 5 p.m. and fire activity picked up accordingly. Evacuations remain in effect for the Lake McDonald area, Avalanche Creek and Sprague Creek campgrounds, Kelly Camp, and Apgar. Going to the Sun Highway is closed from West Glacier to Logan Pass.

Wedge Canyon Fire (30,594 acres; 70% contained) — Downslope backing was observed along the south side of Kintla Lake yesterday. Structure protection is in place for 40 residences. Tepee Creek Road is closed due to snags. Resource commitments as of yesterday (Tuesday's figure in parentheses):

• Firefighters/overhead — 1,117 (1,089)
• Crews — 26 (27)
• Engines — 39 (34)
• Helicopters — 7 (5)

Robert Fire (38,350 acres; 60% containment) — Running, spotting and short duration crown runs were observed on the north flank. The rest of the fire experienced creeping with isolated flare ups. The northwest flank of the fire crossed containment lines. Crews in several areas disengaged from suppression activities yesterday due to extreme fire behavior. The major road through Glacier National Park (Going to the Sun Highway from West Glacier Gate to Logan Pass) is closed until further notice. The North Fork Road is closed. Structure protection is in place for 82 residences and six commercial properties. Apgar Visitor Center and village, Avalanche campground, Big Creek Area campground, Camas Creek Road, Kelly Camp, Fish Creek, Grist Road and Hay Creek Road have been closed or evacuated. One additional outbuilding has been confirmed lost. Resource commitments as of yesterday (Tuesday's figure in parentheses):

• Firefighters/overhead — 756 (848)
• Crews — 16 (21)
• Engines — 37 (33)
• Helicopters — 16 (6)

Trapper Creek Complex (21,840 acres; 65% containment) — Wind speeds and relative humidity reached critical levels during the peak of the burning period. Structure protection is in place for three commercial properties. The major road through Glacier National Park (Going to the Sun Highway from West Glacier Gate to Logan Pass) is closed till further notice. Resource commitments as of yesterday (Tuesday's figure in parentheses):

• Firefighters/overhead — 60 (42)
• Crews — 3 (2)
• Engines — 2 (3)
• Helicopters — 0 (0)

Grand Teton NP

Blacktail Fire (2,730 acres; 50% containment) — The fire continued to grow on Monday due to strong, erratic winds and spread in all directions. The Gros Ventre Campground has been closed. Resource commitments as of yesterday:

• Firefighters/overhead — 25
• Crews — 0
• Engines — 13
• Helicopters — 1

The park also reported initial attack on two new starts on Monday. The fires burned just over two acres.

Other Park Fires

Fire operations elsewhere in the system include:

• Yellowstone NP — The park had four new starts on Monday. Three are small, but the East Fire escaped initial attack and has burned about 200 acres. It could get significantly larger. If the fire continues to be a problem during extended attack operations, an incident management team will probably be ordered. Closure of the East Entrance road is possible. About 16 other fires are being monitored but are showing little activity.
• Grand Canyon NP — The park has three wildland fire use fires that are showing potential because of their locations — two on the North Rim in mixed conifer, one on the South Rim in ponderosa pine, juniper and gambel oak.
• El Malpais NM — The park has burned 250 of the 406-acre North Little Hole Rx Fire. The burn is south of the Big Tubes area on the west side of the park in the Little Hole in the Wall.
• North Cascades NP — Suppression action was taken on the Trapper Fire, a lightning start in the Newhalem Creek drainage. Of the 18 fires started by thunderstorms last week, five have been suppressed, two went out on their own, seven will be managed as wildland fire use fires, and the remaining four will be suppressed.
• Saguaro NP — Firefighters have begun suppression of the 30-acre Deer Fire, which was reported to be creeping and burning in ponderosa pine with grass, patches of gambel's oak, some pinyon-juniper, and brush.
• Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP — The 484-acre Tharp's Rx Fire was begun on Monday. The project is divided into three sections. The first was completed on Monday, the second will be undertaken today. Fire managers continue to monitor five small lightning-caused fires. 
• Yosemite NP — The park plans to burn the remaining 16 acres of the 85-acre Yosemite Valley Rx Fire today if weather and air quality conditions permit. Another 75-acre Rx burn was planned for yesterday in the Mariposa Grove. A number of other fires are being monitored.

[Submitted by NIFC Situation Report; NPS Fire Management Program Center]

OPERATIONAL NOTES

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Fee Management Program
Annual Fee Free Day

One of the goals of the Interagency Fee Council is to designate a Fee Free Day honored at Federal lands that collect entrance fees. The interagency Fee Free Day will be celebrated on September 20, 2003. 

All park entrance fees, including commercial tour entrance fees and transportation entrance fees, will be waived on September 20th.

Please refer to the NPS Fee Management website on InsideNPS for a copy of the official NPS and DOI memoranda related to this designation.



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Social Science Program
NPS Fees: An Examination of Public Attitudes

The NPS Social Science Program has released the technnical report National Park Service Fees: An Examination of Public Attitudes, prepared by Frederic I. Solop, Kristi K. Hagen, and David Ostergren at Northern Arizona University. The report is an analysis of data from the 2000 National Park Service Comprehensive Survey of the American Public. This report has been produced with support from the NPS Fee Demonstration Program Office. Electronic copies of the report are available on the NPS Social Science Program website at http://www.nps.gov/socialscience/waso/products.htm#TA. Click on "More Information" below to go directly to that site.

For hard copies or further information, contact Brian Forist by telephone at (202) 513-7190 or via email at brian_forist@partner.nps.gov.[Submitted by Brian Forist, brian_forist@partner.nps.gov, (202) 513-7190] More Information...

NPS History
The Evolution of Interpretation, Continued

A new book on National Park Service rangers has been published and is now available. The book, entitled National Park Ranger: An American Icon, was written by Butch Farabee and published by Roberts Rinehart Publishers (ISBN 1-57098-392-5, $18.95 in paper).

Through permission of both the author and publisher, excerpts are appearing intermittently in the Morning Report and InsideNPS. Previous installments can be found by searching back issues of either publication for the following dates:

• Part 1 — May 15, 2003.
• Part 2 — May 21, 2003.
• Part 3 — June 3, 2003
• Part 4 — June 11, 2003.
• Part 5 — June 20, 2003.
• Part 6 — July 22, 2003.
• Part 7 — August 4, 2003.

The Evolution of Interpretation — Part Two

In 1915, campfire programs were being given to travelers at then-isolated Mesa Verde National Park by Dr. Jesse Walters Fewkes. A noted anthropologist and ethnographer of the period, Dr. Fewkes was doing ground-breaking archeological work in the area for the Smithsonian Institution. Mesa Verde claims that these interpretive efforts were the first for the National Park Service.

Four years later, in 1919, the University of California inaugurated field lectures in the meadows and forests of Yosemite; their topics included the region's Indians, natural history, and conservation, including John Muir's thoughts and philosophies about preservation.

National Park Service educational and interpretive efforts really blossomed at Yosemite and Yellowstone in 1920. While vacationing at Lake Tahoe the previous summer, Director Mather had been greatly impressed by the two University of California professors giving weekly programs about nature at the Fallen Leaf Lodge, a rustic hostelry. He persuaded Drs. Loye Miller and Harold Bryant to relocate their presentations to Yosemite the next summer.

Once there, Dr. Bryant, educational director of the California Fish and Game Commission, established the Yosemite Free Nature Guide Service. This inspirational new program included hikes, evening campfires, and lectures illustrated by moving pictures at Camp Curry.

"The response has been so great," Bryant reported of the first season's activities, "that we are sure there will be sufficient demand not only to continue the work in Yosemite National Park but to extend it to other parks."

At Yellowstone, Superintendent Horace M. Albright appointed Ranger Milton P. Skinner to the position of park naturalist, the service's first. He was perfect for the job, having long studied the region's geology and biology. To assist Skinner with his new duties in 1920, Albright also hired two seasonal rangers to provide field trips, lectures, and written materials on natural history topics for dissemination in the area.

One of them was Isabel Bassett Wasson, the first woman to serve as a paid interpreter for the National Park Service. In the morning she worked behind the information desk, and then gave three different lectures, one in the afternoon, one in the early evening, and a later one around the traditional campfire. She made certain that each of her programs was different, as she had developed a following of engrossed visitors.

Park educational programs began to expand throughout the country. Rocky Mountain National Park opened an information office for visitors in 1921. Yosemite officials hired forty-year-old Enid Reeves Michael, the wife of the local postmaster, as a seasonal ranger-naturalist to assist a cynical Harold Bryant. Dr. Bryant believed the position should be filled by a man and "did not approve of women taking part."

Mount Rainier hired Charles Landes, a Seattle biology teacher, as a seasonal ranger-naturalist, and in Glacier, a local naturalist initiated a nature guide service; under permit with the National Park Service he was allowed to charge a fee. He was replaced in 1922 by Montana State College professors who offered educational programs without charge.

On the west coast, U. S. Commissioner Walter Fry, formerly Sequoia National Park superintendent, distributed nature bulletins there in 1922. A year later he formed the Sequoia Nature Guide Service, established a tent museum, and led nature walks.

On the lip of the Grand Canyon that same year, Chief Clerk Michael J. Harrison gave talks about his park at the stylish El Tovar Hotel. Zion and Crater Lake National Parks instituted interpretive offerings over the next few years, and in 1928, Rocky Mountain hired its first ranger-naturalist, a woman by the name of Margaret Fuller Boos, a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

To strengthen these budding interpretive efforts, Director Steve Mather made Ansel Hall chief naturalist of the National Park Service in 1923. As head of the service's Education Division working from the forestry school at the University of California at Berkeley, he provided much-needed oversight and coordination while formalizing new standards for park naturalists. In 1926, Hall began searching for qualified applicants:

The duties of Ranger Naturalist require a full day's work each day—work entailing continual contact with the public. If you are not absolutely certain that you can maintain an attitude of enthusiasm and courtesy, please do not apply for work of this sort.... A Ranger Naturalist may have to talk to 1500 to 2000 persons; his lectures may be a part of a general entertainment program where his competitors will be Jazz music, comedy skits, or other such forms of amusement.

Many rangers from the "old-time" military tradition looked upon the new male ranger-naturalists as less than manly, calling them "pansy pickers" and "butterfly chasers." When Yellowstone Superintendent Albright began to hire women as ranger-naturalists after World War I, their male counterparts came to see them as threats to their futures.

To better train these people and professionalize the Service, Dr. Harold Bryant founded the Yosemite School of Field Natural History in 1925. Beginning as a six-week session and expanding to seven in 1933, this summer course was the National Park Service's first official training.

Offered for $25 initially, the field school was attended by more women than men, even though the "fairer sex" couldn't be considered for positions with the agency. The reason given was that females "couldn't fight fires, rescue injured rock climbers, bury dead animals, or carry out police duties."

Limited to twenty students with at least two years of college, the program was devoted mostly to field work, distinguishing it from typical academic courses in the natural sciences. Upon earning their certificates, the new graduates vied for jobs in local parks and summer camps throughout the country. Hundreds of seasonal and permanent ranger-naturalists trained at the Yosemite Field School until it was finally discontinued in 1953.

These naturalists served as the superintendent's "expert consultants on all matters pertaining to education and natural history" for decades. Park education for children began in Yosemite in 1930 with the establishment of the Junior Nature School, the antecedent of the service's present-day Junior Ranger Program.

The Service's first "living history" exhibit was in the mid-1930s when a replica of an early Indian camp was constructed in Yosemite National Park. Texas' Fort Davis National Historic Site was the first site to dress interpreters in period uniforms.

At least one living-history demonstration drew public dissent. The Women's Christian Temperance Union attacked the Service's operation of whiskey stills in the mountain life interpretation at Great Smoky Mountains and Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Denaturant was required to render the product unpotable.

In response to the country's burgeoning love affair with the car, guided auto caravans were introduced in Mesa Verde and Yosemite in 1929. The following year, uniformed park rangers led long lines of vehicles at Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and Sequoia. Great crowd pleasers for the next decade, these parades of what John Muir once referred to as "blunt-nosed mechanical beetles" were common. Long queues of drivers would wend their way along park roads, often with the ranger at the front of the formation extolling the virtues of these beautiful areas through a rooftop loudspeaker.

Increasing traffic and associated congestion eventually forced the discontinuance of the practice, although visitors still approximate the experience through the use of ever-popular, self-guided, auto audio programs.

A number of educational archetypes were created in the 1930s. One of the country's first wayside exhibit shelters for interpreting the landscape was built (from native stone and logs to blend in with the environment) in 1931 at Yellowstone's Obsidian Cliffs; the structure is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For a short time in 1932, park naturalists (on an experimental basis) accompanied private airplane tour flights over the Grand Canyon as well as on deep-sea fishing excursions off Acadia National Park on the coast of Maine. Always open to innovation, Glacier National Park interpreters boarded a cross-country train in East Glacier for the hour-long trip to West Glacier. As they meandered along the southern boundary of the spectacular Montana park, rangers in the 1970s pointed out highlights of the area to the passengers.

An electric map, with colored lights highlighting various military actions, was in use at Vicksburg National Military Park in the early 1940s, and the Washington Monument used a recorded interpretive message for visitors beginning in 1947.

PARKS AND PEOPLE

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Northeast Region
Criminal Investigator GS-1811-11/12

Dates: 08/13/2003 - 08/22/2003
This position is located in the Office of Criminal Investigations, and is supervised by a Supervisory Criminal Investigator or a Regional Special Agent in Charge.

The incumbent serves as a criminal investigator with interstate responsibility to investigate known or suspected violations of Federal laws and regulations relating to the management, use and development of park lands, their resources, and visitor and employee safety. The major focus of this position is on providing support for parks, interagency program management and coordination of investigations, illegal civil and criminal operations, investigations and information/intelligence gathering.
[Submitted by Clark Guy - Senior Resident Agent NER, Clark_Guy@nps.gov] More Information...

Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail (IA,ID,IL,KS,MO,MT,ND,NE,OR,SD,WA)
GS 9/11 Park Ranger (Interpretation)

Dates: 08/06/2003 - 09/02/2003

Duties: Provides direct technical assistance for planning and implementing interpretive exhibits, media and programs through the Challenge Cost Share (CCS) program to assigned programs among states, local agencies, American Indian tribes, and non-profit organizations. Interpretive assistance is provided to cooperating partners that may involve writing, reviewing and commenting on a variety of interpretive materials, including site bulletins, brochures, trail guides, audio-visual programs and other media. Presents a variety of interpretive programs to partner organizations at various locations along the trail. May provide interpretive training to cooperating agencies and organizations. Assists in conducting research in natural and cultural history issues associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail for development of interpretive materials. Serves as interpretive advisor to Corps II (a mobile exhibit that will provide visitors across the United States with an introduction to the Lewis and Clark story as it relates to the natural and cultural resources and the people of our nation before, during and after the Lewis and Clark Expedition) staff on Challenge Cost Share interpretive projects as required. Other duties may include assisting in the production of a newsletter; may prepare press releases and serve as public information officer for CCS activities.

Although the position does not offer federal "status," this is an excellent opportunity to find out what working for the federal government is all about. The position is not to exceed 4 years without further competition or announcement.

This position will also be advertised for applications from Merit Promotion under a separate announcement. See #VOYA-03-14.
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Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (TX)
Protection Rangers Sought

The park recently lost its one and only GS-7 seasonal law enforcement ranger through retirement, and its one GS-7 permanent STF LE ranger leaves in two weeks for a full-time position in the Southeast. Within the next month or two, they also expect to lose two or more of their four remaining GS-9 LE rangers to transfers or reassignments to other parks or agencies. Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, located in the northern Texas Panhandle, encompass about 45,000 acres, with 10,000 acres of reservoir and 1100 acres of monument. Annual visitation is about 1,000,000 people. They have an active visitor and resource protection program, including boating, search and rescue, diving (multi-agency dive team), emergency medical services, drug interdiction, archeological resource protection, homeland security protection of Sanford Dam, and support of prescribed and wildland fires, as well as other resource management programs. If you're interested in any of the above positions, contact either chief ranger Bill Briggs at 806-857-0302 (bill_briggs@nps.gov)or supervisory park ranger Dennis Weiland at 806-865-3874 ext. 33 (dennis_weiland@nps.gov). Lateral transfers, reassignments, special hiring authorities, intake-trainees, and traditional recruitment vacancy announcements will be used as appropriate to fill these vacancies.
[Submitted by Bill Briggs, Chief Ranger]

Intermountain Region
Steve Martin Named As New Regional Director

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella yesterday announced the appointment of Stephen P. Martin as new Intermountain Regional Director.

"We are truly fortunate to be able to tap someone of Steve Martin's energy, intelligence, and experience for such an important position," said Mainella. Martin, currently the superintendent at Grand Teton National Park, is a 28-year veteran of the National Park Service and has received the Department of the Interior's Meritorious Service Award. Martin will begin his new assignment as Intermountain Regional Director effective Sept. 14, 2003.

"I am honored to have been selected for this position," said Martin. "The Intermountain Region is home to some of this country's greatest natural and historic treasures. I look forward to working with all of those involved both inside and outside of the National Park Service who care for these great places. I appreciate Secretary Norton's emphasis on conservation through collaboration, communication and consultation, and believe there is much we can do in this spirit to ensure that this nation's heritage is preserved for future generations."

Martin will succeed Intermountain Regional Director Karen Wade who today announced her retirement after a 43-year association with the National Park Service.

"It has been an honor for me to work with the men and women of the National Park Service and to help care for this nation's shared heritage of National Parks," Wade said. "We live in a time where it is increasingly important for all to recognize the value of these places and for the nation to

redouble its efforts to protect and sustain them. I consider it a privilege to have devoted my career to these important stewardship efforts."

"It is with conflicting emotions that I make these announcements," said National Park Service Director Fran Mainella. "Through Karen's retirement the National Park Service loses a great champion and visionary. Her career has been one of deep commitment to the mission and purpose of the NPS. With her departure, we are truly fortunate to be able to tap someone of Steve Martin's ability to take her place. These two remarkable people are an indication of both the quality and dedication of the people who care for the nation's National Parks."

As Intermountain Regional Director, Martin will oversee 90 diverse park units dispersed throughout an eight-state region that includes Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. The region is home to some of the Nation's oldest and best-known natural national parks including Yellowstone (WY, ID, MT) and Grand Canyon (AZ), and cultural treasures such as Mesa Verde National Park (CO).

Prior to assuming the superintendency at Grand Teton National Park, Steve Martin served as superintendent at Denali National Park and Preserve. He has also served as superintendent of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, an 8.2 million-acre park encompassing part of the Brooks Range of northern Alaska. He moved to Alaska

from Yellowstone National Park where he was chief of concessions. He has also served as chief of resource management and visitor protection at Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota and as the north district ranger and Old Faithful district ranger at Yellowstone National Park. Martin began his career as park ranger at Grand Canyon National Park in 1975 where he supervised the Colorado River field operation.

Martin earned his B.S. in Natural Resource Management from the University of Arizona in 1975. He has received many awards for his supervisory and management accomplishments.

Martin's wife, Dr. Cyd Martin, is also a career employee with the National Park Service. She was the lead anthropologist at Gates of the Arctic National Park and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, managing cultural resources for both areas. The Martins have three college age children. Their daughter Kate, began a Fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge last September; their twin sons, Case and Jesse, are seniors at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, who both play on the varsity hockey team. The Martins' enjoy cross-country and downhill skiing, hiking, climbing, horseback riding, whitewater rafting and fly-fishing. Their other interests include travel, art, music and cooking.

Wade served as Director of the Intermountain Region since October, 1999. Prior to that she was superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a post she held for five years. Wade previously served as superintendent of America's largest national park, the 13-million acre Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (AK). She held other superintendent and park management posts at Guadalupe Mountains National Park (TX), Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (MD), Hampton National Historic Site (MD), Shenandoah National Park (VA), and the Appalachian Trail Project Office (DC).

Submission standards for the Morning Report can be found on the left side of the front page of InsideNPS. All reports should be submitted via email to Bill Halainen at Delaware Water Gap NRA, with a copy to your regional office and a copy to Dennis Burnett in Division of Law Enforcement and Emergency Services, WASO.

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