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1 Arrowhead The Newsletter of the Employees & Alumi Associatio of the Natioal Park Service Fall 2015/Early Witer 2016 Vol. 22 No. 3 Published by Easter Natioal Vol. 22 No. 3 Arrowhead 1 Focus o the Parks Mahatta Project Natioal Historical Park Established U.S. Secretary of the Iterior Sally Jewell ad U.S. Secretary of Eergy Erest Moiz siged a memoradum of agreemet o Nov. 10, 2015 establishig the Mahatta Project Natioal Historical Park. The agreemet govers how the NPS ad the Departmet of Eergy (DOE) will work together to preserve, protect ad provide access to the historic resources associated with the Mahatta Project at locatios i Oak Ridge, Te.; Los Alamos, N.Mex.; ad the Haford Site i Washigto State. Through the preservatio ad iterpretatio of the Mahatta Project, the Natioal Park Service will share with the world the story of oe of America s most trasformative scietific discoveries that fudametally altered the course of the 20th cetury, said Secretary Jewell. Visitors will soo be able to see the cotributios of more tha 600,000 Americas who played a role i this sigificat chapter i history. The park will also serve as a remider that these actios ad discoveries must be hadled with great care, for they ca have world-chagig cosequeces. The park will be maaged as a partership betwee the DOE, which already oversees ad admiisters the properties for the Uited States, ad Iterior s Natioal Park Service, which will provide iterpretatio, visitor iformatio ad assistace i the preservatio of the historic buildigs at the sites. The 2015 Natioal Defese Authorizatio Act directed the establishmet of the Mahatta Project Natioal Historical Park, which tells the story of people, evets, sciece ad egieerig that led to the creatio of the atomic bomb, the role these weapos played i World War II ad how the role of the Uited States i global affairs has evolved i the uclear age. NPS Director Joatha B. Jarvis, Seators Maria Catwell, Lamar Alexader, Tom Udall ad Marti Heirich ad local officials from the park s three sites also atteded the sigig ceremoy. With the creatio of the Mahatta Project Natioal Historical Park, the Natioal Park Service is committed to workig with our parters at the Departmet of Eergy to tell the complete ad complex story of oe of the most cosequetial projects i our atio s history, said NPS Director Jarvis. As the Natioal Park Service turs 100 ext year ad prepares for a secod cetury of stewardship, this ew additio to the Natioal Park System will preserve ad share oe of our atio s great stories of igeuity ad scietific edeavor, as well as the cosequeces of uclear techology use. The Natioal Park Service coveed a forum of scholars ad experts from across the coutry ad from the cities of Hiroshima ad Nagasaki that represet a wide rage of expertise icludig scietific, historical, political, social, evirometal ad ethical perspectives. The scholars met November 9-10 i Washigto, D.C., for a ope ad cadid discussio of the issues ad themes that should be cosidered for the park s iterpretive pla. Over the past year, NPS ad officials from the DOE have traveled to the three Mahatta Project locatios to cosult with local elected officials, commuity members ad area tribes o maagemet of the ew park. The agreemet siged o Nov. 10, 2015 reflects those cosultatios ad provides a framework that will guide NPS ad DOE cooperative maagemet efforts. The purpose of the agreemet is to idetify the facilities ad areas uder the DOE s admiistrative jurisdictio that will iitially be icluded i the park ad to establish a broad framework for the maagemet ad iterpretatio of those facilities ad areas. To lear more about the Mahatta Project Natioal Historical Park, visit I the first four moths of 2015, Alterative Break program voluteers removed over seve tos of marie debris from sea turtle estig beaches i Biscaye NP. Nearly 200 voluteers from 16 uiversities ad local orgaizatios helped restore park beaches ad greatly improved the chaces of estig success for threateed ad edagered sea turtles. Whe large amouts of debris clutter the beaches, sea turtles may abado attempts to est, said Dr. Vaessa McDoough, park fishery ad wildlife biologist. The presece of debris o the beaches is also problematic for sea turtle hatchligs. Hatchligs that are uable to overcome debris as they crawl to the ocea will succumb to predatio, dehydratio or starvatio. Alterative Break is a program for studets who wish to sped their witer or sprig break participatig i meaigful, service-orieted voluteer work. For the four moths, 199 Alterative Break voluteers spet 1,665 hours to remove more tha seve tos (14,439 pouds) of marie debris from the park s coastlies. Removig this debris provides sea turtles with a better shot at estig success, boosts the umber of sea turtle hatchligs that make it to the ope water ad makes the beaches more accessible ad attractive for park visitors. Biscaye NP hosts Alterative Break voluteers who assist i habitat restoratio of importat sea turtle estig beaches as well as other coastal areas throughout the park. Fiacial support is provided by the South Florida Natioal Parks Trust ad the Natioal Park Service. Park persoel ad the Coastal Cleaup Corporatio provide logistical ad field support. Capitol Reef NP became the seveth uit of the NPS to achieve desigatio as a Iteratioal Dark Sky Park by the Iteratioal Dark-Sky Associatio. It was amed a Gold Tier park, the associatio s highest rakig. The desigatio was made durig Iteratioal Dark Sky Week (April 13-19, 2015), a aual evet to raise awareess of light pollutio ad celebrate the beauty of the ight sky. To attai this desigatio, the park coducted a outdoor lightig ivetory, made improvemets to outdoor light fixtures that icreased the park s ight-sky friedly lightig from 30 percet to 70 percet, completed ight sky moitorig ad egaged the public ad local commuity i dark-sky coservatio. With this desigatio, Capitol Reef bega the process of brigig all of its outdoor lightig up to the ew stadard ad cotiues to moitor ight skies ad provide outreach ad educatio. Capitol Reef NP s gold-tier dark-sky desigatio exemplifies the efforts of the NPS to embrace Starry Starry Night, a NPS iitiative that pledges the agecy to lead the way i protectig atural darkess as a precious resource ad create a model for dark sky protectio by establishig America s first Dark Sky Cooperative o the Colorado Plateau. Other federal agecies, state parks, tribes, busiesses ad citizes are part of this cooperative, which emphasizes the ecoomic beefits of sustaiable tourism that dark skies ca provide while maitaiig the heritage, beauty ad woder of the stars above. O April 18, Castillo de Sa Marcos NM kicked off Natioal Park Week with a partership program etitled Youg Voices i the Old City. For this public program, local high school studets researched ad prepared presetatios about St. Augustie s 450 years from the perspective of teeagers livig durig various parts of that history. For more tha three years, Rager Amelia Vela ad other staff members have worked with St. Augustie s 450th Youth Ambassadors to lear ad share the heritage of the oldest cotiually occupied Europea city i the cotietal Uited States. By presetig these stories withi the Castillo, the ambassadors ad geeral public alike truly had a opportuity to coect with these powerful stories ad their atioal park. Youth Ambassador Kayley Sutto cocluded the program with a remider to her peers of the importat role they play i preservig our history. Portrayig these historical figures i their youger lives is oe way of helpig citizes ad visitors alike to uderstad the sigificace of how St. Augustie came to be, she says. Thik about it the Youth Ambassadors ow will be aroud for the 500th commemoratio. The future is i our hads. Grad Teto NP celebrated Natioal Park Week ad the Every Kid i a Park iitiative by takig all 150 of the fourth grade studets i Teto Couty o a field trip to study the park s geology. Each day of Natioal Park Week, Grad Teto NP staff led a group of the local studets o a field trip ito the backcoutry, where they hiked the cotour of a glacial moraie, got their hads dirty testig soils by makig soil ribbos, idetified rocks ad leared about the creatio of the Teto Moutai Rage. Staff were glad to egage the ext geeratio of park visitors i the spirit of exploratio ad stewardship, ad it turs out the studets were thrilled with the opportuity as well. I wish we could have school i the atioal park every day, said oe studet as he hiked back to the school bus. Despite livig just a few miles south of the park s boudary, it was the first trip ito the park for may of the studets. Jackso Hole is a commuity with a big divide i opportuity, Educatio Specialist Mega Kohli said. May of the Latio studets, who make up early 40 percet of the school, do t come to the park. This is a great chace for them to get some experiece explorig the park i their ow backyard. With Elwha River Restoratio fully uderway i the Elwha Valley, visitors have a ew site from which to view the restoratio process ad lear about its history. The ew Glies Cayo Spillway Overlook, located alog the Olympic Hot Sprigs Road i Olympic NP, is wheelchair accessible ad icludes eight iterpretive exhibits. The overlook is perched o what was oce the spillway of the Glies Cayo Dam. Visitors ca ejoy expasive views of the wide valley that formerly held the Lake Mills reservoir. Lake Mills formed whe the Glies Cayo Dam was built betwee 1925 ad 1927, floodig a area kow at the time as Smokey Bottom. The overlook also gives people the chace to look dow ad watch the Elwha s bluegree waters flow through the 200-footdeep Glies Cayo. The overlook ad surroudig area were desiged ad costructed by Olympic NP employees, with cotractors supplyig the accessible comfort statio ad ew pavig. The eight iterpretive exhibits were desiged ad writte by Olympic NP staff ad tell the story of the dams, their may cotributios to Port Ageles ad the factors that led to their removal ad ecosystem restoratio. O the morig of Jue 19, the silhouette of a 18th-cetury frigate appeared like the apparitio of a ghost ship i the fog off Fort McHery. By 7 a.m., the mist lifted off the Patapsco River, revealig a crowd of close to 1,000 visitors gatherig alog the water s edge of Fort McHery Natioal Moumet ad Historic Shrie to see the Frech tall ship Hermioe make its grad etrace ito Baltimore. Musicias of the Fort McHery Guard Fife ad Drum Corps sapped to attetio as the ship etered the arrow eck of the chael passig the fort. A momet later, the fifes ad drums broke out ito a spirited reditio of Yakee Doodle as NPS ragers hoisted the huge 30- by 42-foot Star-Spagled Baer up the flagpole. After cotiued o page 2

2 2 Arrowhead Vol. 22 No. 3 Focus o the Parks cotiued from frot page sailig by the fort, Hermioe docked i Baltimore s Ier Harbor alogside Pride of Baltimore II, a recreated War of 1812 topsail schooer, ad USS Costellatio, a Civil War-era tall ship. Hermioe is a replica of the ship that brought the Marquis de Lafayette to America durig the Revolutioary War. The origial, built i 1779, represeted the pride of the Frech Navy ad a serious challege to the British for domiace of the seas. Youth from the Patterso Park Public Charter School i Baltimore City made up half of the fife ad drum cotiget from Fort McHery. Orgaized by Music Coordiator Timothy Ertel, they played a selectio of pieces, icludig a 1790s piece etitled Baltimore, to hoor the crew of the tall ship. I m i the classroom every week, says Ertel. These studets are committed. This activity coects the park to the ext geeratio of park visitors ad icreases their ivolvemet i the park these kids see Fort McHery as their park ad that s what we wat. Coectig urba commuities to parks, trails ad waterways is a major NPS Ceteial goal. I Aapolis, Md., thousads of visitors waited hours to board the Hermioe. The captai ad crew were impressed with oe of the older historic moumets of the NPS. It was a hoor to be saluted with your big flag as we sailed by Arrowhead The Newsletter of the Employees & Alumi Associatio of the Natioal Park Service The Arrowhead is a publicatio for Natioal Park Service employees ad retirees. The E&AA is a oprofit, membership orgaizatio dedicated to promotig the values of the NPS family ad preservig its treasured resources. Directors Deborah Yadala, Chair Jack Rya, Vice Chair George Miucci, Secretary/Treasurer Editor Jeifer M. Alle jeifer.alle@eadaa.org Assistat Editor Laura Robiso laura.robiso@eadaa.org Trust Fud Loa Admiistrator Heidi White heidi.white@eadaa.org Membership Coordiator Boie Stetso boie.stetso@eadaa.org E&AA Trust Fud Trustees Da Brow George Miucci Deborah Yadala Heidi White Publisher Easter Natioal 470 Marylad Drive, Suite 1 Fort Washigto, PA Phoe: (215) Fax: (215) Easter Natioal To cotribute stories or photos for cosideratio, or for E&AA cotributios, please see page 8. your Fort McHery Natioal Moumet, said Captai Cariou of the Hermioe. I will remember the experiece. Ports-of-call icluded Yorktow, Aapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York ad Bosto, all cities alog the Washigto-Rochambeau Revolutioary Route NHT. The Washigto-Rochambeau Revolutioary Route commemorates the Fraco-America alliace ad the fial lad ad aval campaig that led to the successful siege of the British at Yorktow. The Hermioe ot oly brought Lafayette ad ews of support, but was also part of the aval fleet that supported the siege. O the morig of Jue 20, more tha 170 people atteded a ceremoy held at the Geeral Grat Tree, a atioal shrie i memory of the me ad wome of the armed forces who have served, fought ad died to keep America free. Veteras i attedace were recogized with commemorative pis created for the evet. All participats were ivited to affix small, temporary America flags to the fece surroudig the Geeral Grat Tree. This evet was part of a ogoig celebratio of the 75th aiversary of Kigs Cayo NP (2015) ad the NPS s Ceteial aiversary (2016). I his itroductio to the ceremoy, Supt. Woody Smeck credited the military with beig the earliest model for the NPS. He further hoored the military s role i early park maagemet ad the NPS s pride i maagig historic military sites ow. Durig the evet, the 40th Ifatry Divisio Bad Detachmet 1 performed for the audiece. (This bad is oe of the oldest uits i the Califoria Natioal Guard ad oe of the oldest bads i the U.S. Army). The Cetral Valley Vietam Veteras Color Guard preseted colors ad led attedees i the Pledge of Allegiace ad Natioal Athem. Keyote speaker, Air Force Capt. (retired) Charles Shahee, Jr., provided a history of the amig of the Geeral Grat Tree ad its subsequet dedicatio as a Natioal Shrie by a joit resolutio of Cogress. Shahee has eared the Silver Star, four Distiguished Flyig Crosses, a Purple Heart, 16 Air Medals, a Vietam Service Medal with two Broze Stars ad more decoratios. Mammoth Cave NP hosted its firstever Mammotho o Jue 21 hopefully the first of may more to come. The 24- mile Mammotho is the oly triathlo i the world to feature a hike, bike ride ad udergroud cave hike. Rager Collee Olso came up with the idea as she worked o park projects to address Call to Actio item #6, Take a Hike ad Call Me i the Morig. Hikig ad bikig are ot oly fu ad great exercise, but beig active i the outdoors has beefits beyod those we get at the gym, said Collee. Studies show that outdoor activity makes us smarter ad more creative, ad that ature icreases the cells i our bodies that protect us from ifectio ad cacer. Exercisig outdoors improves our attetio spa, ad walkig i the woods relieves stress. The Mammotho was oe optio o the park s Logest Day of Play list of thigs to do, which also icluded a daw birdig hike, regularly scheduled cave tours ad ature walks ad a ight sky viewig (caceled by Tropical Storm Bill s offsprig). The park s parters made the first Mammotho a success 31 participats ejoyed the day thaks to the Frieds of Mammoth Cave, Forever Resorts/Mammoth Cave Hotel, Diamod Cavers, Grad Victoria I ad local bike ethusiasts. The Iteratioal Dark-Sky Associatio (IDA) has grated Gold-Tier Iteratioal Dark Sky Park status to Cayolads NP, a hoor reserved for the darkest of dark skies ad the most stuig of starscapes. Cayolads was desigated a atioal park i 1964 ad provides visitors opportuities to view spectacular sceery, explore rugged ladscapes ad experiece remote wildess ad solitude. Ad, the sceery ad expasive ladscapes of Cayolads do t ed whe the su sets. The Milky Way stretchig across the park s icredibly dark ight sky is a sight may visitors will ever forget, said Supt. Kate Cao. With this gold-tier desigatio, the Iteratioal Dark-Sky Associatio recogizes the importace of the atural darkess foud here. Efforts to preserve atural darkess i Cayolads bega several years ago with a focused effort to revamp ad replace park lightig with ight-sky friedly bulbs ad fixtures. Nearly 100 percet of the park s lights are ow ight-sky friedly. Natural darkess is also recogized i park maagemet documets which clearly state the value of ight skies ad the park s commitmet to protect them. Cayolads NP is oe of four atioal parks icluded i the NPS s Southeast Utah Group. These parks iclude Hoveweep NM, awarded a Iteratioal Dark Sky Park i 2014, ad Natural Bridges NM, which was desigated the world s first Iteratioal Dark Sky Park i Arches NP is also icluded i the Southeast Utah Group. The four parks work together with eighborig busiesses, commuities ad lad maagers to help coserve some of the darkest skies i the Uited States. Cayolads also is a member of the growig Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Cooperative. Established i 2012, America s first Dark Sky Cooperative liks commuities, tribes, busiesses, state agecies, federal agecies ad citizes i a collaborative effort to celebrate the view of the cosmos, miimize the impact of outdoor lightig ad ultimately restore atural darkess to the area. Sept. 1, 2015 marked the 50th aiversary of Delaware Water Gap NRA. Fifty years ago, the U.S. Cogress respoded to the grassroots efforts of the people from the Delaware River Valley ad abadoed the desecratio of the logest udammed river i the Easter Uited States. Istead, they created the Delaware Water Gap NRA without a dam or a mamade lake. At the ed of the day, the river ad the surroudig valley were preserved i perpetuity for future geeratios. Sice 1965, the Delaware Water Gap NRA has ivited visitors to ejoy 40 miles of free-flowig river ad some 70,000 acres of forests ad floodplais, waterfalls ad marshes, beaches ad moutai terrai. The park s 186 miles of trail ad 160 miles of sceic tourig roads have served to provide great visitor experieces. Additioally, Its atural settig makes it the perfect locatio for wildlife viewig, icludig black bear, deer ad a wide variety of birds, stated Supt. Joh J. Doahue. The park is i the process of developig a Visitor Use Maagemet Pla ad a Historic Properties Maagemet Pla so the public ca help determie where the ext cetury will take their park. Today, Supt. Doahue said, we are focused o the future eve as we pause to reflect o the past. We have a visio of a sustaiable operatios reflectig the values of atural ad historical coservatio ad creatig a easily recogizable idetity for this special place that icludes educatio, orgaizatioal efficiecy ad, most of all, our eighbors as full parters i creatig that future. We ivite everyoe to come to the park ad ejoy its beauty, experiece ature, lear about its history ad sped time here with frieds ad family. I 2016, Hawai`i Volcaoes NP will celebrate a cetury of carig for ad coectig people to the remarkable ladscape, ative plats ad aimals ad Hawaiia culture liked with Kilauea ad Maua Loa volcaoes. Fouded o August 1, 1916, Hawai`i Volcaoes was the 15th atioal park established i the Uited States ad celebrates its ceteial aiversary alog with the Natioal Park Service itself, which turs 100 o August 25, Ceteial evets are plaed i the park from Jauary 1, 2016 through the ed of 2016, icludig a mothly rager-guided Ceteial Hike Series, with a complemetary After Dark i the Park program. The park s ew Ceteial web page, www. ps. gov/ havo/ getivolved/ 100th-aiversary.htm, features a ew multimedia video, 100 Years i 100 Secods, which highlights 100 years of volcaic eruptios i 100 secods. I a secod video, Share Your Story, Park Rager Adrea Kaawaloa-Okita shares her story as a fourth-geeratio employee of Hawai`i Volcaoes NP ad the importace of coectig the ext geeratio to their atioal park. The web page will be updated with a ceteial caledar of evets. From moitorig the health of bat populatios to miimizig the huma spread of the deadly fugus that causes whiteose sydrome (WNS), the Natioal Park Service has 43 projects uderway i more tha 40 parks to protect ad preserve bats ad their habitats. Park persoel udertake a variety of tasks to safeguard bats, their hiberacula ad materity roosts from WNS, a fugal disease decimatig up to 100 percet of some bat coloies. The NPS dedicated $3 millio to address WNS-related priority issues i parks across the coutry. We re excited to see the creative solutios from parks to fight white-ose sydrome, said Margaret Wild, chief veteriaria for the NPS. From istallig bat gates to usig acoustic surveys, resource maagers employed techiques that best fit the eeds of their parks. The rapid spread of WNS ad its high mortality are uprecedeted i bats, so a multi-proged approach to maage it is critical. WNS, likely itroduced to the U.S. from Europe about 10 years ago, at times has wiped out etire coloies. Bats play importat roles i ecosystems: they eat isects, polliate plats, serve as prey base ad disperse seeds. Maagig bat populatios ad their habitats i light of WNS is a atural resource priority i our atioal parks. For further iformatio ad a list of the projects uderway, visit _bats.cfm.

3 Vol. 22 No. 3 Arrowhead 3 Class of 2015 E&AA Life Member Jae C. Aderso, deputy fee program maager, WASO, Ja. 9, 2015 after 33 years. Jae started her career i 1973 at Lake Rager Statio i Yellowstoe NP as a iformatio receptioist (clerk typist). I 1974, the first year wome wore the gree ad gray, Jae came o board as a park techicia. The ext two summers were spet at Bechler as a backcoutry rager. The witers of foud Jae i the Everglades explorig the magroves for hero ests with the late Joh Ogde, a previous NPS biologist who became the lead biologist ad Everglades expert for Natioal Audubo research. I the sprig of 1977, Jae became a iterpreter at Deali. She foud her home eve built a cabi above the Neaa River ad married fellow seasoal, Will Morris. After 11 years, Jae moved to Washigto, D.C., as a aalyst for the WASO Cocessios Divisio. Soo she was at George Washigto Memorial Parkway as cocessios specialist ad later, as site maager at Great Falls, Va. I 1994, Jae s husbad, Will, became chief of iterpretatio at Mesa Verde NP. Durig those eight years, Jae held a variety of jobs at Mesa Verde. The Chapi 5 Fire of 1996 afforded aother opportuity: maager of the bured area emergecy rehabilitatio project ad later, project maager distributig fee demo moey for Save America s Treasures. She also worked six years with archeologists. As those term positios woud dow, Jae received a phoe call from Jae Moore, WASO recreatio fee maager, who was lookig for a deputy would Jae cosider applyig? I February 2002, Jae joied her couterpart Jae i D.C. They built the fee program together: layig the groudwork ad policy for the Federal Lads Recreatio Ehacemet Act of 2004, developig the ew iteragecy pass, lauchig the NPS ito Recreatio.gov, meetig the challeges of techology, traiig fee supervisors ad hirig oe of the best program teams i the Washigto Office. With that legacy came a very special award: the Crystal Owl Award for traiig ad developmet excellece. Jae also received three Departmetal hoor awards: the Usug Hero Award (2004), the Superior Service Award (2011) ad the Meritorious Service Award (2014). Jae will remai i the Dever area, where Will is a Uited Methodist miister. She iteds to sped time outdoors ad visitig parks ad ca be reached at adersomorris@hotmail.com. Lisa Brewster, admiistrative officer, Glacier NP, Feb. 28, 2015 after 30 years. Lisa s federal career started i 1984 as a part-time persoel clerk at Ozark NSR. She joied the Yellowstoe Huma Resources Office as a HR specialist i 1991 ad a year later was promoted to huma resources officer for Glacier NP. She served may temporary promotios ad details as well as o review teams durig this time. I 2007, she was promoted to admiistrative officer ad served o advisory teams associated with the cetralizatio of admiistrative fuctios Servicewide. Her expertise ad kowledge have bee repeatedly called upo for maagemet reviews at other parks. Lisa will retire to orthwest Motaa with her husbad, E&AA Life Member Neil Brewster, retired cotractig officer. They look forward to explorig Motaa ad ejoyig the park ad surroudig wilderess areas there ad visitig their grow kids i Califoria, Florida, Motaa ad Colorado. E&AA Life Member Irvig Irv Brock, park rager, Ocmulgee NM, Jue 30 after 30 years of federal service, 27 of them with the NPS. Irv s destiy bega 54 years ago i the future Cuyahoga Valley NP where he was bor. His NPS experiece bega i 1980 as a Youg Adult Coservatio Corps crew leader i the ew Cuyahoga Valley NRA, where he was a Boy Scout summer camp couselor. He graduated i 1985 from Ket State Uiversity with a B.S. degree i coservatio ad the voluteered for two years i the U.S. Peace Corps. Irv bega his 27 years of law eforcemet/firefighter service at Buck Islad Reef NM. His time there was cut short by Hurricae Hugo. Homeless, Irv atteded Rager Skills i Grad Cayo NP ad was able to trasfer to Kaloko-Hookohau NHP. He was a foudig member of the park s SCUBA dive team, oce divig with Grateful Dead fouder Jerry Garcia to documet resources for future preservatio alog the Koa Coast. Irv the trasferred to the Atlata District of Chattahoochee River NRA. He became a Ragers Agaist Drugs (RAD) istructor ad the traier. I 1999, he joied Natchez Trace Parkway, where he served six years. He was assiged as a RAD istructor/traier ad detailed six times for ico protectio after 9/11 most memorably Idepedece NHP durig Fox TV s Super Bowl pre-game filmig of celebrities readig the Declaratio of Idepedece. The last detail was i the South Iterior Watch Office, where he toured Harpers Ferry NHP, oe of their evacuatio sites. Irv trasferred to Harpers Ferry, ad a highlight was his assigmet to the Charles Tow curatorial warehouse for Ke Burs filmig of NPS artifacts, archives ad historical memorabilia for the PBS series, The Natioal Parks: America s Best Idea. Irv the joied Ocmulgee NM, where he served for his fial eight years. Durig retiremet, he will cotiue to ejoy family ad travel. Mark Carrico, park rager (law eforcemet), Yuko-Charley Rivers N PRES, Jue 27 after 23 years. Joa Darell, supervisory evirometal specialist ad team maager, Alaska Regioal Office, Sept. 30 after 30 years. Doald Dugas, facility services assistat, Wragell-St. Elias NP & PRES, Jue 25 after six years. Louise Fly, admiistrative support assistat, Yuko-Charley Rivers N PRES ad Gates of the Arctic NP & PRES, May 30 after 11 years. Jea Gamache, Alaska ative affairs liaiso, Alaska Regioal Office, March 21, 2015 after 17 years. Cathy Halaie, budget techicia, Resource Maagemet ad Sciece Divisio, Delaware Water Gap NRA, Sept. 30 after 20 years. Cathy has bee resposible for almost all admiistrative fuctios for divisioal staff i Delaware Water Gap NRA s Divisio of Resource Maagemet ad Sciece for 20 years. Before workig for the NPS, she worked i a similar capacity for several colleges (Uiversity of Massachusetts, Bradeis ad William ad Mary) ad govermet cotractors, pricipally McDoell-Douglas. Cathy ad her husbad, Bill, who is a E&AA life member, will cotiue to reside i ortheast Pesylvaia for ow, but the couple is cosiderig a move to wester Massachusetts. [Please see page 7 for a Alumi News tribute to Bill Halaie.] Marti J. Hase, realty specialist, Alaska Regioal Office, April 3 after 37 years. Marti came to Alaska for adveture i the mid-1970s. After workig several private jobs, he joied the Bureau of Lad Maagemet, where he worked o lad coveyaces ad pipelie right-of-ways (ROWs) ad served as the towsite trustee for Alaska. After trasferrig to the NPS, Marti worked o the lad resources team for the Alaska Regio, focusig o ROWs, leasig, avigability, easemet maagemet ad may other realty matters. Marti will ow be spedig more time ruig up the moutais of Alaska ad trekkig across other cotiets. Jill Hawk, superitedet, NPS Law Eforcemet Traiig Ceter, Aug. 28 after 26 years. E&AA Member Joh Hiscock, superitedet, Pipe Sprig NM, Oct. 13 after 40 years. Joh first worked seasoally for the NPS i 1977 as a iterpretive ad geeralist park techicia ad rager at Jewel Cave NM. Subsequetly, he worked at Lehma Caves NM (ow Great Basi NP), Death Valley NM (ow atioal park) ad Great Sad Dues NM (ow atioal park ad preserve). He was ivolved i cave exploratio at Jewel Cave ad was o the discovery ad exploratio team for Little Muddy Cave at Lehma Caves. He also worked seasoally for the U.S. Forest Service i Bridger-Teto Natioal Forest. Joh s first permaet NPS positio was i 1982 at Mammoth Cave NP as a split park techicia i iterpretatio, resource maagemet ad law eforcemet. He obtaied his Juris Doctor law degree at the Uiversity of Utah ad served as a law clerk for DOI s regioal solicitor s office i Salt Lake City. He wrote joural legal articles o protectio of BLM Wilderess Study Areas ad protectio of atioal parks from exteral threats. I 1985, Joh retured to the NPS as cocessios maagemet specialist at Zio NP, where he also offered maagemet support o legal ad resource maagemet issues ad oversaw restoratio of Zio Lodge. Next, i the Alaska Regioal Office, he was subsistece specialist ad the promoted to brach chief ad maager of Subsistece Regulatios ad Policy. Joh became superitedet of Pipe Sprig NM i Here, he forged umerous partership agreemets with the Kaibab Bad of Paiute Idias, whose reservatio surrouds the moumet. He also led the park through fudametal research ad resource documetatio. I additio, he served o may regioal ad atioal maagemet ad advisory teams, icludig as traier with Operatio Future, four years as chair ad member of the Colorado Plateau Cluster Leadership Coucil, four years as chair ad member of the IMR Tri-Cluster Cosultatio Committee o America Idia relatios, six years as a member, vice-chair ad chair of the aalytical budgetary Scorecard Advisory Group ad two terms o the board of the Norther Colorado Plateau I&M Network. For four moths i 2013, he was actig Utah state coordiator for NPS i Salt Lake City. Joh ad his wife, Tracy, will cotiue to live i Kaab, Utah. He may be reached at johwhiscock@gmail.com. Jim Jackso, chief rager, Jefferso Natioal Expasio Memorial, July 24 after over 25 years. Mary Klie, chief of visitor services ad resources, Steamtow NHS, Aug. 3 after over 33 years. Tom Locke, cotractig officer, Dever Service Ceter, July 23 after 30 years of federal service, seve of them with the NPS. DAVE LUCHSINGER E&AA Life Member David M. Dave Luchsiger, superitedet, Statue of Liberty NM ad Ellis Islad, Ja. 3, 2014 after over 35 years. Dave bega his NPS career at Fire Islad NS as a seasoal laborer. He worked his way up to maiteace mechaic ad served as actig chief of maiteace. He trasferred ito admiistratio, workig as a cocessios specialist, regioal cocessios aalyst ad, fially, as admiistrative chief. He was ivolved i a umber of sigificat projects icludig overseeig the multimillio-dollar rehabilitatio from the 1991 Perfect Storm ad assistig with the recovery efforts of the Flight 800 disaster. Dave later worked as busiess maager at Gateway NRA ad drafted ad egotiated a $70 millio historic lease for the rehabilitatio of Fort Hacock. He also assisted several other parks ad agecies with cooperative agreemets ad leases, icludig Cuyahoga Valley NP. O Sept. 11, 2001, a day before he was to assume his ew positio as deputy superitedet of Mahatta Sites, Dave was called upo to captai a NPS vessel out of Sady Hook, N.J., ad close dow New York Harbor at the Verrazao-Narrows Bridge. Durig his teure, he oversaw a $16.5 millio rehabilitatio of Federal Hall N MEM ad coordiated the joit sessio of Cogress held there o Sept. 6, 2002, to commemorate the evets of 9/11. He also served as actig deputy superitedet of Statue of Liberty NM durig the moumet s reopeig. I 2006, Dave became superitedet of Jea Lafitte NHP & PRES, with maagerial resposibility ad oversight for New Orleas Jazz NHP as well. Durig his teure, the park was early completely rehabilitated from the effects of hurricaes Katria, Rita, Gustav ad Ike. After three years at Jea Lafitte NHP & PRES, Dave became superitedet of Statue of Liberty NM, where he was resposible for both the Statue of Liberty ad Ellis Islad. After Hurricae Sady hit New York Harbor o Oct. 29, 2012, Dave put aside his retiremet plas to reope Liberty Islad o July 4, At Dave s retiremet party, Joshua Laird, commissioer of the Natioal Parks of New York Harbor, said of Dave, Every park he has worked at as a maager has a NPS cotiued o page 4

4 4 Arrowhead Vol. 22 No. 3 Class of 2015 cotiued from page 3 story about him rollig up his sleeves ad workig alogside his employees to get a job doe, icludig sow removal o Liberty Islad. That s the kid of leadership that ispires everyoe to give a little more. Dave ad his wife, Debbie (also a E&AA Life Member), relocated to New Hampshire upo his retiremet. Evely Meyer, budget aalyst, Klodike Gold Rush NHP, May 30 after 26 years. Rita Mihalik, cotractig officer ad fiacial assistace officer, Natioal Capital Regio, Sept. 30 after 27 years. Rita bega her federal career i 1988 as a clerk typist at the Accoutig Operatios Ceter i Resto, Va. She later became a voucher examier. I 1989, she trasferred to Harpers Ferry NHP as a purchasig aget ad later became a cotract specialist. I 2007, Rita joied the Natioal Capital Regio, iitially duty statioed at Atietam NB ad, later, at the Wester MABO i Frederick, Md. As a cotractig officer ad fiacial assistace officer, she primarily processed grats ad fiacial assistace agreemets for all the NPS uits i the Natioal Capital Regio. Durig her retiremet, Rita looks forward to completig home projects, travelig, atiquig ad spedig more time with her gradchildre. elemets for the fial istallatios. We are blessed to work at HFC, she says, to hoor our parks ad share their stories with visitors. Oe of her most persoally meaigful projects was Tuskegee Airme NHS, sice she had five ucles who served i the military durig World War II. Joyce s NPS career has bee rewardig because of the camaraderie ad support from co-workers ad supervisors, past ad preset. She looks forward to a equally rewardig retiremet, travelig with her husbad ad spedig time with childre, gradchildre ad frieds. Beth Patterso, admiistrative support assistat, Gates of the Arctic NP & PRES, Sept. 30 after 42 years. of Licol Boyhood N MEM, where she oversaw developmet of ew visitor ceter exhibits ad a ew park film o Licol securig the services of actor Leoard Nimoy to arrate. She moved to Sleepig Bear Dues NL i 2001, where she iherited a cotroversial Geeral Maagemet Plaig process ad accompayig wilderess proposal that was halted by Departmetal order. She promptly set about re-egagig the public ad overseeig a brad ew iteratio of the pla, ultimately resolvig the most cotroversial issues ad improvig relatioships betwee the park ad the commuity. This work culmiated i the 2014 desigatio at Sleepig Bear Dues of the first wilderess established i the Natioal Park System i five years. As she looks back over her 42 years i the NPS, Dusty otes that Each place I served i had its ow uique qualities. The diversity of culture we experieced at these locatios was truly a blessig to my family ad me, ad each holds special memories ad life experieces. I retiremet, Dusty ad her husbad, Ke, pla to remai i the Sleepig Bear Dues area ear their two grow childre. She looks forward to more travel, time spet with their two gradsos ad beig able to stay up late eough to actually fiish a few books! Christopher D. Smith, visual iformatio specialist (web), Alaska Regioal Office, Sept. 30 after 21 years. Cythia Vo Halle, chief of iterpretatio, Klodike Gold Rush NHP, May 30 after 30 years. Joae Welch, park rager (educatio specialist), Alaska Regioal Office, March 31, 2015 after 24 years. Sharo Wheat-Laster, maagemet ad program aalyst, Natioal Mall ad Memorial Parks, Aug. 28 after 49 years of federal service. Sharo bega her federal career as a iter at the Library of Cogress i 1966 while attedig Burdick Vocatioal High School i Washigto, D.C. I 1970, she joied the Natioal Park Service Washigto Support Office i Lad Acquisitios. After eight years at WASO, Sharo moved to the Natioal Capital Regio Office as a maagemet cosultat. I 1996, she trasferred to Natioal Mall ad Memorial Parks as a maagemet ad program aalyst. I this positio, she primarily maaged fiacial assistace agreemets with the Parterships Divisio. Durig retiremet, Sharo is lookig forward to ew advetures i perfume bottles. JOYCE MORRIS Joyce Morris, exhibits specialist, Harpers Ferry Ceter s Itermoutai Regioal group, Aug. 1 after 34 years. Joyce grew up i the Charles Tow- Harpers Ferry area of West Virgiia. Her first NPS job was through the Youg Adult Coservatio Corps (YACC). She got a permaet job at Harpers Ferry Ceter (HFC) i 1981 as a clerk i the museum productio shop. At the time, staff fabricated the exhibits elemets ihouse, ad the shop was always active with scree pritig, woodcarvig, case ad frame costructio ad such. As HFC s exhibit productio system evolved toward outsourcig, Joyce took advatage of o-the-job traiig opportuities ad moved steadily upward. Assiged to the mior rehab exhibit program, she composed scopes of work, schedules ad govermet estimates ad coordiated the exhibits rehab task orders. Sice 1995, Joyce has served as exhibits specialist, maagig a variety of complex, politically sesitive, multimedia cotracts for high-profile museums ad visitor ceters. She also provided cosultatio ad advisory services ad oversaw fabricatio ad istallatio. Joyce has worked with parks all over the coutry ad especially ejoys sharig the park staff s excitemet whe the trucks arrive with the exhibit NPS CONNIE POTRATZ-WATSON Watso Family Photo E&AA Member Coie L. Potratz- Watso, visual iformatio specialist, Midwest Regio Satellite Office, Ja. 3, 2015 after 36 years. Coie started her 36-year career as a Studet Coservatio Associatio voluteer at Coloial NHP i She served i several seasoal positios there ad i 1980, trasferred to her first permaet job with Carlsbad Cavers NP as a park rager i iterpretatio. Subsequet duty statios icluded Licol Home NHS ad Sait Croix NSR. I 1992, Coie became the NPS Midwest Regio s visual iformatio specialist ad remaied i that positio util her retiremet. She is most grateful to all the NPS family who supported her throughout her career. Mary Pat Saders, park rager (iterpretatio), Yuko-Charley Rivers N PRES ad Gates of the Arctic NP & PRES, May 30 after 20 years. E&AA Life Member Dusty Shultz, superitedet, Sleepig Bear Dues NL, Nov. 2 after 42 years. Growig up as, quite literally, a coal mier s daughter, Dusty bega her NPS career i 1973 as a clerk-steographer at Alleghey Portage Railroad NHS/Johstow Flood N MEM/Fort Necessity NB as part of the Neighborhood Youth Corps program for disadvataged youth. I 1979, she became the admiistrative assistat at Adrew Johso NHS. I 1981, she joied the cotractig brach of the Southeast Regioal Office i Atlata, where she was promoted to regioal chief of cotractig. I 1990, she became superitedet of Moores Creek NB. At Moores Creek NB, she was commeded for completig the log-debated recostructio of the Widow Moore s Creek Bridge. I 1993, Dusty became superitedet E&AA Life Member Russell P. Russ Smith, superitedet, First State NHP, Ja. 5, 2015 after 42 years. Russ bega his NPS career soo after earig a degree i America history from the Uiversity of Delaware. His 27 years of field experiece icluded assigmets at Price William Forest Park, Fort Sumter NM, Idepedece NHP, Hopewell Furace NHS, George Washigto Birthplace NM ad Fredericksburg ad Spotsylvaia Couty Battlefields Memorial NMP. I 11 years at Idepedece NHP, Russ held both supervisory ad staff positios. As the chief of visitor services operatios, he oversaw a complex iterpretive operatio that icluded 19 buildigs ad over 100 park ragers/iterpreters. As the chief of iterpretive support services, he was resposible for traiig iterpretive staff, plaig iterpretive programs ad developig iterpretive media. I 1989, Russ became chief of iterpretatio ad visitor services for the Mid-Atlatic Regio, a positio through which he pioeered the curret iterpretive plaig system used by the NPS. I subsequet regioal office reorgaizatios, he held two other leadership positios i park operatios, workig with park superitedets i over 70 areas. I this capacity, he helped to assure that parks received eeded support. Russ s awards iclude the Mid-Atlatic Regio s Freema Tilde Award (1984), the NPS Director s Desig Award for his iterpretive pla for Edgar Alla Poe NHS (1987), a DOI Superior Service Award (2002) for redesigig the NPS iterpretive plaig system ad the Applema-Judd-Lewis Award for Excellece i Cultural Resource Maagemet (2012). Russ is also a graduate of the USDA s Executive Potetial Program. Russ has bee active i tourism ad preservatio efforts i each of the commuities i which he has lived ad worked. He will cotiue those iterests i retiremet, alog with ejoyig time with his wife, sos ad gradchildre. ROBERT WINFREE NPS photo by Victor Kox Robert Wifree, ecologist ad regioal sciece advisor, Alaska Regioal Office, July 31 after 25 years. Beefactors The followig doatios were received this quarter. Thak you for your support. Joh Case Gle O. Clark Michael ad Doa Healy The estate of Virgiia Huff Breda Hurst Bruce ad Georjea McKeema Elle M. Porter Larry Trombello I memory of Frak Betts Sheila Miller ad Do Chase Bob ad Sally Sellers I memory of Nate Golub Robert Harade I memory of Joh Kawamoto Paulie Kawamoto Frak F. Kowski Memorial Golf Touramet Great Smoky Moutais Seattle

5 Vol. 22 No. 3 Arrowhead 5 Requiescat i Pace E&AA Member Ethel Ashley, 93, Sept. 10, peacefully i her sleep, i Fort Collis, Colo. Ethel s late husbad was E&AA Member Keeth R. Ash Ashley, who retired from the NPS i 1980 as chief of operatios from the Rocky Moutai Regioal Office i Dever, Colo. A Fort Collis, Colo., ative, Ethel graduated from Fort Collis High School ad the Stephes College i Missouri. Her fodest memories were of her life with Ash. Their courtship bega i 1942, ad WWII iterveed, delayig their romace by over two years. Throughout those years, they exchaged may letters. Ash set South Sea shells to Ethel, ad Ethel foud a way to sed Ash a.45 caliber pistol. Durig this time, Ethel worked as a classified advertisig maager for The Fort Collis Express-Courier. Ethel ad Ash were married i December 1945, seve days after Ash retured from the war. I 1947, Ash bega his NPS career as a park rager at Yosemite NP. They wet o to live at other parks where Ash was assiged, icludig Mout Raiier NP, Yellowstoe NP ad the Blue Ridge Parkway. Ethel helped advace Ash s 30-year career by hostig park digitaries ad visitors. Ethel retured to college i 1969 ad eared her elemetary teachig degree. She taught secod grade i Virgiia, Nebraska ad Colorado ad retired from teachig i Durig her retiremet, she was active i umerous civic activities, icludig the Avery House Guild. She ad Ash welcomed may frieds to their home i Fort Collis, where she ejoyed gardeig ad outdoor activities. Ash predeceased Ethel i November Her survivors iclude her daughter, Ja Bruk (Ro); so, Dave (Sadi); two gradchildre: Laurie ad Eric; ad three great-gradchildre: Jacob, Zoe ad Maya. Memorials may be set to Bohleder Fueral Chapel, 121 West Olive, Fort Collis, CO Memorials ca specify the Avery House Guild or Timath Presbyteria Church. H. Lae Baker, 55, April 4, peacefully at her home i Sa Fracisco after a fiveyear battle with cacer. Lae retired from the NPS as superitedet of the Southeast Arizoa Group (Chiricahua NM, Coroado N MEM ad Fort Bowie NHS) i December Prior to her superitedecy, she served as the deputy chief ad the the chief of the Divisio of Law Eforcemet, Security, ad Emergecy Services i WASO. Lae started her NPS career as a seasoal fee collector at Yosemite NP i Durig her 30-year NPS career, she also worked i field assigmets icludig deputy chief rager at Yellowstoe NP, district rager at Old Faithful, special aget, subdistrict rager at Everglades NP ad supervisory rager at Yosemite NP. Shortly before her death, Lae was preseted with her NPS law eforcemet retiremet credetials i a special ceremoy at her Califoria home. I have had the opportuity to work with may woderful people i the Natioal Park Service, said Lae upo retirig. There are may special people that are dedicated to protectig our parks ad visitors... Our parks are world treasures, ad I am glad I got to experiece them from the frot lies. Lae s survivors iclude her parets: Bill ad Em; two sibligs: Terri ad Drew; a ew puppy amed Gracie Lae; coutless frieds; ad her NPS family. Memorial doatios may be made to the Staford Wome s Reproductive Cacer Fud GHARH. Checks may be made out directly to Staford Uiversity with the memo lie GHARH - Lae Baker ad mailed to: Developmet Services, P.O. Box 20466, Staford, CA Or doate olie at medicalgivig.staford.edu. Gary J. Borholdt, 72, May 28. Gary, former safety officer for Sequoia ad Kigs Cayo Natioal Parks (SEKI), retired i 2002 after 10 years of ruig the safety office at SEKI s headquarters. Prior to that, he worked i the Lodgepole Subdistrict of SEKI ad at (the) Piacles NM ad Everglades NP. Gary s career took him all over the coutry, ad he was a avid ad skilled motorcyclist, cowboy, fly-fisherma, huter, boater, camper, walker, reader, kachia carver, leather ad metal worker, musicia ad artist. His survivors iclude his daughter, Mary Ladd, ad her family ad his brothers, Richard ad Ke Borholdt, ad their families. Gerald Jerry Buckbider, 77, Feb. 13, i New Bruswick, N.J. Jerry was a pritig officer for the NPS i Washigto, D.C., for 43 years. He was bor i Pawtucket, R.I., ad had lived i New Jersey sice Jerry s survivors iclude his brother, Saford; sister, Marily; ad may ieces ad ephews ad great-ieces ad greatephews. Memorial cotributios may be made to your favorite charity. E&AA Life Member James Jim Fisher, 92, March 24, peacefully at home i Motrose, Colo. Jim retired i 1980 from (the) Black Cayo of the Guiso NM, where he worked i maiteace drivig the water truck. He was a WWII vetera, sailig o Liberty ships i the merchat marie across the North Atlatic. Jim joied the NPS i the carpeter shop i Yellowstoe NP i 1957, becomig the sig ma for the park the followig year. Some of his sigs ad roadside exhibits are still i use today. The ew elemetary school was built below the hill while he was o the school board there. His job expaded ito summer maiteace at Grat Village whe it was ew i I 1969, Jim relocated to Flagstaff, Ariz., to help establish the ew Group Office there, supportig the may atioal moumets i Norther Arizoa. After three years, he moved to Virgi Islads NP as chief of maiteace, ejoyig the islad life for a couple of years. A trasfer to Grad Teto NP i 1974 to North District maiteace at Coulter Bay gave him opportuities to work with sowplows agai. The move to Crater Lake NP i 1976 as chief of maiteace brought to a close his maagemet positios. Whe Jim arrived i 1979 at Black Cayo to drive the water truck (Black Cayo has o water i the park), he made the sixth ma to work i maiteace. The other five had all worked for him at other sites aroud the Service. He cotiued his participatio with the atioal traiig cadre, eve as a truck driver. A early retiremet optio i 1980 from the Dever Regio was too good to pass up, ad Jim retired with 23 years of NPS service at age 58. Jim ad his wife, Alice, made frieds everywhere they were assiged. They had may advetures o tours aroud the world. After retiremet, they cotiued to live i Motrose, traveled from there ad ejoyed Wester Colorado, where Jim climbed 28 of the 14ers o that side of the state. His Adirodack chairs are everywhere i the Ucompahgre Valley. Both voluteered at the local library ad hospital. Jim also voluteered with Colorado Fish ad Game. Jim is survived by Alice; his two sos: Warre (Deb) ad Will (Joa); three graddaughters: Jaie, Abby ad Katie; four great-gradchildre: Ava, Coer, Hadley ad Cecilia; ad brother, Morris (Jea). Notes may be set to Alice at: 2710 Suyside Road A4, Motrose, CO Tom Flaaga, 38, Aug. 21, road bikig o Lookout Moutai Road i Golde, Colo., whe he was hit ad killed by a suspected druk driver. Tom bega his career with the NPS i 2006 as a SCEP iter with the Evirometal Quality Divisio (EQD). He the became a project maager before movig ito a leadership role as the EQD Evirometal Iformatio Maagemet brach chief. I that positio, he played a sigificat role i moderizig the NPS exteral evirometal review process. Tom s survivors iclude his wife, Carrie, ad seve-year-old so, Owe. David Gallery, 34, Jue 26, uexpectedly, at his residece. David, IT specialist for the Natioal Capital Regio Commuicatios Ceter (NCRCC) ad logtime Chesapeake ad Ohio Caal NHP employee, was a secod geeratio NPS employee. His father, Marti Gallery, retired i Jauary 2015 after 36 years of service at Chesapeake ad Ohio Caal NHP. I 1999, David bega workig i IT at Chesapeake ad Ohio Caal NHP, where he worked util his trasfer to the NCRCC i September His survivors iclude his wife, Leatrice; so, Zae; parets; sisters; ad may frieds. E&AA Life Member Natha B. Nate Golub, 97, Oct. 8, i Newtow, Pesylvaia. Nate served 25 years i the NPS, retirig i 1980 as associate regioal director, Operatios ad Park Maagemet, Mid- Atlatic Regio, Philadelphia. He graduated with a bachelor of sciece degree i forestry maagemet from the State Uiversity of New York College of Evirometal Sciece ad Foresty, Syracuse Uiversity i Nate was a vetera of the U.S. Army Air Corps, servig durig WWII ( ) i the Air Trasport Commad, 52d Air Base Squadro. I 1943, he married Miriam L. Stoe, ad the couple wet o to have three childre. Nate obtaied his professioal egieer s licese i 1948, ad his first permaet NPS appoitmet was i 1955 as a civil egieer at the Easter Office of Desig ad Costructio, later becomig chief egieer i Subsequetly, he served as chief of the Divisio of Maiteace for the Northeast Regio (1961) ad assistat regioal director, Operatios, Northeast Regio (1970). He became associate regioal director, Operatios ad Park Maagemet, Mid-Atlatic Regio, i 1972 ad served i this positio util his retiremet. Durig his NPS career, Nate was deeply ivolved i brigig recogitio to park maiteace persoel as beig equally importat as other NPS divisios. After retiremet, Nate voluteered at Gettysburg NMP ad North Cascades NP ad was a member of various committees ad boards, icludig the Bucks Couty Park ad Recreatio Board, Bucks Couty Coservatio Alliace, Sol Feistoe Evirometal Awards Committee ad Hoey Hollow Evirometal Educatio Ceter. He was a member of evirometal ad historic orgaizatios, icludig Frieds of the Delaware Caal, Nature Coservacy, Audubo Society ad Wilderess Society. He was a charter member ad past presidet ad Paul Harris Fellow of the Washigto Crossig Rotary Club ad also served as maager of the David Library of the America Revolutio. He ejoyed gardeig, woodworkig ad travelig. Nate was predeceased by his wife, Miriam, i His survivors iclude his two daughters: Judith ad Deborah; so, David; graddaughter, Kyra (Gaurav); great-gradso, Arju; ad brother, David. E&AA Life Member Virgiia Huff, 96, Feb. 28, 2014, i Middlesboro, Ky. Virgiia was the assistat to Middlesboro Chamber of Commerce Secretary Howard J. Douglas, who spet over two decades purchasig park lads i Ketucky ad Virgiia as part of the formatio of Cumberlad Gap NHP. She became the first secretary of the park ad made valuable cotributios to its formatio. She was awarded the DOI Meritorious Service Award ad appoited Hoorary Historia for her more tha 54 years of service promotig kowledge ad uderstadig of the area s history. Cumberlad Gap NHP Historia Martha E. Wiley dedicated her 2014 book, Images of America: The Cumberlad Gap Natioal Historical Park, to Virgiia as follows: To Virgiia Huff, whose commitmet ad love for the park have ispired so may. Kathry Berice Kathy Lester, 74, Aug. 9, followig a battle with cacer. Bor i Moreci, Ariz., Kathy ad her family moved to Seattle whe she was a girl. There, she atteded school, made lifelog frieds, played some serious semipro softball ad swam to her heart s cotet. She also atteded Cetral Washigto Uiversity. Kathy met her future husbad, Bill Lester, i Port Ageles, Wash., where he was a Olympic NP rager, ad after their marriage, made their home at the Lake Ozette Guard Statio. The famous archeological digs of the mid-1970s became her project, ad lifelog friedships were forged with Makah tribal elders. After her daughter, Mary, was bor i 1976, they trasferred to North Cascades NP. She ad Bill had built the park s first alpie plat restoratio greehouse behid their home o the Marblemout compoud out of salvaged materials. They also built the first permaet Wilderess Iformatio Ceter after the little travel trailer proved to be too small. I additio, with Mary iheritig her mother s love for aimals, they built a small bar behid their govermet house, where Mary kept her poy, lamb ad other creatures large ad small. Kathy became very ivolved i 4-H, Poy Club, Greyhoud dog rescue ad hostig dozes of barbecues ad potlucks for seasoal NPS staff. She also worked for umerous local busiesses ad agecies, icludig Cascadia Farm i Rockcotiued o page 6

6 6 Arrowhead Vol. 22 No. 3 Requiescat i Pace cotiued from page 5 port ad the U.S. Forest Service i Darrigto ad at Casa de Fruita i Califoria whe Bill worked at Piacles NM. Ad, despite her advacig illess this past year, Kathy voluteered may hours helpig at Marblemout s Bread of Life Food Bak. For the past 10 years, Kathy hosted a most uusual, multi-day campout party for her may Greyhoud rescue frieds ad their dogs o her lad up the Cascade River Road. These times will ever be forgotte by those who were there! Kathy was preceded i her passig by both of her parets, her husbad, Bill, ad umerous horses, poies, goats ad dogs, especially her beloved Greyhoud, Fly Boy. She is survived by her daughter, Mary (Will) ad gradso, James; brother, Bruce; brother-i-law, Jerry; umerous other i-laws, ieces ad ephews; ad her lifelog fried, Mary Lagbei. The family wishes to thak Dr. Daiel Garcia of Cocrete ad his woderful staff at East Valley Medical/Sea Mar for their care ad support. Doatios i Kathy s ame may be made to the Humae Society of Skagit Valley, Kelleher Road, Burligto, WA E&AA Life Member Dr. William J. Bill Lewis, 91, July 15, at home i Vermot. Bill atteded Brigham Youg Uiversity. His coursework there was iterrupted whe he joied the U.S. Navy durig WWII, but he cotiued his studies at Midshipma School at Columbia Uiversity, Commuicatios School at Harvard Uiversity ad while he served as commuicatios officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Shamrock Bay. After WWII, Bill retured to Brigham Youg, earig B.A. degrees i speech ad physics. I 1948, he obtaied his master s degree i mass commuicatio from Northwester Uiversity ad, i 1955, a Ph.D. i rhetoric ad public address from the Uiversity of Florida. Durig this time, he also helped to produce radio ad televisio programs at WRUF i Gaiesville, Fla., ad WJXT i Jacksoville. He married his first wife, Roberta Jea (Watso) Lewis, ad they had four childre. Wherever Bill was, he was teachig spedig school years i the classroom ad summers as a rager at Yellowstoe NP. I 1954, after a year as a istructor i speech at Pesylvaia State Uiversity, he bega his distiguished career at the Uiversity of Vermot (UVM), first as a professor i the Departmet of Commuicatio. I cojuctio with that role, as the departmet s director of radio ad televisio, he hosted the program, Livig ad Learig o local CBS affiliate WCAX-TV. He served as head of UVM s Mass Commuicatio Divisio ad as iterim departmet chair. Bill was the fouder ad first statio maager of WRUV ad the director of a project report sposored by the Ford Foudatio that was istrumetal i brigig public televisio to the state of Vermot. O a sabbatical leave durig the 1967/1968 school year, Bill was a lecturer at Sa Fracisco State Uiversity while assistig oted sematicist S.I. Hayakawa. He cotiued his work for the NPS, primarily at Yellowstoe NP, as a rager, aturalist ad a traier of aturalists. His book, Iterpretig for Park Visitors, is cosidered a classic ad a must-read for ayoe i the field of iterpretatio ad commuicatio. I 1981, Bill became a professor i UVM s Departmet of Sociology. He retired from the NPS i 1983 as iterpretive commuicatio specialist at Yellowstoe NP. I 1988, he was the recipiet of a Fellow Award from the Natioal Associatio of Iterpretatio for his writte ad oral achievemets. I 1989, the year of his retiremet from UVM, he received the college s George V. Kidder Award for excellece i teachig ad motivatig studets. I retiremet, Bill remaied active with trips to Yellowstoe NP, family reuios, weddigs, birthdays, outigs to music ad theater evets ad the stadig room oly carol sigs hosted each witer by him ad his wife, Sue, at their home i Vermot. Bill s survivors iclude his wife, Suzae Kusserow; her childre, Paul, Karl ad Adrie ad their families; his daughter, Kathy (Chet); so, Britt (Mila); so, Jim (Chiyoko) ad so, Roger (Thea); his sisters, Marily (Gle), Carla (Jerry) ad Kare (Mack); brother, Robert (Phyllise); ad dozes of gradchildre, great-gradchildre, ieces ad ephews, ad may dear frieds, icludig his first wife, Roberta Jea. A sister, Margaret, predeceased him i Memorial cotributios may be made to: The Craftsbury Chamber Players, P.O. Box 37 Craftsbury, VT ( or to the Greater Yellowstoe Coalitio, 215 South Wallace Aveue, Bozema, MT (www. greateryellowstoe.org). Olie codoleces may be made at E&AA Life Member Alla Leaf Al Lovaas, 84, Aug. 9, at home i Hot Sprigs, S.Dak. Al retired from the NPS i 1993 after 27 years of service. I 1953, he graduated from South Dakota State College with a bachelor of sciece degree. He served i the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1955, statioed i Fort Riley, Kas., ad Bremerhave, Germay, the obtaied a master s degree i fish ad wildlife maagemet from Motaa State College i Al married Nacy Elle Collis i 1958, ad they spet their hoeymoo at Yellowstoe NP. Prior to joiig the NPS, Al worked for the Motaa Fish ad Game Departmet ad the Caadia Wildlife Service. Al s first permaet NPS appoitmet was as regioal biologist at the Midwest Regioal Office i He wet o to joi Wid Cave NP as park biologist i Subsequetly, he was regioal chief scietist at the Midwest Regioal Office ( ). I 1981, he became regioal chief scietist at the Alaska Regioal Office, from where he retired i Al was predeceased by Nacy, his wife of 56 years. His survivors iclude his so, Erik (Jeifer); sister, Ruth (Ordea); brother, Richard (Shirley); ad may ieces, ephews, grad-ieces ad grad-ephews. E&AA Life Member Virgiia R. Mahollad, 89, Oct. 20. Virgiia retired i 1990 from the Dever Service Ceter, where she served for may years as a program assistat for the Wester Team. She truly loved her frieds i the Natioal Park Service ad was very proud to have bee a part of the NPS missio. For may years, she participated i lucheos with local area NPS alumi. She would ve celebrated her 90th birthday o November 8, Virgiia s survivors iclude two daughters: Terry ad Sue, oe so: Michael, ad gradchildre. She was preceded i death by her husbad, Earl, i Joh R. McCabe, 66, Aug. 6, at home i New Port Richey, Fla. Joh served i the Natioal Park Service for 30 years, retirig as curator from Sprigfield Armory NHS i He was a U.S. Army vetera who served i Germay durig the Vietam War. Joh s survivors iclude two sisters, Mary Rittma (Larry) ad Ae Bryce (David), ad several ieces ad ephews. Memorial cotributios may be made to St. Kevi Church, 333 Sady Lae, Warwick, RI Da Murphy, 74, Jue 14, i St. Louis, Mo., due to cogestive heart failure. After receivig his degree i history ad archeology from the State Uiversity of New York, Da moved to New Mexico. He was a opera siger i the chorus of the Metropolita Opera i his youger years ad cotiued to sig for various cogregatios ad occasios throughout his life. He worked at the UN ad was a U.S. Coast Guardsma, carpeter, ad teacher, ad a Elder Hostel guide. He leared to fly small plaes before he leared to drive ad was a pilot for much of his life. Da joied the NPS i 1969 ad worked at Arches NP, Grad Cayo NP, Grad Teto NP, Salias Pueblo Missios NM, the Gateway Arch ad the Sata Fe Regioal Office i a variety of assigmets icludig archeologist, park rager, writer/editor ad historia. As a archeologist at Salias Pueblo Missios NM, he fouded the Gra Quivira Coferece o Spaish Coloial History. He wrote several books, icludig, New Mexico, The Distat Lad, ad the award-wiig Lewis ad Clark, Voyage of Discovery. He cotributed to the desig ad creatio of the Museum of Westward Expasio at the Gateway Arch i St. Louis, traveled to Ghaa ad Sierra Leoe to assist i the developmet of a atioal park service there ad wrote ad edited a wide umber of iterpretive ad educatioal publicatios for the NPS. But perhaps his strogest legacy was as a metor, traier, coach ad istructor for permaet ad seasoal ragers. Da was always itellectually curious, a powerful public speaker ad had a woderful sese of humor ad sese of adveture. Da was istrumetal i the foudig of Cayolads Field Istitute, a orgaizatio promotig uderstadig ad coservatio of the Colorado Plateau. He was also a river ruer ad guide, spedig may memorable days i the cayos of the Colorado ad Sa Jua rivers. After retiremet, Da was the caretaker for Cuigham Rach, a Nature Coservacy property i Cisco, Utah. I his later years, he lived i Bluff, Utah; Salt Lake City; Sata Fe; ad St. Louis. Da s survivors iclude his brother ad sister-i-law, Dale ad Barbara; sister, Mary Elle Wheeler; childre, Russell Murphy, Laurie Murphy, Susa Reyolds ad Kathlee Murphy; ad gradchildre Ia, Etha, Alex, Ciara ad Max. Memorial doatios may be made to Cayolads Field Istitute at cfimoab.org/doatios-membership/. The bottom of the doatio page has a place for memorial cotributios. E&AA Member Joh M. Parks, 77, July 29, peacefully at home i Sata Fe, N.Mex., followig a struggle with Alzheimer s disease. Joh was raised i Albay, Calif. Frieds ad family affectioately called him Johy. He grew up explorig the outdoors i the Sa Fracisco Bay Area with his best fried, Hi Patto. Joh graduated from the Uiversity of JOHN PARKS Parks Family Photo Califoria, Berkeley with a degree i civil egieerig. While i college, he bega his 40-year career with the NPS, workig summers i Yosemite NP, Glacier NP, Sequoia NP ad Rocky Moutai NP. A year after graduatio, Joh married A Thomaso, whom he had met i Sequoia NP, ad they bega their lives as Parks i the parks. Joh s first permaet job with the NPS was with the Wester Office of Desig ad Costructio i Sa Fracisco. Each summer, Joh ad A were set o field assigmets begiig with Yellowstoe NP. Subsequet short assigmets icluded Mesa Verde NP, Black Cayo of the Guiso NP, Diosaur NM (where their first child, Daiel, was bor) ad Hoveweep NM. I 1963, Joh was set to Flamig Gorge, Utah, where he ad A welcomed their daughter, Jey. Eightee moths later, Joh was trasferred to Grad Cayo NP, where he served as chief egieer. While there, their so, Thomas, was bor i the rustic log hospital. After six-ad-a-half years at Grad Cayo NP, Joh trasferred to Mout Raiier NP, where he was assistat superitedet for five-ad-a-half years. Fially, i 1977, he joied the Southwest Regioal Office i Sata Fe as chief of operatios. Here, he supervised costructio ad maiteace i the seve-state Southwest Regio for 20 years, retirig as chief of the Divisio of Egieerig ad Facility Maagemet i Joh s survivors iclude his wife, A; childre: Daiel, Jey (Kevi Brow) ad Thomas; four gradsos: Aida, Josh, Miles ad Garrett; brother, George (Aa); ad iece, Louisa. He was preceded i death by his daughter-i-law, Tesli, ad his parets, Joh W. ad Elsie. Memorial doatios may be made to the Alzheimer s Associatio, New Mexico Chapter, P.O. Box 96011, Washigto, DC Gregory F. Zema, 59, April 26. Greg worked as a seasoal law eforcemet rager at Apostle Islads NL, Voyageurs NP ad Blue Ridge Parkway. He obtaied permaet federal employmet status as a correctioal officer at the Oxford Federal Correctioal Istitutio i Oxford, Wis. Greg was a jail supervisor at Yosemite NP from 1986 to He later worked at Vicksburg NMP, first as the assistat chief rager ad the as chief rager. He was chief of protectio at Apostle Islads NL from 2001 util his retiremet i Greg s survivors iclude his wife, Costace; daughter, Kira; so, Kurt; ad mother, Hazel.

7 Vol. 22 No. 3 Arrowhead 7 New Places & Faces Jacquelie Ashwell, from superitedet, Seattle Area Natioal Park Sites, to superitedet, World War II Valor i the Pacific NM (icludig the USS Arizoa Memorial ad the ewly created Hoouliuli NM). Jim Baco, from superitedet, Natioal Park of America Samoa, to project maager, Plaig Divisio, Dever Service Ceter. Charles Beall, from a temporary assigmet to the NPS Ceteial Office, to superitedet, Seattle Area Natioal Park Sites. Charles recetly completed a tour as a NPS Bevietto Cogressioal Fellow. Steve Black, from superitedet, Big Hole NB, to superitedet, Little River Cayo N PRES ad Russell Cave NM. Eric Bruema, from superitedet, Badlads NP, to superitedet, Guadalupe Moutais NP. Jo Burpee, from NPS Bevietto Cogressioal Fellow, to superitedet, Tule Sprigs Fossil Beds NM. Prior to Jo s Bevietto fellowship, he was chief of iterpretatio ad educatio at Fort Frederica NM ad Castillo de Sa Marcos NM. Paul Clark, to regioal program leader, Rivers, Trails ad Coservatio Assistace program, Alaska Regio. Paul DePrey, from superitedet, World War II Valor i the Pacific NM, to superitedet, Salem Maritime NHS ad Saugus Iro Works NHS. Paul will also serve as NPS liaiso to the Essex Natioal Heritage Area. Jeifer JJ Di Bella, to chief of Learig ad Developmet Program, WASO. Virgiia S. DuBowy, from atural resources program maager, Vicksburg NMP, to chief of resources, Bighor Cayo NRA. Alle S. Etheridge, from chief rager, Big Bed NP ad Rio Grade WSR, to superitedet, Southeast Arizoa Group (Chiricahua NM, Coroado N MEM ad Fort Bowie NHS). Joh N. Gibbs, from park rager (law eforcemet), Golde Gate NRA, to supervisory park rager (law eforcemet), Grad Cayo NP. David Hase, from park rager, Bryce Cayo NP, to chief rager, Lava Beds NM ad the Tule Lake Uit of World War II Valor i the Pacific NM. Sarah Hopso, from admiistrative specialist for the White House Divisio, Presidet s Park, to maagemet ad support specialist, Natioal Capital Regio. Jill Jaworski, supervisory protectio rager, fee program maager ad special park use coordiator, Castillo de Sa Marcos NM ad Fort Matazas NM, to chief rager, Cape Lookout NS. Larry Johso, from superitedet, Jewel Cave NM, to superitedet, Ozark NSR. Jeremiah Kimbell, to petroleum egieer, Geologic Resources Divisio. Emily Liroth, to public affairs specialist, Natioal Capital Regio. Deise Louie, from atural ad cultural resources maagemet chief, Piacles NP, to assistat team leader, Natural Resources, Pacific West Regio - Sa Fracisco. Bria Mitchell, from actig program maager, South Florida/Caribbea Network, NPS Ivetory ad Moitorig Program, to chief, Ivetory ad Moitorig Divisio, Southeast Regio. Prior to his actig assigmet, Bria was the maager for the Northeast Temperate Network, NPS Ivetory ad Moitorig Program. Rick Oberesser, from superitedet, Wragell-St. Elias NP & PRES, to associate director for visitor ad resource protectio, WASO. Bret O Neill, from maagemet assistat, Office of the Superitedet, to district rager, North District, George Washigto Memorial Parkway. Mike Pflaum, from superitedet, Keweeaw NHP, to superitedet, Badlads NP. Stephe Pisai, from historical architect, Historic Architecture, Coservatio ad Egieerig Ceter, Northeast Regio - Lowell, Mass., to historical architect, George Washigto Memorial Parkway. Christie Chris Powell, from NPS seior cogressioal affairs specialist, WASO, to associate regioal director for legislatio, commuicatios, plaig ad parterships, Midwest Regio. Michael Quijao-West, from superitedet, Salem Maritime NHS ad Saugus Iro Works NHS, to program coordiator, Park Plaig ad Special Studies Divisio, Northeast Regioal Office. Lizette Richardso, from chief, Costructio Program Maagemet Divisio - Dever, to superitedet, Lake Mead NRA. Reed Robiso, from deputy superitedet, Badlads NP, to program maager, Office of America Idia Affairs, Midwest Regio. David Roemer, from chief of resource maagemet ad sciece, to deputy superitedet, Redwood NP. Lori Rome, from chief of iterpretatio, Capitol Reef NP, to iterpretive specialist, America Battle Moumet Commissio i Normady, Frace (for a 18-moth detail, which rus through Ja. 21, 2017). Chris Rya, from chief rager, Cuyahoga Valley NP, to superitedet, Amistad NRA. Deise E. Rya, to deputy director for cogressioal ad exteral relatios, NPS Office of Legislative ad Cogressioal Affairs. Georgia Shaw, from chief rager, Jea Lafitte NHP & PRES, New Orleas Jazz NHP ad Cae River Creole NHP, to superitedet, NPS Law Eforcemet Traiig Ceter. Gary Stasberry, from maiteace supervisor for roads, railroad ad auto shop, Cuyahoga Valley NP, to chief of maiteace, Biscaye NP. LEE TAYLOR Lee Taylor, from superitedet, Sa Jua Islad NHP, to deputy superitedet, Olympic NP. Gay Vietzke, from deputy regioal director, Northeast Regio, to superitedet, Natioal Mall ad Memorial Parks. Agela Wetz, from superitedet, Nicodemus NHS, to superitedet, Fossil Butte NM. Larry Whalo, from actig superitedet, to superitedet, Lava Beds NM ad the Tule Lake Uit of World War II Valor i the Pacific NM. Prior to his actig assigmet, Larry was deputy superitedet of Mojave N PRES. Tamara Tammy Whittigto, from associate regioal director of resource stewardship ad sciece, Itermoutai Regio, to superitedet, Big Cypress N PRES. Roy Zipp, from evirometal protectio specialist, North Cascades Natioal Park Service Complex, to operatios maager, Ebey s Ladig Natioal Historical Reserve. E&AA welcomes the followig ew members: James Kedrick, Gee Smith ad Joh H. Sprikle, Jr. NPS Alumi News Sept. 1, 2015 marked the ed of a era, as the first day i early three decades that the NPS Morig Report was ot published. The followig is a tribute to E&AA Life Member Bill Halaie, editor of the Morig Report, provided by Midwest Regioal Director Camero Sholly: Always reliable, the report will be remembered as oe of the logest ruig ad successful commuicatios platforms i NPS history. Sice 1986, it has featured over 20,000 NPS icidets, alog with thousads of other stories profilig the icredible work of NPS employees ad parters aroud the coutry. Like everythig, our systems ad processes are oly as good as the people maagig them. I the case of the report, oe perso deserves the credit for its sustaied success: Bill Halaie. Bill developed a visio for the report i the mid-1980s, while workig i WASO, ad executed it i remarkable fashio over the ext 30 years. Not oly did he serve as the primary editor betwee 1986 ad 2015, for the majority of that time spa, he was the oly editor. Oly i recet years, was a backup editor available to Bill. We all owe Bill a eormous debt of gratitude for the thousads of hours he spet editig this report. He ever missed a beat, eve o his vacatios ad weekeds, for early 30 years. Bill started his career as a seasoal iterpretive rager i 1974 at Little Bighor Battlefield NM. He the worked seasoally as a iterpreter rager at Mesa Verde NP ( ), moved to Coloial NHP as a permaet i protectio ( ), the to Miute Ma NHP as a protectio rager ( ). He moved to WASO i 1985 as the NPS uiform program maager ad bega editig the report i After early 10 years i WASO, he became a maagemet assistat to the superitedet at Delaware Water Gap NRA, where he cotiued editig the report as a collateral duty util he retired i Luckily for the NPS, after his official retiremet, he cotiued editig the report as a NPS cotractor, workig for WASO commuicatios for the past eight years. Bill s great work ad cotributios have bee recogized by may over the years. He is the recipiet of coutless awards, icludig: Distiguished Service Award give by the Associatio of Natioal Park Ragers; three Director s Performace Awards for developmet of Servicewide reportig systems ad helpig develop the Service s first website i 1995; the Outstadig Service Award from the Iteratioal Rager Federatio for his role i writig ad publishig The Thi Gree Lie; the Departmet of the Iterior s (DOI) Usug Hero Award, give for his sustaied efforts i Service commuicatios i 1999; the DOI Meritorious Service Award give i 2006 for his wide-ragig career achievemets; the Presidet s Award from the Associatio of Natioal Park Ragers i 2009; ad, most recetly, the George B. Hartzog Award give by the Coalitio of NPS Retirees i For those of you that kow Bill, you kow his skill ad dedicatio are uparalleled. Despite movig through various positios i the NPS, he took a persoal owership of the report out of pure ad selfless dedicatio to the NPS missio ad its employees. Throughout his career, Bill has bee kow for beig selfless, humble, high performig, highly reliable, dedicated to the missio ad committed to excellece. His efforts had very real ad positive impacts o tes of thousads of readers over the years. While the report may be goe for ow, the impacts of Bill s cotributios will always be remembered ad greatly appreciated. Ad also from your frieds at the E&AA thaks for all of your years of great work, Bill!

8 A Update for the Readers of the E&AA Arrowhead Newsletter As may of you may recall, i 2012, the Employees ad Alumi Associatio of the Natioal Park Service (E&AA) chaged the way we produced ad distributed the Arrowhead ewsletter i respose to the Natioal Park Service director s Gree Parks Pla for sustaiig ad coservig resources through reduced cosumptio. Up to that time, we had utilized sigificat material ad fiscal resources distributig a hardcopy Arrowhead ewsletter ot oly to 1,900 E&AA members but also to over 20,000 Natioal Park Service employees. I the spirit of goig gree, we started producig ad distributig the Arrowhead ewsletter electroically by postig it to the E&AA website at where members, employees ad alumi ca access it at ay time from a persoal computer, ipad, iphoe, etc. Today, because of this decisio i cooperatio with Natioal Park Service goals for usig techology to dissemiate iformatio, we have saved the material ad fiscal resources that we would have expeded over the past three years producig ad distributig thousads of issues of the hard-copy Arrowhead ewsletter. We wat to take this momet to thak all of our members who joied with us i this resource-savig iitiative by goig olie to access the Arrowhead ewsletter. We still have some members to whom we mail a hard copy of the Arrowhead ewsletter, but the umber is decliig. Evetually, we will have to cease producig ad distributig hard-copy versios of the Arrowhead i the spirit of goig completely gree. For ow, we will cotiue to provide the prited versio to those members who wat it, ad we will aouce i advace ay chage to this approach. We are grateful for the iterest ad support of all of our E&AA members. Cotribute Your Stories to the E&AA Arrowhead Newsletter Submit iformatio, stories ad photos to E&AA Arrowhead, 470 Marylad Drive, Suite 1, Fort Washigto, PA Iformatio ca also be ed to jeifer.alle@eadaa.org or faxed to (215) Photographs are welcomed. Please photos as tiff or jpeg files at 300 pixels per ich. Please idetify who is i the photo ad who took the photo. If the photo is mailed as a hard copy ad you would like it to be retured, please provide a SASE. We are ot resposible for usolicited material. We will use as may submissios as possible i a issue. Time-sesitive materials ad those received first will receive priority. We may hold submissios for use i a later issue. Please cotact Jeifer Alle with ay questios about submissios at (215) , ext Cotributio to the E&AA Trust Fud The E&AA Trust Fud (a 501(c)(3)) is supported oly by your geerous cotributios. Use this form to make a taxdeductible cotributio to the E&AA Trust Fud. Doatios may also be made to E&AA, a 501(c)(4) orgaizatio. These gifts are ot tax deductible. Sed completed form to Boie Stetso, E&AA Membership, 470 Marylad Drive, Suite 1, Fort Washigto, PA Name: Eclosed is a check for: $. I would like the doatio to support: (circle oe or idicate a amout for each). E&AA Trust Fud (tax deductible) E&AA E & A A A R R O W H E A D We ecourage our E&AA members to take advatage of the Iteret to keep abreast of the iformatio that the NPS is providig o The DOI also prepares a weekly video, This Week at Iterior, o YouTube that focuses o curret activities that are of iterest to the public. Sice relevat NPS iformatio is available o a daily ad weekly basis o the Iteret, editios of the Arrowhead ewsletter primarily focus o people ews regardig our E&AA members. This would iclude iformatio o retiremets, obituaries ad job chages. We will cotiue to accept submissios for the types of ews stories that keep readers iformed about our Natioal Park Service family members. As most orgaizatios are ow doig, we will cotiue to emphasize electroic distributio of iformatio ad will evetually elimiate the hardcopy prited versio of the Arrowhead ewsletter as more members become comfortable with the Iteret. Thak you to the followig ewsletter cotributors: Cherily Alexader, Lidy Alle, David Arold, Agela Bates, Paula Beale, Katherie Betts, Maliee Crapsey, Elizabeth Deae, Daa Dierkes, Virgiia DuBowy, Christie Fairchild, Warre Fisher, Julie Foseca de Borges, Joh Gibbs, Deborah Golub, Magaly Gree, Jae Haa, Matt Johso, Suzae Kusserow, Alex MacKezie, Barb Mayes, Rita Mihalik, Kathlee Murphy, Nacy Murray, Patrick O Driscoll, A Parks, A Rasor, Dick Rayer, Ellis Richard, Lori Rome, Deise Shultz, Dusty Shultz, James Woolsey ad Kathy Ziegefus. Arrowhead The Newsletter of the Employees & Alumi Associatio of the Natioal Park Service 470 Marylad Drive, Suite 1, Fort Washigto, PA NPS EASTERN NATIONAL HAS ANNOUNCED the wiers of the Passport To Your Natioal Parks 2016 photo cotest. The 2016 wiers ad regios are: Natioal Stamp: NPS Ceteial, NPS photo (pictured at left, featurig Stephe T. Mather, the first director of the Natioal Park Service (i sidecar) ca. 1923); North Atlatic Regio: Acadia NP, NPS photo by Kristi Rugg; Mid-Atlatic Regio: Wolf Trap Natioal Park for the Performig Arts, NPS photo; Natioal Capital Regio: Joh Paul Joes Memorial, Photo by Joh Dooghue; Southeast Regio: Abraham Licol Birthplace NHP, Photo by Stacy Humphreys; Midwest Regio: George Rogers Clark NHP, Photo by Jaso Collis; Southwest Regio: Capuli Volcao NM, Photo by Gavi Garder; Rocky Moutai Regio: Fort Uio Tradig Post NHS, NPS photo by Emily Sublade; Wester Regio: Hawai i Volcaoes NP, Photo by Jaice Wei; Pacific Northwest ad Alaska Regio: Sa Jua Islad NHP, Photo by Gary Tarleto. The 2016 stamp set ca be purchased olie at by callig or by visitig a participatig atioal park. The Passport To Your Natioal Parks book, the Passport Explorer Editio ad commemorative stamp sets from previous years (1986 through 2015) are also available.