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Looking Ahead  NPS Kent Turner  Courtesy of Jon Jarvis Jon Jarvis  Courtesy of Abby Miller Abby Miller EDITOR’S NOTE: This edition of Natural Resource Year in Review concludes with three forward-looking articles instead of the usual one. Ironically, the first, by Kent Turner, looks back on the tremendous change over the past 25 years or so in how natural resource management in the national parks is conducted. His experience at Lake Mead National Recreation Area over much of that period puts into perspective the remarkable gains we have made in professional resource management capabilities of the National Park Service, but also highlights significant concerns for sustainability of those gains for the future. Jon Jarvis takes us in a different direction, describing his vision for a cooperative national network of parks, unified in purpose and able to serve Americans better than can national, state, county, and city parks alone. Finally, Abby Miller reflects on the importance of developing leadership and seizing opportunities to continue to strengthen the National Park Service. Publication of the Year in Review coincides with Abby’s retirement, and we can never thank her enough for the prime example of leadership and focus that she set during her tenure as Deputy Associate Director for Natural Resource Stewardship and Science. Her career in the National Park Service parallels many of the advances in natural resource management that Kent Turner observes in his article. Without Abby’s sharp mind, comprehensive attention, and prodigious energy, the National Park Service might not have come as far in as short a time. These three articles paint a picture of the future for park resource stewardship that is certain to be challenging yet potentially satisfying. What more could we hope for?
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