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| Award-Winner Profile | |
 Joe Dunstan recognized with sustainability awardJoseph Dunstan is the sustainability coordinator for the Pacific West Region and recipient of the 1998 Director's Award for Excellence in Natural Resource Stewardship Through Maintenance, given in 1999. Joe is a leader in promoting sustainable practices and opportunity planning (SPOP) in parks. Through the SPOP process, he has been able to increase the role of sustainability in two parks, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site and Joshua Tree National Park, by conducting team evaluations of such park operations as maintenance, concessions and visitor services, handling of waste, and energy uses. The team of NPS staff, mechanical engineers, and sustainable design consultants identified resources flowing into the parks, described how the activities of staff and visitors altered those resources, and explored ways that parks can incorporate additional sustainable practices into their daily routines. Joe is pleased that recognition of the SPOP process has resulted in better partnership between maintenance staff, resource managers, rangers, and interpreters. "Sustainability is not just the responsibility of maintenance," he says. "It involves purchasing, office practices, reducing solid waste in landfills, innovative research to better understand human interaction with ecological systems, and visitor education." He adds, "I sense a great deal of enthusiasm for implementing sustainable practices in the field. Managers need to unleash this spirit, recognize and reward innovative work, and support employees who take risks. The most important task," he says, "is fostering and building a workforce that is willing to try new products and implement new practices to achieve sustainability." |
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This material is from Natural Resource Year in Review--1999; published by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, August 2000 (publication D-1406)
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