Glen Canyon benefits from local science education program
by Joele B. Doty
Students help meet the research needs of the present and future
by Paul E. Super
Bear-proofing garbage cans near Great Smoky Mountains National Park
by Kim Delozier
Parallels in ecological preservation challenges in U.S. and Canadian national parks
by John G. Dennis
Growing and greening the economy of Vietnam: A role for the National Park Service?
by Mike Soukup
Program to preserve Neotropical migrants takes flight
by Scott Hall and Gary Johnston
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 Karen Wade honored for advancing resource preservationKaren Wade is winner of the 1998 Director's Award for Superintendent of the Year for Natural Resource Stewardship, presented in 1999. As superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee, Karen encouraged her staff to initiate the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, an ambitious effort to identify all species living in the park. Under her direction the park developed a strategy to complete the inventory without significant federal funding. Karen is widely regarded as a creative thinker and believes strongly that partnerships among a broad cross-section of constituents are key to solving problems related to park issues. "Common values are the glue that holds society together," she says. "Not surprisingly, for many communities located adjacent to national parks, the resources embodied within park boundaries are reminders (and sometimes remainders) of those values." What can the National Park Service do to enhance understanding of these connections? Karen views educational efforts as vital. She says, "We can excite public interest further by delivering the mysteries of new scientific discoveries to their doorsteps. And it makes sense that the more we involve in our work those neighbors with the most obvious common interests, the stronger our attachments will become and the more relevant our parks will become." In 1999 Karen became intermountain regional director of the National Park Service. |
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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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