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 Back to Chapter 6: Restoration Articles Restoration of mountain yellow-legged frogs in Kings Canyon By Harold Werner Breathing space at Lechuguilla Cave By Jason M. Richards National Park Service to share science role in Everglades restoration By Thomas Van Lent California condors return to the Colorado Plateau By Elaine Leslie Wolf restoration in Yellowstone successful beyond expectations By Douglas W. Smith, Roger J. Anderson, and Julie Mao Wetland and stream restoration at Elk Meadow in Redwood National Park By James H. Popenoe Other Developments Preservation of the Fort Dupont stream Coastal dune restoration at Point Reyes Bonytail restoration continues Maintenance staff help restore native fish at Point Reyes |
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 Award-winner Profile Botanist honored with first professional excellence award Tamara S. Naumann, botanist at Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado-Utah, was the first recipient of the Director’s Award for Professional Excellence in Natural Resources. The new award recognizes subject-matter specialists in various natural resource fields who foster creative and innovative resource management practices with the ability to convey this knowledge to the broader resource management community. Despite limited funds and staff, Naumann designed and developed a vegetation management program that addresses control of weeds, restoration of native species and communities, and rare-plant research and monitoring. Each of these components has applicability to other parks and agencies on the Colorado Plateau, with strong educational elements ranging from public speaking to development of a rare-plant coloring book for youngsters. Naumann takes great pride not only in her expertise in controlling exotic plant species but also in working to build community awareness of the weed problem through a hands-on volunteer program begun in 1996. “Very few people understand that invasive plants threaten the special places we preserve in our parks,” notes Naumann, who is working to change this situation. In receiving the award, Naumann gives credit to having had a great mentor in Steve Petersburg. “It is important to recognize how significant mentors are to people like me. When people do well it’s often because the people who supervise them make it possible for them to do well.” |
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This material is from Natural Resource Year in Review--2001, published by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, in May 2001 (publication D-2255) /YearInReview/yir/yir2001/06_restoration/06_od1_naumann.html Last Updated: |