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Russell Errett Dickenson (April 12, 1923 – February 19, 2008) began his National Park Service (NPS) career as a ranger at Grand Canyon National Park in 1946 and served in a wide range of park and central office assignments — most prominently as head of National Capital Parks, deputy director, and Pacific Northwest regional director — before ascending to the directorship in May 1980.
The Presidential Volunteer Ranger program was established in 2005 to recognize volunteers who contributed at least 4,000 hours or more of cumulative service to the National Park Service. [7] This program shouldn’t be confused with the President’s Volunteer Service Award which also has a Lifetime Achievement Award for individuals who ...
Pages in category "Directors of the National Park Service" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
William Jerome Whalen III (July 18, 1940 – September 28, 2006) was the 10th director of the United States National Park Service.He joined Park Service in 1965 as a Job Corps counselor and advanced to posts in National Capital Parks and Yosemite before becoming superintendent of Golden Gate National Recreation Area in 1972.
Jonathan B. Jarvis (born June 26, 1953) [2] served as the 18th Director of the United States National Park Service, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 2009, and serving until his retirement on January 3, 2017.
In 2004, Smith worked as a special assistant to National Park Service Director Fran P. Mainella. In that role, according to a 2006 inspector general report, Smith "unduly influenced" deliberations by officials at the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park in helping Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder cut down 130 trees on a Park ...
The Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service (HCRS) was an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which subsumed its functions from the National Park Service and Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. [1] It was created under the Carter administration by order of the Secretary of the Interior on January 25, 1978. [2]
Gary E. Everhardt (July 8, 1934 – December 27, 2020), [2] was the ninth Director of the US National Park Service (NPS). He began his NPS career as an engineer in 1957 and rose to the superintendency of Grand Teton National Park in 1972. Favorable notice there propelled him to the directorship in January 1975.