CNPSR Membership List
| Simons, Norm | Park Ranger, Law Enforcement | Golden Gate NRA |
| Simpson, Wendell A. | Superintendent | Natchez Trace Parkway |
| Sisskin, Enid | Biologist | Everglades NP |
| Sleznick, Jim | Superintendent | Pinnacles NM |
| Smathers, Garrett A. | Senior Research Scientist | NPS CPSU, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC |
| Smith, Kathy | Supv Personnel Mgmt Specialist | NPS |
| Smith, Lloyd | Patrol Ranger | Crater Lake NP & Rocky Mountain NP |
| Smith, Rick | Associate Southwest Regional Director | Southwest Region |
| Smith, Robert J. | Chief Park Ranger | Sequoia and Kings Canyon NPs |
| Smith, Thomas A. | Seasonal Horse Patrol Ranger | Yosemite NP |
| Soper, Gilbert | Chief Park Ranger | Golden Gate NRA |
| Sovcik, Joe | Associate Regional Director | Southwest Region |
| Spears, Carol J. | Site Manager | James A. Garfield National Historic Site |
| Sponaugle, Boyd | Chief, Realty Division | Northeast Region |
| Spude, Catherine | Supervisory Archeologist | Intermountain Region - Santa Fe |
| Stanislawski, Barbara | Museum Curator | IMR - Santa Fe Office |
| Stark, Jack | Superintendent | Grand Teton NP |
| Steed, Dan | Assistant Superintendent | San Antonio Missions NHP |
| Steeves, Richard | Supervisory Landscape Architect | Denver Service Center |
| Stewart, James W. | Assistant Director, Planning and Special Studies | NPS |
| Stewart, Joan | Staff Assistant to the Director | NPS |
| Stiles, Greg | Assistant Chief Ranger | Shenandoah NP |
| Stockdale, Steve | Patrol Ranger | Yosemite NP |
| Stonaker, Clyde | District Ranger | Bryce Canyon NP |
| Stone, Nancy | Superintendent | Hubbell Trading Post NSH |
| Stone, Deryl B. | Chief Park Ranger | Jefferson National Expansion Mem. |
| Strait, Richard | Assoc. Reg. Dir., Planning & Resource Pres. | Rocky Mountain Region |
| Strumpf, Manny | Public Affairs Officer | Gateway NRA |
| Sullivan, Jeremy | Interpreter (Seasonal) | Olympic NP |
| Sullivan, Kathleen | Position Classification Specialist | Intermountain Region |
| Swan, Tom | Administrative Officer | Yellowstone NP |
| Swanlund, Chuck | Chief Appraiser | Rocky Mountain Region |
| Swannack, Jervis | Archeologist | Mesa Verde NP |
| Sweaney, Jim | Park Ranger | Yellowstone NP |
| Swed, JD | Chief Park Ranger | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks |
| Taylor, Dan | Chief of Resources Management | Hawaii Volcanoes NP |
| Tays, Gerry | Superintendent | Coulee Dam NRA |
| Thibodeau, Kyra Petrick | Chief, Concessions Management | Lake Mead NRA |
| Thoman, Ron | Management Analyst | Intermountain Region |
| Thomas, Larry | Chief of Resources Management | Canyonlands NP |
| Thompson, Dale | Superintendent | Coronado National Memorial |
| Thompson, Dale C. | Chief of Interpretation | Mount Rainier NP |
| Thompson, David | Regional Director | Southeast Region |
| Thompson, James B. | Superintendent | Rocky Mountain NP |
| Thompson, Judy K. | Park Ranger - Interpretation | Saguaro NP |
| Thompson, Tom | Regional Chief Ranger | Midwest Region |
| Till, Ken | Deputy Regional Fire Management Officer | Pacific West Region |
| Tiller, Pat | Deputy Associate Director, Cultural Resouces | NPS |
| Tilley, Scott | Administrative Officer | Harpers Ferry Design Center |
| Tilmant, Jim | Fisheries Program Leader | Water Resources Division, Ft., Collins CO |
| Todd, Robert J. | District Ranger | Redwood National and State Parks |
| Tolle, Pat | Public Affairs Specialist | Everglades NP |
| Tom, Haraden | Asst. Chief of Interpretation & Visitor Services | Zion National Park |
| Topham, Kurt | Regional Fee Program Manager | Midwest Region |
| Torres, Louis | Senior Historian | Denver Service Center |
| Towle, Linda | Chief, Research and Resource Management | Mesa Verde NP |
| Troutman, Doug | Park Ranger | Yosemite NP |
| Troutwine, Jim | Superintendent | Tumacacori NHP |
| Tschohl, Tom | District Ranger | Sequoia and Kings Canyon NPs |
| Tucker, James C. | Deputy Chief Ranger | Yosemite NP |
| Tucker, John | Superintendent | Fort Sumpter NM & Charles Pinckney NHS |
| Tye, G. Scott | Supervisory Lifeguard/LE Ranger | Golden Gate NRA |
| Ugolini, Frank | Chief, Resources Management | Channel Islands NP |
| Utley, Robert M. | Asst. Director, Park Historic Preservation | NPS |
| Valen, Bob | Chief, Resources Education | Big Thicket National Preserve |
| Valenta, Thomas | Supervisory Park Ranger (LE) Boulder Basin District | Lake Mead NRA |
| Valentine, Wayne | Chief Ranger | Fire Island National Seashore |
| Van Slyke, Larry | Chief Park Ranger | Canyonlands NP |
| Vaughan, Tom | Superintendent | Chaco Culture NHP |
| Veitl, Charles A. | Chief, Operations Evaluation | National Capital Region |
| Vieira, Vic | Chief, Resources Management and Science | Zion NP |
| Vogel-Brown, Connie | Supervisory Park Ranger | Chattahoochee River NRA |
| Voll, Charles | Coordinator, Southwest Cultural Resources Center | Southwest Region |
| Voss, Glenn | Chief Park Ranger | Upper Delaware S&RR |
| Wade, Bill | Superintendent | Shenandoah NP |
| Wade, Karen | Regional Director | Intermountain Region |
| Wadlington, Bruce | Manager, Concessions Program Center | NPS |
| Walker, James R (Bob) | Visitor Services Specialist - Ranger Activities | Midwest Region |
| Wall, Glennie | Manager | San Francisco Maritime NHP |
| Wallace, David | Division Chief | Harpers Ferry Center |
| Wallis, Wally | Regional Chief Scientist | Western Region |
| Walls, Ronnie | Interpretive Specialist | Intermountain Region |
| Walzer, E. Peter | Supervisory Park Ranger (LE) | Gettysburg NMP |
| Ward, Chris | Deputy Superintendent | Ozark NSR |
| Ward, Kennan | Park Ranger | Sequoia NP |
| Ward, Philip W. | Associate Regional Director, Operations | Western Region |
| Warfield, Ronald G. | Assistant Chief Park Naturalist | Mount Rainier NP |
| Warner, Jim | District Naturalist | Sequoia and Kings Canyon NPs |
| Warren, Mike | Structural Fire Program Manager | NPS-FIRE |
| Warren, Jr., Henry C. | Chief Naturalist | Olympic NP |
| Watson, Michael D. | Superintendent | Stephen T. Mather Training Center |
| Watson, Kim | Supervisory Park Ranger | Flagstaff National Monuments |
| Wauer, Roland H. | Chief Scientist | Southwest Regional Office |
| Weaver, Roy | Superintendent | Bandelier NM |
| Webster, Jim | Chief Park Ranger | Arches NP |
| Weed, Frank P. | Chief, Wireless Program Center | NPS |
| Weeks, Nicholas | Supervisory Landscape Architect | Golden Gate NRA |
| Weir, Donald H. | Chief Ranger | Fire Island NS |
| Welch, Mosie | Supervisory Park Ranger, Protection | Cuyahoga Valley National Park |
| Wells, Jay | Regional Chief Ranger | Pacific West Region |
| Wells, Richard E. | Superintendent | Gateway NRA - Sandy Hook |
| Wendleton, Jack | Supervisory Civil Engineer | Denver Service Center |
| West, Pam | Director, Museum Resource Center, Regional Curator | NCR Museum Resource Center |
| West, Linda L. | Park Technician | Dinosaur NM |
| Whalon, Alan | Superintendent | Chiricahua NM/Fort Bowie NHS |
| Whitaker, Fahy | Assistant Chief of Interpretation | Golden Gate NRA |
| Whitaker, W. Ed | District Ranger | Delaware Water Gap NRA |
| White, Robert | District Ranger | Sequoia and Kings Canyon NPs |
| White, Jason S. | Museum Technician | Valley Forge NHP |
| Whiteman, Bob | Park Ranger - Resource Management and Visitor Protection | Colonial NHP |
| Widdifield, Larry D. | Maintenance Foreman | Pea Ridge NMP |
| Wightman, Lynn | Chief of Interpretation | Morristown NHP |
| Wilking, Dale | Chief, Park Facilities Management | NPS - WASO |
| Wilkinson, Bill | Park Tech | GWNP |
| Willever, Narissa | Interpretation Specialist | Lassen Volcanic NP |
| Williams, Gary | Chief, Office of Inventory, Monitoring, and Evaluation | NPS - WASO |
| Williams, Dana S. | Budget Analyst | Roosevelt-Vanderbilt NHS |
| Williams, Eric | Chief Park Ranger/Historian | Ninety Six National Historic Site |
| Williamson, Mark E. | Seasonal Ranger | Yellowstone NP |
| Williss, Frank | Technical Expert - 106 Compliance | Denver Service Center |
| Wilson, Ron | Management Assistant | Big South Fork NRRA |
| Wilson, Tom | Information Officer | NPS |
| Winegar, Paul | Public Information Officer | Southeast Regional Office |
| Winings, Cathi Jones | Natural Resource Manager | North Cascades NPS Complex |
| Wizner, Nancy | Chief Ranger | Redwood National and State Parks |
| Wolfe, Andrew C. | Chief, Concessions Management Planning | Denver Service Center |
| Wolfe, Gerry | Safety & Occupational Health Specialist | DEVA |
| Wondra, Phil | Chief, GIS Section | NPS |
| Woock, Gene | Outdoor Recreation Planner | Philadelphia Support Office/NERO |
| Wylie, Tom | Natural Resources Program Supervisor | Intermountain Support Office |
| Yarbrough, Jerry | Superintendent | Fort Davis NHS |
| Yearout, Robert | Concession Program Manager | NPS |
| Young, J. D. | Superintendent | Catoctin Mountain Park |
| Young, Phillip A. | Regional Special Agent | Intermountain Region |
| Zerbey, Ben | Assistant Regional Director | Rocky Mountain Region |
| Zinck, James R. | Superintendent | Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP |
BiPartisan 7 out of 8 Living Former National Park Service Directors Urge Interior Secretary Kempthorne to Change Course on Yellowstone Snowmobiles, March 26, 2007. Former Leaders Praise Administration's Requested Park Funding Increase, But Caution That Allowing Additional Yellowstone Snowmobiles Would "Radically Contravene" Kempthorne Pledge.
Mar 26, 2007
Following three years of taxpayer-funded studies assessing how to protect wildlife — including bald eagles, trumpeter swans, elk and bison — vulnerable to Yellowstone National Park’s harsh winters, scientists have recommended keeping traffic levels “at or below those observed during the last three years of our study.”
Feb 28, 2007
What are the best national parks to see this winter – if you want to go beyond the best-known and iconic Yellowstone National Park? The Coalition of National Park Service Retirees asked its members for their ideas and came up with this list of seven national parks that range from the well-known on a national basis to the relatively little known.
Oct 12, 2006
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Yellowstone Snowmobile OpEd
This week brings the anniversary of a landmark decision by Congress famously hailed as "the best idea America ever had."
Yellowstone's Visitor-Led Recovery; by Robert Arnberger
This week brings the anniversary of a landmark decision by Congress famously hailed as "the best idea America ever had."
A plateau in the Rocky Mountains holding geysers and mud pots, bears and bison, colorful canyons and mammoth waterfalls, became the first national park in the world on March 1, 1872 when Congress voted to protect the natural wonders of Yellowstone for all time
You may ask: why take note of Yellowstone National Park's 133rd birthday?
Norton Visit to Yellowstone (Washington Post Article)
About the same time Wednesday morning that her fellow Cabinet members were boarding limousines for the ride to the office,
Interior Chief Takes A Snowmobile Ride
By T.R. Reid
Washington Post Thursday, February 17, 2005; Page A23
Norton Visit to Yellowstone (Bozeman Chronicle Article)
Yellowstone National Park is open for business, and Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton came here this week to broadcast that
Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton visits Yellowstone
By SCOTT McMILLION, Bozeman Daily Chronicle / Thursday, February 17, 2005
WEST YELLOWSTONE -- Yellowstone National Park is open for business, and Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton came here this week to broadcast that fact.
Along with her came reporters for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Associated Press and a television crew.
Press Releases
CNPSR Press Release on Yellowstone Wildlife Disturbance by Oversnow Vehicles - February 28, 2007 Scientists advised capping or reducing traffic in winter to protect Yellowstone's animals; expert recomm
Executive Council
Role and Function
Coalition of National Park Service Retirees MISSION STATEMENT:
We, a coalition of National Park Service retirees, will speak and act for the protection of America's national parks and for the enjoyment of them in such manner that does not impair their resources nor their intended values and purposes.
