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David E. Whisnant Biography David E. Whisnant, Ph.D., is a historian and author whose work has focused on cultural history and policy in the Appalachian region and in Latin America. He is the author of four books, including All That Is Native and Fine: The Politics of Culture in an American Region (UNC Press 1983) and Rascally Signs in Sacred Places: The Politics of Culture in Nicaragua (UNC Press 1995). Retired from the faculty of the University of North ...

Anne Mitchell Whisnant Biography Anne Mitchell Whisnant, Ph.D. is a historian and the author of Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History, published in 2006 by the University of North Carolina Press. She is an administrator and adjunct assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. With her husband David Whisnant, she also conducts contract historical research for the National Park Service and other clients through their small firm, Primary Source History Services (http://www.prisource.com). ...

Owen Hoffman Biography Former NPS Park Ranger-Naturalist, Crater Lake National Park (1966-68), Zion National Park (1969), Yosemite National Park (1969-71). Member of the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees (www.npsretirees.org) Member of the Board, Crater Lake Institute (www.craterlakeinstitute.com) President and Director, SENES Oak Ridge, Inc., Center for Risk Analysis (www.senes.com)

Andrew D. Nystrom Biography Author, Top Trails Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks. Winner, 2005 National Outdoor Book Award, Best Outdoor Adventure Guidebook. Day job: Father (soon to be) and Senior Editor/Producer, Travel at Los Angeles Times Interactive (http://travel.latimes.com). Feel free to email me at [email]laughtears at yahoo.com[/email]. Homepage: Los Angeles Times Travel

Bob Mishak Biography

Glenn Scofield Williams Biography I'm a published freelance writer who has a large and growing NPS life list (I'll show you mine if you show me yours). A Montana resident most of my life, I've also spent eight years in Virginia, as well as time in California, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Florida & Alaska. I have lived in the beautiful city of Portland, Oregon now for 15 years. There's a special place in my heart for Yosemite and the Sierra ...

Bob Mackreth Biography Retired park ranger: 27 years in the NPS plus 5 in a county system makes... ummm... 32 years wearing a flat hat. Okay, a ball cap lots of the time, too, and a trooper hat in the winter, and, well, you get the point. Spent most of that time doing either visitor protection or cultural resource management, but took an interest in all aspects of park management. Devoting my declining years to writing, working to preserve ...

Chance N. Finegan Biography I am a member of the University of Tennessee at Martin Class of 2012, and I am majoring in natural resources management with a park and recreation administration concentration and minoring in history. I hope to become an interpretive ranger with the National Park Service after university. One day, I would like to earn a law degree and master's of public policy from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. I believe there ...

W.R. Edwards Biography

Jim Macdonald Biography As you could find on my blog., Jim's Eclectic World, I have diverse passions ranging from philosophy to Yellowstone National Park to anti-authoritarian organizing and activism. What you might not get from the blog is a sense of my actual biography. I was born in Bowling Green, Ohio, on October 10, 1973, the day that Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned from office. Agnew was Greek, and I am half-Greek, and so you can imagine I had ...

Kurt Repanshek Biography Kurt Repanshek built his journalism career atop a 14-year stint with The Associated Press that saw him rise from a general assignment reporter to correspondent-in-charge for the state of Wyoming. Since embarking on a freelance career in the fall of 1993, his articles have appeared in Smithsonian, National Geographic Traveler, Audubon, National Wildlife, Hemispheres, Wilderness, and other publications. He launched NPT in August 2005 because of his love, and concern, for national parks. His other credits ...

Jeremy Sullivan Biography Jeremy Sullivan is a passionate park advocate. His background includes three years working for the National Park Service as a seasonal interpreter. He currently provides multimedia, interactive, film, and computer consulting services for the parks. Jeremy's work has been recognized with awards from the National Association for Interpretation, and a recent film project won a Telly. Jeremy has written for more than a year on a complementary national parks blog, Park Remark. He also contributes parks ...

Jeremy Sullivan Biography Jeremy Sullivan is a passionate park advocate. His background includes three years working for the National Park Service as a seasonal interpreter. He currently provides multimedia, interactive, film, and computer consulting services for the parks. Jeremy's work has been recognized with awards from the National Association for Interpretation, and a recent film project won a Telly. Jeremy has written for more than a year on a complementary national parks blog, Park Remark. He also contributes parks ...