Ronal Kerbo


Biography

Retired from the NPS after 31 years. At the time of his retirement he was the Service's national cave and karst program coordinator and the acting director of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute. Currently an adjunct professor at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood Colorado teaching a course titled “The Geology and Evolution of Caves.” Among many other speleological associations he is an Honorary Life Member and a Fellow of the National Speleological Society; a Fellow of the Cave Research Foundation; a former director and now honorary director of the American Cave Conservation Association and a former board member of the Karst Waters Institute.



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  • 11/05/2009 12:03 pm - Reader Participation Survey: What Was Your Most Fascinating National Park Interpretive Program? : Years ago I stood in silence on the edge of a vertical pit that dropped down into a cave at Lava Beds National Monument and listened to Park Ranger Gary Hathaway talk about the small ceremony he always performed before entering the cave. He explained that he had learned the ...
  • 7/21/2009 8:03 pm - Are Our National Parks No Longer for the People? : I am a newcomer to this forum but feel compelled to address this thread. I was certainly not a person in an elevated position or posture. I came to the USNPS from the oil fields of southeastern New Mexico and West Texas. In my experience starting out as a GS-5 ...
  • 7/16/2009 2:17 pm - Jon Jarvis Finally Nominated to be Next Director of the National Park Service : The nomination of Jon Jarvis as Director of the National Park Service is an exciting announcement and I could not be more pleased or optimistic about the future of the Service with him at the helm! I have worked with Jon off and on since his stint at Guadalupe Mountains ...