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Among the many awards Thomas
It's Thomas appointment so that Thomas could be has earned over the years: the Gulf Oil
brought into the job immediately. Although Conservation Award (1983); Special
Thomas is a career Forest Service Recognition Service Award, The Wildlife
“These are...interesting times, employee, he does not meet the Senior Society (1983); the Distinguished Service
Executive Service (SES) qualification Award, USDA (1985); Conservation
exciting times, critical times. When
requirements. The Civil Service Reform Achievement Au/ard for Science, National
the history of conservation in the
Act of 1978 established the SES which Wildlife Federation (1991); Outstanding
United States in the 20th century is replaced almost all GS-16 and above job Achievement ;Award, Society; for
written, I believe this period will classifications in Federal service. Lyons ConservatioffEjtoblogy (1991); The Aldo
loom as large, for good or ill, as the stated that before he leaves office, the Leopold Medal, The Wildlife Society
position of Forest Service Chief will return (1991); USDA Forest Service Chief's
times of Pinchot and Roosevelt.
to career status. Lyons emphasized that Award for Excellence in Technology
We...are privileged indeed to stand
Thomas is continuing the tradition of Transfer, 1992
this Watch.” Jack Ward Thomas, 1985 providing professional leadership for the Thomas has a B.S. in wildlife
agency. management, M.S. in wildlife biology,
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Thomas, a Texas native, began his and Ph.D. in forestry (natural resources
nding weeks of speculation, 27 years with the agency as a research planning option).
Assistant Secretary Jim Lyons wildlife biologist in Morgantown, West The primary task before Thomas,
announced November 17 that Jack Ward Virginia in 1966. Three years later he Lyons stated, is to increase the credibility
Thomas, 59, of LaGrande, Oregon, was transferred to Urban Forestry and Wildlife of the Forest Service; reinvest in the
to be the new Chief of the Forest Service, Research in Amhurst, Massachusetts, professional resource managers who
effective December 1. Dave Unger was where he served until 1974. Since 1974, constitute the Forest Service; and move
named Associate Chief, succeeding Thomas has worked as a chief research forward with an ecosystem management
George Leonard. wildlife biologist and project leader at a approach that is scientifically sound and
Lyons explained that the Chief GS-16 level with Range and Wildlife best meets the complex and diverse needs
position was filled as a political Habitat Research, La Grande, Oregon. of the agency’s customers.
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||FfP Ht , An Eventful Year
by Dave Jo//y, Regional Forester
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he holiday season is upon us seems to me what would be most I am particularly pleased with the reason
again. It’s a time to think back appreciated is our enthusiastic support and professionalism you applied to some
over the year’s events as well as what lies and continued best effort. Jack is carrying volatile situations and issues. Because of
ahead. Perhaps for all of us in the Forest a very heavy personal burden that calls for that professionalism, we have made
Service, the uncertainties of the past year our special understanding if he is distracted progress on many fronts and there are
make it all the more important to reflect. from time to time as he assumes the yoke signs of more progress to come—both in
Reflection can sometimes put things in of responsibility of this organization. In the short term and down the road.
perspective and give a sense of balance. the spirit of the season, I hope each of us 1 hope you take time during the
But more important is to look ahead. in our own way will pray that his burden holidays to relax, reflect, and recharge.
We have a new chief and associate is in some way lightened. With the risk of sounding trite, 1 also want
chief, greeted with anticipation and I do not want to end this message to wish you a Happy Christmas, Happy
excitement by many within our ranks. without thanking all of you for a year of Hanukkah, and Happy New Year. It is
With thoughts of gift-giving in the air, we achievement. We accomplished a lot and, said with a genuine feeling of confidence
ought to think about what we can offer with the exception of our timber program, and hope for the year ahead.
Jack Ward Thomas and Dave Unger. It we did all the things we said we would do.
U.S. Department of Agriculture • Forest Service • Northern Region • Missoula, Montana
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to Trapper Creek Job Corps
High School
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rapper Creek High School, at Trapper Creek Job
Corps Center near Darby, Montana, is accredited
by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges and is
operated by Forest Service. Most of our youths come to us without
a high school education and read at about the sixth grade level.
Center Director Nancy Mjelde was proud to receive eight
achievement awards in education at the National Center Director’s
Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah in September. Trapper received
three awards for 1991, one for achieving high scores in reading, one
for math and one for GED (general equivalency diploma). This
outstanding performance was repeated in 1992 and the center
to Stevensville SW
received three more awards. We were extremely honored to receive
Interdisciplinary Team the certificate for the highest percent of students obtaining the GED
certification of the 18 Forest Service centers for program years ’91
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and’92.
We would like to thank our principal teacher Joe Quinn and his
he first Region 1 Public Affairs Director’s
staff for continuously providing our youths with the education they
Award for Excellence in Public Involvement
need to acquire a high school diploma.
was presented to the Stevensville Southwest
Interdisciplinary Team for their public involvement in
by Marlette Lacey, Administrative Officer
developing ecosystem management desired condition Trapper Creek Job Corps
to Kurt Fruit
Dave Campbell
Dist. Ranger
Sula, Mt.
Dear Mr. Campbell,
I write to commend Kurt Fruit, one of your
rangers, for his honesty and integrity. He found my
L to R - Public Affairs Director Beth Horn presents award to precious and valuable Winston Fly Rod & Hardy Reel
Stevensville District Ranger Leslie Weldon
($700 value) on the East Fork Bitterroot road which I
statements and management practices to be implemented had lost. I was offering a $150 reward and he wouldn’t
for the Stevensville southwest landscape. Each ID team accept a dime (not even a case of beer).
member and the Stevensville Ranger District received a
plaque for their efforts. In addition, the ranger district Wow! I was impressed! So, I say “hats off” to guys
received a camcorder to assist their work. (& the gals) in our U.S. Forest Service who live by that
The award was established as a result of a old golden rule—"do unto others as you would have
recommendation from the Regional public involvement them do unto you."
task force to recognize specials efforts in public involvement.
“The Stevensville southwest interdisciplinary team Again, my deepest thanks to ranger Kurt—and to
developed public involvement objectives to increase public you Dave for the quality of your people at Sula Ranger
access to the planning and decision process and a public Station.
involvement strategy specific for the project. The strategy
included the establishment of a public working group Best Wishes
which was highly successful. Too often, we look at how we
are going to do public involvement after we have started Bill Barnett
our planning instead of incorporating it up front in the "A Happy Camper"
process,” said Beth Horn, R-l Director of Public Affairs in
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making the presentation to District Ranger Leslie Weldon.
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to Lynnee Maillet
a note friont *Daite
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ynnee Maillet, a permanent
seasonal employee with the n important question
Superior Ranger District, Lolo National Forest, we all need to give some thought to
was the recipient of this year’s Region One during this period of change in the
Aviation and Fire Management Safety and Health Forest Service is how we measure
Award. For the past four years, Maillet’s crew has success. Not only how we measure it,
safely suppressed over 100 wildfires and but how we define it. As we all know,
participated in over 90 prescribed burns without this outfit has shifted gears and the
serious injury. emphasis has switched to different areas
A firefighter with 13 years of experience, that accommodate a better balance in
Maillet supervises a 15-person district fire crew our programs. The changes amount to
and is responsible for two Model 51 and one more than that, though. In other words,
Model 41 fire engines. Her crew is also trained in these changes involve much more than
both helitac and prescribed burning operations. the timber and road programs. We
Maillet’s fire protection area often requires really are changing the way we do
the crew to work in highly dangerous situations business.
such as along the right-of-way on Interstate 90, Obviously it will take time to regroup and adjust our
in the flashy ponderosa pine fuels of the Clark thinking to what is meant by success in our program areas,
Fork River valley, on the steep and rocky terrain in our Region, and in the Forest Service. In defining success,
common to the drainages that discharge into the we are inclined to move away from numbers, from hard
Clark Fork, and near houses or other structures targets, from widget counting. We should alter quantifying
in the Mineral County wildlands/urban interface. our management objectives to placing more importance on
Maillet oversees the training of new quality resource management and giving the public what
firefighters in the basic techniques of wildland they want from their national forests.
I also want us to reward people for innovation when a
better way is what’s needed; for building bridges instead of
walls to improve working relationships between our own
people, other agencies and the public; for creating a work
environment that welcomes diversity of opinion, accepts it at
face value and values our differences as strengths rather than
weaknesses within the organization; for establishing land
management programs that represent the best science
available; for encouraging a healthy dynamic Ecosystem
Management program that is fully ingrained in our approach
to land management; for creating partnerships with other
agencies and individuals to which contribute towards giving
the American people the most efficient government
possible; for respecting and supporting each other when the
Lynnee Maillet, holding her safety award going gets tough; and for trying every way possible to do
firefighting and ensures that engine drivers are what we say we are going to do.
fully qualified to drive on narrow, steep logging Determining success in our activities is not so difficult a
roads. She is also active in both the Regional and task if we have the right starting point. Caring for the Land
forest chainsaw training and is herself qualified at and Serving People does not in itself provide the answers
the Class C level. She trains all district sawyers to but it is in that statement of mission that our answers will be
the Class B level. found. Success, in the end, is being measured by ourselves.
Maillet was pleasantly surprised by the award, If we can feel at the end of the day that we have done our
which consisted of a plaque and a check, saying, very best and that our efforts have been in the spirit of that
"It blew me away. I didn’t expect it." It is Maillet’s mission, then we can go home feeling good about ourselves
absolute belief that safety comes first, and her and our work¬ and look forward with enthusiasm to the
crew understands that there is no negotiation on coming day.
this point. She and her crew’s safety record
provides ample evidence of a well-managed fire
safety program.
Datfe Jolly
Regional Forester
by Jim Soular, Ciuil Engineering Technician
Lolo National Forest
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the use of any living agent to control In the Northern Region,
a species of plant. For weeds, biological control is being used.
techniques include grazing by Insect releases first occurred on the
In Search of a Killer
livestock, application of Lolo, Kootenai and Bitterroot
commerically produced plant National Forests for Spotted
by Jim Olivarez, Noxious Weeds Group Leader pathogens applied as a herbicide, Knapweed insects. Currently,
Regional Office and manipulation of populations insects are being released on the
of native insects to force them to Custer, Deerlodge, Lewis and Clark,
T attack a target weed. Helena, Flathead, Gallatin, Idaho
The greatest success, Panhandle National Forests. Now,
he mere mention of however, has come from studying the biological agents are targeted
“Spotted Knapweed” the natural enemies of the exotic for Leafy Spurge, Dalmation
and “Leafy Spurge” brings fire to plants and selecting those insects Toadflax, Musk Thistle, Yellow
the eyes of many land owners whose (or occasionally a plant pathogen) Toadflax, Canada Thistle and
properties are overgrown with the with the greatest potential for Russian Knapweed. New agents
noxious stuff. They are also fightin’ suppressing the weed. are being sought for Sulfur
words to Forest Service managers. After extensive tests and Cinquefoil, Orange and Meadow
The reason is that the two plants studies to prove conclusively that Hawkweed.
are exotic species accidentally the insects will not attack any To sum up, we wouldn’t want
introduced from foreign countries. desirable agricultural or native you to hug a bug today—necessarily.
In their new environment, the plants plants, and very thorough review Just keep in mind there are bugs
escape their original complex of of the results, the insects are out there working for us that deserve
natural enemies and grow more approved for release on the weed. a little credit.
vigorously and spread more rapidly Once in the field, these insects are
than our native plants. now not restrained by their natural
Avery Battles
Particularly hard hit in Region enemies and typically build up
1 are Missoula and Ravalli Counties, populations capable of Knapweed
now heavily infested by Spotted overwhelming their host, the weed.
Knapweed; and areas in North When successful, these natural
by Rich Wells,
Dakota, which are suffering a Leafy enemies never eradicate their host
Forestry Technician
Spurge encroachment. The extent weed, but reduce it to a much lower
Avery Ranger District, IPNF
of the problem is demonstrated by population level, usually consisting T
the Sheyenne National
Grasslands in Lisbon, his summer the Avery
North Dakota, the site weeds crew was pleased
of a 70,000-acre to meet a new friend in the fight
remnant of Tall Grass against Spotted Knapweed. The
Prairie—50,000 acres small brown and yellow moth,
of which is now under ' Agapeta zoegana," bores into the
invasion by Leafy roots of Spotted Knapweed, which
Spurge. weakens the plant, and reduces its
The primary longevity and seed productivity. The
reason for the alarm is moth has only recently reached
not only that exotic sufficient population in captivity to
species crowds out begin releases. It is hoped that
native plants, but also within a few years the population
because they are not as will become large enough to allow
nutritional a forage for the colonization of other areas.
wildlife and livestock. The Long Horned Beetle/Red Headed Stem Borer, Knapweed is quite suitable for
eating Leafy Spurge. Even greater damage is
Therefore, the impact biological agents, which are keeping
caused by the insect in its larval stage when it bores
of these invasions could into the Leafy Spurge stem and root crown. the weed somewhat rare in its native
have traumatic effect on area. Other insects should become
the ecosystem of the area. of small scattered pockets of plants available in the next few years as
Have heart, help is on the where the introduced insect and various federal and state agencies
way! For those large areas where the target weed exist in a new approve their release. One
complete eradication is not feasible, ecological balance. The technique, cautiously optimistic projection is
biological control is having good which has been around since 1902, for biological controls to be
effect. Biological control of weeds has now been tried worldwide on controlling populations of
is often broadly defined to include over 100 weeds.* knapweed in 15-20 years.
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Restoring with Natives
by Jill Blake, Botanist
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Idaho Panhandle National Forests
his last summer, Sandpoint coordinator, organized a field trip to the heather, huckleberry and "Menziesia." 1
Ranger District initiated one lake. The purpose in going was to gather took a couple cuttings of a woody
of the first “native restoration” projects a plant list, and to survey for potential penstemon too, just to try out. The day
for the Forests. The site is Harrison Lake, rare plant species for the project sensitive was cold and sunny. The low growing
a subalpine lake ecosystem in the proposed plant biological evaluation. Gary Ford, heathers had to be dusted of about five
Selkirk Crest wilderness. The area is also Forest soil scientist, went along to see inches of snow. The cuttings were taken
in identified grizzly bear and caribou what the soils looked like. to our Forest tree nursery the following
habitat. Since the area is proposed I developed a seed mix that included morning. Aram Eramian and Mark
wilderness, native plant species needed to five native grasses and two lupine species, Mousseaux, both foresters in tree
be used in the restoration project. Another all suitable for a subalpine habitat, and all improvement, put the cuttings in a 50
incentive to use natives was our new R-l known to occur in north Idaho. Rooted percent peat/vermiculite, 50 percent
native revegetation policy designed "to cuttings of "Pachistima," mountain ash, perlite rooting media, and into a
emphasize the importance of biodiversity, and huckleberry were also included in the propagation chamber with bottom heat
and to recognize the intrinsic value of native plant order. The plants and seeds and around 90 percent humidity. The
native plant vegetation as a component of arrived in September, and were planted nursery has not had experience rooting
natural forest ecosystems." and seeded September 18, of this year. any of these species, and welcomed the
Harrison Lake is a very popular Marsha checked on the plants one week opportunity. If the cuttings take, we’ll be
destination point for a wilderness camping later, said they looked good, gave them planting them back into the Harrison
experience and scenic beauty. The current some water, and noted that chipmunks Lake area in the spring of 1994. The
and past use at Harrison Lake has caused had had a feast of the scattered seed. (If plants will be checked periodically to
soil compaction, severe loss of vegetation, anyone knows a solution to this problem, determine the success of our first real
and sanitary waste problems due to please let us know.) Marsha scattered “native” revegetation project on the IPNF.
overuse and lack of appropriate facilities. more seed and raked it in. We’ll see what P.S. The primitive toilet at the lake is
The plan was to install a primitive toilet comes up in the spring. pretty neat. It’s three sided, with an open
near the lake, a vault toilet at the trailhead, On November 8, Betsy Hammet, ceiling, and looks out on a beautiful view
and "naturalize" the area by seeding and Sandpoint District forestry technician, of the Selkirk Mountain Range. Kind of
planting with native plant species. and I hiked to the lake to collect cuttings fits right in!
In July, Marsha Hollander, project of rhododendron, mountain heath and
New Housing Development for Prairie Falcon Families
by Gary Foli, Wildlife Biologist
Little Missouri National Grasslands 1 2
Custer National Forest
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here are new homes for the
prairie falcon in the Badlands
along the Little Missouri River, thanks to a joint
effort between the Conoco Oil Company and
the Forest Service. Two new cliff nesting
structures were built into a cliff in McKenzie
County during a two-day project in September,
providing the prairie falcon a ready-made shelter
to raise their offspring.
The new nests are in the vicinity of an
active nest and a proposed oil well site. Conoco
agreed with the Forest Service to discontine
drilling during periods of nest activity as part of
mitigation. However the company went the
extra mile to fund the creation of the two
additional nesting sites to attract the falcons Conoco employees Lyndon Zielke (on left in picture 1, on right in picture 2) and Ken
Daraie, both experienced rock climbers, came the nests out of the soft sandstone cliff face
just in case daily activity at the well would
using hand tools and a generator-powered drill. A plywood insert was then placed inside the
impact use of the old site. opening, and the cracks filled with a sandstone, clay, and cement mortar.
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Beaverhead's First Supervisor Murdered as Sheriff
Killer Executed in County's Last Hanging
-IS utch Selway, civil at age 19, locating near Philipsburg, where he
engineering technician for the - . “engaged for several years in mining pursuits. ”
He went back to Maine in 1889, married his
Beaverhead National Forest, put a
“boyhood sweetheart, ” Alice Hall, and returned
good deal of effort into making a to Philipsburg. There he served as deputy
plaque listing the Beaverhead’s former sheriff.
forest supervisors. Butch researched The paper says Wyman entered the
Forest Service in 1904 and quickly achieved
many records to get the list of 15 men who
the grade of ranger, and in 1905 got
held the job since the Forest was established in
“supervision" of the Beaverhead National
1908. The fruit of Butch’s labor, completed
Forest. Wyman gets credit for organizing the
five years ago, now hangs in the Forest
forest reserve which wasn’t completely
Supervisor’s Conference Room.
surveyed at the time.
Butch’s interest in things historical comes
Actually, the Beaverhead National Forest
honestly. His great grandfather, Robert Selway,
wasn’t proclaimed until July 1, 1908, when
and his family became the first Europeans to
Wyman’s term as supervisor begins in official
settle in the Beaverhead Valley. The Selway-
records. Much of the land that went into the
Bitterroot Wilderness and other geographic
Beaverhead National Forest had already been
features, like the “Bloody Dick” area, south of
reserved starting in 1897, in the Big Hole,
the Big Hole, commemorate other members
Hell Gate, Bitter Root forest reserves. (We
of Butch’s pioneering family.
should note here that the eastern portion of
As luck would have it, a few weeks ago him. Witnesses later said they thought it
the modem Beaverhead Forest, in Madison
Butch went over to the Beaverhead County unusual that Yeik took his breakfast and
County, was part of the Madison National
Courthouse on some business and noticed an “dinner" (lunch) wearing his chaps. It turned
Forest until 1931. The west slope of the
exhibit there about the county’s sheriffs. One out he had a .32 pistol hidden under the
Madison Range came to the Beaverhead from
of the names in the exhibit caught Butch’s eye: chaps.
the Gallatin Forest in 1945.) Wyman served as
“C.K. Wyman.” The name sounded familiar. Wyman arrived at noon and went to the
the Beaverhead’s supervisor until 1916, when
Butch suddenly remembered why: C.K. Monida hotel, where he found Yeik eating
he was elected Beaverhead county sheriff.
Wyman was the first forest supervisor of the lunch. The sheriff approached Yeik, who said
The Wyman story doesn’t end there,
Beaverhead National Forest! He read on. A he’d go along, but had to get his coat in the
though. The Dillon Examiner’s August 17,
thief murdered Sheriff Wyman in 1920 and bam. Wyman followed Yeik into an alley
1921, issue has a front-page story about the
became the last man hanged in the county. where Yeik whipped the pistol out and shot
pending execution of Albert Yeik. The story
Intrigued, Butch found old issues of the Wyman twice in the abdomen. Yeik fled to the
talks about Yeik’s eating and sleeping habits
Dillon Examiner, which chronicled C.K. barn for his horse.
and about the gallows under construction in a
Wyman's death. The story begins on Townsfolk rushed out when they heard
yard between the courthouse and the county
Wednesday, April 17, 1920. On that day, the shots and came to Wyman’s aid. One man
jail.
“one of the most popular and upright officers fired at Yeik but only wounded his horse. But,
A week later, the paper has another
who has ever served in Beaverhead County, as a result, the horse got unruly. So Yeik
front-page story that tells when Yeik will hang,
was atrociously murdered at Monida shortly dismounted and ran along the railroad
mentions that women and boys under 21
after the noon hour....’’ accompanied by two dogs, and returned fire.
won’t be allowed to see the hanging (it was a
The night of Tuesday, April 16 or early A surgeon came to attend Wyman, but
by-invitation-only event!). The paper went on
on the 17th, a man named Albert Yeik came the sheriff died two hours later.
to say that “young boys who persist in loitering
to Monida, a small village on the Montana- Meantime, the undersheriff, with a posse,
about the courtyard after they are ordered
Idaho border, astride the Union Pacific Railroad. trailed Yeik to a shack where they overtook
away, will be locked up in jail and held there
Yeik let himself into a barn, put his horse in it him hiding under a trap door in the floor. The
until the hanging is over. ”
and went to sleep in the hay loft. lawmen then had to get Yeik to Dillon,
A few residents of Dillon, the paper
Wednesday morning, a “youth from Idaho contending first with an angry Monida crowd
reports, were circulating petitions asking the
Falls, employed at Monida” recognized his and then taking him to Dillon in secret by
governor to commute Yeik’s sentence to life
father’s saddle hanging in the bam. The saddle automobile, avoiding the hostile crowd that
imprisonment. The governor chose not to get
had been stolen and so was the horse. The waited for Yeik at the Dillon train station.
involved. Yeik hanged for his crime at 4:30
youth reported what he found to the local The Examiner covered Wyman’s funeral
a.m., on Friday, August 26, 1921, the last
sheriff’s office which, in turn, alerted Wyman. held on April 30, 1920. The paper reported
execution held in Beaverhead County.
Wyman took the morning passenger train that Wyman (full name, Cyrus King Wyman)
from Dillon to Monida to investigate. was bom on March 29, 1867, in Maine, and by Jack de Golia, Public Affairs Officer
Meantime, the owner of the Monida that his father Alphonso was visiting him in Beaverhead National Forest
general store offered Yeik a job for the morning Dillon at the time of his murder. The paper
to keep him in town so the sheriff could catch goes on to say C.K. Wyman came to Montana
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Greater Yellowstone:
A Vision of Long Ago
1 1 orace Albright, a protege of dated the creation of the National Park
Stephen Mather, first director of the Service (in 1916), was to extend the
National Park Service (1917-29 ), served boundaries of Yellowstone to include the
as superintendent of Yellowstone National region south to the Jackson Lake Dam. As
Park in the 1920’s. He also became the the years went by, the concept grew with
second director of the National Park Service the participation of Mr. Rockefeller. And
(1929-33). He was among the first to during the time I was superintendent of
articulate the “Greater Yellowstone” idea. Yellowstone, I perceived an even ‘Greater
This past August, Marian Albright Schenk, Yellowstone,’ a term coined by my old
Albright’s daughter, sent Grand Teton friend (and sometime nemisis) Emerson
Superintendent Jack Neckols the following Hough. Tramping and packing over almost was not an
letter from her father to “White Mountain” every foot of that incredible wilderness—
contained
Smith. Smith was Grand Teton’s both inside and outside the borders of the
superintendent at the time. The occasion park—! came to the conclusion that the which it was necessary to
for the letter, dated April 23, 1943, was neat, little square set aside in 1872, had to
build a more natural unit.
the proclamation of Jackson Hole National liquefy, flow out to natural boundaries. I
Monument. (The monument brought into minutely studied watersheds, the drift of We needed the great
National Park Service administration lands animals, geologic, climatic and geothermal
watersheds; we needed the
that John D. Rockefeller had acquired for activities—again not just in the park but
this purpose. Congress later incorporated the surrounding areas. The findings proved lands to which the animals
much of the monument into the park in my point.
gravitated; we needed
1950.) "Yellowstone National Park was not
“Creating the national monument an entity. It contained a core around which protection for other wildlife
was indeed a day for celebration. It always it was necessary to build a more natural
comes back to me that the great pity of it unit. We needed the great watersheds; we which strayed from our
all was that Congress, in its infinite wisdom, needed the lands to which the animals
borders; we had to ensure
didn’t conceive of the region as an entire gravitated; we needed protection for other
system when it created Yellowstone wildlife which strayed from our borders; that geothermal activity in
National Park in 1872. we had to ensure that geothermal activity
the park could not be
“You know, I was bom and raised in in the park could not be disturbed from
Bishop, California, in a valley not unlike without; we needed to provide complete disturbed from without; we
Jackson Hole, surrounded by the craggy, protection for the great forests surrounding
needed to provide complete
towering Sierra Nevada to the west and the Yellowstone, so that there would be no
broad mass of the White Mountains to the chance of devastation by commercial protection for the great
east. In those days, it was a fertile bowl with interests. Indeed, there had to be a cohesive
forests surrounding
streams and lakes supporting lush, green unit bound together for the preservation of
ranches. Within a few years, the city of Los a true balance of nature. Yellowstone, so that there
Angeles stepped in to take the water and “And you know, old friend, today this
soon most of the valley reverted to desert. seems an impossible dream given the Forest would be no chance of
“I was only twenty-five years old when Service animosity and jealous guardianship
devastation by commercial
I first came to the Jackson Hole on an of its preserves plus commercial opposition
inspection trip for the Interior Department. and the political pressures both from the interests. Indeed there had
1 was struck dumb by the awesome beauty states and the Congress. Nevertheless, all
to be a cohesive unit bound
of it, the mighty Tetons to the west and the of us who belive in this dream must never
other mountain ranges forming this bowl give up. I know it is only a question of together for the
of rivers and lakes. Although somewhat time—a short time—until will see the Teton
preservation of a true
different in appearance, there was enough region united in one national park. And I
similarity to fill me with dread that it could always hope, deep in my heart, that other balance of nature."
go as my beloved Owens Valley had gone, parts of a ‘Greater Yellowstone’ will
destroyed by the hand of man. 1 vowed that eventually evolve into a sanctuary against
Horace Albright, April 23, 1943
day in 1915 that I would never give up until the rapid encroachment of an exploding
this beautiful land would either be added to population and economy which will surely
Yellowstone, or, better still, become its follow this great war.”
own national park. And my dream hasn’t
been realized yet. by Jack de Golia, Public Affairs Officer
“My original concept, one that pre¬ Beaverhead National Forest
What's Going On
Kings's Hill District Ranger Named
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Helps
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Fund Wildlife Prescribed Bum
n November 1, Terry Knupp officially assumed the
district ranger job of the Kings Hill Ranger District of I
the Lewis and Clark National Forest. The position is in White Sulphur n these days of belt-tightening for the Forest
Springs, Montana.
Service, help for routine managment practices
Knupp served previously as such as prescribed burns is greatly appreciated. The Rocky
assistant ranger at Hungry Horse District, Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) granted Challenge Cost
Rathead National Forest. While with the Share (CCS) funding this fall for a wildlife prescribed bum in the
Rathead Forest, Knupp worked on public Little Belt Mountains within the Musselshell Ranger District. The
participation and rural economic area encompasses big game winter range which has been
development projects. She says she maintained in the past by wildfire.
believes her move to the Kings Hill The Harlowton community and surrounding rural area
District will provide her with ample near the location of the prescribed burn were pleased to see
opportunities to continue working in RMEF dollars coming back locally for the benefit of wildlife. The
these areas. Harlowton area supports an active RMEF chapter. At their first
A Bozeman native, Knupp briefly annual banquet and at subsequent banquets, the chapter has
attended Montana State University proved that the community has a long term commitment
before transferring to the University of towards raising money for wildlife.
Oregon where, in 1978, she received a Terry Knupp
by Tom Whitford, Wildlife Biologist and
bachelor of science degree in Parks and
Roxie Stroud, Computer Clerk
Recreation Management. After graduation, she worked seasonally for
Musselshell Ranger District
the Forest Service as a recreation specialist for the Hebgen Lake
Lewis & Clark National Forest
Ranger District, Gallatin National Forest.
Beginning in 1979, Knupp worked for Montana Department of
Rsh, Wildlife and Parks (MDFWP) for 10 years. Most recently, she was RO Directors Visit Bitterroot
the Northwest Region’s Parks program manager in Kalispell. While
working for MDFWP, Knupp received a master’s degree in public
administration from the University of Montana. In 1990, she resigned
from MDFWP to take an outdoor recreation planner position with the
Forest Service’s Northern Regional Office in Missoula.
by Bonnie Dearing, Public Affairs Specialist
Lewis and Clark National Forest
CFC Gets Results
he 1994 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)
proved very successful in Ravalli and Missoula
Counties. This is the first year that Federal agencies in Ravalli
County have participated in the program. A $500 contribution
from Trapper Creek Job Corps helped push the Bitterroot National
Regional Office staff directors and Bitterroot National Forest Lead
Forest’s total to date to over $4,767. In presenting their check to
Team members on a "show-me" trip of forest resources
Forest Supervisor Steve Kelly, Trapper Creek Student Council
T
members Chad Lorea and Alisia Arenello announced that the
students had designated 50 percent of the $500 to go to the he Regional Office staff directors recently spent
Muscular Dystrophy Association and 50 percent to the Children’s several days on the Bitterroot National Forest to
Defense Fund, which assists in ensuring adequate child care, health gain a better understanding of Forest issues and become more
care, and education for poor, minority, abused and handicapped aware of some of the resource management problems faced by
children. The fund also fights teen pregnancy and homelessness. Forest land managers. On-site visits, hosted by the Bitterroot
Federal agencies in Ravalli County contributed $6,086; Lead Team, gave the directors an opportunity to see landscape
Missoula County contributed $45,914. The combined totals management on the Bitterroot face, various aspects of the
exceeded CFC campaign goals by more than $500. timber program, ecosystem management and urban interface
strategy, Lake Como Dam and recreation facilities, and watchable
by Cass Cairns, Information Assistant
wildlife viewing areas.
Bitterroot National Forest and
Carol Anderson, Procurement Analyst by Madelyn Kempf, Public Affairs Specialist
Regional Office Bitterroot National Forest