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SCHOLARLY PAPERS, INVITED LECTURES AND PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING

(highly selected; emphasis since 1985)

Editorial Board. University of Alaska Press. Term: 1991-94.

Keynote Address. "The National Forest Idea." U. S. Forest Service Recreation University Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 27, 1992.

Public Address. "Promoting the Golden West: Advertising and the Railroad." Colorado Historical Society, Denver, Colorado, January 21, 1992.

Keynote Address. "Where Have All the Interpreters Gone?" National Association for Interpretation Annual Conference, Vail, Colorado, October 5, 1991.

James G. Taggart Lectureship. Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, June 1991. Course: The American West in Environmental History.

Guest Curator. Museum Exhibition and Catalogue, Centennial of the United States Forest Reserves, 1891-1991. Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, and United States Forest Service, Washington, D.C., January 1990-July 1991.

Plenary Address. "Yosemite: The Embattled Wilderness.'' Natural Areas and Yosemite Centennial Symposium, National Park Service, Natural Areas Association, and The Yosemite Fund, Concord, California, October 16, 1990.

Guest Editor. California History (Summer 1990): "Yosemite and Sequoia: A Century of California National Parks."

Guest Curator. Draft Story Line, Centennial Exhibition of the Sierra Club, 1892-1992, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, January-June, 1990.

Centennial West Lecturer. Montana Historical Society and Washington State Historical Society, Lectures on Natural Resources in Richland, Washington, Cody and Laramie, Wyoming, September and October, 1989.

Member, Advisory Board. National Park Service, Yosemite National Park Centennial Planning Committee, 1988-1990.

Conference Paper. "The Professor and the Park: Joseph Grinnell, Yosemite, and the Origins of Wildlife Conservation." Western History Association Annual Conference, Tacoma, Washington, October 13, 1989.

Symposium Address. "Western Railroads and the Art of National Park Promotion." The Art of Abby Williams Hill Exhibition and Symposium, Washington State Historical Society, April 18, 1989.

Conference Paper. "Joseph Grinnell, Yosemite, and the Evolution of National Park Science." American Society of Zoologists Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, December 28, 1988.

College Address. "The Environment and You." Walla Walla College, Walla Walla, Washington, November 15, 1988.

Keynote Address. "Making a Difference in Natural Resources Interpretation." Southwest Region, National Park Service, Special Conference on Education and Interpretation, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 1, 1988.

Keynote Address. "Interpreting Controversy in Resource Education: Challenges and Opportunities." National Association of Interpretation, Region VII, Annual Conference, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, April 22, 1988.

Conference Address. "The National Park Idea: Historical Misconceptions and Ecological Realities." Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado School of Law, External Development Affecting the National Parks Conference, Estes Park, Colorado, September 15, 1986.

Conference Address. "Catalyst for Concern: Niagara Falls and American Conservation." Niagara Falls Centennial Exhibition and Symposium, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 26, 1985.

Consultant to the Exhibition and Contributor, Exhibition Catalogue. State Reservation at Niagara Falls, New York, Centennial Commemoration, 1885-1985, sponsored by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January-October, 1985.

Conference Paper. "Promoting Wonderland: Western Railroads and the Evolution of National Park Advertising, 1880-1960." Western History Association Annual Conference, Sacramento, California, October 10, 1985.

Consultant and Member, Museum Planning Committee, Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, Washington, 1985.

Judge, Biennial Book Award Competition. Forest History Society, Inc., Duke University, 1985.

University Address. "Legacy of the National Parks." The Land and the American Imagination Program, University of Idaho, June 27, 1985.

Banquet Address. "Park Interpretation: Problems and Professionalism." Annual Conference of the American Institute of Interpretive Naturalists, Seattle, Washington, May 10, 1985.

Keynote Address. "Historic Preservation in Washington State: Problems and Prospects." Washington State Historical Society and Pierce County Preservation Office, First Annual Conference, September 14, 1984.

Consultant and Author, Mount St. Helens Donation Project, Burlington Northern Inc., Seattle, Washington, October 1981-May 1983.

Public Address. "Legacy of the Parks." American Photographers and the National Parks Exhibition and Symposium, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1982.

Conference Paper. "Yellowstone Was No 'Miracle'." Western History Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, October 10, 1981.

Member, National Committee on Lectureships and National Committee on Centennial Lectureships, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut, 1980-1986.

Member, Rail Planning Advisory Board, Office of the Director, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, California, 1976-78.

Member, Board of Directors, National Association of Railroad Passengers, Washington, D.C., 1974-1980.

Member, Executive Board, Susquehanna Environmental Education Association, Broome County, New York, 1966-69.

OTHER RELEVANT APPOINTMENTS

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Washington, 1980-87.

Park Training Technician and Ranger Historian/Naturalist, National Park Service, Yosemite National Park, California, Summers of 1980-83.

REFERENCES

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