That was the time of opposition to the boundaries being set at Redwood.
One of the big problems was this “worm”, about a quarter mile sliver that went up Redwood Creek and it was an impossible management situation. Well, since then, of course, the water shed up above the slopes, above that worm, has been acquired by the National Park System. Big changes there. There are lots of interesting things involved with that planning. David Truello was team captain, a very dynamic person.
So the planning for Crater Lake was pretty quiet in comparison to some of the other parks?
Yes. Very quiet. I was also involved in Carlsbad and Guadalupe Mountains.
That was Region Four at that time.
No, we had the southeast and southwest regions also.
So it would be Western Region. And that would have encompassed most of the western states, Hawaii…
Well, it wasn’t a matter of regions, it was a matter of the Western Planning Center which was apart from regional offices. We were assigned parks generally west of the Mississippi River.
It’s the role of Denver Service Center now.
That’s right. Denver Service Center was another reason I took that job to go to Nachez Trace, because they were getting ready to make that move. There was a lot of talk about it at that time.
