When you were doing these studies you were really looking at what was possible and then what it cost?
Well, the cost actually never really became a facto of any magnitude, planning was, we really didn’t consider that.
There already was a commitment that there would be a Redwood National Park?
Right, the question was that, were we going to use and then you got into the cost. I never had anything to do with that aspect, that came right at the tail end, just before they plugged in the legislation. I don’t really recall who did that, do you Bill?
[Bill] The coast stuff?
Yeah, the land cost, the lands division is entirely separate that is where the BLM came in.
[Bill] I know they counted and marked every tree, they still have a number on every tree and stump, it’s the only park in the system that you can say we have this many trees.
That really didn’t come much into form until late in ’68. I really didn’t have anything to do with that.
So, you are really looking at what the impact, what type of an operation it would be?
Right, what facilities you would have, where and staffing, and of course you put together a park budget, operating budget, staffing and all that.
You were always very conscious of this, it is always brought up where the park is and its identity relative to the State Parks. Was this going to be a problems?
Well, yeah you really did two plans and programs until Reagan said no. You did one with the park as we envisioned it and then one without the state operation. So you had two simultaneous programs, but that is pretty simple stuff to put together, when you have done a couple of them they really aren’t that difficult. It is an educated guess, but after all, you are educated, so you do that.
Were the parks studies done with the idea that Crescent City would be the headquarters?
Yes.
