Phyllis Ashmead This is Me

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1. 1. www.uniondemocrat.com

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   Published on: 2/15/2008   Last Visited: 2/15/2008

   "The ridge is part of a volcanic mud flow, and it supports some extremely rare plants," said Phyllis Ashmead, an interpretive specialist with the Stanislaus National Forest.
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   "We use them informally," Ashmead said of the nicknames.
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   In 2000, Ashmead and forest volunteer Herb McLean created the self-guided Sierra Grandstand Drive Tour along the lower portion of Dodge Ridge.

2. 2. UnionDemocrat.com - The Union Democrat Online

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   Published on: 11/23/2004   Last Visited: 11/24/2004

   Stanislaus National Forest Interpretive Specialist Phyllis Ashmead was the recipient of the national Gifford Pinchot Excellence in Interpretation and Conservation Education award.
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   When Phyllis Ashmead began studying natural resources at Columbia College, she never imagined that 30 years later she would receive a national award for her work with the Stanislaus National Forest.
   
   An interpretive specialist at Mi-Wok Ranger District, Ashmead, 49, was nominated by her peers to win the Gifford Pinchot Excellence in Interpretation and Conservation Education Award. The nomination represented a regional award and included a trip to the National Interpreters Workshop in Grand Rapids, Mich., where national winners were announced.
   
   Sitting in the front row of the awards ceremony Thursday afternoon, Ashmead heard her name called as the winner.
   
   "I was totally shocked," she said.
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   Ashmead said she received a plaque, but her biggest reward is seeing the national recognition of forest programs.
   
   "It's all about recognition," said Ashmead, who has been with the Forest Service since 1990. "Stanislaus Forest is becoming a leader in interpretive programs. This helps validate that we're doing the right thing."
   
   In addition to the high honor, Ashmead was told that she would get a bonus, but she doesn't know how much money it will be.
   
   "Basically, the check is in the mail," she said with a laugh.
   
   She is also a member of the Stanislaus Interpretive Team, which works in all of the forest's four ranger districts and educates more than 17,000 visitors annually.
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   With help from a local seamstress, Ashmead picked out fabric to represent the different layers of a tree. As the layers are placed on a child volunteer, the purpose of each layer is explained, along with sound effects.
   
   No stranger to dealing with children, Ashmead and her husband Ralph have a 13-year-old son, Nathan, who attends Sierra Waldorf School in Jamestown. The Ashmeads live in Tuolumne.
   
   During the 40th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act celebration, Ashmead put more of her creative abilities on the table with a first-person portrayal of Nancy Kelsey, the first pioneer woman to cross the Sonora Pass.
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   "The wonderful thing about my job is I'm always learning, creating," Ashmead said.

3. 3. The Sacramento Bee -- sacbee.com -- Californians honored for heroic efforts

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   Winchester, Forest Service firefighter Mark Davis and Forest Service interpretative specialist Phyllis Ashmead swam out to search for the 17-year-old, Monderly Oun.
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   "It's quite meaningful, as a recipient, to see how much effort they're putting into this," Ashmead said, shortly before the military color guard entered to present the American flag and the flags of the various services.
   
   The Pinecrest rescue, though, was not the first time they had put themselves on the line.