Big Thicket Reporter - 2006/04/07 — BTA Portal -
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Published on: 4/7/2006
Last Visited: 9/5/2008
The study Steering Group includes Dr. Bruce Drury, Chair, Ellen Buchanan, Ken Pelt, Wendy Ledbetter, Maxine Johnston, with the Preserve represented by Pete Hart, Chuck Hunt, and Curtis Hoagland.
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The new interim superintendent for Big Thicket is Pete Hart, an NPS retiree whose last assignment was at New River Gorge National River in West Virginia.Hart reported for duty on January 9th, accompanied by Mike Snyder, Intermountain Regional Director, NPS.
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Snyder, Hart and George met with local officials and BTA representatives before conducting a Preserve staff meeting, which was followed by a "welcome-and-goodbye" reception hosted by the BTNP Staff Association.
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Snyder candidly characterized Big Thicket leadership for the last few years as "revolving doors," which Pete Hart later described as "musical chairs."
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Pete Hart: Pete Hart grew up in New England and graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont.He later earned an MA Degree from the University of Colorado where he did field work at Rocky Mountain National Park.He served as an army engineer officer both in the U.S. and in Vietnam where he was awarded the Bronze Star.
Hart entered the National Park Service (NPS) in 1968 as a park ranger at the Grand Canyon.He later worked at Mount Rainier and Grand Teton National Parks where he was primarily involved in search and rescue and climbing management.Further assignments included district ranger in Yosemite and chief ranger at both Cape Cod national Seashore and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.In 1990 he became superintendent at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota.Hart then served an extended detail as acting chief ranger of NPS in Washington, D.C. In 1995 he was appointed superintendent of New River Gorge national river, Gauley River National Recreation Area and the Bluestone National Scenic River all in West Virginia.
Hart retired from the NPS in 2001 and completed a 2168 mile hike of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine during the spring and summer.After relocating to Livingston Montana, he returned to the NPS as the acting superintendent of Glacier National Park in early 2002.In 2003 he spent several months as interim superintendent of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Curecanti National Recreation Area in western Colorado.The following year he again returned to Glacier to fill in as deputy superintendent.
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Pete Hart reported on his background and philosophy.He talked about plans for a headquarters building and a proposed facility for the fire management group at Woodville.He informally and amiably fielded questions from the board on issues ranging from visitation to land acquisition to strategic planning.Hart was scheduled to meet with NPS officials in Denver the following week.
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Pete Hart is in Denver juggling alternatives - a modular building?Rented quarters?
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