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CONTACTS/RESOURCES
WHO ARE CONTACTS REGARDING THIS NAMING PROPOSAL?
The Name4Carl Committee members are below:
Bill Jones, website developer. Forward statements,
petitions, news articles to
Bill Jones
0637 Blue Ridge Road
Silverthorne, CO 80498
970/468-7673 (phone & fax)
e-mail:
email
Background: Yosemite National Park park naturalist (1962-1970) then chief
park naturalist 1970-1972. Directly
associated with Carl Sharsmith during these years. Editor and Director of Yosemite Natural History
Association, instituted the Yosemite Field Seminars (now Yosemite Outdoor
Adventures) and was an instructor of geology for same, President Yosemite Winter
Club, National Park
Service park interpretive, wilderness, and master plan planner 1972-1985; Presently: VistaBooks book publisher
(www.vistabooks.com) of outdoor and
American history subjects , ski
instructor (www.SkiMyBest.com) for Vail
Resorts of Colorado, author of "Yosemite...the story behind the scenery"
published by K. C. Publications of Las Vegas, Nevada, and
"Domes, Cliffs, Waterfalls...a brief geology of Yosemite Valley"
published by Yosemite Association of Yosemite National Park, California, and magazine
articles. Based in
Silverthorne, Colorado.
Bob Barbee (deceased)
Background: Carlsbad Caverns Tour Guide; Yosemite National Park photographer
, naturalist and resource manager; Big Bend National Park
park ranger; Point Reyes National Seashore park ranger; chief of
interpretation Western Region National Park Service;
superintendent of Cape Lookout National Seashore, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ,
Redwoods National Park, Yellowstone National Park; and Director of National Park Service Alaska Region.
Retired: Based in Bozeman, Montana.
Bryan Harry
Background: manger of National Wildlife Refuge , Park Naturalist
at Grand Teton National Park, Assistant Chief Park Naturalist at Yellowstone
National Park, Chief Park Naturalist at Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Valley District Manager,
Regional Director of Alaska Region, Director of Hawaii Area national parks.
Retired. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Wayne Merry (deceased)
Background: First El Capitan summit ascent, Yosemite National Park naturalist
and ranger including at Tuolumne Meadows, director Yosemite Climbing School, chief ranger at
Olympic and Mount McKinley National Parks, student of Carl Sharsmith at
San Jose State University and author of Canadian first aid manual, search consultant. Based in Atlin, British Columbia, Canada.
Cindy Merry
wife of Wayne Merry, assuming an honorary role as Wayne Merry's legacy.
Len McKenzie
Background: Park naturalist, Yosemite (1962-63), Lassen Volcanic
(1966-67); district naturalist, Everglades (1967-69); chief naturalist,
Assateague Island (1969-71), Mammoth Cave (1971-74), Yosemite (1974-93); deputy
superintendent, Golden Gate (1993-98). Director of YNHA (now YA) when naming
proposal originated. Author of "Yosemite: The Continuing Story." Now a
writer/editor and consultant in interpretive and exhibit planning living in
Mariposa, CA.
Jack Morehead
Background: Grand Teton National Park ranger; Yosemite National Park chief
ranger, Yosemite National
Park superintendent, Everglades National Park superintendent, Chief Ranger
of National Park Service.
Presently: retired. Based in Morro Bay, California
Bill Wendt
Background: Yosemite National Park Chief Ranger, Chief Range of National Park Service.
Presently: retired, based in Midpines, California.
Douglass Hubbard (deceased)
Yosemite Chief Park Naturalist, NPS Chief Naturalist,
Director Nimitz Naval Museum, Cruise Ship Lecturer, Publisher of Awani
Press. Based in Fredericksburg, Texas.
David Hubbard (bio coming)
Bob Fry (deceased)
Yosemite National Park park naturalist, Yosemite Field
Seminars botany and ethnography instructor; educator. Based in Groveland, California.
Dr. F. Owen Hoffman
Zion, Crater Lake, and Yosemite ranger-naturalist
1969-1971, San Jose State University alumnus student of Carl Sharsmith. Presently president of Senes Oak
Ridge Center for Risk Analysis. Based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Dr. John Lemons, (deceased)
Former Tuolumne Meadows park naturalist,
Emeritus Professor of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of New England. Now
resident of Homer, Alaska and Cambria, California, author.
Allen Berrey (former member,, resigned)
legal counsel Mono County, raised in
Yosemite Valley, former board member Yosemite Association, son of Henry Berrey
(deceased) who was long-time business manager for YA.
Jim Sano, Former Yosemite/Mather District naturalist, now
President Geographic Expeditions, board member of National Board of the Trust
for Public Lands and National Council of World Wildlife Fund. Based in San
Francisco, California
Lyndel Mikel (bio coming)
Lee Stetson (bio coming)
Dick Ewart (bio coming)
Anne Hendrickson (bio coming)
Debra Plant (bio coming)
Ron Mackie (bio coming)
Advisors
Dr. Dallas Peck, (deceased) Director, U.S. Geological Survey, 1981-1993, geologist who mapped two Yosemite National Park Quadrangles--Yosemite and Merced Peak. Assisted in formulation of naming proposal as early as 1976. Deceased 2005.
RESOURCES USED IN DEVELOPING THE WEBSITE NAME4CARL.ORG
Browning, Peter, 1986, Place Names of the Sierra Nevada: From Abbot to Zumwalt. Wilderness Press. Berkeley, CA. There is no entry for Sharsmith, as expected, as Carl was still alive when this title was published.
Browning, Peter, 1988, Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of geographic names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. Lafayette, CA. There is no entry for Sharsmith, as expected, as Carl was still alive when this title was published.
Congressional Record, December 10, 1979, Extension of Remarks: Tribute to a Dedicated Public Servant. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Testimonial in U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman Tony Coelho of California regarding Carl Sharsmith.
Woolfenden, Wallace B., 1992, Harvey Monroe Hall Research Natural Area Management Plan. Mono Lake Ranger District, Inyo National Forest: Bishop, CA. This is for the area on the east side of informally-named Sharsmith Peak).
Yosemite Research Library, Yosemite National Park, California. Linda Eade, Librarian.
Selected papers from Sharsmith files at Yosemite Research Library
Correspondence file on name4carl project
See also the bibliographic references at "Published works by and about Carl Sharsmith"
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