CARSON NATIONAL FOREST, N.M. – Sam Hitt wraps his arms around a towering yellow pine. He sniffs the bark and invites me to take a turn. Cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice assail my sinuses. “People tease me about being a tree hugger. I never hugged a tree, so I thought I’d get into it,” says the founder […]
Cathy Robbins
Posted inOctober 25, 1999: Monumental chaos
Monumental chaos
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The shooting has stopped at Petroglyph National Monument. Established in 1990, the park protects 17,000 petroglyphs that Native Americans pecked into volcanic boulders on what is now the city’s west side (HCN, 11/1/93). Yet just a few years ago, weekend joyriders and even the National Guard drove to the monument for target […]
Posted inOctober 25, 1999: Monumental chaos
We’re the good guys
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. A 24-year staffer with National Park Service, Petroglyph National Monument Superintendent Judith Cordova came to Albuquerque, N.M., from Grand Junction, Colo., where she was superintendent of Colorado National Monument. She is the only female Hispanic superintendent in the Park Service. Judith Cordova: “We’re here. […]
Posted inOctober 25, 1999: Monumental chaos
An overall poor attitude
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. A Park Service team, composed of employees from other monuments in the region conducted an “oversight review” of Petroglyph National Monument, submitting its 20-page report on Sept. 25, 1998. The group, chaired by Linda Stoll, asked 19 employees the question, “What is working well? […]
Posted inOctober 25, 1999: Monumental chaos
You have to show you care
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. Matthew Schmader is the assistant superintendent for Albuquerque’s Open Space Division, which manages about 4,000 acres of city lands within the monument acquired by the city through a local, dedicated open-space tax. Matthew Schmader: “A lot of sweat and blood has gone into protecting […]
Posted inOctober 25, 1999: Monumental chaos
It should embarrass the Park Service
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. Dave Simon, who is based in Albuquerque, is the Southwest regional director for the nonprofit National Parks and Conservation Association. Simon helped draft the bill that established the monument. Dave Simon: “Given current circumstances, turning over total control of the monument to the National […]