The National Park Service is doing something
different at New Mexico’s El Malpais National Monument. This fall,
at the 10th anniversary resource stewardship symposium, the agency
will plan the future course of scientific research in the
monument.
“We’re bringing together the people who
actually do the research, and asking what they feel is important
and how should we go about it,” says Herschel Schulz, National Park
Service resource management specialist. Not many others are doing
comprehensive planning for research purposes, says Schulz. “Usually
much larger planning management overviews are done, or a specific
issue is studied, like with an environmental impact statement.” The
symposium will be held Oct. 1-3 in Grants, N.M., and includes
workshops and field trips. Keynote speaker is High Country News
publisher Ed Marston. For more information, contact El Malpais
National Monument, P.O. Box 939, 123 East Roosevelt, Grants, NM
87020 (505/285-4641).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Researching the big picture.
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