Brian Carey, the deputy superintendent for Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Rainbow Bridge National Monument, retired on January 3rd following more than 31 years with the National Park Service. 

Brian worked in a variety of positions in environmental education, interpretation, visitor/resource protection and resources management at Everglades and Biscayne National Parks, Canaveral National Seashore and Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park. 

Prior to transferring to Glen Canyon, he served as superintendent at Chiricahua National Monument and Fort Bowie National Historic Site.  Brian also served 21 years as a commissioned NPS law enforcement officer. 

In 2003 Brian was the recipient of the Director’s Trish Patterson Award for Natural Resource Management in a Small Park.  He chaired the Intermountain Region Resource Stewardship Advisory team and the IMR Southwest Cluster Superintendents Council and served on the IMR Superintendent’s Leadership Council.  In 2007 Brian received the DOI Superior Service Award. 

Brian and his wife Kathy will continue residing in Page, Arizona, for the foreseeable future and can be contacted at texcarey@cableone.net.