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"I'm once again amazed by the caliber of presenters that you are able to bring to us." Mid-level 2002 participant

"The inquiry-based learning is fantastic. I appreciate your prompting us to think deeply and not leading us to overly simplistic or superficial answers." Mid-level 2002 participant

The National Park Service Mid-level Intake Program is a new leadership training program for mid-level career professionals aspiring to be future leaders. In the spring of 2002, the Conservation Study Institute met with the initial mid-level class of 2003 for the first in a series of sessions. Using the historic setting of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, participants conversed with former NPS Deputy Director Deny Galvin on the importance of connecting people to "place" in conservation work, and with nature writer and Middlebury College professor John Elder on the spectrum of stewardship philosophies. With the help of representatives of The Conservation Fund and QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment, participants explored current trends in conservation practice, including partnerships between government agencies and the private sector and working across boundaries to achieve conservation goals on a broader scale.

In August 2002 the group returned to New England for a two-week session. Beginning in the Providence, Rhode Island, area, participants visited the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor as a case study to look at a more recent trend for NPS: national heritage areas. The group met with representatives of corridor commission partners to discuss the nature of partner relationships as they learned about regional programs. During the second week in Woodstock, NPS Chief Historian Dwight Pitcaithley and Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Superintendent Rolf Diamant explored trends in more recent NPS history. Working with a spectrum of guest speakers, participants looked at the issue of wilderness expansion in the Northeast. The group was joined by Intermountain Regional Director Karen Wade, Statue of Liberty National Monument Superintendent Diane Dayson, and Grey Towers Supervisor Ed Brannon (U.S. Forest Service) for a leadership panel discussion. The course also included reflective writing and conservation visioning with CSI staff.

Mid-level participants will meet with CSI for another session before their graduation in 2003.

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Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Shelburne FarmsUniversity of VermontQLF Atlantic Center for the Environment		 National Park Service