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Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Our Staff & Offices
Park Management and Administration
Encompasses activities related to park-wide administrative, managerial, and support functions, as well as safety and planning. In addition, this area is responsible for working with external constituencies in order to develop valuable park partnerships. Altogether, the Management and Administration area provides a host of essential services to enable park employees to focus on accomplishing core mission operations and their functional duties.

Superintendent

Steven A. McCoy       E-Mail


Administrative Officer

Deborah W. Wood        E-Mail


Administrative Support Assistant

Ashley N. Baggett        E-Mail


 

 


Interpretation and Visitor Services
The division of Interpretation and Education conducts a variety of activities that allow visitors from elementary age through adulthood to experience and learn about the park's resources and threats to those resources. Fort Donelson interpreters manage and staff the park's visitor center.

Interpretive events and media publications serve to encourage the development of a personal stewardship ethic and to broaden public support for preserving park resources. Interpretive rangers present Fort Donelson to visitors through formal interpretation at the park with talks, demonstrations, special events and with informal interpretation.

Fort Donelson’s interpretive media infrastructure encompasses outdoor exhibits, visitor center displays, site bulletins, booklets, informational rack cards, and maintenance of the park website.

Chief of Interpretation

Doug Richardson E-Mail

Park Historian

James Jobe        E-Mail

Park Ranger (Interp.)

Deborah Austin               E-Mail

Park Ranger (Interp.)

Susan Hawkins E-Mail

  

             

Facility Management
The Maintenance functional area encompasses all activities designed to improve or prolong the life of the park's assets. The preservation of these resources allows for visitors to safely enjoy their activities at Fort Donelson.

Buildings Maintenance is dedicated to prolonging the life and improving the interior and exterior condition of the four historic and seventeen buildings at Fort Donelson.

Fort Donelson has an extensive trail system with 5.7 miles of trails for hiking. Trails Maintenance activities include repair and rehabilitation of trails in order to prolong the life of these precious assets.

Supervisory Facility Manager

Scott Mapes        E-Mail


Custodian

Christopher Helisek 


Facility Management Assistant

Whitni Earhart   


Maintenance Worker

Ronnie Hicks    


Maintenance Worker

Mitchell Earhart 


Motor Vehicle Operator

Bobby Hogan     


Maintenance Worker

Nickolas Watson    


Laborer

Adam Bagwell         


Laborer

Lance Jackson         


Laborer

Jason McGee


Laborer

Misty Russell         


Maintenance Worker

Mike Luton


Maintenance Worker

Nickolas smith       

Maintenance Worker

Patrick Collinsworth

Maintenance Worker

Russell Houske


 

 
Michael Manning, Chief Ranger, Fort Donelson National Battlefield
NPS
Michael Manning is the Chief Ranger at Fort Donelson National Battlefield, entrusted with the protection of the park's precious resources, and the safety and security of park visitors and staff. Park Ranger Garnet Tritt also helps protect our precious resources and you, the visitor.

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Grant at Fort Donelson

Did You Know?
BG Charles F. Smith, a division commander under BG US Grant during the Battle of Fort Donelson, was Commandant of Cadets during Grants and Buckner’s time at West Point.

Last Updated: March 11, 2011 at 13:13 MST