Big Bend Administrative History

¹ Douglas B. Evans, Chief Naturalist, "Prospectus for the Interpretation of Big Bend National Park," March 7, 1965, SRM Library, BIBE.

² Ibid

³ Ibid.

⁴ David J. Jones, Resource Planner, NPS, "Big Bend Natural Sciences Research Plan," July 1967, BIBE Files, SWSSO Library, Santa Fe.

⁵ Ibid.

⁶ Ibid.

⁷ Bob Burleson, "An Alternative to the Master Plan and Wilderness Proposal for Big Bend National Park," Americans Backing Better Park Development, Temple, TX, n.d. (January 1972?), BIBE Files, SWSSO Library, Santa Fe.

⁸ Ibid.

⁹ Ibid.

¹⁰ Ibid.

¹¹ Ibid.

¹² Ibid.

¹³ Ibid.

¹⁴ "Wilderness Recommendation, Big Bend National Park, Texas," January 1973, U.S. Department of the Interior, NPS, BIBE Files, SWSSO Library, Santa Fe.

¹⁵ "Interpretive Prospectus, Big Bend National Park, Texas," Department of the Interior, NPS, Denver Service Center (DSC), October 1974, BIBE Files, SWSSO Library, Santa Fe.

¹⁶ Ibid.

¹⁷ Master Plan Draft, Big Bend National Park, March 1975, BIBE Files, SWSSO Library, Santa Fe.

¹⁸ Ibid.

¹⁹ Ibid.

²⁰ Ibid.

²¹ Roland H. Wauer, Chief Scientist, NPS, SWR, Santa Fe, "A Case History of Land Use and Some Ecological Implications: The Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas," paper delivered at the Southwest Region Superintendents' Conference, Santa Fe, August 26-28, 1975, NPS BIBE N5 53a File, SWSSO Library, Santa Fe.

²² Ibid.

²³ Robert H. Bendt, et al., "Management Evaluation and Action Plan, Big Bend National Park, Texas," August 22-26, 1976, Superintendents' Files, BIBE. Bendt was chief of the SWR's office of management consulting, Cisneros served as SWR's personnel officer, Matic was a regional personnel management specialist, and Budge was chief of protection and visitor use management for SWR.

²⁴ Ibid.

²⁵ Ibid.

²⁶ Ibid.

²⁷ Ibid.

²⁸ Gene Balaz interview, May 31, 1996; Robert Haraden interview, July 24, 1996.

²⁹ "General Management Plan, Master Plan, Big Bend National Park, Texas," March 1981, BIBE Files, Technical Products Library, Technical Information Center (TIC), Denver Service Center (DSC), NPS, Denver.

³⁰ Ibid.

³¹ Ibid.

³² Ibid.

³³ Ibid.

³⁴ "Natural Resource Protection–Big Bend National Park," n.d. 1984, NPS BIBE N5 65 File, SWSSO Library, Santa Fe.

³⁵ Ibid.

³⁶ Ibid.

³⁷ Ibid.

³⁸ Ibid.

³⁹ James W. Carrico, Superintendent, BIBE, "Statement for Management, Big Bend National Park," December 1986, NPS BIBE PD37 File, BIBE Files, SWSSO Library, Santa Fe.

⁴⁰ Ibid.

⁴¹ Ibid.

⁴² John Cook interview, August 1, 1996; Garner Hanson interview, September 19, 1997; Jim Milburn interview, September 19, 1997; Jose Cisneros interview, April 23, 1998, February 4, 2000; "Friends Group Donates to Big Bend National Park," News Release, NPS, March 26, 2001; "Big Bend National Park Fact Sheet," July 28, 2001, BIBE Official Web Site (http://www.nps.gov/bibe/facts. htm); National Parks Concessions, Inc., v. Roger G. Kennedy, et al. (1996), NPCI Records, Cave City, KY.

⁴³ "Big Bend National Park, General Management Plan, Newsletter 2, Summer 2001," Superintendent's Files, BIBE.

⁴⁴ Ibid.

⁴⁵ Ibid.

⁴⁶ Ibid.