Big Bend Administrative History

¹ Simonian, Defending the Land of the Jaguar, 111, 113, 128.

² Interview with Julio Carrera, Director, Maderas del Carmen Protected Area, SEMARNAP, Big Bend National Park, TX, April 10, 1999; Interview with Carlos Marin, Chief Engineer, International Boundary and Water Commission, El Paso, TX, August 26, 1998.

³ Jameson, The Story of Big Bend, 121; Interview with Etta Koch, Alpine, TX, September 21, 1996; Interview with Reece Sholley McNatt, Alamogordo, NM, December 18, 1996.

⁴ Interview with Curtis Schaafsma, Santa Fe, NM, August 7, 1996.

⁵ Ibid.

⁶ Interview with Joe Rumburg, Green Valley, AZ, May 31, 1996.

⁷ Interview with Bob Smith, Three Rivers, CA, September 7, 1996.

⁸ Ibid.

⁹ Ibid.

¹⁰ Interview with Monte Fitch, Grand Junction, CO, August 27, 1997; Jameson, The Story of Big Bend, 123; Interview with Russell Dickenson, Seattle, WA, January 28, 1997.

¹¹ Russell Dickenson interview, January 28, 1997.

¹² Ibid.

¹³ Monte Fitch interview, August 27, 1997.

¹⁴ Interview with Chuck McCurdy, Santa Fe, NM, August 22, 1997; interview with Karen and Eldon Reyer, Santa Fe, NM, August 6, 1996.

¹⁵ Ibid.

¹⁶ Ibid.

¹⁷ Interview with Henry (Hank) Schmidt, Sun City, AZ, December 10, 1996.

¹⁸ Ibid.

¹⁹ Interview with Bill Wendt, Midpines, CA, September 6, 1996.

²⁰ Interview with Stanley C. Joseph, Groveland, CA, September 6, 1996.

²¹ Ibid.

²² Interview with Jim Milburn, Vice-President, NPCI, Cave City, KY, September 19, 1997; interview with Dudley Harrison, County Magistrate, Terrell County, Fort Davis, TX, June 7, 1997.

²³ Interview with Garner Hanson, President, NPCI, Cave City, KY, September 19, 1997; interview with Robert Arnberger, Superintendent, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ, June 3, 1996.

²⁴ Interview with Mike Fleming, Science and Resources Management Division, BIBE, September 23, 1996; telephone interview with Jim Liles, Superintendent, Buffalo River National Recreation Area, Harrison, AR, August 21, 1997.

²⁵ Interview with Steve Frye, Chief Ranger, Glacier National Park, MT, July 25, 1995.

²⁶Ibid.

²⁷ Jim Liles interview, August 21, 1997; Rick LoBello interview, August 18, 1999; Frank Deckert interview, September 20, 1996.

²⁸ Frank Deckert interview, September 20, 1996; Keith Yarborough interview, January 17, 1997; Gene Balaz interview, May 31, 1996; John Cook interview, August 1, 1996.

²⁹ Jose Cisneros, Superintendent, BIBE, August 21, 1997; Rick LoBello interview, August 18, 1999; Gene Balaz interview, May 31, 1996.

³⁰ Robert Haraden interview, July 24, 1996; Gene Balaz interview, May 31, 1996; Jim Liles interview, August 21, 1997.

³¹ Ibid.