NATIONAL PARKS AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

ALAN ROBINSON Experience (2)

GREAT GORGE, SOUTH SIDE DENALI NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA

Summary of US National Park Service career activities

LAMESHUR BAY, VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK

As the biologist, Virgin Islands National Park 1970-74, I coordinated projects of the underwater habitat TEKTITE, planned the Park’s research and resource management program, and undertook studies on visitor impacts on coral reefs. I helped establish a historical society and develop the island's first school environmental education programs. I also represented the Park on marine park management and research issues throughout the Caribbean, at a time when the concept of marine protected areas was new in the region.

BROWN BEAR TRAIL, ANIAKCHAK NATIONAL MONUMENT AND PRESERVE, ALASKA

Over the following 20 years as a leader of management plans, environmental assessments and special studies, assignments covered the spectrum of National Park Service planning Marine and coastal (FL, MS, CA) Bays and estuaries (DL, MD) Deserts (AZ, CA) River corridors (NC) Parkways (VA, NC) Alaska (ANILCA) parks Cultural sites (LA) Sustainable design concepts

Products included General Management Plans (Master Plans) Conceptual site plans Environmental Assessments New area proposals Guideline contributions Training presentations

SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK