Thomas A. Smith

Hooked On Parks

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Thomas Smith is a former Chair of the Park Management Department at West Valley College in Saratoga, California, and a retired seasonal park ranger in Yosemite National Park and Santa Clara County, California. Hooked on Parks is a book about his career and his comrades in the ranger ranks and some of their experiences and passions. The book also includes sections on wildlife, search and rescue, weather, evolution of modern, and some not-so-modern equipment used by rangers.Parks are special places in our society because the cultural integrity and the ecological values of our collective park systems in many important ways reflect the heritage o… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-61170-250-7
EAN: 9781611702507
Produktnummer: 22848949
Verlag: Robertson Pub
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 212 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.3 cm 463 g
Gewicht: 463

Über den Autor

About the Author: Thomas A. Smith is a retired coordinator and instructor in park management at West Valley College in Saratoga, California, and had over 20 years of experience as a seasonal park ranger with the National Park Service and the Santa Clara County Department of Parks and Recreation. In 1986, the County borrowed him from the College to act as an interim full-time consultant for the park system while they conducted a nationwide search for a new director. The county regional system has over 50,000 acres. For 11 years Tom served as the Director of the Region Five Recreation Academy for the United States Forest Service held at West Valley College. He started and served as director of a highly successful in-service training program for park rangers at West Valley that served agencies throughout the West Coast. Tom received the first honorary lifetime membership to the Park Rangers Association of California (PRAC), and is one of the founding fathers of the organization. In 2012, he received the President's Award from the California Association of Park and Recreation Boards and Commissioners for his contributions to parks and recreation in California.