A Woman in the Great Outdoors
Subtitle: Adventures in the National Park Service
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: October 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780826331755
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography; Women's studies; United States; Management; Biography / Autobiography; Women; Personal Memoirs; Biography/Autobiography; Officials and employees; National Park Service; Adventurers & Explorers; History / United States / 20th Century; Webb, Melody,; 1946-; Government policy; National parks and reserves
Description: "Melody Webb's career began in Alaska during President Gerald Ford's administration. She helped set up the mechanism that permitted Alaskan Natives to claim up to 2 million acres of federal land to preserve culturally significant areas. Following a dozen years of historic preservation work in Alaska and New Mexico, Webb spent the second half of her tenure in management positions. She served as superintendent at the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and then as assistant superintendent in charge of all park operations at Grand Teton National Park. During this period the Park Service was faced with conflicting mandates: there was a growing demand for recreational land use and, at the same time, environmental requirements and tight budgets limited the NPS's options." "Webb's frankness about the day-to-day politics within an institution that many Americans feel should be above politics make this book an eye opener for historians and anyone who has an interest in the National Park System."--BOOK JACKET.