For those of you who never met her, Kay retired from the National Park Service on Sept 30, 2007, after 31 years of service. When she retired, she was Chief of Interpretation at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. I worked with Kay at Carlsbad Caverns during the 1977 and 1978 season. She started there in 1976 as a seasonal and became a permanent in 1977. She worked as a cave specialist researching and initiating the first "cleaning"--removing algae--of cave formations. She also worked as a radon tech and as the assistant to cave management specialist Ron Kerbo. She developed a special project proposal for a cave cleanup crew and supervised a small crew who removed algae, dust, old construction fill and other debris from the Caverns. >From 1982-1989, she was assistant chief of interpretation at Wind Cave >National Park where, in addition to her regular duties, she was in charge of >the environmental education program. She also began the cave management >program, drafted the cave management plan, and initiated the cave inventory >program using students from the National Outdoor Leadership School and local >cavers. So what will she be doing now? She is an ordained Episcopal priest and will be working in the Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming. Kay is one of the most energetic, straightforward people I ever had the great fortune to know. She is also funny, has a great sense of humor and is a great people person. For those of you who were lucky enough to know or have met her, I hope you'll wish her good luck on her new adventure. For more about Kay, see: http://www.peoplelandandwater.gov/nps/nps_10-15-07_kay-rohde-chief-interpretative.cfm Louise
