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Our guest Walt Dabney, former National Park Service Superintendent and Texas State Park Director will be sharing a presentation on The History of Public Lands in the United States. This is a free BHA event with beverages provided by Epic Brewing Company!
Walt Dabney graduated from Texas A&M (TAMU) in 1969 with a degree in Recreation and Park Management. Over 30 years with the National Park Service he served in Yellowstone, Yosemite, Mt. Rainier, Grand Teton, the Everglades, and as the General Superintendent for the Southeast Utah Group of parks which included Canyonlands and Arches National Parks; and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep National Monuments.
Dabney has been a field ranger, emergency medical technician and firefighting instructor. In Alaska he served as a leader with the Alaska Ranger Task Force, sent to establish the NPS presence on 50 million acres of newly established national monuments. In his post as the National Park Service Chief Ranger in Washington, D.C., he had national level policy promulgation and oversight for all ranger related programs including: law enforcement, search and rescue, emergency medical services, fee collection, rules and regulations, campground management, wilderness management, uniforms, aviation programs, and structural and wildland fire management.
Dabney began his permanent career with Texas Parks and Wildlife as the Director of State Parks in 1999. He helped bring significant organizational changes to the agency. After 43 years of park work he retired in 2010.
He has continued to contribute to the profession as an instructor at the National State Park Directors Leadership School, Southwest Park and Recreation Training Institute, and several universities including having been an assistant professor with the Recreation and Parks Department at TAMU. His talk on The History of Americas Public Lands has been presented in numerous venues in various states.
The Utah Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers welcomes Mr. Dabney and thanks him for his years of dedication to our National Parks, and Public Lands.