Susan Billingsley - Grand Canyon River Guides

Barclay Trimble served as the recreational feemanager for the nps Intermountain Region prior toarriving at Grand Canyon in July to serve as deputysuperintendent of business services. In a 16-year careerwith the National Park Service, Trimble has worked inthe areas of financial management, concessions management,and recreational fee management in a number ofpark areas including Glen Canyon National RecreationArea and Denali National Park and Preserve. “GrandCanyon National Park is the most complex national parkin the system and has the largest Concessions ManagementProgram in the service,” Martin said. “Barclay hasthe type of experience that will be extremely valuable inoverseeing those areas.”Martha Hahn, Chief of theDivision of Science and Resource ManagementBarclay Trimble,Deputy Superintendent of Business ServicesTrimble added, “I am excited for the opportunity tojoin the exceptional team entrusted to preserve andprotect Grand Canyon National Park. I’m lookingforward to working with partners and local constituentson a variety of issues that affect both the park and localcommunities, including with river outfitters and guidesas we implement the new Colorado River ManagementPlan.”Like Superintendent Martin, Martha Hahn is beginningher second stint working for the National ParkService at Grand Canyon. In fact, both Martin andHahn began their nps careers at Grand CanyonNational Park. Hahn’s previous positions at the canyonentailed overseeing the Glen Canyon Dam EnvironmentalStudies and Colorado River resource managementand planning in the mid-1980s, and serving as themanagement assistant to the park superintendent.Martha also has extensive experience in public landsmanagement in both the non-profit sector and in thefederal government. She has held a number of positionswith the Bureau of Land Management (blm), includingthe state director for Idaho in which she was responsiblefor the management of twelve million acres of publicland and an annual budget of more than $90 million.Between 2005 and this May when she assumed herduties at Grand Canyon National Park, she was associatedirector of Grand Canyon Trust.Hahn hopes to revitalize the science and resourcemanagement program at Grand Canyon National Park,recently renaming the Science Center the Division ofScience and Resource Management in order to betterreflect the role and responsibility of the division. Hahnsaid, “One of the reasons that national parks were establishedwas for the resources they contain. I’m excited tobe back at the Grand Canyon and working with parkstaff and our partners to protect and conserve thesespecial resources.” She continued, “Implementing theadaptive nature of the Colorado River ManagementPlan and working with all river users in protecting thefragile river resources will be among my highest priorities.”The additions of Martin, Wilson, Trimble and Hahnto pivotal leadership positions at Grand CanyonNational Park will help empower park staff to face futurechallenges such as the development of managementplans for backcountry resource stewardship and aircraftoverflights, and the continuing implementation of theColorado River Management Plan. They will also focustheir energies on other crucial issues, both large andsmall, that effect park resources such as Glen CanyonDam management, fire management, air quality, thehistoric boats project and renovation of the BrightAngel Trailhead on the South Rim.“Grand Canyon is a truly amazing place,” SuperintendentMartin said. “It is my goal that our managementstandards match the magnificence of the park’sresources.”Allyson Mathisboatman’s quarterly review