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Show BLM's San Juan Resource Area Gains Nev Employees Five new employees have . reported for duty recently in the San Juan Resource Area, J Bureau of Land Mangement, f according to Lester P. Sween-1 Sween-1 ey, Area Manager, Monticello. v They are Richard McClure, a J range conservationist, who 1 will work primarily in grazing management; Richard Hilde-1 Hilde-1 brand, Richard W. Simmons, I Robert D. Appling, and Ann )' Rasor, all rangers, who will be V involved in the area's archae-J archae-J ological protection program, primarily in the Cedar Mesa area of southern San Juan J County. Mr. McClure attended Tex- as Tech. University in his home town of Lubbock, Texas, and graduated from Utah State University in June 1976, majoring in Wildlife Science. He has worked in the Ashley National Forest at Vernal as a Forestry Aid and Forestry 1 Technician and most recently f worked for BLM in Casper, I Wyoming as a Range Techni- V cian. J He enjoys photography and the outdoor hobbies of camping, camp-ing, hunting, fishing and cross-country skiing. Mr. Hildebrand hails from Glen Rock, New Jersey. He is a 1970 graduate of Lincoln II Memorial University in Tenn- essee and has attended U.S. I Coast Guard Officer School. His work experience has been as a Park Ranger at Cumber- land Gap National Historical Park in Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky, at Big Bend National Park, Texas; and at Amistad Recreation Area, Texas. He has a variety of J hobbies, including camping, drama, music and aquatics, f Mr. Simmons claims Staten l Island, New York as his home. C He holds a Bachelor of Science il degree in Wildlife Science ( from Utah State University. J He has worked as a seasonal A park ranger at Canyonlands National Park and Natural Bridges National Monument. I He was recently married to the il former Cindy Rogero who is V also a BLM ranger. His If hobbies are photography and ,V backpacking. ' Mr. Appling, who is from j North Fork, Idaho, has a f Bachelor of Science degree in j Park Administration from Cali fornia State. University at Sacramento, California. He has worked as a seasonal park ranger at Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho and at Fort Point National Historic Site, California. He spent last summer running the Salmon river in Idaho. He enjoys most outdoor sports. He and his wife, Theodora, are parents of an infant son. Miss Rasor, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Interpretation from Colorado State University in 1973. Since then she has worked as a seasonal Park Ranger at Mesa Verde National Nation-al Park, Colorado. She has also served as a Youth Conservation Conserva-tion Corps crew leader for the Pike National Forest, Colorado. Colo-rado. Miss Rasor's interests include in-clude photography, edible plants, camping and traveling. |