The Ozette Prairies of Olympic National Park - Natural Resources ...
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Acknowledgments<br />
<strong>The</strong> conception for this study grew out <strong>of</strong> a <strong>National</strong> <strong>Park</strong> Service conference: Cultural <strong>Resources</strong><br />
2000: Managing for the Future in December 2000 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I participated in a panel, “Challenges<br />
<strong>of</strong> and Opportunities for <strong>Park</strong>-Based Ethnobotanical Research.” I met Jacilee Wray for the first time<br />
at this meeting, and the seeds for this project were planted. She was a guiding force and visionary behind<br />
this study, understanding the significance <strong>of</strong> ethnobiology in bridging park research in the biological and<br />
social sciences—for the pr<strong>of</strong>ound fact that certain biologically diverse landscapes are deeply intertwined<br />
with ancient human interactions. Such is the case for many <strong>of</strong> the prairies and wetlands on the <strong>Olympic</strong><br />
Peninsula. Thus, these places can teach us about possibilities for envisioning new ways <strong>of</strong> relating to the<br />
land. Jacilee tirelessly assisted me in every way to complete this project, and I am deeply indebted to her.<br />
Many other people contributed to this report. Thanks to Frederick York who encouraged me to<br />
to take on this study, introducing me to key contacts, and arranging for me to speak to staff at various national<br />
parks about my work in California. Thank you to Larry Nickey for bringing me up to speed on the<br />
fire history <strong>of</strong> the westside <strong>Olympic</strong> Peninsula. I am grateful to David Egan for launching a special issue<br />
<strong>of</strong> the journal Ecological Restoration in the winter <strong>of</strong> 2003, which explored the theme Native American Land<br />
Management Practices in <strong>National</strong> <strong>Park</strong>s.<br />
Foremost, thank you to all <strong>of</strong> the Native Americans and non-Indians who contributed to this<br />
study. At my first <strong>Olympic</strong> Peninsula Cultural Advisory Committee (OPICAC) meeting, native people<br />
from various parts <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Olympic</strong> Peninsula warmly embraced the idea for this study. Executive Director,<br />
Janine Bowechop (Makah), and her staff at the Makah Cultural and Research Center made many<br />
resources available to me and facilitated interviews with Makah elders. Deep gratitude is expressed to<br />
the people I interviewed: Pat Boachup (Makah), Bob Bowlby (Jamestown S’Klallam), Cathy Chamblin-<br />
Peterson (Makah), Cindy Claplanhoo (Makah), Ed Claplanhoo (Makah), Greg Colfax (Makah), Edie Hottowe<br />
(Makah), John H. Ides (Makah), Sadie Johnson (Makah), Bud Klock, Vera Klock, Kate McCarty, Leah<br />
<strong>Park</strong>er (Makah/Lummi), Emil Person, Melissa Peterson (Makah), Gary Ray (Makah), Larry Sears, William<br />
Tyler (Makah), James Wesseler, Ed Wilbur, and Yvonne Wilke (Makah).<br />
I am grateful to many other people who contributed to my knowledge <strong>of</strong> the uses and manage-<br />
ment <strong>of</strong> prairies and wetlands in other parts <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Olympic</strong> Peninsula (outside <strong>of</strong> <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Park</strong>)<br />
including Gladys Allen, Missy Barlow, Bea Charles (Klallam), Bob and Mary Huelsdonk, Muriel Huggins,<br />
Justine James (Quinault), Mary Leitka (Hoh), Ed Maupin, Harvest Moon (Quinault), Chris Morganroth III<br />
(Quileute), Lela Mae Morganroth (Quileute), Gary Peterson, Oscar Peterson, Marie Riebe (Hoh), Vi Riebe<br />
(Hoh), Elsa Schmidt (Aha Blip), Leta Shale (Quileute), Daisy Sinema, Adeline Smith (Klallam), and Myra<br />
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