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'''Robert O. Binnewies''' b.1937 served as Executive Director of the [[Palisades Interstate Park Commission]] during the 1990s and led the Commission's effort to acquire 20,000-acre Sterling Forest, the largest remaining open space in the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Region.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22647931.html?refid=gnews_1108 Bergen Record]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/27/nyregion/new-york-and-us-pledge-to-help-buy-major-park.html New York Times]</ref>
'''Robert O. Binnewies''' b.1937, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Served as Executive Director of the [[Palisades Interstate Park Commission]] during the 1990s and led the Commission's effort to acquire 20,000-acre Sterling Forest, the largest remaining open space in the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Region.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22647931.html?refid=gnews_1108 Bergen Record]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/27/nyregion/new-york-and-us-pledge-to-help-buy-major-park.html New York Times]</ref>


Before becoming Director there, he had assisted Mrs. David (Peggy) Rockefeller in creation of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust and served as the Trust's Executive Director in the 1970s. He was vice president of the National Audubon Society, He was Superintendent of Yosemite National Park from 1979 to 1986, where he signed the 1980 Yosemite General Management Plan that called for major reductions in commercial and administrative development in Yosemite Valley. He initiated the Return-of-Light-Campaign (later known as the Yosemite Fund) that has raised more than $50 million in support of Yosemite conservation priorities. <ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/64372283.html?dids=64372283:64372283&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+21%2C+1985&author=RONALD+B.+TAYLOR&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Yosemite-a+Plea+for+Public+Funds+Group+Hopes+to+Raise+%2452+Million+to+Restore+Park's+Shine&pqatl=google Los Angeles Times]</ref> He had engaged in controversial discussions about the replacement of the long=time concessionaire at the Park, the Yosemite Park and Curry Company<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/23/us/new-tack-in-assault-on-yosemite-commercialism.html New York Times]</ref> <ref>[http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/FB/lib00075,0EAE8427D4FA33F4.html Fresno Bee]</ref>, and left this position in the wake of various internal charges. <ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58483118.html?dids=58483118:58483118&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+29%2C+1986&author=RONALD+B.+TAYLOR&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Yosemite+Chief's+Firing+Tied+to+Ranger+Morale%2C+Crime&pqatl=google LA Times]</ref> He also had positions at Yellowstone and Acadia National Parks, and as Chairman of the Board of the Santa Lucia Conservancy, California, and the Los Luceros Foundation, New Mexico.
Before becoming Director there, he had assisted Mrs. David (Peggy) Rockefeller in creation of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust and served as the Trust's Executive Director in the 1970s. He was vice president of the National Audubon Society, 1978-1979. He was Superintendent of Yosemite National Park from 1979 to 1986, where he signed the 1980 Yosemite General Management Plan that called for major reductions in commercial and administrative development in Yosemite Valley. He initiated the Return-of-Light-Campaign (later known as the Yosemite Fund) that has raised more than $50 million in support of Yosemite conservation priorities. <ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/64372283.html?dids=64372283:64372283&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+21%2C+1985&author=RONALD+B.+TAYLOR&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Yosemite-a+Plea+for+Public+Funds+Group+Hopes+to+Raise+%2452+Million+to+Restore+Park's+Shine&pqatl=google Los Angeles Times]</ref> He had engaged in controversial discussions about the replacement of the long=time concessionaire at the Park, the Yosemite Park and Curry Company<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/23/us/new-tack-in-assault-on-yosemite-commercialism.html New York Times]</ref> <ref>[http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/FB/lib00075,0EAE8427D4FA33F4.html Fresno Bee]</ref>, and left this position in the wake of various internal charges. <ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58483118.html?dids=58483118:58483118&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+29%2C+1986&author=RONALD+B.+TAYLOR&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Yosemite+Chief's+Firing+Tied+to+Ranger+Morale%2C+Crime&pqatl=google LA Times]</ref> He also had positions at Yellowstone and Acadia National Parks, as Assistant Commissioner, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, and, voluntarily, as Chairman of the Board of the Santa Lucia Conservancy, California, and the Los Luceros Foundation, New Mexico.


He is the author of "Palisades, 100,000 Acres in 100 Years," <ref>Binnewies, Robert O. Palisades: 100,000 Acres in 100 Years. Hudson Valley heritage series, no. 1. New York: Fordham University Press and Palisades Interstate Park Commission, 2001. ISBN 9780823221288 [http://www.worldcat.org/title/palisades-100000-acres-in-100-years/oclc/46472150&referer=brief_results WorldCat]</ref>, an account of the activities of the commission. <ref>"Chronicling the Inside Story of Efforts to Protect the Palisades" By THOMAS STAUDTER
He is the author of "Palisades, 100,000 Acres in 100 Years," <ref>Binnewies, Robert O. Palisades: 100,000 Acres in 100 Years. Hudson Valley heritage series, no. 1. New York: Fordham University Press and Palisades Interstate Park Commission, 2001. ISBN 9780823221288 [http://www.worldcat.org/title/palisades-100000-acres-in-100-years/oclc/46472150&referer=brief_results WorldCat]</ref>, an account of the activities of the commission. <ref>"Chronicling the Inside Story of Efforts to Protect the Palisades" By THOMAS STAUDTER

Revision as of 17:11, 27 May 2010

Robert O. Binnewies b.1937, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Served as Executive Director of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission during the 1990s and led the Commission's effort to acquire 20,000-acre Sterling Forest, the largest remaining open space in the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Region.[1][2]

Before becoming Director there, he had assisted Mrs. David (Peggy) Rockefeller in creation of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust and served as the Trust's Executive Director in the 1970s. He was vice president of the National Audubon Society, 1978-1979. He was Superintendent of Yosemite National Park from 1979 to 1986, where he signed the 1980 Yosemite General Management Plan that called for major reductions in commercial and administrative development in Yosemite Valley. He initiated the Return-of-Light-Campaign (later known as the Yosemite Fund) that has raised more than $50 million in support of Yosemite conservation priorities. [3] He had engaged in controversial discussions about the replacement of the long=time concessionaire at the Park, the Yosemite Park and Curry Company[4] [5], and left this position in the wake of various internal charges. [6] He also had positions at Yellowstone and Acadia National Parks, as Assistant Commissioner, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, and, voluntarily, as Chairman of the Board of the Santa Lucia Conservancy, California, and the Los Luceros Foundation, New Mexico.

He is the author of "Palisades, 100,000 Acres in 100 Years," [7], an account of the activities of the commission. [8]


References

  1. ^ Bergen Record
  2. ^ New York Times
  3. ^ Los Angeles Times
  4. ^ New York Times
  5. ^ Fresno Bee
  6. ^ LA Times
  7. ^ Binnewies, Robert O. Palisades: 100,000 Acres in 100 Years. Hudson Valley heritage series, no. 1. New York: Fordham University Press and Palisades Interstate Park Commission, 2001. ISBN 9780823221288 WorldCat
  8. ^ "Chronicling the Inside Story of Efforts to Protect the Palisades" By THOMAS STAUDTER December 16, 2001, New York Times link
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