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The winners of the bi-annual National Park Service Cooperating Association Excellence in Interpretation Awards were announced last month in Charleston, South Carolina. Ten judges honored 27 entries with "Winner" and "Honorable Mention" awards in 9 different categories. The recipient of the top prize, the Director's Award, was the book entitled Ford's Theatre and the Lincoln Assassination from Parks and History Association.
The Yosemite Association received 6 of the 27 awards, including the "Best Natural History Book" prize. Our new botanical work, An Illustrated Flora of Yosemite National Park, eclipsed eleven other entries for the honor. Judges described it as "a magnificent book, beautifully organized and presented, breathtaking with incredible detail." Credit for the book's high quality goes to author Steve Botti, illustrator Walter Sydoriak, illustrator Lesley Randall, and designer Carole Thickstun.
Honorable mention awards were made to Y.A. in five categories. Dwight Willard's A Guide to the Sequoia Groves of California was recognized in the Natural History Book division, The Photographer's Guide to Yosemite by Michael Frye received the honor in the General Book category, the national park wildlife alphabet book by Steven P. Medley and Daniel San Souci, Antelope, Bison, Cougar, earned recognition in the Children's Publication area, and Y.A.'s "Bear Awareness" products, including logo, t-shirt, and pin, merited an honorable mention in the Theme-Related Products category.
It was notable that one of the new programs that the association developed for members last year earned an honorable mention award as an Interpretive Program. The Annual Yosemite Winter Literary Conference (which was staged again in February, 2002) was the brainchild of Beth Pratt and benefited from the guidance of program director Jack Hicks from the University of California at Davis. The program logo and brochure were designed by Michael Osborne Design of San Francisco.
In commenting on the competition this year, N.P.S. Servicewide Coordinator Rose Fennell observed that: "The level of sophistication, interpretation, and yes, even marketability of this year's entries proves again that national park cooperating associations are leading the way in helping fulfill the educational mandate of the National Park Service."
April 2, 2002
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