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Bob Belous

Born in New York City in 1935, Robert "Bob" Belous came to Alaska in 1972 and began working for the National Park Service in Anchorage. As a member of the National Park Service Task Force in Alaska, he was heavily involved in the effort to develop and pass the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). As part of this activity, he was the primary architect of the subsistence provisions (Title 8). Bob devoted many years of his life to the complicated subsistence issue, worked hard for the bill's passage, and continued to be involved with the development of the National Park Service's subsistence policy for national parks in Alaska. After eleven years in Alaska, Bob continued his Park Service career in various positions in the Lower 48 until his retirement in 1996 as superintendent of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Louisiana. Bob Belous passed away in 2001.

Date of Death:

May 19, 2001

Bob Belous appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
Bob Belous, Part 1	Bob Belous was interviewed on October 8 and 9, 1991 by William Schneider and Dan O'Neill in Vail, Colorado where he was attending the 75th anniversary meeting of the National Park Service. Bob knew Bill Schneider from the mid-1970s when they were both working out of the Anchorage office of the National Park Service. In this first part of a two part interview, Bob speaks personally about his thinking and what he was trying to do when helping to create the subsistence provisions (Title 8) in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980. He speaks with precise logic and reason, but also with concern and care for how the policy has been received and how it might be fine tuned to the conditions as they exist today. Bob also asks that listeners take care not to reference his remarks out of context since the issue is so very complex.	91-22-23	Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve	Oct 8, 1991
Bob Belous, Part 2	This is the continuation of an interview with Bob Belous on October 9, 1991 by William Schneider and Dan O'Neill in Vail, Colorado where he was attending the 75th anniversary meeting of the National Park Service. In this second part of a two part interview, Bob continues to talk about the establishment of new national parks in Alaska after passage of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) in 1980 and development of subsistence policies in Alaska national parks. He speaks with precise logic and reason but also with concern and care for how the policy has been received and how it might be fine tuned to the conditions as they exist today. Bob also asks that listeners take care not to reference his remarks out of context since the issue is so very complex.	91-22-24	Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve	Oct 9, 1991