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John Kauffmann

Born in Illinois in 1923, John Kauffmann worked for the National Park Service for twenty years, six as chief planner for Alaska's Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and Noatak National Preserve. As a park planner, he played a key role in the establishment of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, assessing and recommending lands to be included in the new park, and determining what the boundaries and wilderness philosophy would be. He is the author of a book about the history and management of the Brooks Range titled Alaska's Brooks Range: The Ultimate Mountains (Mountaineers Press, Seattle, WA: 1992).

Date of Birth:

Oct 5, 1923

John Kauffmann appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Gates of the Arctic National Park

John Kauffmann's Slideshow

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
John Kauffmann	John Kauffmann was interviewed on February 21, 1992 by Bill Schneider in Fairbanks, Alaska at the sound recording studio in Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. John was in town for a short visit. He is a key man for what became Gates of the Arctic National Park because of his role as chief planner. Patty Rost, head of Resources Management for Gates of the Arctic National Park, was also present at the interview. Bill Schneider knew John during the years that they both worked for the National Park Service in the Anchorage office. On this recording, John speaks passionately about wilderness, at one point referring to Gates as a "Black Belt Park wilderness." The interview was a bit rushed, since John was late and then was heading off to the airport to leave the state.	93-15-41	Gates of the Arctic National Park	Feb 21, 1992