Judy Alderson

Judy Alderson was interviewed on April 27, 2004 by Bill Schneider in Anchorage, Alaska. At the time of the interview, Judy worked for the National Park Service in the Anchorage office, but the subject of her interview was her time as a ranger in the Gates of the Arctic National Park in the early 1980's. She talked about coming to work for the Park Service, and the natural resource issues they identified as important at the time. She also talked about her definition and concept of "wilderness," and how the Park Service has interpreted what wilderness means. There is also some mention of the all-terrain vehicle use management issues that the Park Service faces.