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tA <br /> January 7, 1977 <br /> Veteran _Forest Service <br /> Employee To Retire <br /> Paul Hark, supervisory _ . for the alpine skiing events for <br /> 'forester in charge of land and �� a , • � the ill-fated `76 Winter Olympics <br /> ,:recreation uses, watershed and .: bid. Copper Mountain, .his first <br /> ,minerals management on the choice for those events, was <br /> White River.National Forest at originally recommended by him <br /> 'Glenwood Springs is retiring this for development back in 1954 <br /> month after forty years of federal when he was District Forest <br /> -service, mostly with the U.S. .;s : Ranger at Dillon. <br /> :Forest Service in Colorado. - While stationed there he helped <br /> Hauk, who inventoried the F stage and raced in the first <br /> potential ski areas on the White National Senior Giant Slalom <br /> River was also involved in ski race that was set on the famous <br /> -area feasibility and permit work "Palivacinni" at A-Basin and <br /> -throughout the Rocky Mountain ,., won by Willy Schaeffler. <br /> Region-for the past twenty-fives His permanent job with the <br /> ;years. Forest Service started in 1944 as <br /> He was born and raised in assistant ranger at Saguache on <br /> .Denver,started skiing-in the`30's the Rio Grande National Forest, <br /> land graduated from C.S.U. in then at Hot Sulphur Springs on <br /> 61937. Basil Crane. the recent'- the Arapaho, Snow Ranger at <br /> `retired D_ eputy= Regional Berthoud Pass, and as camp <br /> 'Forester, stated_-that-iauk Pain Hark superintendent for a pine beetle <br /> -probably_had more influence -on control project in the Black Hills <br /> the ski•indust�y_in Colorado.than Aspen Highlands, Buftermilk, in 1948. He attended the first <br /> any other man in the Forest - Snowmass,Sunlight,Vail and the avalanche training school in the <br /> Service and that the excellent ski yet-to-be-developed Beaver Rocky Mountain Region in 1949. <br /> resorts in the stzte attest to the Creek at Avon. 11 - - He was District Ranger for two <br /> job he did. In 1960 he was a member of the vears at Rico on the San Juan <br /> He prepared over fifty ski area avalanche control team for the Forest and at Dillon on the <br /> feasibility reports in Colorado, Winter. Olympics at- Squaw Arapaho where he was also Snow <br /> Wyoming, New Mexico and Valley. During 1967-1970 he Ranger at A-Basin from 1952 to <br /> Arizona, including the reports assisted-the Denver Organizing 1957 when he was promoted to the <br /> .and -special use permits._for Committee in site selection work supervisory forester staff <br /> -position at Glenwood Springs. <br /> Paul and his wife plan to <br /> remain in Glenwood Springs. <br />