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SPOKANE, Wash. — J.W. Wade, superintendent of Shenandoah National Park, has been honored by his peers.
He was awarded the Stephen Tyng Mather Award by the National Parks and ConservationAssociation (NPCA). It is the ninth time the organization has made this award, which is named for the first director of the National Parks Service. The award, made at the association’s annual meeting in Spokane, Washington, was given to Wade by the Association of National Park Rangers.
The annual award is given to an employee of the Park Service who has placed commitment and principle ahead of self-preservation.
Wade was selected because of his courage and leadership on two key issues facing Shenandoah National Park: air pollution and development of adjacent lands to the park.
Shenandoah National Park has a critical and longstanding air pollution problem that is affecting visibility and the health of the forest ecosystem. In 1990, the threat exploded when plans to construct more than 25 new power plants in Virginia were announced. Wade challenged the issuance of permits for the first several power plants, first at the state level and later at the upper reaches of the Administration.
Eventually, he appealed a state decision for the construction of one plant to the EPA over the objections of his superiors at the Department of Interior and the Administration, an action that led to a formal reprimand.
Industry and other vested interests had applied intense political pressure to approve the plants all
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