[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MR. CRAIG DALBY

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                         HON. SUZAN K. DelBENE

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 18, 2018

  Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mr. Craig 
Dalby of Kirkland, Washington on his retirement from the National Park 
Service after 35 years of distinguished public service. In his role as 
the Pacific West Region Chief of Public Information, Mr. Dalby has 
liaised with the public as an agency spokesperson and has worked with 
Members of Congress from the Pacific West to promote and preserve our 
public lands for future generations.
   For 23 years, Mr. Dalby served as regional lead for geographic 
information systems, where he was a pioneer of commercial GIS software 
that modernized the National Park Service and established the 
technology as a bureau standard. Because of Craig's foresight and 
innovative thinking, the NPS is now a prolific user of this and other 
software that make our preserved lands more accessible to our 
government and to the public.
   In addition to these contributions to the National Park Service, Mr. 
Dalby also went above and beyond in his service to the National 
Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Throughout his career, he has worked to 
conserve and improve our North Coast and Cascades Network Parks and 
Puget Sound Basin, which are vital to our Northwest landscape and 
defining elements of our great states.
   Mr. Dalby exemplifies the versatility, expertise, and dedication of 
our public servants. I join my colleagues in congratulating him for his 
achievements and thanking him for his contributions to our western 
states and to our nation.

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