[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12986]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 RECOGNITION OF LOYAL CLARK AS NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE OF THE 
                                 DECADE

 Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize the 
accomplishments of Ms. Loyal Clark, Public Affairs Specialist and 
administrator of the Senior, Youth, and Volunteer Program in the Uinta 
National Forest located in my home state of Utah.
  Ms. Clark has been instrumental in developing a model volunteer 
program that is clearly the largest in the nation, averaging 10,000 
volunteers a year for the past decade. Ms. Clark has worked to ensure 
that the Uinta National Forest can accommodate and provide quality 
experiences for the numerous volunteer groups and individuals. When 
there have been more volunteers than available work, she has not turned 
them away, but has been able to direct their enthusiasm to adjacent 
forests and other state, county, and community projects. She is a key 
contact with the community, ensuring that volunteers know about 
opportunities and that they are matched with jobs they want to do.
  Ms. Clark developed and presented a proposal to the forest supervisor 
to establish volunteer coordinators on each of the ranger districts in 
the forest. These coordinator positions have helped to provide the 
necessary staff for the Uinta to manage its huge volunteer program and 
to complete millions of dollars worth of vital project work, increasing 
the effectiveness of the Forest's budget by as much as twenty to thirty 
percent.
  Ms. Clark has taken an active role to ensure various volunteers are 
recognized and rewarded. She has organized volunteer award ceremonies 
in the forest and actively ensures the nominations of volunteers for 
forest, regional, and national recognition. She is currently the team 
leader for the Uinta National Forest partnership team, which is active 
in pursing new partnerships with the forest while also maintaining its 
current relationships.
  She has not only made a difference in the Uinta National Forest, but 
has also visited many of the forest management teams throughout the 
Intermountain Region and shared her wealth of knowledge and experience 
in the management of effective volunteer programs.
  Because of Ms. Clark's career-long commitment to working with 
volunteers, the United States Forest Service recently presented her 
with an award for being the National Forest Service Employee of the 
Nineties. I congratulate Ms. Clark on her well-deserved award from the 
Forest Service.
  In closing, I am pleased to recognize and thank Ms. Loyal Clark today 
for her sustained efforts to enlist and encourage citizens to take 
ownership in their national forests and communities through 
volunteering.

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