Assateague Island Administrative History

¹Gordon U. Noreau, "History of Assateague Island National Seashore" (typescript at Assateague Island National Seashore headquarters, 1972, rev. 1974), pp. 12, 14.

²"Interpretive Prospectus for Assateague Island National Seashore," 1969, copy in Interpretation and Visitor Services Division file, NPS Mid—Atlantic Regional Office, Philadelphia, Pa. (hereinafter cited as IVSD-MARO).

³Memorandum, Roberts to Regional Director, Northeast Region, NPS, May 13, 1969, file K1817, Assateague Island National Seashore headquarters hereinafter cited as ASIS).

⁴Memorandum, Acting Team Manager William W. Smith, Northeast Team, Denver Service Center, to Director, Northeast Region, Mar. 2, 1973, file K1817, ASIS; memorandum, Norris to Director, Northeast Region, Mar. 21, 1973, file K1817, ASIS; memorandum, Norris to Regional Director, Mid—Atlantic Region, Apr. 13, 1978, file K1819, ASIS.

⁵Noreau, "History of Assateague," pp. 18—19; letter, Regional Director Chester L. Brooks, Northeast Region, to Herbert Sachs, June 13, 1974, IVSD MARO.

⁶Squad Meeting Minutes, June 9, 1975, file A40, ASIS; memorandum, Acting Superintendent Earl W. Estes to Refuge Manager, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Nov. 9, 1976, file K1815, ASIS.

⁷Memorandum, Norris to Chief, Division of Exhibits, Harpers Ferry Center, Feb. 21, 1978, file K1815, ASIS.

⁸Memorandum, Stuart H. Maule to Regional Director, Mid-Atlantic Region, Dec. 22, 1980, IVSD-MARO; interview with Chester O. Harris, Mar. 2, 1982.

⁹Noreau, "History of Assateague," pp. 17-19.

¹⁰Letter, Roberts to Mathias, Jan. 22, 1971, file D18, ASIS.

¹¹Guest reservation correspondence in file A6019, ASIS.

¹²Interviews with Roberts and Harvey D. Wickware, May 21, 1982; interview with Norris, May 24, 1982.

¹³Jim Jackson, "President Visits Assateague," Eastern Shore Times, Berlin, Md., Aug. 10, 1972, ASIS clipping file.

¹⁴Memorandum, Thomas F. Norris, Jr., to File, Aug. 9, 1972, file A60, ASIS; interview with Gordon U. Noreau, May 25, 1982.

¹⁵Memorandum, Assistant Secretary Stanley A. Cain to Director, BSFW, and Director, NPS, Mar. 28, 1967, file A4415, ASIS; memorandum, Cain to Director, BSFW, and Director, NPS, Aug. 8, 1967, file A4415, ASIS.

¹⁶Memorandum, Regional Solicitor William W. Redmond to Director, Northeast Region, NPS, Mar. 19, 1973, NPS Office of Legislation, Washington, D.C. (hereinafter cited as WASO-170); "Fees," Briefing Book statement c. 1974, WASO-170.

¹⁷"Fees," WASO-170; memorandum, James M. Lambe to File, Sept. 19, 1975, WASO-170.

¹⁸Letters, Town Manager David R. Quillen, Chincoteague, to Senators William L. Scott and Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Feb. 9, 1977, file F5419, ASIS; letters, Andrus to Scott and Byrd, Apr. 8, 1977, file F5419, ASIS.

¹⁹Superintendent's Annual Report, 1979 Calendar Year, Mar. 11, 1980, file A2621, ASIS; interview with Michael V. Finley, May 19, 1982.

²⁰Finley interview.

²¹Noreau, "History of Assateague," p. 31; memorandum, Assistant Solicitor Bernard R. Meyer to Director, NPS, Oct. 26, 1966, file C3823, ASIS.

²²Memorandum, Roberts to Director, Northeast Region, Apr. 20, 1970, file C3817, ASIS.

²³Letter, Roberts to Steacker, June 30, 1970, file C3817, ASIS; Noreau, "History of Assateague," p. 31; Assateague Beach Corporation v. United States of America, No. 196—73, U. S. Court of Claims; letter, Herbert Pittle, Dept. of Justice, to Solicitor H. Gregory Austin, Interior, Jan. 5, 1976, file C3817, ASIS.

²⁴Letter, B.C. Roberts to William J. Duddleston, July 21, 1970, file A72, ASIS; letter, Norris to Duddleston, June 8, 1971, file A72, ASIS.

²⁵Vollmer study in file D18, ASIS; memorandum, Brooks to Manager, Denver Service Center, July 19, 1976, with Benson comment attached, file D18, ASIS.

²⁶Memorandum, Chief Ranger Harvey D. Wickware to Superintendent, Assateague, Sept. 13, 1966, file W34, ASIS; Noreau, "History of Assateague," p. 13.

²⁷Memorandum, Norris to Land Acquisition Officer, Assateague, Sept. 28, 1971, file L1425, ASIS; memorandum, Acting Regional Solicitor William H. Thornton, Jr., to Director, Northeast Region, NPS, June 27, 1973, file A2623, ASIS.

²⁸Letter, Roberts to Spencer P. Ellis, Dec. 29, 1966, file W3815, ASIS; memorandum, Norris to Regional Director, Mid—Atlantic Region, Nov. 27, 1978, file A2623, ASIS.

²⁹"History of Relationship, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—National Park Service, Toms Cove Hook Area," appended to Noreau, "History of Assateague."

³⁰Superintendent's Annual Report, 1975 Calendar Year, Feb. 17, 1976, file A2621, ASIS.

³¹"History of Relationship, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—National Park Service, Toms Cove Hook Area"; interview with Melvin L. Olsen, May 20, 1982.

³²Interview with Phillips, May 19, 1982.

³³Ibid.

³⁴Noreau, "History of Assateague, p. 13; interview with William Shockley (President, AMSA), May 18, 1982; Orlando Wooten, "Sportsmen Donate Time, Work in Isle Conservation Program," The Sunday Times, Berlin, Md., Mar. 18, 1973, ASIS clipping file.

³⁵Noreau, "History of Assateague," p. 18; letter, B.C. Roberts to Charles E. Elliott, Apr. 8, 1970, file A3815, ASIS.

³⁶Roberts statement prepared for Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge hearing, May 18, 1970, file W4217, ASIS; memorandum, Roberts to Superintendent, Coulee Dam National Recreation Area, Oct. 26, 1970, file W34, ASIS.

³⁷"Report to the Governor by the Joint Executive—Legislative Committee on Assateague Island," March 1972, p. 52, copy in file D18, ASIS; letter, Norris to W. W. Wright, Aug. 27, 1973, file W4217, ASIS.

³⁸Federal Register, May 29, 1974, pp. 18658—59; 36 CFR 7.65; Superintendent's Annual Report, 1976 Calendar Year, Feb. 2, 1977, file A2621, ASIS.

³⁹Superintendent's Annual Report, 1979 Calendar Year; memorandum, Herbst to Director, FWS, and Director, NPS, Oct. 24, 1978, NPS Office of Park Planning and Environmental Quality, Washington, D.C. (hereinafter cited as WASO-130); memorandum, Regional Director Richard L. Stanton, Mid—Atlantic Region, to Director, Jan. 3, 1979, WASO-130; memorandum, Regional Scientist John F. Karish to Chief, Contracting Division, Mid—Atlantic Region, Sept. 3, 1980, Resource Preservation Division, Mid—Atlantic Regional Office.

⁴⁰Memorandum, Karish to Chief, Contracting Division, Sept. 3, 1980.

⁴¹Odum and Dueser, "Draft Final Report, Natural and Recreational Influences on Fox Hill Levels and Toms Cove Hook, Assateague Island, Va.," copy at ASIS; interview with Karish, May 24, 1982; Finley interview.

⁴²Memorandum, M.V. Finley to Director, Jan. 20, 1982, file D18, ASIS.

⁴³Letter, Thomas F. Norris, Jr., to Barry Mackintosh, July 23, 1982 author's possession; interview with J. Fred Eubanks, Apr. 2, 1982; Finley interview.

⁴⁴Memorandum, Tousley to Holland, Aug. 24, 1981, file A4415, ASIS.

⁴⁵"Off—Road Vehicle Plan on Assateague Hit," The Evening Sun, Baltimore, Sept. 30, 1981, clipping in file A4415, ASIS; Memorandum, M.V. Finley to Mel Olsen, Oct. 1, 1981, file A4415, ASIS.

⁴⁶Dennis Collins, "Battle Zooms Into Overdrive Over Use of Assateague Beaches," Washington Post, Apr. 18, 1982, p. D16; congressional letter Mar. 26, 1982, file A4415, ASIS.

⁴⁷Letter, Rep. Roy Dyson to Judith C. Johnson, May 6, 1982, file A4415, ASIS; letter, Watt to congressional delegation, May 18, 1982, Refuge Management Division, Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.; "Assateague: Keeping the Peace" (editorial), Washington Post, May 29, 1982.