Superintendent named for Indiana Dunes National Park
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The National Park Service on Friday announced Jason Taylor as the new superintendent of Indiana Dunes National Park. Taylor currently serves as director of the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute in Missoula, Montana.
Taylor has previously worked with the National Park Service as chief of natural resource management and science at Cape Cod National Seashore, chief of natural resources for NPS’s Alaska region and superintendent at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Skagway, Alaska.
“Having spent most of my career in faraway places, I am excited to return home to serve the people and resources of the Great Lakes states,” Taylor said in a news release. “I am looking forward to joining the talented park staff and contributing to the exceptional work already happening to care for a place that’s so special, ecologically and culturally, and to the community and partners.”
The National Park Service said in his currently role with the ALWRI, Taylor leads an effort dedicated to the development and dissemination of science for the stewardship of nearly 112 million acres in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
“I am excited to welcome Jason back to the NPS as the new superintendent of Indiana Dunes,” NPS Midwest Regional Director Bert Frost said in the release. “His ability to manage resources through integrating science and ecology with land use principles will be a great asset to the park and the interdisciplinary team of professionals who steward it.”
Taylor will begin his new role at Indiana Dunes this spring.