About 40 permanent and seasonal rangers were assigned to the statue in the early 1990's, according to witness depositions.

The park was initially administered by a small cadre of permanent and seasonal rangers and technicians who put considerable emphasis on community liaison.

As a result, park maintenance goes unnoticed or ignored with badly needed seasonal rangers being the first to be cut when money gets tight.

He served briefly as a seasonal ranger and spent winters with the Longmire family.

No Park Service personnel were assigned to the monument until 1949, when a seasonal ranger was stationed at Bartlett Cove.

But they also urged more rigorous training and oversight of the seasonal rangers who give interpretive talks to tourists.

Officials condemned a 16-unit motel in Sailor's Haven this year that had been used for seasonal rangers' housing and an educational program.

This year, the park's bear management team of two permanent rangers, two seasonal rangers and one volunteer has taken steps to curb the problem at its source: humans.

There are now four full time countryside rangers and two seasonal rangers during the summer months.

These proposals were turned aside, and in 1950 a seasonal ranger was assigned to Katmai.