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Southeast Regional Office
Don Barger, Senior Director
Greg Kidd, Senior Program Manager
Emily Jones, Program Manager
Bart Melton, Program Manager
Tracy Kramer, Program Coordinator
Alissa McMahon, Program Coordinator
Kristen McConnell, Associate Director, CPM
Southeast Regional Office
706 Walnut Street
Suite 200
Knoxville, TN 37902
Phone: 865-329-2424
Fax: 865-329-2422
southeast@npca.org
Blue Ridge Field Office
One Page Avenue
Suite 109
Asheville, NC 28801
phone: 828-254-5161
fax: 828-254-5162
cell: 865-803-4503
Meet Don Barger
Over the years I've spent as director of the Southeast regional office, I have seen my share of squirrels. So when a colleague and I were hiking into the high country of Yosemite National Park a few years ago, I took little note of a squirrel that scurried by. That is, until a pine marten pounced on it.
Knowing that martens are nocturnal hunters and very shy of humans, we felt really blessed to have witnessed this natural event.
In my time with NPCA, I have worked diligently to protect southeastern parks from air pollution, sprawl, and other threats to biodiversity and historic resources.
That pine marten encounter is a constant reminder to me that national parks need to be protected not just for the experiences we expect from them, but also for those natural wonders still undiscovered.
