After four years as the deputy superintendent of Glacier National Park, Kym Hall is leaving Montana.
Hall’s career in the National Park Service spans almost 29 years. She came to Glacier during a transition of leadership in the park, before Jeff Mow was named superintendent. She briefly served as acting superintendent of the park in 2013. She says in her mind Glacier will remain an important place.
"There aren’t a lot of places that still take my breath away. And Glacier still, every time I get out in the park and I get a chance to view the landscape and the beautiful pristine lakes. It really still takes my breath away. And that never goes away. I’ve been here four years and I’ve never desensitized."
Hall helped put forward the plan to deal with growing park traffic in the Going-to-the-Sun road Corridor Management Plan. That plan is currently in the preliminary stages with five proposed strategies to handle crowds in Glacier.
Hall is moving across country this week to become the superintendent of Colonial National Historic Park, in Virginia.
"It’s a challenge for me, I get to step up permanently and have to fulfill that role. But I’m pretty excited about it. Its something I’ve waited for and worked towards for quite a long time."
Bill Wilson, the park's chief of resource management, will take on the role of Glacier's acting deputy superintendent until a permanent replacement is found.