{"id":4790,"date":"2019-01-01T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2022-05-14T06:10:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T13:10:48","slug":"california-hiking-guidebooks-mountaineers-books-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northerncaliforniahikingtrails.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/01\/california-hiking-guidebooks-mountaineers-books-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanking the People Who Make My Hiking Guidebooks Better…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing a Northern California hiking guidebook for Mountaineers Books always involves lots of phone calls, emails, and visits with the trail supervisors, forest rangers, and visitor center staff who know the most about the trails in their jurisdiction. And quite often these same people read drafts of my hike descriptions for accuracy and to make sure I included all the important information so that you, the hiker, get the most out of your hike. (And some even point writing errors, which I appreciate!)<\/p>\n

\"Northern<\/p>\n

My Deepest Thanks to All of You Trail Supervisors, Rangers, and Visitor Center Staff<\/h2>\n

…for sharing your time, expertise, and wisdom. I truly appreciate it!<\/strong> Here is a list of all the people (and most are also mentioned in the acknowledgements section of one or more of my hiking guidebooks). I give their affiliation at the time I last interacted with them; some have transferred to other places, and some have retired.<\/p>\n

Northern Sierra Nevada: Eldorado National Forest, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Tahoe National Forest, Plumas National Forest<\/h2>\n

Evan Topal, Amador Ranger District, Eldorado National Forest
\nCharis Parker, Eldorado National Forest
\nSean McGinniss, Eldorado National Forest
\nJennifer Chapman, Eldorado National Forest
\nMarilyn Muse-Meyer, Eldorado National Forest
\nSusanne Johnson, Eldorado National Forest
\nGay Eitel, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit<\/a>
\nDon Lane, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
\nDarren Cooke, Lake Tahoe Region of California State Parks
\nBrian Barton, Emerald Bay State Park
\nRod Garcia, Yuba River Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest<\/a>
\nValerie Webb, American River Ranger District, Tahoe National Forest
\nPhil Sexton, Tahoe National Forest
\nDean Lutz, Tahoe National Forest
\nJames Maynard, Feather River Ranger District, Plumas National Forest<\/a>
\nMatthew Jedra, Beckwourth Ranger District, Plumas National Forest
\nLee Anne Schramel, Beckwourth Ranger District, Plumas National Forest
\nJudy Schaber, Plumas National Forest
\nGary Rogers, Plumas National Forest<\/p>\n

Cascade Mountains: Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lassen National Forest, Lava Beds National Monument, Burney Falls<\/h2>\n

Karen Haner, Lassen Volcanic National Park
\nTodd Jesse, Lassen Volcanic National Park
\nNancy Bailey, Lassen Volcanic National Park<\/p>\n

Stacy Kronner, Almanor Ranger District, Lassen National Forest<\/a>
\nBarbara Jackson, Almanor Ranger District, Lassen National Forest
\nLisa Sedlacek, Almanor Ranger District, Lassen National Forest
\nTamera Taylor, Hat Creek Ranger District, Lassen National Forest
\nJan Sorochtey, Hat Creek Ranger District, Lassen National Forest
\nStan Bales, Bureau of Land Management\u2019s Eagle Lake Field Office
\nAndrew Urlie, McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park<\/a><\/p>\n

Jeanette Meleen, Lava Beds National Monument<\/a>
\nPatrick Taylor, Lava Beds National Monument
\nKatie Eskra, Lava Beds National Monument
\nGary Hathaway, Lava Beds National Monument
\nNico Ramirez, Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge
\nStephen Rooker, Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge<\/p>\n

Klamath Mountains: Klamath National Forest, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Whiskeytown Lake, Redding Area<\/h2>\n

Sam Commarto, Scott\/Salmon Ranger District, Klamath National Forest<\/a>
\nDan Blessing, Klamath National Forest
\nNathan Foster, Klamath National Forest
\nPhil McNeal, Klamath National Forest
\nDeems Burton, Klamath National Forest
\nVeronica Selvage, Klamath National Forest
\nCarrie Carter-Griffin, Goosenest Ranger District, Klamath National Forest
\nPatrick Graham, Shasta Valley Wildlife Area
\nJeannette Hook, City of Yreka
\nJeff Stone of Siskiyou Gardens, Parks and Greenway Association<\/p>\n

Don Lee, Mount Shasta Ranger Station, Shasta-Trinity National Forest<\/a>
\nSteve Naser, Mount Shasta Ranger Station, Shasta-Trinity National Forest
\nBecky Cooper, Mount Shasta Ranger Station, Shasta-Trinity National Forest
\nBarbara Paolinetti, McCloud Ranger Station, Shasta-Trinity National Forest
\nGeorge Stroud, Nature Conservancy
\nMike McFadin, Weaverville Ranger Station, Shasta-Trinity National Forest<\/a>
\nSteve Gut, Shasta-Trinity National Forest
\nJudy Hanevold, Shasta-Trinity National Forest
\nTodd Barto, Castle Crags State Park
\nBrett Mizeur, Castle Crags State Park<\/a><\/p>\n

Shawn Stapleton, Bureau of Land Management, Redding Office
\nEric Coulter, Bureau of Land Management, Redding Office
\nBill Kuntz, Bureau of Land Management, Redding Office
\nAndy Suppiger, Bureau of Land Management, Redding Office
\nPam Lewis, City of Anderson Parks and Recreation
\nTerry Hanson, former community projects manager, City of Redding
\nJason Judd, Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
\nPauline Zavas, Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
\nSteve Thede, Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area
\nLon Henderson, Shasta Lake Ranger Station, Shasta-Trinity National Forest<\/p>\n

North Coast and Wine Country<\/h2>\n

Mike Poole, Redwood National and State Parks<\/a>
\nJeff Denny, Redwood National and State Parks
\nDebbie Savage, Redwood National and State Parks
\nClaire Breton, Smith River National Recreation Area<\/a>
\nSteve Simmons, Redwood Parks Conservancy
\nSue Calla, Tolowa Dunes Stewards<\/p>\n

Keven Harder, Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
\nSophia Eckert, Humboldt Redwoods State Park
\nEmily Peterson of Humboldt Redwoods State Park
\nValerie Marshall of Jug Handle State Reserve and Van Damme State Park
\nLoren Rex of California State Parks, Mendocino District Headquarters
\nTom Nixon of Anderson Marsh State Park
\nSandy Jones of Bothe\u2013Napa Valley State Park
\nRobyn Ishimatsu of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park<\/p>\n

San Francisco Bay Area<\/h2>\n

John A. Dell\u2019Osso, Point Reyes National Seashore
\nBill Michaels, Point Reyes National Seashore
\nRob Walton, Mount Tamalpais State Park
\nGlen Ryburn, Mount Tamalpais State Park
\nLucy Scott, Muir Woods National Monument
\nMia Monroe, Muir Woods National Monument
\nJeremy Olson, Mount Diablo State Park
\nJim Townsend, East Bay Regional Park District
\nPaul Keel, Half Moon Bay State Beaches
\nElaina Cuzick, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
\nJason Rule, Castle Rock State Park
\nMichael Grant, Butano State Park
\nTamara Clark, Joseph D. Grant County Park
\nTheresa Nance, Joseph D. Grant County Park
\nSusan Blake, Big Basin Redwoods State Park
\nAlex Tabone, Big Basin Redwoods State Park
\nKevin Williams, Big Basin Redwoods State Park<\/p>\n

Mountaineers Books Staff<\/h2>\n

I feel very fortunate that Mountaineers Books publishes my hiking guidebooks; they are one of the largest publishers of outdoors books in the world. I’ve worked with a large number of Mountaineers Books staff since the early 1990s, all of them top-notch professionals:<\/p>\n

Laura Shauger, Editor
\nJanet Kimball, Managing Editor
\nMarissa Litak, Publicist
\nKate Rogers, Editor in Chief
\nMary Metz, Senior Editor
\nDoug Canfield, Director of Marketing and Innovation
\nDarryl Booker, Director of Sales
\nHelen Churillo, Publisher
\nEmily White, Acquisitions Editor
\nJen Grable, Senior Designer and Publication Manager
\nWebster “Web” Chang, Online Content and Marketing Manager
\nMargaret Sullivan, Director of Editorial and Production
\nStorm Yanicks, Reprints Coordinator
\nDeb Easter, Acquisitions and Development Editor
\nHally Swift, Managing Editor
\nJudy Petry, Reprints Coordinator
\nKathleen Cubley, Director of Editorial and Production
\nMary Metz, Senior Editor
\nDonna DeShazo, Director<\/p>\n

These Folks Helped Me With My Northern California Hiking Guidebooks…<\/h2>\n

All published by Mountaineers Books up in Seattle, Washington:<\/p>\n

Urban Trails Sacramento <\/em><\/a>(2021)<\/p>\n

Hike the Parks: Redwood National and State Parks<\/em><\/a> (June 1, 2019)<\/p>\n

Day Hiking: Mount Shasta, Lassen & Trinity Alps Regions<\/em><\/a> (2018)<\/p>\n

100 Classic Hikes: Northern California<\/em><\/a> (first published in 1994 with the fourth edition out in 2018)<\/p>\n

75 Hikes in California’s Mount Shasta and Lassen Volcanic National Park Regions<\/em> (1996, with a revised edition in 2006)<\/p>\n

Best Short Hikes In and Around the North Sacramento Valley<\/em> (1992, out of print the last ten years)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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