SANTA MONICAS : Deputy Chief for Park Area Named

A park official with experience ranging from the Florida Everglades to Yosemite National Park will become the new deputy superintendent for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, park officials said.

Scott E. Erickson, 46, on Nov. 29 will take over the position left vacant by the retirement of William Webb in May.

“Scott brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from having worked in the private sector and from his work in the national park system since 1977,” park Supt. David Gackenbach said. “The experience provides him with valuable tools in dealing with park policy, agencies, private groups and organizations.”

For the past four years, Erickson has been safety and environmental health manager for Yosemite National Park. He also worked for two years as the marketing manager for a software company in Boise, Ida.

Prior to that he was chief ranger at Everglades National Park in Florida, program manager with the Washington branch of Fire Management in Boise, and fire management officer for the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska.

A graduate of University of Maryland with a degree in economics, Erickson also worked for 10 years as a seasonal employee with the National Park Service in Sequoia, Kings Canyon and North Cascades national parks.