Blunt-Spoken Ex-Leader of National Park Retires
Tim Setnicka, who was recently reassigned from his job as superintendent of Channel Islands National Park, has retired.
Setnicka, 57, headed the park from 1997 until last October, when he was abruptly removed from the job and given new duties at the National Park Service’s Pacific West regional headquarters in Oakland.
Setnicka, who spent 32 years with the park service, had a reputation for aggressiveness and blunt talk that some found intimidating. But officials said his reassignment was a management change having nothing to do with his job performance.
The park service is searching for a new leader at Channel Islands.
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