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PETERSBURG - The National Park Service has named a temporary replacement to serve in the top job at the Petersburg National Battlefield as the current superintendent prepares to leave for a new position with the service.
Jill Hawk, chief ranger for the Northeast Region, based in Philadelphia, will assume the position of interim superintendent at the Petersburg park on March 1. She will remain in the position only until the park service selects a permanent superintendent sometime this spring, and then will return to her current position, according to Northeast Regional Director Dennis R. Reidenbach.
As regional chief ranger, Hawk oversees law enforcement and safety operations for 76 sites in the 13 states in the Northeast region. She joined the park service in 1989 and has held her position since 2005. Previously, she was chief ranger at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state and has worked for the service at Fire Island National Seashore, Shenandoah National Park, the Statue of Liberty National Monument, Everglades National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The park service announced late last week that current Petersburg Superintendent Bob Kirby has been named superintendent of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site in Pennsylvania. Kirby will assume his new position in March.
He joined the Petersburg park as acting superintendent in 2000. During his tenure, the park undertook several major projects including work to stabilize the bluffs at Appomattox Manor at City Point in Hopewell and a new visitor contact station at the Five Forks battlefield in Dinwiddie County. A proposal to add 7,238 acres to the park passed the House of Representatives in December and is awaiting a vote in the Senate.
He began his career with the National Park Service in 1974 as a ranger at Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco and also worked for the service in Lowell, Mass., and Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, where he was assistant superintendent.
Jill Hawk, chief ranger for the Northeast Region, based in Philadelphia, will assume the position of interim superintendent at the Petersburg park on March 1. She will remain in the position only until the park service selects a permanent superintendent sometime this spring, and then will return to her current position, according to Northeast Regional Director Dennis R. Reidenbach.
As regional chief ranger, Hawk oversees law enforcement and safety operations for 76 sites in the 13 states in the Northeast region. She joined the park service in 1989 and has held her position since 2005. Previously, she was chief ranger at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state and has worked for the service at Fire Island National Seashore, Shenandoah National Park, the Statue of Liberty National Monument, Everglades National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The park service announced late last week that current Petersburg Superintendent Bob Kirby has been named superintendent of Gettysburg National Military Park and Eisenhower National Historic Site in Pennsylvania. Kirby will assume his new position in March.
He joined the Petersburg park as acting superintendent in 2000. During his tenure, the park undertook several major projects including work to stabilize the bluffs at Appomattox Manor at City Point in Hopewell and a new visitor contact station at the Five Forks battlefield in Dinwiddie County. A proposal to add 7,238 acres to the park passed the House of Representatives in December and is awaiting a vote in the Senate.
He began his career with the National Park Service in 1974 as a ranger at Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco and also worked for the service in Lowell, Mass., and Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, where he was assistant superintendent.