NPS Superintendent Is Headed to High Sierras

Woody Smeck, superintendent of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, the country’s largest urban national park, for more than a decade, will be heading to the Sierras in April to become Yosemite National Park’s new deputy superintendent.

Smeck has been a passionate advocate for the SMMNRA, described as the largest urban park in the world, with 153,750 acres in two counties. The park service has not yet announced a replacement for his position.