Kelly
Clark

National Park Service

Cultural Resources Specialist - Dry Tortugas NP

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Dates
03/2007 - 12/2018
Roles
Cultural Resources Manager
Contracting Officers' Representative
NHPA 106 Coordinator
Facility Management Software System Administrator
Community Outreach
Company
National Park Service
Location
Dry Tortugas NP

Featured Deliverables

High Dynamic Range Baseline Visual Index for Material Performance

Project Manager, concept development, substantial content contribution. Contractor - Manassas Consulting Inc.

HABS Documentation, Laser Scanning, Virtual Tour

Project Manager on-site, content contributor. Partners - NPS Heritage Documentation Program, HTR Foundation.

Record of Treatment-Stabilization

Author, Photographer.

Site Bulletin: Totten Shutters

Subject Matter Expert, Author, Point of Contact.

Grant Progress Report

Project Manager, budget tracking, Author.

History of Fort Jefferson - Animated Video

Project coordinator, subject matter expert, content contributor. Partners - NPS Cultural Resources Academy, HTR Foundation.

Overview

In this position I actively managed the land based historic structures, cultural landscape, and other cultural resources on a day-to-day basis by monitoring conditions, providing technical input, identifying and documenting resources, immediate and long-range project planning, estimating, and management, producing documents, developing public education and outreach materials, and serving as the primary preservation project manager. A self-directed position that  provided total accountability for cultural resources management at this challenging location.

Project Work

  • Preservation, Stabilization, and Monitoring of Fort Jefferson (2007-2018)
  • Restoration of Tortugas Harbor Light (2014-2023)
  • HTR Foundation Grant to Document Civil War Era Structures (2015-2018)
  • Stabilization and Restoration of the Loggerhead Lighthouse Roof and Lantern Room (2010)
  • Restore Doors and Shutters on the Tortugas (Garden Key) Harbor Light (2009)
  • Buoy Installation at Dry Tortugas (2008-2009)
  • Engineering Officers’ Quarters Preservation Plan and Project Implementation
  • Documentation-scanning, modeling, baseline inventory & monitoring
  • Public Outreach-videos, virtual tours, lectures

Media

Stabilization of Fort Jefferson Video - May 2011

Substantial content contribution, on camera educator, contracting officer's respresentative.

50 for 50: Preserving Dry Tortugas NP - August 2016

Professional profile for NHPA 50 Anniversary.

Preservation Magazine: Sea Change - Climate Change and Coastal National Parks - Summer 2016

Subject Matter Expert.

College of Charleston Magazine: Alumni Profile - Fall 2011

National Parks Traveler - October 2020

Structure Magazine: Rebuilding the Walls of Fort Jefferson - May 2013

Contracting Officer's Representative, Project POC.

Point of Being (POB) Magazine: Preserving a National Treasure - February 2010

Skyglow Project: Tortugas Rock - Night Sky Timelapse Video - 2016

Project Coordinator. 

Creator - Skyglow Project; Harun Mehmedinovic.

National Parks Magazine: The Meaning of a Chug - Summer 2018