Sexual Harassment At Grand Canyon Park Leads Superintendent To Retire

"Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Dave Uberuaga, who has shouldered responsibility for not acting more aggressively in response to long-running allegations of sexual harassment in the park, has announced his retirement rather than accept a move to the National Park Service's Washington headquarters.

In an email sent Tuesday morning to park staff, the superintendent said he met with Park Service Director Jon Jarvis in Washington last week to discuss the scandal and that "the Director told me he has decided a change in leadership is needed in order for the Park to move forward. He offered me a position in Washington, D.C., but I have decided instead to retire effective June 1, 2016."

There were also reports that Superintendent Uberuaga's deputy, Diane Chalfant, was being transferred out of the park, but that could not immediately be confirmed."

Kurt Repanshek reports for National Parks Traveler May 17, 2016.

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