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Lizzie Watts Named Southern West Virginia Parks Chief
By: Associated Press
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FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) – Lizzie Watts has been named superintendent overseeing three national parks in southern West Virginia.
The National Park Service announced Watts’ selection Monday to oversee the New River Gorge National River, the Gauley River National Recreation Area and Bluestone National Scenic River.
Watts has spent her 25-year career with the Park Service in five different regions, including a previous stint as supervisory park ranger and acting chief of interpretation and education in southern West Virginia.
She currently serves as superintendent of the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site and Andrew Johnson National Cemetery in Tennessee.
She will transition to her new position in January.