YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Following the departure of Yellowstone National Park (YNP) Superintendent Cam Sholly, the park announced an interim replacement Wednesday.
Barclay Trimble will serve as acting superintendent, and Kristen Kosick will hold the position of deputy superintendent, YNP has announced. Trimble has been with the National Park Service (NPS) for 35 years; most recently, he served as the superintendent of Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. He previously served as acting deputy regional director and acting director of business services for the NPS Southeast Region, overseeing parks in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Trimble also held leadership roles at NPS sites including Grand Canyon National Park, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. YNP noted that Trimble is originally from Texas and holds a degree in business administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Working alongside Trimble will be Kosick, who is returning to the park aftering working as chief of Michigan State Parks. Kosick boasts 15 years of park service experience, including more than five years in Yellowstone as fee program manager and chief of staff. She also worked in the Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs, as well as Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon, and Kenai Fjords national parks. Kosick hails from southwest Michigan and holds a degree in political science from the University of Michigan.
The park did not share further details regarding the next steps for installing a permanent superintendent.
