William W. Dunmire (1930–2019)

[from French Funerals and Cremations online obituary]
Known for his interest in New Mexico people, plants, history, and livestock, Bill wrote many books on those subjects. He was also proud to have completed a distinguished, 28-year career in the National Park Service, culminating as Superintendent of Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks. Earlier in life, Bill was a pioneering climber in Yosemite and climbed in Canada in the Waddington range and Canadian Rockies. He was a member of the California Himalayan Expedition to Mount Makalu in Nepal in 1954. With a lifelong devotion to the outdoors and environment, he spent as much time as he could skiing, canoeing, backpacking, fly-fishing, and photographing nature.

[from back flap of New Mexico's Living Landscapes]
William W. Dunmire, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, with degrees in wildlife management and zoology, served twenty-eight years in the National Park Service, mostly as a naturalist in a number of parks including Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Carlsbad Caverns. For several years he was a field biologist with The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico. A professional nature photographer, he is author of numerous natural history publications, including award-winning Wild Plants of the Pueblo Province (Museum of New Mexico Press) and Gardens of New Spain: How Mediterranean Plants and Foods Changed America. He lives in Placitas, New Mexico.