As part of NTC's role in telling the BLM story and its history, late in 2007 we engaged an interpretive design contractor to develop a series of panels for NTC that would showcase the evolution of the Bureau and its programs.

The Public Lands Foundation and some of the NTC staff assisted us in crafting the message and reviewing the panel designs and content. Southern Custom Exhibit, our fabrication contractor for the panels, will be at NTC on August 26th and 27th to install the interpretive panels.

There are seven panels. They will be located in the classroom hallways on the 2nd floor, on the exterior walls of the 1st and 2nd floor, and a large curved panel will be placed at the base of the central stairwell.

My thanks to those of you who helped collaborate on the panel's design and content.

A special "thank you" goes to Chip Calamaio for serving as the COR on the project and to Randy Hayes of the NOC who helped provide many of the visual resources for the panels.

I hope all of you will find the panels informative, an attractive addition to our facility and a subtle reminder of the events and programs that are a part of our BLM legacy.

Don Charpio Ed.D., Director