Profile collection updated July 26, 2026. The interview’s recording date is not supplied. Separate photographs show the same park’s tour program in archive images, not Andrew’s childhood or a newly dated event.
Original interview: National Park Service. Archive program photographs: Chantelle Ruidant-Hansen and Justine Hanrahan / NPS. No claim to original U.S. Government works. No National Park Service endorsement is implied.
The exact interview is credited to National Park Service without a copyright symbol and its own usage panel identifies such assets as public domain. The Guided Programs page specifically credits the two selected photographs to NPS photographers Chantelle Ruidant-Hansen and Justine Hanrahan, without a copyright symbol. NPS ownership policy identifies agency employee works as public domain. Original downloaded files have no conflicting copyright tag. Andrew Shirey’s initially proposed photograph was excluded because its embedded copyright tag conflicts with the generic NPS page credit. No agency logo is used as Carpe Diem branding; uniform insignia remain incidental within factual editorial media.
Bennett Blackwood is a fictional AI bear presenter. This original account was prepared with AI assistance. Credited photographs and recorded human speech are authentic.